542 result(s) for press freedom
Palkovics Dismisses Concerns Over Science Funding
- 20 Jun 2018 7:31 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- tech
László Palkovics, the Minister of Innovation and Technology, has dismissed concerns that the government is stepping on the toes of scientific researchers of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA).
LMP: Putting MTA Under State Oversight Unacceptable
- 18 Jun 2018 9:17 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The way and method in which the state wants to place the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) under its purview is unacceptable, Szabolcs Szabó, an MP of opposition green LMP, said at a press conference on Saturday.
PM Orbán: Speculators Out To 'Ruin' Europe
- 11 Jun 2018 8:13 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
A replacement of the European population is under way, partly to help speculators like US financier George Soros make money by “ruining” the continent, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said in his regular interview with public Kossuth Radio.
Opposition Demands Higher Wages For Teachers
- 4 Jun 2018 10:05 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The opposition LMP and Párbeszéd parties on Sunday demanded big salary increases for teachers. LMP spokesman Máté Kanász-Nagy, speaking at a press conference marking national teachers’ day, proposed that career models should offer teachers “salaries equal to those of the government’s state secretaries”.
PM Orbán: Soros Behind Attempt To Expel Fidesz From EPP
- 25 May 2018 3:13 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Commenting on a new campaign by rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) aiming to get the European People’s Party to expel Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said this was a form of pressure exercised by US financier George Soros.
Head Of PM’s Office On GDPR
- 25 May 2018 6:42 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Yesterday the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, Gergely Gulyás, commented on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into effect on today, saying the government would only issue warnings rather than sanctions to SMEs in violation of GDPR.
Hungary Censured By EP Education Committee
- 17 May 2018 8:12 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) has made several serious criticisms regarding the situation in Hungary.
Open Society Foundations To Close International Operations In Budapest
- 15 May 2018 9:24 AM
- current affairs
Faced with an increasingly repressive political and legal environment in Hungary, the Open Society Foundations are moving their Budapest-based international operations and staff to the German capital, Berlin, OSF told the press today.
Local Opinion: Analyses One Month After Elections
- 7 May 2018 7:18 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Commentators across the political spectrum agree that the sweeping victory of the government side was due in the first place to the weaknesses of the opposition, although left-liberal analysts also contend that the governing forces enjoyed unfair advantages during the campaign.
Palkovics Dismisses Concerns Over Science Funding
- 20 Jun 2018 7:31 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- tech
László Palkovics, the Minister of Innovation and Technology, has dismissed concerns that the government is stepping on the toes of scientific researchers of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA).
LMP: Putting MTA Under State Oversight Unacceptable
- 18 Jun 2018 9:17 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The way and method in which the state wants to place the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) under its purview is unacceptable, Szabolcs Szabó, an MP of opposition green LMP, said at a press conference on Saturday.
PM Orbán: Speculators Out To 'Ruin' Europe
- 11 Jun 2018 8:13 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
A replacement of the European population is under way, partly to help speculators like US financier George Soros make money by “ruining” the continent, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said in his regular interview with public Kossuth Radio.
Opposition Demands Higher Wages For Teachers
- 4 Jun 2018 10:05 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The opposition LMP and Párbeszéd parties on Sunday demanded big salary increases for teachers. LMP spokesman Máté Kanász-Nagy, speaking at a press conference marking national teachers’ day, proposed that career models should offer teachers “salaries equal to those of the government’s state secretaries”.
PM Orbán: Soros Behind Attempt To Expel Fidesz From EPP
- 25 May 2018 3:13 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Commenting on a new campaign by rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) aiming to get the European People’s Party to expel Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said this was a form of pressure exercised by US financier George Soros.
Head Of PM’s Office On GDPR
- 25 May 2018 6:42 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Yesterday the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office, Gergely Gulyás, commented on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into effect on today, saying the government would only issue warnings rather than sanctions to SMEs in violation of GDPR.
Hungary Censured By EP Education Committee
- 17 May 2018 8:12 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) has made several serious criticisms regarding the situation in Hungary.
Open Society Foundations To Close International Operations In Budapest
- 15 May 2018 9:24 AM
- current affairs
Faced with an increasingly repressive political and legal environment in Hungary, the Open Society Foundations are moving their Budapest-based international operations and staff to the German capital, Berlin, OSF told the press today.
Local Opinion: Analyses One Month After Elections
- 7 May 2018 7:18 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Commentators across the political spectrum agree that the sweeping victory of the government side was due in the first place to the weaknesses of the opposition, although left-liberal analysts also contend that the governing forces enjoyed unfair advantages during the campaign.