236 result(s) for protests in Current Affairs
Hungarian Govt Calls On Teachers To Negotiate
- 12 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Representatives of teachers should discuss problems dogging public education with the government and help to resolve them, the government office chief said, criticising the PSZ trade union for signalling it will boycott the talks. “This is unprecedented in the past 25 years ...” János Lázár told a weekly government press briefing.
Teachers Plan Feb. 13 Demo Over Working Conditions, Centralized Curriculum
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian teachers are organizing a day of demonstrations on February 13, with protests scheduled in Budapest and elsewhere around the country, to push their demands for better working conditions and a reversal of the centralization of the education system that began after the 2010 elections, Istvánné Galló, president of teachers union PSZ, said.
Teachers Demonstrate For Education Reform In NE Hungary
- 4 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Teachers, students, parents and civil groups held a demonstration in Miskolc, in northeastern Hungary, on Wednesday afternoon against the state of Hungary’s centralised public education system and low wages. The few thousand demonstrators demanded the reduction of centralisation and bureaucracy, restoring the school leaving age to 18 and changes to the teacher career model which links experience ...
Romania Plans To Open Refugee Camp Near Hungarian Border
- 4 Feb 2016 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The Romanian government is planning to open a refugee camp in Tășnad (Tasnád), in north-western Romania, some 30 kilometres from the border with Hungary, daily Magyar Idők said. The camp would provide accommodation to some 600, mainly Syrian refugees, despite protests from the town’s leaders and residents, the paper said.
Hungarian Socialist Leader Calls For Education System To Be Put On New Footing
- 3 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Addressing discontent on the part of Hungarian teachers who plan to hold a demonstration, the Socialist leader, József Tóbiás, said on Tuesday that it was not enough to tinker with the education system but it must be put on an entirely new footing. Tóbiás said professionals in Hungary had been humiliated and managed unprofessionally and mindlessly.
Budapest Taxi Drivers Continue Anti-Uber Demo
- 19 Jan 2016 3:50 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s taxi drivers have continued their protest against car-dispatcher Uber, blocking traffic at the junction of Andrássy Avenue, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road and József Attila Street in the city centre on Tuesday morning. The protesters have blocked the site with some 30 taxis, leaving only one lane in each direction for traffic to pass by. The organisers, who started their demonstration on ...
Greenpeace Protests Against Sale Of Kishantos Organic Farm In Hungary
- 9 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A group of Greenpeace activists held a protest against the sale of lands formerly leased to the organic farm of Kishantos, in Szekesfehervar, central Hungary. Greenpeace said on its website that its activists climbed onto the roof of the building where the auction was taking place and sprayed the words “Land Theft” on it. The activists also hung banners that said “Hands off of Kishantos!” in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Recruiting Terrorists In Budapest Among The Refugees: The Hungarian Version
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Those of you who subscribe to Google Alerts must have noticed that practically all English, German, and French articles on Hungary in the last few days dealt with a trip that Salah Abdeslam, the suspected organizer of the Paris terrorist attacks, made to Budapest. There he picked up two men who later had a role to play in the Paris bloodbath.
Hungarian Govt Office Chief: Illegal Migration, Terrorism ‘Go Hand In Hand’
- 27 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government believes that illegal migration and terrorism are inseparable and go “hand in hand”, government office chief János Lázár said. The threat of terrorism is growing in Europe, Lázár told his regular weekly press conference. Hungary will take the position to the EU-Turkey summit in Brussels on Sunday that it is ready to cooperate intensively in protecting Europe “in this war ...
Hungarian Govt Calls On Teachers To Negotiate
- 12 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Representatives of teachers should discuss problems dogging public education with the government and help to resolve them, the government office chief said, criticising the PSZ trade union for signalling it will boycott the talks. “This is unprecedented in the past 25 years ...” János Lázár told a weekly government press briefing.
Teachers Plan Feb. 13 Demo Over Working Conditions, Centralized Curriculum
- 8 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian teachers are organizing a day of demonstrations on February 13, with protests scheduled in Budapest and elsewhere around the country, to push their demands for better working conditions and a reversal of the centralization of the education system that began after the 2010 elections, Istvánné Galló, president of teachers union PSZ, said.
Teachers Demonstrate For Education Reform In NE Hungary
- 4 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Teachers, students, parents and civil groups held a demonstration in Miskolc, in northeastern Hungary, on Wednesday afternoon against the state of Hungary’s centralised public education system and low wages. The few thousand demonstrators demanded the reduction of centralisation and bureaucracy, restoring the school leaving age to 18 and changes to the teacher career model which links experience ...
Romania Plans To Open Refugee Camp Near Hungarian Border
- 4 Feb 2016 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The Romanian government is planning to open a refugee camp in Tășnad (Tasnád), in north-western Romania, some 30 kilometres from the border with Hungary, daily Magyar Idők said. The camp would provide accommodation to some 600, mainly Syrian refugees, despite protests from the town’s leaders and residents, the paper said.
Hungarian Socialist Leader Calls For Education System To Be Put On New Footing
- 3 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Addressing discontent on the part of Hungarian teachers who plan to hold a demonstration, the Socialist leader, József Tóbiás, said on Tuesday that it was not enough to tinker with the education system but it must be put on an entirely new footing. Tóbiás said professionals in Hungary had been humiliated and managed unprofessionally and mindlessly.
Budapest Taxi Drivers Continue Anti-Uber Demo
- 19 Jan 2016 3:50 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s taxi drivers have continued their protest against car-dispatcher Uber, blocking traffic at the junction of Andrássy Avenue, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road and József Attila Street in the city centre on Tuesday morning. The protesters have blocked the site with some 30 taxis, leaving only one lane in each direction for traffic to pass by. The organisers, who started their demonstration on ...
Greenpeace Protests Against Sale Of Kishantos Organic Farm In Hungary
- 9 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A group of Greenpeace activists held a protest against the sale of lands formerly leased to the organic farm of Kishantos, in Szekesfehervar, central Hungary. Greenpeace said on its website that its activists climbed onto the roof of the building where the auction was taking place and sprayed the words “Land Theft” on it. The activists also hung banners that said “Hands off of Kishantos!” in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Recruiting Terrorists In Budapest Among The Refugees: The Hungarian Version
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Those of you who subscribe to Google Alerts must have noticed that practically all English, German, and French articles on Hungary in the last few days dealt with a trip that Salah Abdeslam, the suspected organizer of the Paris terrorist attacks, made to Budapest. There he picked up two men who later had a role to play in the Paris bloodbath.
Hungarian Govt Office Chief: Illegal Migration, Terrorism ‘Go Hand In Hand’
- 27 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government believes that illegal migration and terrorism are inseparable and go “hand in hand”, government office chief János Lázár said. The threat of terrorism is growing in Europe, Lázár told his regular weekly press conference. Hungary will take the position to the EU-Turkey summit in Brussels on Sunday that it is ready to cooperate intensively in protecting Europe “in this war ...