505 result(s) for szigetvár
Hungary Won’t Open “Corridor” For Migrants
- 22 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not support any proposal to open corridors on its closed southern border sections for migrants trying to enter the EU, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. Speaking after a meeting of Hungarian, Croatian, Austrian and Slovenian police chiefs in Vienna, Kovács said the four countries agreed that the migrant crisis could be resolved by reinforcing the Turkish-Greek border and by ...
Együtt Refiles Report To Police On 2013 Sale Of Hungarian TV2
- 22 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Együtt party’s leader, Viktor Szigetvári, said he is refiling a report to the police concerning the 2013 sale of Hungary’s second largest commercial channel, TV2, by ProSiebenSat.1 to the channel’s managing director, Zsolt Simon, and its finance manager, Yvonne Dederick. According to Együtt’s report first submitted in January 2014—rejected by police at the time - the legal ...
Tamás Portik Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison
- 17 Oct 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
A Budapest court on Friday sentenced Tamás Portik, the one-time head of an oil company involved in illicit deals in the nineties, to ten years behind bars for instigating the murder of millionaire businessman József Prisztás in 1996. The second co-defendant, who was accused of carrying out the murder, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment.
Ónodi-Szűcs New State Secretary For Health In Hungary
- 13 Oct 2015 5:36 AM
- health & wellness
Zoltán Ónodi-Szűcs will be the new state secretary for health, the head of the ministry of human resources that controls the health portfolio told a news conference. Ónodi-Szűcs, until now the head of the state health services centre (AEEK), said that his primary aim is to serve the interests of the public rather than the sector’s institutions. “We want people to feel that their problems are ...
Opposition Parties Say Orbán Govt Can Be Replaced Democratically
- 8 Oct 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The government of Viktor Orbán and its "political regime+ can be replaced through democratic means, opposition leaders agreed at a roundtable discussion in Sárvár, in western Hungary. Gábor Vona of the radical nationalist Jobbik, LMP co-leader András Schiffer and Együtt leader Viktor Szigetvári, however, disagreed about the chances of each other’s parties of coming to power and their abilities to ...
Pro-Govt Poster Exhibition On Migration With Opposition Comments
- 6 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The pro-government Civil Unity Forum (CÖF) has opened an open-air poster exhibition about opposition politicians’ remarks on migrants. The posters on display near MPs’ offices at Budapest’s Olimpia Park are aimed to contrast opposition statements with the “reality” about migrants, CÖF founder László Csizmadia said. Next to the photos and citations by Socialist, Democratic Coalition (DK) and ...
Hungary’s President Scorns Climate Change Deniers At Church Conference
- 30 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s President János Áder met church leaders in parliament on Tuesday for a conference to discuss climate change and environmental concerns. He said denying climate change, feeling apathy on the subject and believing the market was almighty were all fallacies. He asked church dignitaries to share the imperative of saving the Earth in their religious communities, in the spirit of an ...
Budget May Be Amended To Reflect Hungary’s Cost Of Migration Measures
- 15 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- business
If the migration crisis is sustained it may be necessary to amend the budget, though for the time being measures can be paid for by making internal budget transfers, the economy minister said. Mihály Varga told public service news website hirado. hu that the government had spent almost 30 billion forints (EUR 96m) on fortifying the Serbian-Hungarian border. In addition are extra costs related to ...
Együtt: Hungary Should Take In 15,000 Refugees By 2016
- 8 Sep 2015 9:03 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Együtt party demands that Hungary should take in 10,000 refugees this year and 5,000 next year, on a voluntary and longterm basis. Viktor Szigetvári, the party’s leader, said that while Hungary is a homogeneous country, it needs new work force to make its pension and welfare systems sustainable. It is also Hungary’s moral duty to take in migrants.
Hungary Won’t Open “Corridor” For Migrants
- 22 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not support any proposal to open corridors on its closed southern border sections for migrants trying to enter the EU, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. Speaking after a meeting of Hungarian, Croatian, Austrian and Slovenian police chiefs in Vienna, Kovács said the four countries agreed that the migrant crisis could be resolved by reinforcing the Turkish-Greek border and by ...
Együtt Refiles Report To Police On 2013 Sale Of Hungarian TV2
- 22 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Együtt party’s leader, Viktor Szigetvári, said he is refiling a report to the police concerning the 2013 sale of Hungary’s second largest commercial channel, TV2, by ProSiebenSat.1 to the channel’s managing director, Zsolt Simon, and its finance manager, Yvonne Dederick. According to Együtt’s report first submitted in January 2014—rejected by police at the time - the legal ...
Tamás Portik Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison
- 17 Oct 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
A Budapest court on Friday sentenced Tamás Portik, the one-time head of an oil company involved in illicit deals in the nineties, to ten years behind bars for instigating the murder of millionaire businessman József Prisztás in 1996. The second co-defendant, who was accused of carrying out the murder, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment.
Ónodi-Szűcs New State Secretary For Health In Hungary
- 13 Oct 2015 5:36 AM
- health & wellness
Zoltán Ónodi-Szűcs will be the new state secretary for health, the head of the ministry of human resources that controls the health portfolio told a news conference. Ónodi-Szűcs, until now the head of the state health services centre (AEEK), said that his primary aim is to serve the interests of the public rather than the sector’s institutions. “We want people to feel that their problems are ...
Opposition Parties Say Orbán Govt Can Be Replaced Democratically
- 8 Oct 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The government of Viktor Orbán and its "political regime+ can be replaced through democratic means, opposition leaders agreed at a roundtable discussion in Sárvár, in western Hungary. Gábor Vona of the radical nationalist Jobbik, LMP co-leader András Schiffer and Együtt leader Viktor Szigetvári, however, disagreed about the chances of each other’s parties of coming to power and their abilities to ...
Pro-Govt Poster Exhibition On Migration With Opposition Comments
- 6 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The pro-government Civil Unity Forum (CÖF) has opened an open-air poster exhibition about opposition politicians’ remarks on migrants. The posters on display near MPs’ offices at Budapest’s Olimpia Park are aimed to contrast opposition statements with the “reality” about migrants, CÖF founder László Csizmadia said. Next to the photos and citations by Socialist, Democratic Coalition (DK) and ...
Hungary’s President Scorns Climate Change Deniers At Church Conference
- 30 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s President János Áder met church leaders in parliament on Tuesday for a conference to discuss climate change and environmental concerns. He said denying climate change, feeling apathy on the subject and believing the market was almighty were all fallacies. He asked church dignitaries to share the imperative of saving the Earth in their religious communities, in the spirit of an ...
Budget May Be Amended To Reflect Hungary’s Cost Of Migration Measures
- 15 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- business
If the migration crisis is sustained it may be necessary to amend the budget, though for the time being measures can be paid for by making internal budget transfers, the economy minister said. Mihály Varga told public service news website hirado. hu that the government had spent almost 30 billion forints (EUR 96m) on fortifying the Serbian-Hungarian border. In addition are extra costs related to ...
Együtt: Hungary Should Take In 15,000 Refugees By 2016
- 8 Sep 2015 9:03 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Együtt party demands that Hungary should take in 10,000 refugees this year and 5,000 next year, on a voluntary and longterm basis. Viktor Szigetvári, the party’s leader, said that while Hungary is a homogeneous country, it needs new work force to make its pension and welfare systems sustainable. It is also Hungary’s moral duty to take in migrants.