178 result(s) for poverty in Current Affairs
KSH Reports Rising Living Standards In Hungary
- 2 Dec 2016 5:20 AM
- current affairs
Households’ incomes and average living standards have increased in Hungary, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. Average real incomes in 2015 were 4.7% higher than a year before, while the income levels of the poorest were up by 5-6%, KSH said in its report for last year.
Fidesz Election Ploy Will Drive SMEs Out Of Business, Warn Critics
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“We are confronted by an election trick that could trigger a wave of significant wage increases that would cause real problems for those companies which employ people in the vicinity of minimum wage.” – András Vértes, president, GKI Economic Research Zrt.
Áder: SEA Change Needed On Water Management
- 28 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
At the upcoming global meeting in Budapest on water conservation and management, a transformation in attitudes is needed to match the outcome of the Paris climate summit tackling climate change, President János Áder said in an interview to public radio. At next week’s world summit, 2,000 officials representing 111 countries will be present, of which 35 will be prime ministers or ministers, the ...
Exchange Students Mistaken By Public For Refugees
- 21 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian Police were called out to intercept a group of foreign exchange students participating in the Erasmus program in Hungary, who were mistaken for refugees near Hungary’s southern city of Szeged, according to Hungarian online news portal Délmagyar.
Poverty Declines In Hungary Over Past 3 Years?
- 18 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of people classified as poor in Hungary has dropped continuously since 2013, the state secretariat for social affairs and social cohesion at the Human Resources Ministry said on Monday, releasing a report on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
HVG Interview: Former PM Says Hungary Now Full Of Russian Spies
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Interview with Ferenc Gyurcsány appearing in the September 15th edition of hvg: “This is a country in a very dark place, without big common positive experiences and successes.” – Ferenc Gyurcsány
Hungary’s Countryside Poverty Trap Explained
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“I don’t know what will be the last straw, but this inaction is killing me . . . The worst feeling is that even at (the age of 26) I cannot help (my parents)” – Nóra
Over 70% Of Hungarians Reject EU’s Migrant Quota In New Survey
- 22 Sep 2016 12:30 PM
- current affairs
Some 72% of Hungarians are against the automatic distribution of asylumseekers within European Union member states and 78% would vote ‘no’ at the Oct. 2 referendum on EU migrant quotas, the Századvég Foundation said citing a September survey on Tuesday. Századvég conducted its survey between September 7 and 12.
PM Party: EU’s Mistakes Lead To Rejection
- 20 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The mistakes made by the European Union have resulted in resistance developing against the whole institution of the EU, with populist, far-right and Eurosceptic views gaining popularity, the opposition PM party’s Benedek Jávor said. The Greens in Europe have been discussing these problems for years while Europe’s leaders insisted that the mistakes are minor and can be corrected, Jávor told an ...
KSH Reports Rising Living Standards In Hungary
- 2 Dec 2016 5:20 AM
- current affairs
Households’ incomes and average living standards have increased in Hungary, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. Average real incomes in 2015 were 4.7% higher than a year before, while the income levels of the poorest were up by 5-6%, KSH said in its report for last year.
Fidesz Election Ploy Will Drive SMEs Out Of Business, Warn Critics
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“We are confronted by an election trick that could trigger a wave of significant wage increases that would cause real problems for those companies which employ people in the vicinity of minimum wage.” – András Vértes, president, GKI Economic Research Zrt.
Áder: SEA Change Needed On Water Management
- 28 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
At the upcoming global meeting in Budapest on water conservation and management, a transformation in attitudes is needed to match the outcome of the Paris climate summit tackling climate change, President János Áder said in an interview to public radio. At next week’s world summit, 2,000 officials representing 111 countries will be present, of which 35 will be prime ministers or ministers, the ...
Exchange Students Mistaken By Public For Refugees
- 21 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian Police were called out to intercept a group of foreign exchange students participating in the Erasmus program in Hungary, who were mistaken for refugees near Hungary’s southern city of Szeged, according to Hungarian online news portal Délmagyar.
Poverty Declines In Hungary Over Past 3 Years?
- 18 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of people classified as poor in Hungary has dropped continuously since 2013, the state secretariat for social affairs and social cohesion at the Human Resources Ministry said on Monday, releasing a report on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
HVG Interview: Former PM Says Hungary Now Full Of Russian Spies
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Interview with Ferenc Gyurcsány appearing in the September 15th edition of hvg: “This is a country in a very dark place, without big common positive experiences and successes.” – Ferenc Gyurcsány
Hungary’s Countryside Poverty Trap Explained
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“I don’t know what will be the last straw, but this inaction is killing me . . . The worst feeling is that even at (the age of 26) I cannot help (my parents)” – Nóra
Over 70% Of Hungarians Reject EU’s Migrant Quota In New Survey
- 22 Sep 2016 12:30 PM
- current affairs
Some 72% of Hungarians are against the automatic distribution of asylumseekers within European Union member states and 78% would vote ‘no’ at the Oct. 2 referendum on EU migrant quotas, the Századvég Foundation said citing a September survey on Tuesday. Századvég conducted its survey between September 7 and 12.
PM Party: EU’s Mistakes Lead To Rejection
- 20 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The mistakes made by the European Union have resulted in resistance developing against the whole institution of the EU, with populist, far-right and Eurosceptic views gaining popularity, the opposition PM party’s Benedek Jávor said. The Greens in Europe have been discussing these problems for years while Europe’s leaders insisted that the mistakes are minor and can be corrected, Jávor told an ...