312 result(s) for social workers
Gross Wages Rise 6.4% In April
- 22 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The average gross wage in Hungary was 264,471 forints (EUR 845) in April, up by 6.4% from the same month a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. Net wage growth outpaced the increase, rising by 8.0% to 175,874 forints, because of a one percentage point cut in the personal income tax rate, to 15%, from January.
Olympics & Politics Exhibition, Galeria Centralis, 23 June - 28 August
- 21 Jun 2016 9:02 AM
- entertainment
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Berlin Summer Olympics and the Olimpíada Popular, the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives presents the exhibition Olympics and Politics – Berlin / Barcelona 1936, which examines how these international sporting events became the terrains for ideological and physical battles in the heavily politicised 1930s, and how the two Games acquired ...
10 Places In Budapest For The Best Retro Experience
- 17 Jun 2016 12:35 PM
- entertainment
By Jennifer Walker. While it wasn’t fun and games to live under the Communist regime, where even a careless remark could land you behind bars in the early years, there’s a wave of nostalgia for its places, relics and echoes of a simpler life. For those who didn’t live through the Hammer and Sickle days, there’s a certain charm associated with this retro side of Budapest – particularly for the ...
Hungarian Government To Raise Health-Care Wages In September
- 10 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The government has reached an agreement with health-care unions on raising base salaries in the sector starting in September this year, the human resources minister announced on Thursday. The base salary of doctors and pharmacists will increase by gross 107,000 forints (EUR 344) from September 1 this year and by another 100,000 forints from November 1, 2017, Zoltán Balog told a press conference.
European Voluntary Service: Learn While You Help
- 30 May 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Volunteers do good in foreign countries
The European Voluntary Service offers young people the chance to engage in volunteer work in a foreign country on the continent. The 21-year-old Imke Langmann from Germany thought it sounded good. Her choice of venue: Budapest.
The European Voluntary Service offers young people the chance to engage in volunteer work in a foreign country on the continent. The 21-year-old Imke Langmann from Germany thought it sounded good. Her choice of venue: Budapest.
Szijjártó: Setting Up WHO Budapest Centre To Boost Hungary-UN Cooperation
- 25 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Setting up a centre for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Budapest will boost cooperation between Hungary and the United Nations, the foreign minister said in parliament. In recent years, the UN has been moving some of its specialised institutions and organisations away from Geneva in order to cut operational costs, Péter Szijjártó told the assembly. As part of this process, the WHO has ...
Kósa Pledges New Rules On Sunday Labour In Sept
- 3 May 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The opportunity to draw up rules regulating Sunday working conditions will arise in September, the ruling Fidesz group leader said after talks with retail trade union KDFSZ on the need to set working conditions. Lajos Kósa said that the government was hamstrung by a plan by the opposition Socialists to seek a referendum in connection with Sunday shopping.
Unions, Left-Wing Parties Voice Demands On Labour Day
- 2 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s trade unions called for joint efforts to reduce the vulnerability of workers while opposition parties demanded higher wages for workers on Labour Day. The heads of Hungary’s five trade union confederations said in the City Park that the Labour Code should be revised, a fairer tax system introduced and the minimum wage raised to subsistence level.
Fungarian: Long Live The May 1 'Long-Live'
- 1 May 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
The jolliest of all Communist holidays was May 1, the celebration of the ”Proletarians of the world unite. – Világ proletárjai egyesüljetek!” Surprisingly, it survived the change of regime. Today is still a national holiday.
Gross Wages Rise 6.4% In April
- 22 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The average gross wage in Hungary was 264,471 forints (EUR 845) in April, up by 6.4% from the same month a year earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. Net wage growth outpaced the increase, rising by 8.0% to 175,874 forints, because of a one percentage point cut in the personal income tax rate, to 15%, from January.
Olympics & Politics Exhibition, Galeria Centralis, 23 June - 28 August
- 21 Jun 2016 9:02 AM
- entertainment
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Berlin Summer Olympics and the Olimpíada Popular, the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives presents the exhibition Olympics and Politics – Berlin / Barcelona 1936, which examines how these international sporting events became the terrains for ideological and physical battles in the heavily politicised 1930s, and how the two Games acquired ...
10 Places In Budapest For The Best Retro Experience
- 17 Jun 2016 12:35 PM
- entertainment
By Jennifer Walker. While it wasn’t fun and games to live under the Communist regime, where even a careless remark could land you behind bars in the early years, there’s a wave of nostalgia for its places, relics and echoes of a simpler life. For those who didn’t live through the Hammer and Sickle days, there’s a certain charm associated with this retro side of Budapest – particularly for the ...
Hungarian Government To Raise Health-Care Wages In September
- 10 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The government has reached an agreement with health-care unions on raising base salaries in the sector starting in September this year, the human resources minister announced on Thursday. The base salary of doctors and pharmacists will increase by gross 107,000 forints (EUR 344) from September 1 this year and by another 100,000 forints from November 1, 2017, Zoltán Balog told a press conference.
European Voluntary Service: Learn While You Help
- 30 May 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Volunteers do good in foreign countries
The European Voluntary Service offers young people the chance to engage in volunteer work in a foreign country on the continent. The 21-year-old Imke Langmann from Germany thought it sounded good. Her choice of venue: Budapest.
The European Voluntary Service offers young people the chance to engage in volunteer work in a foreign country on the continent. The 21-year-old Imke Langmann from Germany thought it sounded good. Her choice of venue: Budapest.
Szijjártó: Setting Up WHO Budapest Centre To Boost Hungary-UN Cooperation
- 25 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Setting up a centre for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Budapest will boost cooperation between Hungary and the United Nations, the foreign minister said in parliament. In recent years, the UN has been moving some of its specialised institutions and organisations away from Geneva in order to cut operational costs, Péter Szijjártó told the assembly. As part of this process, the WHO has ...
Kósa Pledges New Rules On Sunday Labour In Sept
- 3 May 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The opportunity to draw up rules regulating Sunday working conditions will arise in September, the ruling Fidesz group leader said after talks with retail trade union KDFSZ on the need to set working conditions. Lajos Kósa said that the government was hamstrung by a plan by the opposition Socialists to seek a referendum in connection with Sunday shopping.
Unions, Left-Wing Parties Voice Demands On Labour Day
- 2 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s trade unions called for joint efforts to reduce the vulnerability of workers while opposition parties demanded higher wages for workers on Labour Day. The heads of Hungary’s five trade union confederations said in the City Park that the Labour Code should be revised, a fairer tax system introduced and the minimum wage raised to subsistence level.
Fungarian: Long Live The May 1 'Long-Live'
- 1 May 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
The jolliest of all Communist holidays was May 1, the celebration of the ”Proletarians of the world unite. – Világ proletárjai egyesüljetek!” Surprisingly, it survived the change of regime. Today is still a national holiday.