308 result(s) for social workers
Christmas Fair At Basilica In Budapest
- 13 Dec 2015 6:55 AM
- community & culture
During the Advent fair on Saint Stephen’s Square, the area of the Basilica is turning into a magical festive quarter. From the last weekend of November visitors may enter this joyful world decorated with Christmas lights. Here the festive ambience of the 5-week long Christmas preparation is ensured by almost 200 programmes, the handicrafts of 80 vendors and the international food and drink ...
New Rules To Encourage Homeless To Go To Shelters
- 7 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is planning to draft new rules under which social workers in the street would be obliged to convince rough sleepers to seek homeless shelters for the night. Károly Czibere, state secretary at the human resources ministry, told a press conference that the current law has a very vague definition of the perils facing the homeless.
Art Market Budapest: Guest Exhibition: Radical Practices, Marinko Sudac Collection
- 7 Oct 2015 1:00 AM
- entertainment
Zagreb-based, Marinko Sudac Collection, encompasses a large number of artworks of progressive Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde, and post-Avant-Garde art, including morphologically and conceptually similar artistic developments and various practices of experimental art across Europe and beyond from the beginning of the 20th century until the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Collection's interest extends ...
Pro-Govt Poster Exhibition On Migration With Opposition Comments
- 6 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The pro-government Civil Unity Forum (CÖF) has opened an open-air poster exhibition about opposition politicians’ remarks on migrants. The posters on display near MPs’ offices at Budapest’s Olimpia Park are aimed to contrast opposition statements with the “reality” about migrants, CÖF founder László Csizmadia said. Next to the photos and citations by Socialist, Democratic Coalition (DK) and ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Budapest Creates Areas For Migrants In Transit
- 6 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The city of Budapest will set up designated transit areas in the capital where migrants passing through the city can take advantage of basic hygiene and medical services, the municipal council’s chief law enforcement officer announced. After talks with Budapest Mayor István Tarlós it was agreed that areas would be cordoned off near Keleti, Nyugati and Déli train stations where basic services can ...
Refugee Camp In Vámosszabadi, Hungary Dangerously Overcrowded
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Vámosszabadi refugee camp in southern Hungary is dangerously overcrowded. There refugees can choose between sleeping side by side on cots indoors or sleeping in tents where temperatures reach 110 degrees. Others opt to sleep in a small wood nearby. There are not enough toilets. Garbage is everywhere.
Synthetic Drugs: Hungary Is Sitting On A Ticking Time Bomb
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The recent disturbing rise in the consumption of cheap and unregulated substances known as “designer drugs”, which have recetly resulted in several deaths across the country, could mean that Hungary is sitting on a ticking time bomb and the country is on the edge of a new type of public health crisis, journalist Csaba Lukács writes in the daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet.
Hungarian Immigration Office “Under Pressure”
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian immigration office has increased the number of employees processing asylum applications since last year but is facing huge pressure to handle a dramatic increase in applications over the past few months, the daily Magyar Nemzet reported. Currently around 25,000 applications are being processed by 134 administrators (34 more than last year), the paper said, citing information from ...
Christmas Fair At Basilica In Budapest
- 13 Dec 2015 6:55 AM
- community & culture
During the Advent fair on Saint Stephen’s Square, the area of the Basilica is turning into a magical festive quarter. From the last weekend of November visitors may enter this joyful world decorated with Christmas lights. Here the festive ambience of the 5-week long Christmas preparation is ensured by almost 200 programmes, the handicrafts of 80 vendors and the international food and drink ...
New Rules To Encourage Homeless To Go To Shelters
- 7 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is planning to draft new rules under which social workers in the street would be obliged to convince rough sleepers to seek homeless shelters for the night. Károly Czibere, state secretary at the human resources ministry, told a press conference that the current law has a very vague definition of the perils facing the homeless.
Art Market Budapest: Guest Exhibition: Radical Practices, Marinko Sudac Collection
- 7 Oct 2015 1:00 AM
- entertainment
Zagreb-based, Marinko Sudac Collection, encompasses a large number of artworks of progressive Avant-Garde, Neo-Avant-Garde, and post-Avant-Garde art, including morphologically and conceptually similar artistic developments and various practices of experimental art across Europe and beyond from the beginning of the 20th century until the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Collection's interest extends ...
Pro-Govt Poster Exhibition On Migration With Opposition Comments
- 6 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The pro-government Civil Unity Forum (CÖF) has opened an open-air poster exhibition about opposition politicians’ remarks on migrants. The posters on display near MPs’ offices at Budapest’s Olimpia Park are aimed to contrast opposition statements with the “reality” about migrants, CÖF founder László Csizmadia said. Next to the photos and citations by Socialist, Democratic Coalition (DK) and ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Budapest Creates Areas For Migrants In Transit
- 6 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The city of Budapest will set up designated transit areas in the capital where migrants passing through the city can take advantage of basic hygiene and medical services, the municipal council’s chief law enforcement officer announced. After talks with Budapest Mayor István Tarlós it was agreed that areas would be cordoned off near Keleti, Nyugati and Déli train stations where basic services can ...
Refugee Camp In Vámosszabadi, Hungary Dangerously Overcrowded
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Vámosszabadi refugee camp in southern Hungary is dangerously overcrowded. There refugees can choose between sleeping side by side on cots indoors or sleeping in tents where temperatures reach 110 degrees. Others opt to sleep in a small wood nearby. There are not enough toilets. Garbage is everywhere.
Synthetic Drugs: Hungary Is Sitting On A Ticking Time Bomb
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The recent disturbing rise in the consumption of cheap and unregulated substances known as “designer drugs”, which have recetly resulted in several deaths across the country, could mean that Hungary is sitting on a ticking time bomb and the country is on the edge of a new type of public health crisis, journalist Csaba Lukács writes in the daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet.
Hungarian Immigration Office “Under Pressure”
- 13 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian immigration office has increased the number of employees processing asylum applications since last year but is facing huge pressure to handle a dramatic increase in applications over the past few months, the daily Magyar Nemzet reported. Currently around 25,000 applications are being processed by 134 administrators (34 more than last year), the paper said, citing information from ...