925 result(s) for socialist leader
Political Parties Comment On Constitutional Amendment Vote
- 9 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on Tuesday’s vote, Jobbik leader Gábor Vona said “for Fidesz, it is not the protection of the country that’s important, but the loot.” Head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee Zsolt Németh (Fidesz) said that the government would continue its fight against binding settlement quotas and the next important forum for this will be a December meeting of the European Council.
National Security CTTEE Discusses Pharaon Case, Bőny Murder
- 8 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee addressed behind closed doors on Monday questions surrounding businessman Ghaith Pharaon, the death of a policeman by a far-right leader in Bőny, and surveillance allegations in connection with the Soros Foundation, the committee’s Socialist head told a press conference.
Budapest To Use Existing Buses For Metro Replacement Service
- 27 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
Replacement services during the revamp of the third metro line will be operated by using the Budapest transport company’s existing buses, the Budapest City Council general assembly meeting decided. The assembly approved the proposal with 23 votes in favour, two against and one abstention.
Kövér: Europe Must Preseve Its Identity
- 26 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The lesson to be drawn from the 1956 revolution and freedom fight is that unless Europe’s identity is protected, the European Union could “tragically lose out” to “unscrupulous outside powers in the background enforcing their interests above the heads of states, bypassing democratic mandates and controls,” László Kövér, speaker of Hungary’s parliament, said in a speech commemorating the events of ...
Molnár: Jobbik In Position To ‘Blackmail’ Orbán
- 20 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist leader said radical nationalist Jobbik’s leader is in a position to “blackmail” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over the recently tabled constitutional amendment proposal in connection with EU migrant quotas.
Lawmakers Hold Debate On Constitutional Bill On Migrant Quotas
- 18 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Constitutional issues arise when a risk emerges that the country faces permanent change, Lajos Kósa, the head of the ruling Fidesz parliamentary group, told lawmakers on Monday, commenting on the constitutional amendment bill in connection with European Union migrant quotas.
VCP: Népszabadság Suspended For Purely Business Reasons
- 18 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The decision to suspend publication of Hungarian daily Népszabadság was taken solely for business reasons, the head of Vienna Capital Partners, which owns the broadsheet’s publisher, said in an interview published in Austrian weekly Profil. “Népszabadság has only made losses for more than ten years.
Gulyás: Media Market Still Favours Opposition
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gergely Gulyás, the ruling Fidesz party’s deputy leader, insisted that in the wake of the daily Népszabadság’s closure there would be a balanced market of two papers seen as opposition sympathisers and two which are pro-government, and there was good reason to believe that the former had a larger distribution.
Lefitst Opposition Parties Stage Demonstration In Support Of Press Freedom
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition LMP, Együtt, and Dialogue for Hungary (PM) parties staged a demonstration in Budapest on Sunday to protest against the recent closure of the daily Népszabadság.
Political Parties Comment On Constitutional Amendment Vote
- 9 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on Tuesday’s vote, Jobbik leader Gábor Vona said “for Fidesz, it is not the protection of the country that’s important, but the loot.” Head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee Zsolt Németh (Fidesz) said that the government would continue its fight against binding settlement quotas and the next important forum for this will be a December meeting of the European Council.
National Security CTTEE Discusses Pharaon Case, Bőny Murder
- 8 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s national security committee addressed behind closed doors on Monday questions surrounding businessman Ghaith Pharaon, the death of a policeman by a far-right leader in Bőny, and surveillance allegations in connection with the Soros Foundation, the committee’s Socialist head told a press conference.
Budapest To Use Existing Buses For Metro Replacement Service
- 27 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
Replacement services during the revamp of the third metro line will be operated by using the Budapest transport company’s existing buses, the Budapest City Council general assembly meeting decided. The assembly approved the proposal with 23 votes in favour, two against and one abstention.
Kövér: Europe Must Preseve Its Identity
- 26 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The lesson to be drawn from the 1956 revolution and freedom fight is that unless Europe’s identity is protected, the European Union could “tragically lose out” to “unscrupulous outside powers in the background enforcing their interests above the heads of states, bypassing democratic mandates and controls,” László Kövér, speaker of Hungary’s parliament, said in a speech commemorating the events of ...
Molnár: Jobbik In Position To ‘Blackmail’ Orbán
- 20 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist leader said radical nationalist Jobbik’s leader is in a position to “blackmail” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over the recently tabled constitutional amendment proposal in connection with EU migrant quotas.
Lawmakers Hold Debate On Constitutional Bill On Migrant Quotas
- 18 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Constitutional issues arise when a risk emerges that the country faces permanent change, Lajos Kósa, the head of the ruling Fidesz parliamentary group, told lawmakers on Monday, commenting on the constitutional amendment bill in connection with European Union migrant quotas.
VCP: Népszabadság Suspended For Purely Business Reasons
- 18 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The decision to suspend publication of Hungarian daily Népszabadság was taken solely for business reasons, the head of Vienna Capital Partners, which owns the broadsheet’s publisher, said in an interview published in Austrian weekly Profil. “Népszabadság has only made losses for more than ten years.
Gulyás: Media Market Still Favours Opposition
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gergely Gulyás, the ruling Fidesz party’s deputy leader, insisted that in the wake of the daily Népszabadság’s closure there would be a balanced market of two papers seen as opposition sympathisers and two which are pro-government, and there was good reason to believe that the former had a larger distribution.
Lefitst Opposition Parties Stage Demonstration In Support Of Press Freedom
- 17 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition LMP, Együtt, and Dialogue for Hungary (PM) parties staged a demonstration in Budapest on Sunday to protest against the recent closure of the daily Népszabadság.


















