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PM Hopes To Get Sufficient Support For Planned Amendments
- 5 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed hope that his proposed amendments to the constitution would get the required two-thirds majority in Parliament. The premier said he believed that lawmakers would “move along the right scenario”. He added that a 50% turnout in the referendum would have validated “voters’ voices in themselves,” but at 43% turnout parliament needs “to give an extra push”.
Vona Calls On Orbán To Resign
- 4 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gábor Vona, leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to resign over the outcome of Sunday’s referendum on European Union migrant quotas. Vona said Brussels would “take advantage of Orbán’s irresponsibility and mistakes and use this against Hungary”.
Opposition Speaks Out Against Budapest Olympic Bid
- 29 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The opposition Socialist and LMP parties reiterated their position on Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics, saying that staging the Games was against the capital’s interest. Socialist Budapest deputy Csaba Horváth said that instead of supporting the Olympic bid, the Budapest Assembly should address the issue of the capital’s “broken-down hospitals and abandoned schools”.
Xpat Opinion: Luxembourg Foreign Minister Would Expel Hungary From EU
- 16 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing daily and a conservative commentator both consider the termination of Hungary’s EU membership as proposed by Mr Asselborn as an exaggerated reaction to the bitter divergences which have emerged over the migration crisis.
“We Must Stop Brussels!” Referendum Booklet Warns Hungarians
- 15 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“We must stop Brussels! We can send a clear and unequivocal message to Brussels with the referendum. We must achieve that it withdraws the dangerous proposal. For this we must vote no.” – Page 14.
Németh: EU To Put Forward Plan With Hungary’s European Army Proposal Included By Year-End
- 5 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The EU could put forward by the end of the year a defence and security strategy draft which incorporates Hungary’s proposal on setting up a European army, the head of a Hungarian parliamentary committee said on Sunday, after foreign policy talks in Bratislava.
Union: New School Year ‘Won’t Be Smooth’
- 1 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of the PSZ teachers’ trade union has warned that the new school year “will not be smooth”. Piroska Galló said government communications suggesting all the right conditions were in place for schools to start the year successfully were misleading.
Hungary’s PM Orbán Calls For Setting Up Joint European Army
- 29 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called for setting up a common European army. Speaking at a news conference ahead of a Visegrad Four (V4) summit in Warsaw, Orbán outlined a set of proposals in connection with the future of the European Union’s security policy, economic policy, institutional system, and common policies. He said security should be made a priority within the bloc.
Xpat Opinion: PM Orbán Announces New Border Fence
- 29 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The leading left-wing daily likens the Hungarian Prime Minister’s plan to erect a new fence on Hungary’s southern border, to the Israeli wall in the West Bank. Népszabadság wonders if Hungary would shoot at refugees if the new defence line does not stop them.
PM Hopes To Get Sufficient Support For Planned Amendments
- 5 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed hope that his proposed amendments to the constitution would get the required two-thirds majority in Parliament. The premier said he believed that lawmakers would “move along the right scenario”. He added that a 50% turnout in the referendum would have validated “voters’ voices in themselves,” but at 43% turnout parliament needs “to give an extra push”.
Vona Calls On Orbán To Resign
- 4 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gábor Vona, leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to resign over the outcome of Sunday’s referendum on European Union migrant quotas. Vona said Brussels would “take advantage of Orbán’s irresponsibility and mistakes and use this against Hungary”.
Opposition Speaks Out Against Budapest Olympic Bid
- 29 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The opposition Socialist and LMP parties reiterated their position on Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics, saying that staging the Games was against the capital’s interest. Socialist Budapest deputy Csaba Horváth said that instead of supporting the Olympic bid, the Budapest Assembly should address the issue of the capital’s “broken-down hospitals and abandoned schools”.
Xpat Opinion: Luxembourg Foreign Minister Would Expel Hungary From EU
- 16 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing daily and a conservative commentator both consider the termination of Hungary’s EU membership as proposed by Mr Asselborn as an exaggerated reaction to the bitter divergences which have emerged over the migration crisis.
“We Must Stop Brussels!” Referendum Booklet Warns Hungarians
- 15 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“We must stop Brussels! We can send a clear and unequivocal message to Brussels with the referendum. We must achieve that it withdraws the dangerous proposal. For this we must vote no.” – Page 14.
Németh: EU To Put Forward Plan With Hungary’s European Army Proposal Included By Year-End
- 5 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The EU could put forward by the end of the year a defence and security strategy draft which incorporates Hungary’s proposal on setting up a European army, the head of a Hungarian parliamentary committee said on Sunday, after foreign policy talks in Bratislava.
Union: New School Year ‘Won’t Be Smooth’
- 1 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of the PSZ teachers’ trade union has warned that the new school year “will not be smooth”. Piroska Galló said government communications suggesting all the right conditions were in place for schools to start the year successfully were misleading.
Hungary’s PM Orbán Calls For Setting Up Joint European Army
- 29 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called for setting up a common European army. Speaking at a news conference ahead of a Visegrad Four (V4) summit in Warsaw, Orbán outlined a set of proposals in connection with the future of the European Union’s security policy, economic policy, institutional system, and common policies. He said security should be made a priority within the bloc.
Xpat Opinion: PM Orbán Announces New Border Fence
- 29 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The leading left-wing daily likens the Hungarian Prime Minister’s plan to erect a new fence on Hungary’s southern border, to the Israeli wall in the West Bank. Népszabadság wonders if Hungary would shoot at refugees if the new defence line does not stop them.