754 result(s) for socialist party leader
Socialists: Allow All Hungarians Abroad To Vote By Mail
- 2 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists have called on the government to ensure that every Hungarian living outside the country can participate in the Oct. 2 referendum without hindrance.
Opposition Parties Slam Orbán Over Baile Tusnád Speech
- 25 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist party president Gyula Molnár said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech in Baile Tusnád was further evidence that the migrant quota referendum scheduled for October was really about preparing the ground for Hungary to withdraw from the European Union.
Plenary On Contested Liget Project Abandoned
- 21 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The plenary session of parliament initiated by the opposition to debate the contested Liget project has been abandoned for lack of a quorum. Wednesday’s session was convened by the parliamentary speaker to debate the initiative of the co-leader of the Dialogue for Hungary party, Tímea Szabó, who wants the law that greenlighted the contested Liget project in City Park to be scrapped.
DK Calls On Interior Minister To Probe Security Guard Actions In City Park
- 12 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) called on Interior Minister Sándor Pintér to investigate the actions of security guards in Budapest’s City Park. DK accuses the guards of “acting above the law”. Deputy party leader Ágnes Vadai said that in recent months, “groups of young skinheads” had appeared every time the interests of ruling Fidesz or the government had to be protected.
Xpat Opinion: Hunvald Elected Local MSZP Chairman
- 8 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A former district mayor who is on trial for corruption has been elected chairman of the Socialist Party organisation in the neighbouring district. Commentators wonder if this is what the Socialist Party means by renewal.
Tóth Selected As Socialists’ New Group Leader
- 7 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party has chosen Bertalan Tóth to serve as its next parliamentary group leader, Gyula Molnár, the party’s new leader, announced. Addressing a press conference with Molnar, Tóth, the group’s former deputy leader, promised to provide “hard-as-nails opposition” to the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance.
Hungarian Opposition Parties Claim Referendum Is On EU Membership
- 6 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party urged citizens to abstain from voting on the EU’s mandatory migrant quota scheme, arguing that the referendum was designed to pave the way for Hungary’s exit from the EU. Socialist Party deputy leader Zoltán Gőgös said Hungary would hold two referendums in the near future: the quota referendum, which he said was actually a vote on Hungary’s EU membership, and one on ...
Families Of Perished Explosives Experts To Receive Over HUF 10M
- 5 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The families of the four military explosives experts who were killed when a post-WW2 Soviet bomb exploded on a former bombing range in eastern Hungary on Friday are expected to receive one-off payments of over 10 million forints (EUR 31,560) each in addition to other compensation, daily Magyar Idők reports.
New Socialist Leader Advocates Left-Wing Cooperation For 2018 Election
- 1 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s leftist parties should cooperate with each other in the 2018 general election by nominating a single candidate in each constituency, Gyula Molnár, the Socialist Party’s newly-elected leader, told MTI in an interview on Thursday. Molnár said his party is capable of winning the election in 2018, arguing that “six out of ten” voters want a new government, four of them should be won over ...
Socialists: Allow All Hungarians Abroad To Vote By Mail
- 2 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists have called on the government to ensure that every Hungarian living outside the country can participate in the Oct. 2 referendum without hindrance.
Opposition Parties Slam Orbán Over Baile Tusnád Speech
- 25 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist party president Gyula Molnár said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s speech in Baile Tusnád was further evidence that the migrant quota referendum scheduled for October was really about preparing the ground for Hungary to withdraw from the European Union.
Plenary On Contested Liget Project Abandoned
- 21 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The plenary session of parliament initiated by the opposition to debate the contested Liget project has been abandoned for lack of a quorum. Wednesday’s session was convened by the parliamentary speaker to debate the initiative of the co-leader of the Dialogue for Hungary party, Tímea Szabó, who wants the law that greenlighted the contested Liget project in City Park to be scrapped.
DK Calls On Interior Minister To Probe Security Guard Actions In City Park
- 12 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) called on Interior Minister Sándor Pintér to investigate the actions of security guards in Budapest’s City Park. DK accuses the guards of “acting above the law”. Deputy party leader Ágnes Vadai said that in recent months, “groups of young skinheads” had appeared every time the interests of ruling Fidesz or the government had to be protected.
Xpat Opinion: Hunvald Elected Local MSZP Chairman
- 8 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A former district mayor who is on trial for corruption has been elected chairman of the Socialist Party organisation in the neighbouring district. Commentators wonder if this is what the Socialist Party means by renewal.
Tóth Selected As Socialists’ New Group Leader
- 7 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party has chosen Bertalan Tóth to serve as its next parliamentary group leader, Gyula Molnár, the party’s new leader, announced. Addressing a press conference with Molnar, Tóth, the group’s former deputy leader, promised to provide “hard-as-nails opposition” to the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance.
Hungarian Opposition Parties Claim Referendum Is On EU Membership
- 6 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party urged citizens to abstain from voting on the EU’s mandatory migrant quota scheme, arguing that the referendum was designed to pave the way for Hungary’s exit from the EU. Socialist Party deputy leader Zoltán Gőgös said Hungary would hold two referendums in the near future: the quota referendum, which he said was actually a vote on Hungary’s EU membership, and one on ...
Families Of Perished Explosives Experts To Receive Over HUF 10M
- 5 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The families of the four military explosives experts who were killed when a post-WW2 Soviet bomb exploded on a former bombing range in eastern Hungary on Friday are expected to receive one-off payments of over 10 million forints (EUR 31,560) each in addition to other compensation, daily Magyar Idők reports.
New Socialist Leader Advocates Left-Wing Cooperation For 2018 Election
- 1 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s leftist parties should cooperate with each other in the 2018 general election by nominating a single candidate in each constituency, Gyula Molnár, the Socialist Party’s newly-elected leader, told MTI in an interview on Thursday. Molnár said his party is capable of winning the election in 2018, arguing that “six out of ten” voters want a new government, four of them should be won over ...