534 result(s) for solidarity
Xpat Opinion: Days Of National Solidarity: Preparing For The Flood
- 6 Jun 2013 4:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin: One of the wettest springs in a century, combined with a recent weather system that has dumped nearly a foot of rain on central Europe, is unleashing a record-breaking flood in the countries of the Danube River Basin. Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia and, now, Hungary are battling the high waters.
Mayor’s Daughter Assaulted In Pécs, Hungary
- 8 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 20-year-old daughter of Pécs’s Fidesz mayor Zsolt Páva was brutally assaulted at 4 a.m. Friday morning, as the assailant at-tempted to rape her. The woman, who was returning home from a university party, was seriously injured and is receiving treatment in hospital.
AWCDH Invitation To Conference & Reception, Budapest, 7 March
- 4 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
As founder and president of the Association for Women's Career Development in Hungary (AWCDH), allow me to introduce our organization, the first Hungarian NGO with “Special consultative status with UN-ECOSOC”. I would like to extend a most cordial invitation to our upcoming conference and a reception to follow.
Xpat Opinion: How Women Are Being Treated In Hungarian Parliament
- 27 Feb 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
In September of 2012 there was an uproar in the Hungarian parliament over the issue of domestic violence; I spent at least two posts on the issue. By popular demand, the House had to consider including domestic violence in the criminal code. It was clear from the beginning that the Fidesz-KDMP caucus was planning to vote against the measure. One member of the government party after the other got ...
dr. Gordan Grlic Radman, Former Ambassador of Croatia
- 19 Feb 2013 11:00 AM
Gordan Grlić Radman, born in 1958, in Zagreb, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Hungary; Permanent Representative of the Republic of Croatia to the Danube Commission in Budapest and Secretary of the Commission.
Xpat Opinion: Banner War, Round Two: Szekler Flag Aflutter On Hungarian Parliament
- 18 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government journalist calls the Romanian response to Hungary’s innocent symbolic gesture aggressive and unreasonable. A left-wing daily on the other hand accuses the government of insensitivity to the delicate problems of beyond-border Hungarian minorities in Romania.
Xpat Opinion: How To Make The Pension System Sustainable In Hungary
- 5 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
A right-wing economist suggests that in order to make the pension system balanced for the foreseeable future, Hungary should return to traditional family-based solidarity. A conservative blogger believes that a wide public debate should be initiated about the future of the pension system.
Xpat Opinion: LMP Splits Over Co-operation With Bajnai & Co. In Hungary
- 28 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading LMP member suggests in a right wing paper that other political forces are at work behind the internal tensions in his party, while a centre-left commentator writes that the LMP’s plans to steer towards the political centre are understandable but unrealistic.
Tax System In Hungary To Settle Into A Transparent, Continuous Structure By 1 January 2013
- 2 Jan 2013 8:02 AM
- business
The European Commission’s appeal to Hungary regarding retail trade and telecommunication taxes was unnecessary, Government Spokesperson András Giró-Szász stated in an interview on Thursday, as Hungary had already decided to abolish them a week earlier. These extra taxes, levied temporarily, will be abolished entirely as of 1 January 2013.
Xpat Opinion: Days Of National Solidarity: Preparing For The Flood
- 6 Jun 2013 4:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin: One of the wettest springs in a century, combined with a recent weather system that has dumped nearly a foot of rain on central Europe, is unleashing a record-breaking flood in the countries of the Danube River Basin. Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia and, now, Hungary are battling the high waters.
Mayor’s Daughter Assaulted In Pécs, Hungary
- 8 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 20-year-old daughter of Pécs’s Fidesz mayor Zsolt Páva was brutally assaulted at 4 a.m. Friday morning, as the assailant at-tempted to rape her. The woman, who was returning home from a university party, was seriously injured and is receiving treatment in hospital.
AWCDH Invitation To Conference & Reception, Budapest, 7 March
- 4 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
As founder and president of the Association for Women's Career Development in Hungary (AWCDH), allow me to introduce our organization, the first Hungarian NGO with “Special consultative status with UN-ECOSOC”. I would like to extend a most cordial invitation to our upcoming conference and a reception to follow.
Xpat Opinion: How Women Are Being Treated In Hungarian Parliament
- 27 Feb 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
In September of 2012 there was an uproar in the Hungarian parliament over the issue of domestic violence; I spent at least two posts on the issue. By popular demand, the House had to consider including domestic violence in the criminal code. It was clear from the beginning that the Fidesz-KDMP caucus was planning to vote against the measure. One member of the government party after the other got ...
dr. Gordan Grlic Radman, Former Ambassador of Croatia
- 19 Feb 2013 11:00 AM
Gordan Grlić Radman, born in 1958, in Zagreb, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to Hungary; Permanent Representative of the Republic of Croatia to the Danube Commission in Budapest and Secretary of the Commission.
Xpat Opinion: Banner War, Round Two: Szekler Flag Aflutter On Hungarian Parliament
- 18 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government journalist calls the Romanian response to Hungary’s innocent symbolic gesture aggressive and unreasonable. A left-wing daily on the other hand accuses the government of insensitivity to the delicate problems of beyond-border Hungarian minorities in Romania.
Xpat Opinion: How To Make The Pension System Sustainable In Hungary
- 5 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
A right-wing economist suggests that in order to make the pension system balanced for the foreseeable future, Hungary should return to traditional family-based solidarity. A conservative blogger believes that a wide public debate should be initiated about the future of the pension system.
Xpat Opinion: LMP Splits Over Co-operation With Bajnai & Co. In Hungary
- 28 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading LMP member suggests in a right wing paper that other political forces are at work behind the internal tensions in his party, while a centre-left commentator writes that the LMP’s plans to steer towards the political centre are understandable but unrealistic.
Tax System In Hungary To Settle Into A Transparent, Continuous Structure By 1 January 2013
- 2 Jan 2013 8:02 AM
- business
The European Commission’s appeal to Hungary regarding retail trade and telecommunication taxes was unnecessary, Government Spokesperson András Giró-Szász stated in an interview on Thursday, as Hungary had already decided to abolish them a week earlier. These extra taxes, levied temporarily, will be abolished entirely as of 1 January 2013.