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Hungary's Prime Minister Meets Students’ Delegation
- 17 Dec 2012 7:58 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met a delegation of secondary school and university students on Saturday, 15 December. The students put forward their opinion on the situation and future of higher education in Hungary. In the afternoon the Prime Minister also had meetings with several members of the Government.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Next Year’s Budget Passed
- 13 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist welcomes the new budget but warns that the deficit target may not be easy to meet. The Hungarian Parliament passed the 2013 budget on Tuesday. The bill has been amended several times since the first draft was submitted in June.
Xpat Opinion: All Sides Condemn Jobbik MP’s Anti-Semitic Speech In Hungary
- 7 Dec 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Commentators unanimously condemn a speech by Jobbik MP Márton Gyöngyösi, who proposed that a list of MPs and cabinet members of Jewish descent should be established, as they represent ‘a risk to national security.’ The Jobbik MP made his remark in parliament in connection with the Gaza conflict last Monday. State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh replied that the government had no ...
Hungarian Government Strongly Condemned Remarks Made By Jobbik MP
- 5 Dec 2012 8:02 AM
- current affairs
The Office of the Government Spokesman, the Fidesz party faction and various governmental politicians have condemned to the greatest possible degree the statement made in Parliament by Jobbik MP Márton Gyöngyösi. According to the Office of the Government Spokesman, the Government takes the strictest possible action against every form of racism and anti-Semitic behaviour and does everything in ...
Afghan Interpreters Worked With Hungarian Forces Seek Asylum
- 5 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Foreign Ministry is considering a request from five Afghan interpreters who have worked with Hungarian forces in that country for permission to emigrate to Hungary with their families. Ministry spokesman Gábor Kaleta said consultations will be held with the relevant state bodies and NATO members.
Xpat Opinion: Moral And Political Confusion In Hungary
- 21 Nov 2012 7:59 AM
- current affairs
"I decided to update three recent posts. On Saturday and Sunday I wrote about LMP’s decision not to begin negotiations with the “Together 2014″ group. Yesterday I reported on the latest plagiarism case involving Zsolt Semjén, chairman of the Christian Democratic People’s Party (KDNP) and deputy to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Hungarian Parliament Bans Totalitarian Names
- 20 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament passed legislation Monday evening stipulating that no company, organisation, media product, public institution or public space may be named after anyone who played a leading part in laying the foundations, building or sustaining totalitarian political regimes in the 20th century.
The European Commission Acknowledged Hungary's Budget Deficit To Be Below 3 Percent In 2012 & 2013
- 19 Nov 2012 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The previous Government submitted the Budget Bill for 2010 on the basis of entirely unsubstantiated data. Without the extraordinary measures of the Government headed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the greater than anticipated economic growth central budget deficit would have exceeded 7 percent in 2010. Economic growth, which was almost 2 percent higher than in the submitted macro outlook, ...
Hungary's Klubrádió Wins Frequency In Court
- 15 Nov 2012 8:01 AM
- current affairs
An unspecified court of first instance awarded the 92.9 MHz community, free frequency to radio station Klubrádió again on Wednesday. Klubrádió had launched a lawsuit against the Media Council, as it won the frequency before the 2010 elections, but neither then media authority ORTT nor its legal successor the Media Council will sign the contract with it.
Hungary's Prime Minister Meets Students’ Delegation
- 17 Dec 2012 7:58 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met a delegation of secondary school and university students on Saturday, 15 December. The students put forward their opinion on the situation and future of higher education in Hungary. In the afternoon the Prime Minister also had meetings with several members of the Government.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Next Year’s Budget Passed
- 13 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist welcomes the new budget but warns that the deficit target may not be easy to meet. The Hungarian Parliament passed the 2013 budget on Tuesday. The bill has been amended several times since the first draft was submitted in June.
Xpat Opinion: All Sides Condemn Jobbik MP’s Anti-Semitic Speech In Hungary
- 7 Dec 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Commentators unanimously condemn a speech by Jobbik MP Márton Gyöngyösi, who proposed that a list of MPs and cabinet members of Jewish descent should be established, as they represent ‘a risk to national security.’ The Jobbik MP made his remark in parliament in connection with the Gaza conflict last Monday. State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Németh replied that the government had no ...
Hungarian Government Strongly Condemned Remarks Made By Jobbik MP
- 5 Dec 2012 8:02 AM
- current affairs
The Office of the Government Spokesman, the Fidesz party faction and various governmental politicians have condemned to the greatest possible degree the statement made in Parliament by Jobbik MP Márton Gyöngyösi. According to the Office of the Government Spokesman, the Government takes the strictest possible action against every form of racism and anti-Semitic behaviour and does everything in ...
Afghan Interpreters Worked With Hungarian Forces Seek Asylum
- 5 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Foreign Ministry is considering a request from five Afghan interpreters who have worked with Hungarian forces in that country for permission to emigrate to Hungary with their families. Ministry spokesman Gábor Kaleta said consultations will be held with the relevant state bodies and NATO members.
Xpat Opinion: Moral And Political Confusion In Hungary
- 21 Nov 2012 7:59 AM
- current affairs
"I decided to update three recent posts. On Saturday and Sunday I wrote about LMP’s decision not to begin negotiations with the “Together 2014″ group. Yesterday I reported on the latest plagiarism case involving Zsolt Semjén, chairman of the Christian Democratic People’s Party (KDNP) and deputy to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Hungarian Parliament Bans Totalitarian Names
- 20 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament passed legislation Monday evening stipulating that no company, organisation, media product, public institution or public space may be named after anyone who played a leading part in laying the foundations, building or sustaining totalitarian political regimes in the 20th century.
The European Commission Acknowledged Hungary's Budget Deficit To Be Below 3 Percent In 2012 & 2013
- 19 Nov 2012 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The previous Government submitted the Budget Bill for 2010 on the basis of entirely unsubstantiated data. Without the extraordinary measures of the Government headed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the greater than anticipated economic growth central budget deficit would have exceeded 7 percent in 2010. Economic growth, which was almost 2 percent higher than in the submitted macro outlook, ...
Hungary's Klubrádió Wins Frequency In Court
- 15 Nov 2012 8:01 AM
- current affairs
An unspecified court of first instance awarded the 92.9 MHz community, free frequency to radio station Klubrádió again on Wednesday. Klubrádió had launched a lawsuit against the Media Council, as it won the frequency before the 2010 elections, but neither then media authority ORTT nor its legal successor the Media Council will sign the contract with it.