129 result(s) for taxpayer money
Oligarchs Indebtedness A Risk To Banking System
- 13 Mar 2018 8:56 AM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- finance
Hungarian oligarchs tied to the governing Fidesz party are so indebted that a change of government, a world economic shock, or even a mild increase in interest rates could cause a banking crisis, according to calculations made by Atlatszo.
Government Of Hungary Refusing To Tell How It Spent $7 Million In The U.S.
- 23 Feb 2018 8:40 AM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- current affairs
A foundation financed by the government of Hungary spent more than $7 million in the United States in the past three years.
Opposition Parties Slam Budapest’s Secretive Migrant Policy
- 25 Jan 2018 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties in the Budapest assembly slammed the municipal government’s handling of policy on the treatment of migrants, with the leftist Democratic Coalition arguing that Budapest’s leadership had rightly “completely sided with refugees” but amid a general hate campaign against migrants, while the radical nationalist Jobbik party complained that the city ran a tight-lipped scheme that ...
Orbán: Roma Community An Asset For Hungary
- 22 Jan 2018 11:00 AM
- community & culture
The government views Hungary’s Roma community as an asset, rather than a liability, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a meeting of students and alumni of the Christian Roma Professional College Network on Saturday. “In our view, the Roma are not a helpless minority living off of benefits, that is, the money of other taxpayers.
Socialists: Government Fails To Give Credible Account Of Border Protection Costs
- 15 Jan 2018 8:21 AM
- current affairs
The government has failed to provide a credible account of the extraordinary costs of border protection linked to the migration crisis, deputy head of parliament’s defence and police committee Tamás Harangozó, of the opposition Socialists, said on Friday.
Democratic Coalition: Fidesz ‘Buying’ Ethnic Hungarian Vote
- 11 Jan 2018 7:56 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz is spending 30 billion forints (EUR 97m) of taxpayer money to buy the votes of ethnic Hungarian citizens ahead of the general election this spring, an opposition official has said. The ruling party has doled out this money to organisations beyond the border to draw ethnic Hungarian political parties into its circle of interests, Attila Ara-Kovács, the leftist Democratic Coalition’s (DK) ...
Opinion: The Hungarian Government’s Scholarship Program For Foreign Students
- 19 Dec 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
I must admit that I didn’t realize until now the scope of the Stipendium Hungaricum (SH) program, which was conceived by the Orbán government in 2013. It has been an ambitious project from the very beginning.
Jobbik Stages Demonstration At Fidesz Headquarters
- 18 Dec 2017 7:58 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Jobbik party held a demonstration on Friday evening to protest against what it called “the evolving dictatorial regime” of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the State Audit Office’s (ÁSZ) recent effort “to sideline the party”.
Nearly HUF 5bn Spent On Gov’t Propaganda
- 24 Nov 2017 8:51 AM
- current affairs
Nearly Ft 5 billion of taxpayers’ money was spent on government propaganda in the third quarter of 2017, HirTV said on Thursday, citing Cabinet Office advertisement costs data obtained by Átlátszó.
Oligarchs Indebtedness A Risk To Banking System
- 13 Mar 2018 8:56 AM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- finance
Hungarian oligarchs tied to the governing Fidesz party are so indebted that a change of government, a world economic shock, or even a mild increase in interest rates could cause a banking crisis, according to calculations made by Atlatszo.
Government Of Hungary Refusing To Tell How It Spent $7 Million In The U.S.
- 23 Feb 2018 8:40 AM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- current affairs
A foundation financed by the government of Hungary spent more than $7 million in the United States in the past three years.
Opposition Parties Slam Budapest’s Secretive Migrant Policy
- 25 Jan 2018 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties in the Budapest assembly slammed the municipal government’s handling of policy on the treatment of migrants, with the leftist Democratic Coalition arguing that Budapest’s leadership had rightly “completely sided with refugees” but amid a general hate campaign against migrants, while the radical nationalist Jobbik party complained that the city ran a tight-lipped scheme that ...
Orbán: Roma Community An Asset For Hungary
- 22 Jan 2018 11:00 AM
- community & culture
The government views Hungary’s Roma community as an asset, rather than a liability, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a meeting of students and alumni of the Christian Roma Professional College Network on Saturday. “In our view, the Roma are not a helpless minority living off of benefits, that is, the money of other taxpayers.
Socialists: Government Fails To Give Credible Account Of Border Protection Costs
- 15 Jan 2018 8:21 AM
- current affairs
The government has failed to provide a credible account of the extraordinary costs of border protection linked to the migration crisis, deputy head of parliament’s defence and police committee Tamás Harangozó, of the opposition Socialists, said on Friday.
Democratic Coalition: Fidesz ‘Buying’ Ethnic Hungarian Vote
- 11 Jan 2018 7:56 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz is spending 30 billion forints (EUR 97m) of taxpayer money to buy the votes of ethnic Hungarian citizens ahead of the general election this spring, an opposition official has said. The ruling party has doled out this money to organisations beyond the border to draw ethnic Hungarian political parties into its circle of interests, Attila Ara-Kovács, the leftist Democratic Coalition’s (DK) ...
Opinion: The Hungarian Government’s Scholarship Program For Foreign Students
- 19 Dec 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
I must admit that I didn’t realize until now the scope of the Stipendium Hungaricum (SH) program, which was conceived by the Orbán government in 2013. It has been an ambitious project from the very beginning.
Jobbik Stages Demonstration At Fidesz Headquarters
- 18 Dec 2017 7:58 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Jobbik party held a demonstration on Friday evening to protest against what it called “the evolving dictatorial regime” of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the State Audit Office’s (ÁSZ) recent effort “to sideline the party”.
Nearly HUF 5bn Spent On Gov’t Propaganda
- 24 Nov 2017 8:51 AM
- current affairs
Nearly Ft 5 billion of taxpayers’ money was spent on government propaganda in the third quarter of 2017, HirTV said on Thursday, citing Cabinet Office advertisement costs data obtained by Átlátszó.