99 result(s) for population rise
Magyar Telekom CEO: Expanding Mobile Data Transfer Will Boost Telecom Sector
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- tech
The information, media and entertainment market, as well as the integration of fixed line and mobile networks could be the future of the telecommunications business, Magyar Telekom CEO Christopher Mattheisen told MTI, noting that the expansion of mobile data transfer, fuelled by video and sharing, could be the engine of growth for the sector. More than just handsets will connect to mobile ...
Births Up, Deaths Down In Jan-June In Hungary
- 21 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s natural population decline has slowed with more children born and fewer deaths recorded in the first six months of 2014, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Thursday. Altogether 43,130 children were born in the first half of this year, 3.1% more than in the first half of 2013.
Zsuzsa Ferge Offers Troubling Insight Into Hungarian Society
- 14 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Renowned Hungarian sociologist Zsuzsa Ferge does not deny that certain quality of life indicators have improved since 2010. She does, however, believe that such indicators have not affected the strong growth of social inequality in Hungary – it’s as if the government has all but forgotten about the bottom 3 million Hungarians. Social mobility is only awarded to those who have demonstrated their ...
Xpat Opinion: Scandal Of The Year? Russian-Hungarian Nuclear Pact
- 30 Jan 2014 5:40 AM
- current affairs
The headlines in Hungarian weeklies illustrate a growing controversy over the planned addition of two Russian-made blocks to the existing Paks nuclear power station: “The scandal of the year” (168 óra); “Eastern Block” (Heti Világgazdaság); “The business of the year?” (Figyelő); “Hungary hooked by Putin” (Magyar Narancs); “Change of Roles in Kissidonia” (Demokrata); “Paks Vobiscum” (“Paks be with ...
Xpat Opinion: Anti-Semitism In Hungary Declining But Still At Average European Level
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Jewish website reports that anti-Semitism in Hungary has declined since 2010, but is still above the level measured eight years ago. Explaining why “many people have the impression that anti-Semitism is on the rise”, the sociologist who conducted the latest survey on the subject suggests that hard-core anti-Semites may feel encouraged by the presence of a far right party in Parliament and may ...
Nora Berend: The Antisemite Question In Hungary
- 8 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nora Berend is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. She received her B.A. at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, spent a year at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and completed her studies at Columbia University where she received her Ph.D.
Fidesz Support Rises In Hungary To 31% In Dec
- 30 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The governing Fidesz party increased its support among the whole voter population to 31% in December from 30% in November, according to a poll by Századvég. Support for the main opposition Socialists stayed level at 15% in December.
Hungarians Are Unmotivated To Study Foreign Languages
- 20 Sep 2013 7:00 AM
- community & culture
A certificate of proficiency in a foreign language can earn you a rise of HUF 40 000 in the civil service and a comparable rise in the corporate sector – we have learned from the Hungarian Professional Association of Language Schools. That having said, Hungary fares very poorly in foreign language proficiency by comparison to other countries of the European Union. A third of the population ...
More Hungarians Working Abroad
- 11 Jul 2013 10:00 AM
- business
The number of Hungarians working abroad for at least six months has risen to 250,000, or 4.4% of the active population, according to a survey by economic research group GKI. The figure has quadrupled in three years from the 60,000 reported in a 2010 study by economic researchers Kopint-Tárki.
Magyar Telekom CEO: Expanding Mobile Data Transfer Will Boost Telecom Sector
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- tech
The information, media and entertainment market, as well as the integration of fixed line and mobile networks could be the future of the telecommunications business, Magyar Telekom CEO Christopher Mattheisen told MTI, noting that the expansion of mobile data transfer, fuelled by video and sharing, could be the engine of growth for the sector. More than just handsets will connect to mobile ...
Births Up, Deaths Down In Jan-June In Hungary
- 21 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s natural population decline has slowed with more children born and fewer deaths recorded in the first six months of 2014, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Thursday. Altogether 43,130 children were born in the first half of this year, 3.1% more than in the first half of 2013.
Zsuzsa Ferge Offers Troubling Insight Into Hungarian Society
- 14 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Renowned Hungarian sociologist Zsuzsa Ferge does not deny that certain quality of life indicators have improved since 2010. She does, however, believe that such indicators have not affected the strong growth of social inequality in Hungary – it’s as if the government has all but forgotten about the bottom 3 million Hungarians. Social mobility is only awarded to those who have demonstrated their ...
Xpat Opinion: Scandal Of The Year? Russian-Hungarian Nuclear Pact
- 30 Jan 2014 5:40 AM
- current affairs
The headlines in Hungarian weeklies illustrate a growing controversy over the planned addition of two Russian-made blocks to the existing Paks nuclear power station: “The scandal of the year” (168 óra); “Eastern Block” (Heti Világgazdaság); “The business of the year?” (Figyelő); “Hungary hooked by Putin” (Magyar Narancs); “Change of Roles in Kissidonia” (Demokrata); “Paks Vobiscum” (“Paks be with ...
Xpat Opinion: Anti-Semitism In Hungary Declining But Still At Average European Level
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Jewish website reports that anti-Semitism in Hungary has declined since 2010, but is still above the level measured eight years ago. Explaining why “many people have the impression that anti-Semitism is on the rise”, the sociologist who conducted the latest survey on the subject suggests that hard-core anti-Semites may feel encouraged by the presence of a far right party in Parliament and may ...
Nora Berend: The Antisemite Question In Hungary
- 8 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nora Berend is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. She received her B.A. at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, spent a year at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and completed her studies at Columbia University where she received her Ph.D.
Fidesz Support Rises In Hungary To 31% In Dec
- 30 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The governing Fidesz party increased its support among the whole voter population to 31% in December from 30% in November, according to a poll by Századvég. Support for the main opposition Socialists stayed level at 15% in December.
Hungarians Are Unmotivated To Study Foreign Languages
- 20 Sep 2013 7:00 AM
- community & culture
A certificate of proficiency in a foreign language can earn you a rise of HUF 40 000 in the civil service and a comparable rise in the corporate sector – we have learned from the Hungarian Professional Association of Language Schools. That having said, Hungary fares very poorly in foreign language proficiency by comparison to other countries of the European Union. A third of the population ...
More Hungarians Working Abroad
- 11 Jul 2013 10:00 AM
- business
The number of Hungarians working abroad for at least six months has risen to 250,000, or 4.4% of the active population, according to a survey by economic research group GKI. The figure has quadrupled in three years from the 60,000 reported in a 2010 study by economic researchers Kopint-Tárki.