3,253 result(s) for rule
Xpat Opinion: Court Acquits Leaders Of Alumina Plant In Red Sludge Trial
- 3 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The leading pro-government daily finds it outrageous that the leaders of the MAL Company, responsible for a 2010 industrial accident in western Hungary in which ten people died, were cleared of the criminal charges against them. A left-wing commentator blames the government for suggesting that the management bore responsibility for the disaster.
Hungarian Teachers To Hold Nationwide Demo In Mid-Feb
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Teachers are preparing to hold a nationwide demonstration on Feb. 13 with a number of demands for better conditions in the sector, a union head said. The chairwoman of teacher trade union (PSZ), Piroska Galló, told a press conference that the strike committee had formulated 25 demands, including a drastic reduction in the curriculum and the number of compulsory classroom hours.
Hungary’s Chief Judge: Outside Pressure On Judges Danger To Rule Of Law
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s chief judge has warned of the dangers of politicians pressuring the courts if they do not like a ruling. Péter Darák’s comments were in reaction to strong criticism of a recent court decision to acquit all 15 suspects in a case involving Hungary’s worst environmental disaster.
Hungarian Court Acquits All Suspects In Red Sludge Spill Case
- 30 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
All 15 suspects in connection with Hungary’s 2010 red sludge disaster were acquitted by a local court in Veszprem in a non-binding ruling. The court acquitted the defendants of charges of carelessness and causing a public hazard, harming the environment and violating rules of waste management. The court also established that the toxic spill had been caused by a “loss of stability” in the soil ...
Budapest District Plans “Kitsch Tax” On Homes
- 30 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- property
The local council of Óbuda, Budapest’s Third District, approved a “kitsch tax” on newly built homes at its meeting on Thursday. The tax is the local government’s instrument for enforcing its architectural rules after the entry into force on January 1 of a new law that waives official approval for the construction of homes up to 300m2, Népszabadság observes.
Zika Virus Has Not Reached Hungary
- 30 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Hungary’s health authority ÁNTSZ said symptoms of the mosquito-borne Zika virus have not been detected in any patient in Hungary so far. The risk of Zika virus making its way into Hungary is extremely low but cannot be ruled out, it said. The National Epidemiology Centre has received information from international partners that a number of Europeans were infected with the virus on trips to South ...
Hungarian Socialists: Fidesz Using ‘Show Trials’ To Increase Popularity
- 29 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party on Thursday said the ruling Fidesz party is organising “show trials” reminiscent of methods used in Hungary’s “darkest dictatorship” to increase its popularity. Gergely Bárándy, the Socialist deputy head of parliament’s legislative committee, told a press conference that the embezzlement trial of Miklós Hagyó, in which the former Socialist deputy mayor of Budapest was given ...
Video: Hungarian Rapper Acquitted For Anti-Orbán Stunt
- 28 Jan 2016 9:30 AM
- current affairs
Buda Central District Court yesterday acquitted rap singer László Pityinger, known as “Dopeman,” of a charge of rowdy conduct for his actions at an anti-government protest in September 2013. A polystyrene statue of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was symbolically pulled down during the rally on Clark Ádám tér. When the head of the statue broke off, Pityinger kicked it along the ground.
Hungarian Gov’t Plans New Tax On Retail Chains
- 27 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- shopping
The government could introduce a new tax on large retail chains in the spring, government commissioner for retail policy Kristóf Szatmáry told Magyar Idõk. The levy would hit high turnover retail chains in order to "correct biased market conditions," and help smaller businesses, which, he noted, are mostly owned by Hungarians.
Xpat Opinion: Court Acquits Leaders Of Alumina Plant In Red Sludge Trial
- 3 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The leading pro-government daily finds it outrageous that the leaders of the MAL Company, responsible for a 2010 industrial accident in western Hungary in which ten people died, were cleared of the criminal charges against them. A left-wing commentator blames the government for suggesting that the management bore responsibility for the disaster.
Hungarian Teachers To Hold Nationwide Demo In Mid-Feb
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Teachers are preparing to hold a nationwide demonstration on Feb. 13 with a number of demands for better conditions in the sector, a union head said. The chairwoman of teacher trade union (PSZ), Piroska Galló, told a press conference that the strike committee had formulated 25 demands, including a drastic reduction in the curriculum and the number of compulsory classroom hours.
Hungary’s Chief Judge: Outside Pressure On Judges Danger To Rule Of Law
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s chief judge has warned of the dangers of politicians pressuring the courts if they do not like a ruling. Péter Darák’s comments were in reaction to strong criticism of a recent court decision to acquit all 15 suspects in a case involving Hungary’s worst environmental disaster.
Hungarian Court Acquits All Suspects In Red Sludge Spill Case
- 30 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
All 15 suspects in connection with Hungary’s 2010 red sludge disaster were acquitted by a local court in Veszprem in a non-binding ruling. The court acquitted the defendants of charges of carelessness and causing a public hazard, harming the environment and violating rules of waste management. The court also established that the toxic spill had been caused by a “loss of stability” in the soil ...
Budapest District Plans “Kitsch Tax” On Homes
- 30 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- property
The local council of Óbuda, Budapest’s Third District, approved a “kitsch tax” on newly built homes at its meeting on Thursday. The tax is the local government’s instrument for enforcing its architectural rules after the entry into force on January 1 of a new law that waives official approval for the construction of homes up to 300m2, Népszabadság observes.
Zika Virus Has Not Reached Hungary
- 30 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Hungary’s health authority ÁNTSZ said symptoms of the mosquito-borne Zika virus have not been detected in any patient in Hungary so far. The risk of Zika virus making its way into Hungary is extremely low but cannot be ruled out, it said. The National Epidemiology Centre has received information from international partners that a number of Europeans were infected with the virus on trips to South ...
Hungarian Socialists: Fidesz Using ‘Show Trials’ To Increase Popularity
- 29 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party on Thursday said the ruling Fidesz party is organising “show trials” reminiscent of methods used in Hungary’s “darkest dictatorship” to increase its popularity. Gergely Bárándy, the Socialist deputy head of parliament’s legislative committee, told a press conference that the embezzlement trial of Miklós Hagyó, in which the former Socialist deputy mayor of Budapest was given ...
Video: Hungarian Rapper Acquitted For Anti-Orbán Stunt
- 28 Jan 2016 9:30 AM
- current affairs
Buda Central District Court yesterday acquitted rap singer László Pityinger, known as “Dopeman,” of a charge of rowdy conduct for his actions at an anti-government protest in September 2013. A polystyrene statue of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was symbolically pulled down during the rally on Clark Ádám tér. When the head of the statue broke off, Pityinger kicked it along the ground.
Hungarian Gov’t Plans New Tax On Retail Chains
- 27 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- shopping
The government could introduce a new tax on large retail chains in the spring, government commissioner for retail policy Kristóf Szatmáry told Magyar Idõk. The levy would hit high turnover retail chains in order to "correct biased market conditions," and help smaller businesses, which, he noted, are mostly owned by Hungarians.















