161 result(s) for short supply
Hungary: Abysmal Conditions in Border Detention
- 11 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants and asylum seekers are being held in abysmal conditions in the two Roszke migrant detention centers on the Serbian border, Human Rights Watch said today after obtaining footage from inside the camp and interviewing persons currently and formerly detained there. Hungarian police intercept asylum seekers and migrants entering via Serbia and detain them for days for registration and ...
Xpat Opinion: Strategy For The Sharing Economy
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- business
By Yusaf Akbar: Strategic thinking is at a crossroads. For decades, strategy theory and practice and the pursuit of competitive advantage has been centered on three complementary perspectives: external positioning, internal resources and capabilities and dynamic agility.
Hungary’s Balaton Vacation Home Prices Climb One-Fifth
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Resale prices of vacation homes around Lake Balaton have gone up by 20% in the past year, but buyers are still paying just 150,000 forints per square metre on average, real estate broker Otthon Centrum told MTI. Turnover of vacation homes is up by about 40%, Otthon Centrum said. On the northern shore of the most popular holiday resort vacation homes are the most expensive in Balatonfüred, ...
Civil Activists Thwart Attempts To Exploit Refugees In Hungary
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A glass of milk, a pair of new shoes, a couple of good words. A small group of volunteers are trying to make the situation of refugees stranded in Szeged’s train station more tolerable. Hungarian immigration authorities routinely transport registered border jumpers to the station right after the departure of the last Budapest-bound train. They were supposed to catch a train to their open refugee ...
Hungary Will Protect Europe’s External Borders From Illegal Migrants
- 24 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian government: Illegal immigration is a crime, and Hungary will not allow crimes to be committed on its borders. It will therefore protect its own, and thereby Europe’s external borders, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated at a press conference held in Bratislava after the summit of Prime Ministers of the Visegrád Four. Mr Orbán pointed out: from among European countries, the greatest ...
Ron Carter On Margaret Island Budapest, 26 June
- 20 Jun 2015 11:00 AM
- entertainment
The Grammy award-winning jazz double-bassist is the special guest star at the Drug-Free World Day Gala Concert. Heard on more than two thousand recordings, elected to the "Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame" in 2002, two-time Grammy Award winner Ron Carter has not lost any of his seemingly bottomless supply of creativity or energy as he nears his 80th birthday. The world famous musician will appear for ...
WHO: World No Tobacco Day, Hungary, 31 May
- 29 May 2015 9:01 AM
- health & wellness
Eliminating the illicit trade in tobacco would generate an annual tax windfall of US$ 31 billion for governments, improve public health, help cut crime and curb an important revenue source for the tobacco industry. Those are the key themes of World No Tobacco Day on May 31 when the World Health Organization will urge Member States to sign the Protocol to Eliminate the Illicit Trade in Tobacco ...
Hungary’s President: Climate Change Could Strongly Affect Migration
- 29 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Climate change could result in unforeseeable waves of migration, President János Áder said in a lecture about environmental sustainability and climate change at a university campus in Szarvas, in southeast Hungary. He said the Earth’s population has risen from 2 billion in 1900 to around 7.5 billion by now and it is expected to increase by 2 billion by 2050.
Hungary Near Top On The “Corrupt Countries” List
- 9 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- business
There are a variety of signs, some screaming to be notices, others barely visible that signal corruption could be present in a public procurement. Hungary came out near the top of a sample of countries that were showing signs of corruption, István János Tóth, co-founder and director of Corruption Research Center, Budapest (CRCB), tells business website portfolio.hu.
Hungary: Abysmal Conditions in Border Detention
- 11 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants and asylum seekers are being held in abysmal conditions in the two Roszke migrant detention centers on the Serbian border, Human Rights Watch said today after obtaining footage from inside the camp and interviewing persons currently and formerly detained there. Hungarian police intercept asylum seekers and migrants entering via Serbia and detain them for days for registration and ...
Xpat Opinion: Strategy For The Sharing Economy
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- business
By Yusaf Akbar: Strategic thinking is at a crossroads. For decades, strategy theory and practice and the pursuit of competitive advantage has been centered on three complementary perspectives: external positioning, internal resources and capabilities and dynamic agility.
Hungary’s Balaton Vacation Home Prices Climb One-Fifth
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Resale prices of vacation homes around Lake Balaton have gone up by 20% in the past year, but buyers are still paying just 150,000 forints per square metre on average, real estate broker Otthon Centrum told MTI. Turnover of vacation homes is up by about 40%, Otthon Centrum said. On the northern shore of the most popular holiday resort vacation homes are the most expensive in Balatonfüred, ...
Civil Activists Thwart Attempts To Exploit Refugees In Hungary
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A glass of milk, a pair of new shoes, a couple of good words. A small group of volunteers are trying to make the situation of refugees stranded in Szeged’s train station more tolerable. Hungarian immigration authorities routinely transport registered border jumpers to the station right after the departure of the last Budapest-bound train. They were supposed to catch a train to their open refugee ...
Hungary Will Protect Europe’s External Borders From Illegal Migrants
- 24 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian government: Illegal immigration is a crime, and Hungary will not allow crimes to be committed on its borders. It will therefore protect its own, and thereby Europe’s external borders, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated at a press conference held in Bratislava after the summit of Prime Ministers of the Visegrád Four. Mr Orbán pointed out: from among European countries, the greatest ...
Ron Carter On Margaret Island Budapest, 26 June
- 20 Jun 2015 11:00 AM
- entertainment
The Grammy award-winning jazz double-bassist is the special guest star at the Drug-Free World Day Gala Concert. Heard on more than two thousand recordings, elected to the "Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame" in 2002, two-time Grammy Award winner Ron Carter has not lost any of his seemingly bottomless supply of creativity or energy as he nears his 80th birthday. The world famous musician will appear for ...
WHO: World No Tobacco Day, Hungary, 31 May
- 29 May 2015 9:01 AM
- health & wellness
Eliminating the illicit trade in tobacco would generate an annual tax windfall of US$ 31 billion for governments, improve public health, help cut crime and curb an important revenue source for the tobacco industry. Those are the key themes of World No Tobacco Day on May 31 when the World Health Organization will urge Member States to sign the Protocol to Eliminate the Illicit Trade in Tobacco ...
Hungary’s President: Climate Change Could Strongly Affect Migration
- 29 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Climate change could result in unforeseeable waves of migration, President János Áder said in a lecture about environmental sustainability and climate change at a university campus in Szarvas, in southeast Hungary. He said the Earth’s population has risen from 2 billion in 1900 to around 7.5 billion by now and it is expected to increase by 2 billion by 2050.
Hungary Near Top On The “Corrupt Countries” List
- 9 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- business
There are a variety of signs, some screaming to be notices, others barely visible that signal corruption could be present in a public procurement. Hungary came out near the top of a sample of countries that were showing signs of corruption, István János Tóth, co-founder and director of Corruption Research Center, Budapest (CRCB), tells business website portfolio.hu.