448 result(s) for reform in Current Affairs
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: Eastern Partners Of Strategic Importance To V4
- 1 Sep 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
Expanding the European Union’s list of Eastern partner countries is of strategic importance to the Visegrad Group, Hungary’s foreign minister told a press conference after a meeting of V4 leaders, European Commission and Estonian officials and politicians from the Eastern Partnership countries in Budapest.
Hungary’s Larger Opposition Parties Call For Pension Reform
- 1 Sep 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s larger opposition parties agreed at a forum on Thursday on the need to reform Hungary’s pension system. Hungary currently operates a mandatory, defined-benefit pay-as-you-go pension system with a retirement age set at 63. A public minimum pension, set at a monthly 28,500 forints (EUR 93), is combined with an earnings-related pension. In late 2010, the government suspended the mandatory ...
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.
Opposition Parties Coordinate About “National Minimum” In Healthcare
- 31 Jul 2017 9:18 AM
- current affairs
Each of Hungary’s opposition political parties attended the first coordination meeting to establish a “national minimum” of the most needed reforms to the struggling public healthcare system. The meeting was arranged by former Hungarian Democratic Forum MP and healthcare policy maker Gyula Kincses, reports daily Népszava.
Viktor Orbán: Europe Must Regain ‘Independence From Soros Empire’
- 24 Jul 2017 10:40 AM
- current affairs
The European Union must regain its “independence from the empire” of US billionaire George Soros, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a speech to the Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) summer university, in central Romania, on Saturday.
Foreign Minister: European Commission In Witch-Hunt Against Central European Countries
- 21 Jul 2017 8:50 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has launched a “witch-hunt” against several central European countries that speak about European challenges openly and honestly as well offering effective answers accordingly, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said.
Number Of Hungarian Babies Born Abroad Grows
- 5 Jul 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
While the number of births fell by 1.4 percent in January-April 2017 in Hungary, the number of Hungarian babies born abroad grew by 12 percent, the opposition LMP party said on Tuesday. According to data obtained from the Budapest Government Office and the Central Statistical Office, 15 percent of Hungarian babies are now born outside the country’s borders, Máté Kanász-Nagy of LMP said. Over ...
Human Resources Minister: Future Lies Within The Family
- 29 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“Hungary and the world’s future lies in families,” Zoltán Balog, the human resources minister, told the 11th world congress of families, organised within the framework of the Budapest Family Summit. “The voices of those who want to reinforce family values cannot be suppressed,” Balog said.
Szijjártó: Hungary Backs Reform Of UN
- 18 May 2017 9:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungary supports reforming the United Nations with the aim of making the organisation more effective and ensuring that it can respond faster to global challenges, Hungary’s foreign minister said in New York ahead of a UN session on innovation and digitalisation and talks with UN officials and US business leaders.
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: Eastern Partners Of Strategic Importance To V4
- 1 Sep 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
Expanding the European Union’s list of Eastern partner countries is of strategic importance to the Visegrad Group, Hungary’s foreign minister told a press conference after a meeting of V4 leaders, European Commission and Estonian officials and politicians from the Eastern Partnership countries in Budapest.
Hungary’s Larger Opposition Parties Call For Pension Reform
- 1 Sep 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s larger opposition parties agreed at a forum on Thursday on the need to reform Hungary’s pension system. Hungary currently operates a mandatory, defined-benefit pay-as-you-go pension system with a retirement age set at 63. A public minimum pension, set at a monthly 28,500 forints (EUR 93), is combined with an earnings-related pension. In late 2010, the government suspended the mandatory ...
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.
Opposition Parties Coordinate About “National Minimum” In Healthcare
- 31 Jul 2017 9:18 AM
- current affairs
Each of Hungary’s opposition political parties attended the first coordination meeting to establish a “national minimum” of the most needed reforms to the struggling public healthcare system. The meeting was arranged by former Hungarian Democratic Forum MP and healthcare policy maker Gyula Kincses, reports daily Népszava.
Viktor Orbán: Europe Must Regain ‘Independence From Soros Empire’
- 24 Jul 2017 10:40 AM
- current affairs
The European Union must regain its “independence from the empire” of US billionaire George Soros, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a speech to the Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) summer university, in central Romania, on Saturday.
Foreign Minister: European Commission In Witch-Hunt Against Central European Countries
- 21 Jul 2017 8:50 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission has launched a “witch-hunt” against several central European countries that speak about European challenges openly and honestly as well offering effective answers accordingly, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said.
Number Of Hungarian Babies Born Abroad Grows
- 5 Jul 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
While the number of births fell by 1.4 percent in January-April 2017 in Hungary, the number of Hungarian babies born abroad grew by 12 percent, the opposition LMP party said on Tuesday. According to data obtained from the Budapest Government Office and the Central Statistical Office, 15 percent of Hungarian babies are now born outside the country’s borders, Máté Kanász-Nagy of LMP said. Over ...
Human Resources Minister: Future Lies Within The Family
- 29 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“Hungary and the world’s future lies in families,” Zoltán Balog, the human resources minister, told the 11th world congress of families, organised within the framework of the Budapest Family Summit. “The voices of those who want to reinforce family values cannot be suppressed,” Balog said.
Szijjártó: Hungary Backs Reform Of UN
- 18 May 2017 9:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungary supports reforming the United Nations with the aim of making the organisation more effective and ensuring that it can respond faster to global challenges, Hungary’s foreign minister said in New York ahead of a UN session on innovation and digitalisation and talks with UN officials and US business leaders.