485 result(s) for protection measures
Price Cut In Budapest Public Transport – BKK Passes Cost 10% Less
- 9 Jan 2014 10:45 AM
- getting around
The General Assembly of Budapest approved the motion for BKK’s public transport pass prices to be decreased by 10% from 1 January 2014. Costs of the most frequently purchased pass types required for daily commutes to work and school will be reduced.
Number Of Women In Employment In Hungary Exceeds 1.8 Million
- 7 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As Ministerial Commissioner Piroska Szalai said, who is responsible for improving the labour prospects of women, it is an outstanding achievement that the number of women in employment has been steadily above 1.8 million for the fourth consecutive month which constitutes an employment rate of 53 percent. In November, of women aged 15-64 years, 1 825 thousand had a job, the best monthly figure ...
Xpat Opinion: Senator Ben Cardin: Human Rights In Hungary
- 15 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The following remarks by Ben Cardin, senator from Maryland, were delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Friday, December 13, 2013. Senator Cardin is deeply interested in foreign affairs and sits on the Committee on Foreign Relations. He is also the co-chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, otherwise known as the Helsinki Commission. Senator Cardin addressed the ...
HUF 620 Million In Hungary’s Government Funding For Charity Organisations
- 13 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Minister of State for Social and Family Affairs Miklós Soltész announced today that, compared to 2011, the Government will provide more than twice as much funding for charity organisations as well as raising the number of eligible organisations from three to eight.
Programme Package Of 55 Billion For Transport Security Interventions In Hungary
- 12 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
State Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs of the Ministry of National Development János Fónagy opened the conference “New Decade, New Challenges in Transport Security” in Budapest on 11 December, 2013.
Hungary Continues To Step Up Against Domestic Violence
- 7 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Representatives of the Ministry of Human Resources held talks with the Human Rights Watch about the organisation's report on domestic violence in Hungary. The report subsequently acknowledges that including violence within relationships as a separate category of offence within the new Penal Code, operative as of 1 July 2013, was a necessary step and points in the right direction.
Hungary's PM Receives WHO Award For Anti-Smoking Legislation
- 9 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
UN World Health Organisation’s Director-General Margaret Chan presented Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with the World No Tobacco Day 2013 award on Tuesday in recognition of his government's non-smoking initiatives.
Xpat Opinion: The Plight Of The Homeless In Hungary
- 1 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Perhaps I haven’t spent enough time on the plight of the homeless in Hungary. The United Nations estimates the number of homeless people in Hungary at 30-35,000, of whom about 8,000 are in Budapest. Some of them live in homeless shelters; others, afraid of being robbed, refuse to go there. In any case, there are only about 5,500 places, which is not enough. Some of those counted as homeless ...
Record Low Hungarian Budget Deficit Is Sustainable
- 18 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- business
The budget deficit (1.9 percent of gross domestic product) has not been at such a low level for 10 years and according to forecasts it will remain below 3 percent next year.
Price Cut In Budapest Public Transport – BKK Passes Cost 10% Less
- 9 Jan 2014 10:45 AM
- getting around
The General Assembly of Budapest approved the motion for BKK’s public transport pass prices to be decreased by 10% from 1 January 2014. Costs of the most frequently purchased pass types required for daily commutes to work and school will be reduced.
Number Of Women In Employment In Hungary Exceeds 1.8 Million
- 7 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As Ministerial Commissioner Piroska Szalai said, who is responsible for improving the labour prospects of women, it is an outstanding achievement that the number of women in employment has been steadily above 1.8 million for the fourth consecutive month which constitutes an employment rate of 53 percent. In November, of women aged 15-64 years, 1 825 thousand had a job, the best monthly figure ...
Xpat Opinion: Senator Ben Cardin: Human Rights In Hungary
- 15 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The following remarks by Ben Cardin, senator from Maryland, were delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Friday, December 13, 2013. Senator Cardin is deeply interested in foreign affairs and sits on the Committee on Foreign Relations. He is also the co-chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, otherwise known as the Helsinki Commission. Senator Cardin addressed the ...
HUF 620 Million In Hungary’s Government Funding For Charity Organisations
- 13 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Minister of State for Social and Family Affairs Miklós Soltész announced today that, compared to 2011, the Government will provide more than twice as much funding for charity organisations as well as raising the number of eligible organisations from three to eight.
Programme Package Of 55 Billion For Transport Security Interventions In Hungary
- 12 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
State Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs of the Ministry of National Development János Fónagy opened the conference “New Decade, New Challenges in Transport Security” in Budapest on 11 December, 2013.
Hungary Continues To Step Up Against Domestic Violence
- 7 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Representatives of the Ministry of Human Resources held talks with the Human Rights Watch about the organisation's report on domestic violence in Hungary. The report subsequently acknowledges that including violence within relationships as a separate category of offence within the new Penal Code, operative as of 1 July 2013, was a necessary step and points in the right direction.
Hungary's PM Receives WHO Award For Anti-Smoking Legislation
- 9 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
UN World Health Organisation’s Director-General Margaret Chan presented Prime Minister Viktor Orbán with the World No Tobacco Day 2013 award on Tuesday in recognition of his government's non-smoking initiatives.
Xpat Opinion: The Plight Of The Homeless In Hungary
- 1 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Perhaps I haven’t spent enough time on the plight of the homeless in Hungary. The United Nations estimates the number of homeless people in Hungary at 30-35,000, of whom about 8,000 are in Budapest. Some of them live in homeless shelters; others, afraid of being robbed, refuse to go there. In any case, there are only about 5,500 places, which is not enough. Some of those counted as homeless ...
Record Low Hungarian Budget Deficit Is Sustainable
- 18 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- business
The budget deficit (1.9 percent of gross domestic product) has not been at such a low level for 10 years and according to forecasts it will remain below 3 percent next year.