752 result(s) for socialist party leader
Hungary’s Chief Judge: Outside Pressure On Judges Danger To Rule Of Law
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s chief judge has warned of the dangers of politicians pressuring the courts if they do not like a ruling. Péter Darák’s comments were in reaction to strong criticism of a recent court decision to acquit all 15 suspects in a case involving Hungary’s worst environmental disaster.
Tóbiás Insists Hungarian Socialists Poised As 2018 ‘Party Of Change’
- 28 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The leader of the Socialist opposition party, József Tóbiás, told the daily Magyar Idők that his party is poised to be the “party of change” in the next general election held in two years’ time. He said the result of the latest election, a local by-election held in Szolnok, showed that it is the Socialists rather than radical nationalist Jobbik that will provide the alternative to the ruling ...
Hungarian Socialists Call For Boycott Against News Portal
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party has called on the government to cancel all advertising agreements with online news portal 888.hu over an article the website published on Socialist leader József Tóbiás’s wife and daughter on Saturday.
LMP Urges Opposition To Coordinate On Hungarian Govt Terror Threat Measures
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition LMP party has invited the opposition Socialists and the radical nationalist Jobbik party to talks regarding the government’s proposal to modify the constitution to allow special measures in case of a terrorism threat in the country.
Hungary’s Tax Authority NAV Closing Grain VAT Fraud Inquiry
- 20 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- business
The tax authority NAV will soon complete its investigation into the estimated Ft 18 billion sunflower and rapeseed VAT fraud, in which foreign companies were involved, Magyar Idõk writes. Reports indicate that a group of criminals shipped nearly 400,000 tons of sunflower seeds and rapeseed between Hungary and Slovakia in 2009-12, mostly on paper only, in a tax avoidance scam. The Slovak state has ...
Hungarian Govt Spox: Strict Laws Prevent Foreigners Buying Farmland
- 18 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- property
Hungarian laws are very strict in preventing that foreigners should buy Hungarian farmland, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. Farmland auctions will continue in February, according to a Thursday announcement by government office chief János Lázár. He said only about a dozen foreigners could buy land under the scheme.
Hungary’s Opposition Makes Mixed Approach To Terror Status Proposal
- 13 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Jobbik party supports amending the constitution to introduce a state of terrorist threat but will review the government’s specific proposal on the matter and comment on it within a week, deputy leader Előd Novák said, noting that his party submitted a similar amendment proposal to parliament in August, but the legislative body rejected it.
Hungarian Govt, Unions, Employers Reach Deal On Minimum Wages
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The economy ministry reached an agreement with three employer associations and two trade unions on the monthly minimum wages for skilled and unskilled workers, state secretary Péter Cseresznyés said. Under the agreement, the monthly minimum wage for unskilled workers next year will rise to gross 111,000 forints (EUR 353.6) and skilled workers will get 129,000 forints (EUR 411).
Biszku Receives Suspended Prison Term For Complicity In War Crimes In Hungary
- 18 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Communist-era party functionary Béla Biszku received a suspended prison sentence for complicity in war crimes. The Municipal Court of Budapest, however, exonerated him of the charges of ordering the shooting of a total of 49 anti-communist protesters in December 1956 and the beating of academics in March 1957.
Hungary’s Chief Judge: Outside Pressure On Judges Danger To Rule Of Law
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s chief judge has warned of the dangers of politicians pressuring the courts if they do not like a ruling. Péter Darák’s comments were in reaction to strong criticism of a recent court decision to acquit all 15 suspects in a case involving Hungary’s worst environmental disaster.
Tóbiás Insists Hungarian Socialists Poised As 2018 ‘Party Of Change’
- 28 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The leader of the Socialist opposition party, József Tóbiás, told the daily Magyar Idők that his party is poised to be the “party of change” in the next general election held in two years’ time. He said the result of the latest election, a local by-election held in Szolnok, showed that it is the Socialists rather than radical nationalist Jobbik that will provide the alternative to the ruling ...
Hungarian Socialists Call For Boycott Against News Portal
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party has called on the government to cancel all advertising agreements with online news portal 888.hu over an article the website published on Socialist leader József Tóbiás’s wife and daughter on Saturday.
LMP Urges Opposition To Coordinate On Hungarian Govt Terror Threat Measures
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition LMP party has invited the opposition Socialists and the radical nationalist Jobbik party to talks regarding the government’s proposal to modify the constitution to allow special measures in case of a terrorism threat in the country.
Hungary’s Tax Authority NAV Closing Grain VAT Fraud Inquiry
- 20 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- business
The tax authority NAV will soon complete its investigation into the estimated Ft 18 billion sunflower and rapeseed VAT fraud, in which foreign companies were involved, Magyar Idõk writes. Reports indicate that a group of criminals shipped nearly 400,000 tons of sunflower seeds and rapeseed between Hungary and Slovakia in 2009-12, mostly on paper only, in a tax avoidance scam. The Slovak state has ...
Hungarian Govt Spox: Strict Laws Prevent Foreigners Buying Farmland
- 18 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- property
Hungarian laws are very strict in preventing that foreigners should buy Hungarian farmland, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. Farmland auctions will continue in February, according to a Thursday announcement by government office chief János Lázár. He said only about a dozen foreigners could buy land under the scheme.
Hungary’s Opposition Makes Mixed Approach To Terror Status Proposal
- 13 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Jobbik party supports amending the constitution to introduce a state of terrorist threat but will review the government’s specific proposal on the matter and comment on it within a week, deputy leader Előd Novák said, noting that his party submitted a similar amendment proposal to parliament in August, but the legislative body rejected it.
Hungarian Govt, Unions, Employers Reach Deal On Minimum Wages
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The economy ministry reached an agreement with three employer associations and two trade unions on the monthly minimum wages for skilled and unskilled workers, state secretary Péter Cseresznyés said. Under the agreement, the monthly minimum wage for unskilled workers next year will rise to gross 111,000 forints (EUR 353.6) and skilled workers will get 129,000 forints (EUR 411).
Biszku Receives Suspended Prison Term For Complicity In War Crimes In Hungary
- 18 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Communist-era party functionary Béla Biszku received a suspended prison sentence for complicity in war crimes. The Municipal Court of Budapest, however, exonerated him of the charges of ordering the shooting of a total of 49 anti-communist protesters in December 1956 and the beating of academics in March 1957.