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Jobbik To Fine Lawmakers For Staying Away From 2/3 Votes
- 5 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has fined one of its lawmakers for staying away from a vote in parliament which requires a two-thirds supermajority to pass and will do the same for any lawmaker who stays away from such votes in future, the party’s leader said.
Xpat Opinion: Wake Up Call From Magyar Nemzet
- 2 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The number one right-wing daily continues its campaign for change in the wake of the two main events of the past month – the open rift between its owner and the Prime Minister on the one hand and Fidesz’s defeat in the Veszprém by-election on the other.
Ministry: AI Report About Hungary “Superficial”
- 26 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Amnesty International’s 2014 report about Hungary is “superficial and one sided” and completely overlooks the government’s measures to address certain problems, the justice ministry said.
Hungarian Court Rejects Áder Claim Against Index
- 23 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court on Friday rejected a libel claim filed by President János Áder in which he demanded Ft 1 million from Index. The news website had published a piece by writer and film director András B. Vágvölgyi who remembered that while in the army in Kalocsa in 1978 Áder and a few associates “had access somehow to alcohol”, and that later Áder’s weapon went off, “not pointed at anyone, but ...
Hungary’s Foreign Ministry To Help Tóásó Return Home
- 23 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, has instructed Hungary’s ambassador accredited to Bolivia to help Előd Tóásó return home, the ministry said. Its statement welcomed the imminent release of Tóásó, a Hungarian Romanian citizen held in prison on terrorism charges
Hungary - Serbia Signs Pact On Migrants
- 20 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Interior Ministers Sándor Pintér of Hungary and Nebojsa Stefanovic of Serbia signed a co-operation agreement on illegal migration in Belgrade on Thursday. Austrian interior minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner was also on hand.
Employers’ Assoc Maintains Stand Against Sunday Shopping Restrictions
- 13 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- shopping
Hungary’s main employer association said on Thursday that it objects to the law severely restricting Sunday shopping. The National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSZ) said it maintains its refusal to endorse the law and will not asses a draft implementation decree for the law.
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]
Erste Rejects Hungary's Raiffeisen Buyout Rumour
- 5 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The Austrian owners of both Erste and Raiffeisen banks denied a Tuesday report that Erste Bank would buy the Hungarian subsidiary of Raiffeisen. HVG had cited various sources as saying the negotiations were at an advanced stage under the code name Zeus, and enjoyed government support.
Jobbik To Fine Lawmakers For Staying Away From 2/3 Votes
- 5 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has fined one of its lawmakers for staying away from a vote in parliament which requires a two-thirds supermajority to pass and will do the same for any lawmaker who stays away from such votes in future, the party’s leader said.
Xpat Opinion: Wake Up Call From Magyar Nemzet
- 2 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The number one right-wing daily continues its campaign for change in the wake of the two main events of the past month – the open rift between its owner and the Prime Minister on the one hand and Fidesz’s defeat in the Veszprém by-election on the other.
Ministry: AI Report About Hungary “Superficial”
- 26 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Amnesty International’s 2014 report about Hungary is “superficial and one sided” and completely overlooks the government’s measures to address certain problems, the justice ministry said.
Hungarian Court Rejects Áder Claim Against Index
- 23 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court on Friday rejected a libel claim filed by President János Áder in which he demanded Ft 1 million from Index. The news website had published a piece by writer and film director András B. Vágvölgyi who remembered that while in the army in Kalocsa in 1978 Áder and a few associates “had access somehow to alcohol”, and that later Áder’s weapon went off, “not pointed at anyone, but ...
Hungary’s Foreign Ministry To Help Tóásó Return Home
- 23 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Péter Szijjártó, the foreign minister, has instructed Hungary’s ambassador accredited to Bolivia to help Előd Tóásó return home, the ministry said. Its statement welcomed the imminent release of Tóásó, a Hungarian Romanian citizen held in prison on terrorism charges
Hungary - Serbia Signs Pact On Migrants
- 20 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Interior Ministers Sándor Pintér of Hungary and Nebojsa Stefanovic of Serbia signed a co-operation agreement on illegal migration in Belgrade on Thursday. Austrian interior minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner was also on hand.
Employers’ Assoc Maintains Stand Against Sunday Shopping Restrictions
- 13 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- shopping
Hungary’s main employer association said on Thursday that it objects to the law severely restricting Sunday shopping. The National Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers (VOSZ) said it maintains its refusal to endorse the law and will not asses a draft implementation decree for the law.
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]
Erste Rejects Hungary's Raiffeisen Buyout Rumour
- 5 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The Austrian owners of both Erste and Raiffeisen banks denied a Tuesday report that Erste Bank would buy the Hungarian subsidiary of Raiffeisen. HVG had cited various sources as saying the negotiations were at an advanced stage under the code name Zeus, and enjoyed government support.