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Botka: Socialists Pledge To Double Education Funding
- 30 Aug 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party’s candidate for prime minister, László Botka, pledged to double the amount of funding for education, which he called the party’s top priority. Botka told a press conference that state funding for the sector would rise to 6% of GDP under a Socialist administration in the next governing cycle after the 2018 elections.
Socialist PM Candidate Botka Outlines New Left-Wing Policy
- 29 Aug 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
László Botka, the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition Socialists, outlined a new left-wing policy that he said is guided by fairness, at a conference in Szeged, in southern Hungary, on Saturday.
Hungary Ambassador To Netherlands Summoned For Consultations
- 29 Aug 2017 10:31 AM
- current affairs
The foreign ministry has summoned Hungary’s ambassador to the Netherlands to return for consultations in Budapest, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, announced. Szijjártó added that there would be no ambassadorial-level communication between the two countries for an indefinite period of time.
Local Opinion: A Left-Wing Perspective On Barcelona Terror
- 23 Aug 2017 8:58 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator interprets the Barcelona attacks as proof that it is futile to restrict basic democratic liberties, as there is no silver bullet against terrorist violence.
Local Opinion: Dispute Over Charlottesville Violence
- 23 Aug 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing, libertarian and left-wing commentators interpret the Charlottesville events in the light of Hungarian politics.
Opposition Parties Reaffirm Demand For FX Borrower Remedies
- 22 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
After a special session of parliament convened by the opposition to debate the situation of tens of thousands of Hungarians who still hold loans borrowed in foreign currency failed to go ahead because Fidesz and its Christian Democrats ally stayed away, opposition parties condemned the ruling alliance for refusing to help the troubled loan-holders.
Parties Mark St. Stephen’s National Holiday
- 22 Aug 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliamentary group leader of the ruling Fidesz party, Lajos Kósa, marking Hungary’s national holiday on Sunday, said St. Stephen’s legacy obliges Hungarians to follow the path marked out over a thousand years of its statehood.
Socialists Voice Conditional Support For Probe Into Fidesz’s 2010 Campaign Spending
- 18 Aug 2017 8:38 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party has said it is prepared to back radical nationalist Jobbik’s call for an investigation into ruling Fidesz’s spending during the 2010 election campaign on the condition that it can preside over the parliamentary committee examining the case.
Jobbik To Start Collecting Signatures For Wage Union Bid On Aug 20
- 17 Aug 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
The leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, Gábor Vona, has called for non-partisan support for the party’s initiative, launching on Aug. 20, to collect signatures for a “wage union” within the EU. Speaking at a press conference in Eger, in north Hungary, Vona called it “outrageous” that the party’s political opponents “are politicising the issue of a wage union”.
Botka: Socialists Pledge To Double Education Funding
- 30 Aug 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party’s candidate for prime minister, László Botka, pledged to double the amount of funding for education, which he called the party’s top priority. Botka told a press conference that state funding for the sector would rise to 6% of GDP under a Socialist administration in the next governing cycle after the 2018 elections.
Socialist PM Candidate Botka Outlines New Left-Wing Policy
- 29 Aug 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
László Botka, the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition Socialists, outlined a new left-wing policy that he said is guided by fairness, at a conference in Szeged, in southern Hungary, on Saturday.
Hungary Ambassador To Netherlands Summoned For Consultations
- 29 Aug 2017 10:31 AM
- current affairs
The foreign ministry has summoned Hungary’s ambassador to the Netherlands to return for consultations in Budapest, Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, announced. Szijjártó added that there would be no ambassadorial-level communication between the two countries for an indefinite period of time.
Local Opinion: A Left-Wing Perspective On Barcelona Terror
- 23 Aug 2017 8:58 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator interprets the Barcelona attacks as proof that it is futile to restrict basic democratic liberties, as there is no silver bullet against terrorist violence.
Local Opinion: Dispute Over Charlottesville Violence
- 23 Aug 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing, libertarian and left-wing commentators interpret the Charlottesville events in the light of Hungarian politics.
Opposition Parties Reaffirm Demand For FX Borrower Remedies
- 22 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
After a special session of parliament convened by the opposition to debate the situation of tens of thousands of Hungarians who still hold loans borrowed in foreign currency failed to go ahead because Fidesz and its Christian Democrats ally stayed away, opposition parties condemned the ruling alliance for refusing to help the troubled loan-holders.
Parties Mark St. Stephen’s National Holiday
- 22 Aug 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliamentary group leader of the ruling Fidesz party, Lajos Kósa, marking Hungary’s national holiday on Sunday, said St. Stephen’s legacy obliges Hungarians to follow the path marked out over a thousand years of its statehood.
Socialists Voice Conditional Support For Probe Into Fidesz’s 2010 Campaign Spending
- 18 Aug 2017 8:38 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party has said it is prepared to back radical nationalist Jobbik’s call for an investigation into ruling Fidesz’s spending during the 2010 election campaign on the condition that it can preside over the parliamentary committee examining the case.
Jobbik To Start Collecting Signatures For Wage Union Bid On Aug 20
- 17 Aug 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
The leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, Gábor Vona, has called for non-partisan support for the party’s initiative, launching on Aug. 20, to collect signatures for a “wage union” within the EU. Speaking at a press conference in Eger, in north Hungary, Vona called it “outrageous” that the party’s political opponents “are politicising the issue of a wage union”.