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Updated: New US Ambassador Finally In Budapest
- 22 Jan 2015 12:55 AM
- current affairs
Update: Video added below. A year and a half to the day after the departure of Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, the United States’ new ambassador to Hungary arrived at the capital’s Liszt Ferenc airport yesterday. She was greeted there by Levente Magyar, under-secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Magyar reportedly expressed his government’s hope that Bell’s arrival will ...
President Urges Hungarians To Pull Together To Restore Damaged Forests
- 16 Jan 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has called on Hungarian citizens and public media to pull together and help restore the country’s woods and forests which were recently ravaged by freezing rain. The president’s office said that Áder had met the head of the country’s forestry association, who briefed him about the massive damage to trees in December in the country and the environmental clean-up that has taken ...
Jobbik Calls On Govt To Withdraw Planned Tax On Solar Panels
- 13 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has called on the government to withdraw solar panels from an environmental product fee, saying that the tax would be “yet another nail in the coffin” of Hungary’s economic and energy independence. Lawmaker Lajos Kepli said that the government had made needless “luxury investments” and pursued a reckless economic policy, and such taxes were desperate measures ...
Hungarian Leaders Condemn Paris Attack On Satirical Magazine
- 8 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán condemned the shootings in Paris at the offices of a satirical magazine that claimed at least 12 lives. Expressing his condolences to his counterpart Francois Hollande, President Áder said, “I was deeply shocked and grieved today to hear about the fatal terrorist attack at the Charlie Hebdo magazine’s headquarters.”
New Directorate For Sustainable Environment At Hungary’s President’s Office
- 6 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The President’s Office has set up a new directorate responsible for environmental sustainability, Hungary’s President János Áder announced. The president told a press conference that the new directorate is headed by Csaba Kőrösi, former UN ambassador.
Áder: Anniversary Of Hungary’s Freedom Celebrated In 2015
- 5 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
With New Year’s Day in 2015 the 25th anniversary of a free, independent and democratic Hungary is also celebrated, which has emerged from our dreams, Hungary’s President János Áder said in his New Year’s TV address.
Hungary’s President Áder Returns Two Laws To Parliament
- 22 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder returned the laws on the protection of the built environment and on trade to parliament for reconsideration. Both laws were approved by parliament on December 9.
Hungarian Lawmakers Pass Law On Banning Unprofitable Supermarkets
- 10 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- shopping
Lawmakers approved a government law on banning from 2018 supermarkets and hypermarkets that fail to make a profit for two consecutive years. The law which bans the outlets from selling daily consumer goods passed with 116 in favour, 34 against and 25 abstentions.
President Assesses Frozen Rain Damage
- 9 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Government and civil society must work together to help to tackle the damage to trees caused by last week’s freezing rain, President János Áder said. Examining the situation at a Pilis National Forest site near Pilisszentkereszt, he said the sight of the fallen and broken trees was “dramatic”.
Updated: New US Ambassador Finally In Budapest
- 22 Jan 2015 12:55 AM
- current affairs
Update: Video added below. A year and a half to the day after the departure of Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, the United States’ new ambassador to Hungary arrived at the capital’s Liszt Ferenc airport yesterday. She was greeted there by Levente Magyar, under-secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Magyar reportedly expressed his government’s hope that Bell’s arrival will ...
President Urges Hungarians To Pull Together To Restore Damaged Forests
- 16 Jan 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has called on Hungarian citizens and public media to pull together and help restore the country’s woods and forests which were recently ravaged by freezing rain. The president’s office said that Áder had met the head of the country’s forestry association, who briefed him about the massive damage to trees in December in the country and the environmental clean-up that has taken ...
Jobbik Calls On Govt To Withdraw Planned Tax On Solar Panels
- 13 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has called on the government to withdraw solar panels from an environmental product fee, saying that the tax would be “yet another nail in the coffin” of Hungary’s economic and energy independence. Lawmaker Lajos Kepli said that the government had made needless “luxury investments” and pursued a reckless economic policy, and such taxes were desperate measures ...
Hungarian Leaders Condemn Paris Attack On Satirical Magazine
- 8 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán condemned the shootings in Paris at the offices of a satirical magazine that claimed at least 12 lives. Expressing his condolences to his counterpart Francois Hollande, President Áder said, “I was deeply shocked and grieved today to hear about the fatal terrorist attack at the Charlie Hebdo magazine’s headquarters.”
New Directorate For Sustainable Environment At Hungary’s President’s Office
- 6 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The President’s Office has set up a new directorate responsible for environmental sustainability, Hungary’s President János Áder announced. The president told a press conference that the new directorate is headed by Csaba Kőrösi, former UN ambassador.
Áder: Anniversary Of Hungary’s Freedom Celebrated In 2015
- 5 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
With New Year’s Day in 2015 the 25th anniversary of a free, independent and democratic Hungary is also celebrated, which has emerged from our dreams, Hungary’s President János Áder said in his New Year’s TV address.
Hungary’s President Áder Returns Two Laws To Parliament
- 22 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder returned the laws on the protection of the built environment and on trade to parliament for reconsideration. Both laws were approved by parliament on December 9.
Hungarian Lawmakers Pass Law On Banning Unprofitable Supermarkets
- 10 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- shopping
Lawmakers approved a government law on banning from 2018 supermarkets and hypermarkets that fail to make a profit for two consecutive years. The law which bans the outlets from selling daily consumer goods passed with 116 in favour, 34 against and 25 abstentions.
President Assesses Frozen Rain Damage
- 9 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Government and civil society must work together to help to tackle the damage to trees caused by last week’s freezing rain, President János Áder said. Examining the situation at a Pilis National Forest site near Pilisszentkereszt, he said the sight of the fallen and broken trees was “dramatic”.