9 result(s) for poverty risk rate in Current Affairs
Watch: Hungary Exempted from US Sanctions, but Brussels Still Banning Russian Energy Imports
- 12 Nov 2025 5:55 AM
- current affairs
Even though Hungary has secured an exemption from US sanctions, Brussels is still banning Russian energy imports from 2027, Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday. "They want to pursue the war and sanctions," the prime minister wrote on Facebook.
Hungary Is Not 'Europe's Poorest Country', Asserts Econmin
- 24 Jun 2024 10:03 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The national economy ministry on Friday rejected reports branding Hungary the poorest country in the EU, calling the reports “nonsense” and “wilful lies”, a misinterpretation of an Eurostat report stating Hungarian household consumption as 70% of the EU average.
Warning from Pro-Family President: "No Future for Hungary, Unless Birth Rate Can Be Raised", Says Novák
- 15 Sep 2023 7:29 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungary will have no future, and the nation cannot be preserved unless the birth rate can be raised, President Katalin Novák said in an interview published in the weekly Mandiner.
New Data: Poverty Dropped Significantly in Hungary
- 19 Jun 2023 9:31 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Recent Eurostat data show that the rate of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion has dropped significantly, to 18.4% last year from 30.6% in 2015, an interior ministry official said on Thursday.
Hungarian Opinion: Dispute Over Government’s Economic Measures
- 20 Apr 2020 9:22 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A pro-government and an independent economist find the government’s economic incentives to kick-start the economy reasonable and well-balanced. A former liberal minister and a left-wing commentator, on the other hand, accuse the government of mismanaging the economic crisis.
Poverty Risk Rate In Hungary Below EU Average
- 21 Oct 2019 8:57 AM
- https://bbj.hu/
- current affairs
The proportion of Hungarians at risk of poverty or social exclusion was 19.6% in 2018 compared to the 21.7% EU average, data compiled by the European Commissionʼs statistical body Eurostat show.
One-Quarter Of Hungarians At Risk Of Poverty Or Social Exclusion
- 24 Oct 2017 8:50 AM
- current affairs
In 2016, 14.5 percent of Hungarians were at risk of income impoverishment, 16.2 percent were severely materially deprived and 8.2 percent could not remain employed on the job market. Only in the second category did Hungary score below the EU average, reports index.hu.
Official Reports Improved Roma Poverty Indicators
- 1 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Poverty risk indicators for the Roma population have significantly declined in the past 2-3 years, an official at the human resources ministry said. The proportion of Roma experiencing income poverty fell from 68% to 63% while in-work poverty rate fell from 43% to 27% and the deprivation rate from 78% to 68%, state secretary Károly Czibere told a meeting of the Roma Coordination Council.
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 ...
Watch: Hungary Exempted from US Sanctions, but Brussels Still Banning Russian Energy Imports
- 12 Nov 2025 5:55 AM
- current affairs
Even though Hungary has secured an exemption from US sanctions, Brussels is still banning Russian energy imports from 2027, Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday. "They want to pursue the war and sanctions," the prime minister wrote on Facebook.
Hungary Is Not 'Europe's Poorest Country', Asserts Econmin
- 24 Jun 2024 10:03 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The national economy ministry on Friday rejected reports branding Hungary the poorest country in the EU, calling the reports “nonsense” and “wilful lies”, a misinterpretation of an Eurostat report stating Hungarian household consumption as 70% of the EU average.
Warning from Pro-Family President: "No Future for Hungary, Unless Birth Rate Can Be Raised", Says Novák
- 15 Sep 2023 7:29 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungary will have no future, and the nation cannot be preserved unless the birth rate can be raised, President Katalin Novák said in an interview published in the weekly Mandiner.
New Data: Poverty Dropped Significantly in Hungary
- 19 Jun 2023 9:31 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Recent Eurostat data show that the rate of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion has dropped significantly, to 18.4% last year from 30.6% in 2015, an interior ministry official said on Thursday.
Hungarian Opinion: Dispute Over Government’s Economic Measures
- 20 Apr 2020 9:22 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A pro-government and an independent economist find the government’s economic incentives to kick-start the economy reasonable and well-balanced. A former liberal minister and a left-wing commentator, on the other hand, accuse the government of mismanaging the economic crisis.
Poverty Risk Rate In Hungary Below EU Average
- 21 Oct 2019 8:57 AM
- https://bbj.hu/
- current affairs
The proportion of Hungarians at risk of poverty or social exclusion was 19.6% in 2018 compared to the 21.7% EU average, data compiled by the European Commissionʼs statistical body Eurostat show.
One-Quarter Of Hungarians At Risk Of Poverty Or Social Exclusion
- 24 Oct 2017 8:50 AM
- current affairs
In 2016, 14.5 percent of Hungarians were at risk of income impoverishment, 16.2 percent were severely materially deprived and 8.2 percent could not remain employed on the job market. Only in the second category did Hungary score below the EU average, reports index.hu.
Official Reports Improved Roma Poverty Indicators
- 1 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Poverty risk indicators for the Roma population have significantly declined in the past 2-3 years, an official at the human resources ministry said. The proportion of Roma experiencing income poverty fell from 68% to 63% while in-work poverty rate fell from 43% to 27% and the deprivation rate from 78% to 68%, state secretary Károly Czibere told a meeting of the Roma Coordination Council.
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 ...