876 result(s) for public education
Opinion: The Hungarian Opposition Shows Signs Of Life
- 20 Feb 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Momentum’s victory
The major news of the day is the overwhelming success of Momentum’s signature drive for a referendum on holding the 2024 Olympic Games in Budapest. They needed 138,000 signatures; they collected 266,151. Although the young leaders of the movement don’t seem to be overly grateful, about 60,000 of these signatures were collected by political parties on the left. LMP and ...
The major news of the day is the overwhelming success of Momentum’s signature drive for a referendum on holding the 2024 Olympic Games in Budapest. They needed 138,000 signatures; they collected 266,151. Although the young leaders of the movement don’t seem to be overly grateful, about 60,000 of these signatures were collected by political parties on the left. LMP and ...
Opposition Parties Criticise PM’s State Of The Nation Address
- 13 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties voiced criticism of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s state of the nation address on Friday, saying that he had failed to address Hungary’s actual problems. The radical nationalist Jobbik party said that important issues such as corruption and the “smear campaigns” launched against his political opponents were missing from Orbán’s speech.
Every Citizen Will Benefit From Digital Transformation
- 10 Feb 2017 3:00 AM
- tech
The government commissioner for Hungary’s digital welfare scheme has said every Hungarian citizen will benefit from the country’s digital transformation, which aims to put Hungary at the forefront of Europe. Tamás Deutsch told an event organised by the Joint Venture Association that the government was getting businesses to cooperate to ensure that digitalisation creates many more jobs than it ...
Hungary’s Public Education System Unprepared For Language Exams
- 7 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many hard-working students have no chance of passing their intermediate-level language exam in grammar schools because the public education system has not prepared them sufficiently well, the head of the Language Skills Association told Tuesday’s edition of Magyar Nemzet.
Interview 2: Richard Dyer, Former Principal, The British International School, Budapest
- 6 Feb 2017 11:00 AM
What's been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Index.hu: We Are Not Paid Agents Of Russia, We Do It Out Of Conviction
- 6 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
We have found a Jobbik activist, a young communist, a Russian convicted of vandalism and a neo-Nazi among the anonymous editors of one of the best known Russian propaganda pages of Facebook, which is proof that Moscow has assistants on both the far-right and the far-left. What’s more, their reach extends even higher: one active proponents of the cause had been a diplomat at the Foreign Ministry ...
Hungarian Government: Education Spending Up Significantly
- 1 Feb 2017 6:07 AM
- current affairs
Government spending on education came to 2,000 billion forints (EUR 6.4bn) last year, up significantly from the 1,800 billion forints spent on the sector in 2015, the state secretary for education said on Tuesday. Public school and higher education workers are both set to receive wage increases starting September this year, László Palkovics told a press conference.
Neil McGarry, Principal of Britannica International School
- 31 Jan 2017 11:00 AM
Neil McGarry has become the new Principal of Britannica International School in Budapest, joining the community from the La Mare de Carteret High School in Guernsey, UK where he worked as a senior leader.
Budapest Approves Final 2024 Olympic Locations, Opposition Slams Mayor
- 26 Jan 2017 3:00 AM
- sport
The Budapest assembly on Wednesday approved the final proposal on locations selected under the Hungarian capital’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics. Budapest’s mayor, István Tarlós, has failed to discuss proposals concerning renovating the third metro line or handling the capital’s current smog problem, a Socialist representative said. Budapest assembly approves final 2024 Olympic locations.
Opinion: The Hungarian Opposition Shows Signs Of Life
- 20 Feb 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Momentum’s victory
The major news of the day is the overwhelming success of Momentum’s signature drive for a referendum on holding the 2024 Olympic Games in Budapest. They needed 138,000 signatures; they collected 266,151. Although the young leaders of the movement don’t seem to be overly grateful, about 60,000 of these signatures were collected by political parties on the left. LMP and ...
The major news of the day is the overwhelming success of Momentum’s signature drive for a referendum on holding the 2024 Olympic Games in Budapest. They needed 138,000 signatures; they collected 266,151. Although the young leaders of the movement don’t seem to be overly grateful, about 60,000 of these signatures were collected by political parties on the left. LMP and ...
Opposition Parties Criticise PM’s State Of The Nation Address
- 13 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties voiced criticism of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s state of the nation address on Friday, saying that he had failed to address Hungary’s actual problems. The radical nationalist Jobbik party said that important issues such as corruption and the “smear campaigns” launched against his political opponents were missing from Orbán’s speech.
Every Citizen Will Benefit From Digital Transformation
- 10 Feb 2017 3:00 AM
- tech
The government commissioner for Hungary’s digital welfare scheme has said every Hungarian citizen will benefit from the country’s digital transformation, which aims to put Hungary at the forefront of Europe. Tamás Deutsch told an event organised by the Joint Venture Association that the government was getting businesses to cooperate to ensure that digitalisation creates many more jobs than it ...
Hungary’s Public Education System Unprepared For Language Exams
- 7 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many hard-working students have no chance of passing their intermediate-level language exam in grammar schools because the public education system has not prepared them sufficiently well, the head of the Language Skills Association told Tuesday’s edition of Magyar Nemzet.
Interview 2: Richard Dyer, Former Principal, The British International School, Budapest
- 6 Feb 2017 11:00 AM
What's been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Index.hu: We Are Not Paid Agents Of Russia, We Do It Out Of Conviction
- 6 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
We have found a Jobbik activist, a young communist, a Russian convicted of vandalism and a neo-Nazi among the anonymous editors of one of the best known Russian propaganda pages of Facebook, which is proof that Moscow has assistants on both the far-right and the far-left. What’s more, their reach extends even higher: one active proponents of the cause had been a diplomat at the Foreign Ministry ...
Hungarian Government: Education Spending Up Significantly
- 1 Feb 2017 6:07 AM
- current affairs
Government spending on education came to 2,000 billion forints (EUR 6.4bn) last year, up significantly from the 1,800 billion forints spent on the sector in 2015, the state secretary for education said on Tuesday. Public school and higher education workers are both set to receive wage increases starting September this year, László Palkovics told a press conference.
Neil McGarry, Principal of Britannica International School
- 31 Jan 2017 11:00 AM
Neil McGarry has become the new Principal of Britannica International School in Budapest, joining the community from the La Mare de Carteret High School in Guernsey, UK where he worked as a senior leader.
Budapest Approves Final 2024 Olympic Locations, Opposition Slams Mayor
- 26 Jan 2017 3:00 AM
- sport
The Budapest assembly on Wednesday approved the final proposal on locations selected under the Hungarian capital’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics. Budapest’s mayor, István Tarlós, has failed to discuss proposals concerning renovating the third metro line or handling the capital’s current smog problem, a Socialist representative said. Budapest assembly approves final 2024 Olympic locations.