81 result(s) for taxpayer money in Current Affairs
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.
Public Figures React To Government’s “National Consultation”
- 5 Oct 2017 11:50 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest Beacon asked several Hungarian public figures, as well as a spokesman for the Hungarian government, about their perspectives on the seven questions the Orbán government is sending to its citizens via a “national consultation” on the so-called “Soros Plan”, as well as the possible impact of the consultation.
Opposition Parties Blast Orbán’s ‘Soros Plan’ Public Survey Plans
- 15 Sep 2017 8:58 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist and Democratic Coalition (DK) parties on Thursday lambasted the government’s plan to launch a nationwide public survey on the so-called “Soros plan”, calling on the ruling parties to focus on more important issues.
EP Budgetary Fact-Finding Mission Set To Arrive To Hungary Next Week
- 14 Sep 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) is coming on a fact-finding mission to Hungary from September 18-20.
DK Slams PM For ‘Petty Revenge’ On Adversaries
- 4 Jul 2017 9:38 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the prime minister not to use public funds to finance his “petty revenge campaign” against his “former allies” US billionaire George Soros and businessman Lajos Simicska.
Government Office Chief: Stated, Sovereignty At Stake
- 12 May 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The government office chief, János Lázár, said what is at stake in the current lawsuit concerning migrant quotas before the European Court of Justice is the right to determine who lives in the country and who stays. If this is taken away from parliament, the government and the people, then the very basis of Hungarian statehood and sovereignty would be endangered, he told a weekly government news ...
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.
Public Figures React To Government’s “National Consultation”
- 5 Oct 2017 11:50 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest Beacon asked several Hungarian public figures, as well as a spokesman for the Hungarian government, about their perspectives on the seven questions the Orbán government is sending to its citizens via a “national consultation” on the so-called “Soros Plan”, as well as the possible impact of the consultation.
Opposition Parties Blast Orbán’s ‘Soros Plan’ Public Survey Plans
- 15 Sep 2017 8:58 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist and Democratic Coalition (DK) parties on Thursday lambasted the government’s plan to launch a nationwide public survey on the so-called “Soros plan”, calling on the ruling parties to focus on more important issues.
EP Budgetary Fact-Finding Mission Set To Arrive To Hungary Next Week
- 14 Sep 2017 8:56 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) is coming on a fact-finding mission to Hungary from September 18-20.
DK Slams PM For ‘Petty Revenge’ On Adversaries
- 4 Jul 2017 9:38 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the prime minister not to use public funds to finance his “petty revenge campaign” against his “former allies” US billionaire George Soros and businessman Lajos Simicska.
Government Office Chief: Stated, Sovereignty At Stake
- 12 May 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The government office chief, János Lázár, said what is at stake in the current lawsuit concerning migrant quotas before the European Court of Justice is the right to determine who lives in the country and who stays. If this is taken away from parliament, the government and the people, then the very basis of Hungarian statehood and sovereignty would be endangered, he told a weekly government news ...