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Breaking: 8 April Set As Date Of Hungarian General Election
- 11 Jan 2018 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has set April 8 as the date of Hungary’s general election, the earliest possible Sunday that the ballot can be held under the law. The election campaign officially starts 50 days before the date of the ballot — on Feb. 17 this time round. Hungary’s 7.9 million voters will have the opportunity to cast two ballots in the single-round election deciding 199 seats.
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) ...
Bishops Offer ‘Room At The Inn’ To Refugees In Hungary
- 5 Jan 2018 7:58 AM
- current affairs
In a country with a xenophobic streak and a government proud to call itself ‘illiberal’, religious leaders are speaking up.
Hungary’s President Áder’s New Year’s Message
- 1 Jan 2018 8:07 AM
- current affairs
János Áder, Hungary’s president, addressed fellow citizens on New Year’s day in a public media broadcast just after midnight, wishing them a happy New Year and urging them “to be strong and to always show each other respect”.
Hungarian Defence Forces Purchase Two New Airbuses
- 22 Dec 2017 7:58 AM
- current affairs
Speaking at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó announced that the Hungarian Defence Forces (HDF) purchase two A319 Airbuses, adding that the planes will enter service with the HDF.
'Can We Fix The European Migration Challenge?’, CEU, 7 December
- 5 Dec 2017 7:56 AM
- current affairs
A revamped EU immigration policy could be the cornerstone of a prosperous European society. And yet, EU mobility and immigration have been heavily criticized and used in electoral campaigns, such as Brexit, fueling a strong anti-EU sentiment.
Parlt CTTEE Rejects Opposition Proposal To Change Election Law
- 14 Nov 2017 7:57 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s judicial committee has refused to put on the National Assembly’s agenda a proposal which the proponent opposition parties said would make Hungary’s electoral system “fair, transparent and proportionate”.
Trump-Russia Investigation Has Hungarian Thread
- 10 Nov 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a Hungarian thread in US special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged coordination between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Russian government, reports index.hu.
Government Officials Charged With Selling Hungarian Passports
- 10 Nov 2017 7:52 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest Chief Prosecution Office charged 16 people with abuse of their official positions, bribery and other corruption crimes linked to Hungarian naturalization procedures, reports index.hu.
Breaking: 8 April Set As Date Of Hungarian General Election
- 11 Jan 2018 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has set April 8 as the date of Hungary’s general election, the earliest possible Sunday that the ballot can be held under the law. The election campaign officially starts 50 days before the date of the ballot — on Feb. 17 this time round. Hungary’s 7.9 million voters will have the opportunity to cast two ballots in the single-round election deciding 199 seats.
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) ...
Bishops Offer ‘Room At The Inn’ To Refugees In Hungary
- 5 Jan 2018 7:58 AM
- current affairs
In a country with a xenophobic streak and a government proud to call itself ‘illiberal’, religious leaders are speaking up.
Hungary’s President Áder’s New Year’s Message
- 1 Jan 2018 8:07 AM
- current affairs
János Áder, Hungary’s president, addressed fellow citizens on New Year’s day in a public media broadcast just after midnight, wishing them a happy New Year and urging them “to be strong and to always show each other respect”.
Hungarian Defence Forces Purchase Two New Airbuses
- 22 Dec 2017 7:58 AM
- current affairs
Speaking at a press conference in Budapest on Wednesday, Minister of Defence Dr. István Simicskó announced that the Hungarian Defence Forces (HDF) purchase two A319 Airbuses, adding that the planes will enter service with the HDF.
'Can We Fix The European Migration Challenge?’, CEU, 7 December
- 5 Dec 2017 7:56 AM
- current affairs
A revamped EU immigration policy could be the cornerstone of a prosperous European society. And yet, EU mobility and immigration have been heavily criticized and used in electoral campaigns, such as Brexit, fueling a strong anti-EU sentiment.
Parlt CTTEE Rejects Opposition Proposal To Change Election Law
- 14 Nov 2017 7:57 AM
- current affairs
Parliament’s judicial committee has refused to put on the National Assembly’s agenda a proposal which the proponent opposition parties said would make Hungary’s electoral system “fair, transparent and proportionate”.
Trump-Russia Investigation Has Hungarian Thread
- 10 Nov 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a Hungarian thread in US special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged coordination between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Russian government, reports index.hu.
Government Officials Charged With Selling Hungarian Passports
- 10 Nov 2017 7:52 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest Chief Prosecution Office charged 16 people with abuse of their official positions, bribery and other corruption crimes linked to Hungarian naturalization procedures, reports index.hu.