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Xpat Opinion: Learning History In Orbán’s Hungary
- 2 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The new school year began yesterday and with it an entirely new system as far as textbook distribution is concerned. As you most likely know, a couple of years ago all schools were nationalized and put under the authority of one monstrous organization called Klebelsberg Intézményfenntartó Központ (KLIK), named after Kunó Klebelsberg, minister of education between 1922 and 1931.
In Hungary Everything Is Set For A Successful School Year
- 29 Aug 2014 9:01 AM
- community & culture
Everything is in place for a successful school year, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog said in Budapest on Tuesday at a teachers’ conference before the beginning of the next school year on 1 September. He added that teachers have displayed great discipline during the restructuring of the public education system, the most expansive in 25 years.
Hungarian National Theatre Ticket Sales Off By A Third
- 25 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Ticket sales at the National Theatre (Nemzeti Szinház) fell one third in the first year of the artistic stewardship of Attila Vidnyánszky, who succeeded Róbert Alföldi in August 2013 as part of the ongoing “culture wars” waged by ruling party Fidesz against left-wing and liberal establishment figures and cultural institutions.
Ecumenical Commemoration In Budapest Marks Roma Holocaust, Roma Murders
- 4 Aug 2014 10:00 AM
- community & culture
The Sant’ Egidio community held an ecumenical commemoration of the Roma Holocaust in Budapest on Sunday evening. The event also marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of a 45-year-old Roma woman in Kisléta in north-eastern Hungary.
Hungarian Youth From US, Canada Meet HR Minister
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog met young Hungarians from the United States and Canada, participants in the ReConnect Hungary programme, in Budapest. Balog said his guests were third or fourth generation Hungarians, who no longer speak Hungarian, but for whom there is “still space in their hearts for the country”.
Hungarian Reformed World Summit Opens In Transylvania
- 13 Jul 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speakers addressing the opening event of the 7th Hungarian Reformed World Summit in Sfantu Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyörgy) in Transylvania on Thursday highlighted the importance of togetherness.
Hungary’s Jobbik Protests Government Plans To Elect University Chancellors
- 30 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party said it would turn to the Constitutional Court in protest against the government’s planned amendment of the higher education law. Jobbik spokeswoman Duró Dóra told a press conference that the party firmly rejects the proposed system of chancellors appointed by the government, under which ruling Fidesz wants to “put its own party secretaries at the helm of ...
Drug Use Can Be Prevented And Addiction Is Treatable Says Hungarian Minister
- 27 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Drug use can be prevented and addiction is treatable, this is the encouraging message of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, State Minister for Social Affairs and Inclusion Károly Czibere said on Thursday in Budapest. He was speaking on the occasion of handing out ministerial awards to specialists with a long track record of fighting against drugs.
New State Secretary For Higher Education In Hungary Named
- 20 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Human resources minister Zoltán Balog on Thursday named László Palkovics as state secretary for higher education. In an interview to news website mno.hu, Balog said the reason he had chosen Palkovics for the job was that part of his expected approach would be to incorporate an economic point of view which serves the interests of the whole nation.
Xpat Opinion: Learning History In Orbán’s Hungary
- 2 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The new school year began yesterday and with it an entirely new system as far as textbook distribution is concerned. As you most likely know, a couple of years ago all schools were nationalized and put under the authority of one monstrous organization called Klebelsberg Intézményfenntartó Központ (KLIK), named after Kunó Klebelsberg, minister of education between 1922 and 1931.
In Hungary Everything Is Set For A Successful School Year
- 29 Aug 2014 9:01 AM
- community & culture
Everything is in place for a successful school year, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog said in Budapest on Tuesday at a teachers’ conference before the beginning of the next school year on 1 September. He added that teachers have displayed great discipline during the restructuring of the public education system, the most expansive in 25 years.
Hungarian National Theatre Ticket Sales Off By A Third
- 25 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Ticket sales at the National Theatre (Nemzeti Szinház) fell one third in the first year of the artistic stewardship of Attila Vidnyánszky, who succeeded Róbert Alföldi in August 2013 as part of the ongoing “culture wars” waged by ruling party Fidesz against left-wing and liberal establishment figures and cultural institutions.
Ecumenical Commemoration In Budapest Marks Roma Holocaust, Roma Murders
- 4 Aug 2014 10:00 AM
- community & culture
The Sant’ Egidio community held an ecumenical commemoration of the Roma Holocaust in Budapest on Sunday evening. The event also marked the fifth anniversary of the murder of a 45-year-old Roma woman in Kisléta in north-eastern Hungary.
Hungarian Youth From US, Canada Meet HR Minister
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog met young Hungarians from the United States and Canada, participants in the ReConnect Hungary programme, in Budapest. Balog said his guests were third or fourth generation Hungarians, who no longer speak Hungarian, but for whom there is “still space in their hearts for the country”.
Hungarian Reformed World Summit Opens In Transylvania
- 13 Jul 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speakers addressing the opening event of the 7th Hungarian Reformed World Summit in Sfantu Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyörgy) in Transylvania on Thursday highlighted the importance of togetherness.
Hungary’s Jobbik Protests Government Plans To Elect University Chancellors
- 30 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party said it would turn to the Constitutional Court in protest against the government’s planned amendment of the higher education law. Jobbik spokeswoman Duró Dóra told a press conference that the party firmly rejects the proposed system of chancellors appointed by the government, under which ruling Fidesz wants to “put its own party secretaries at the helm of ...
Drug Use Can Be Prevented And Addiction Is Treatable Says Hungarian Minister
- 27 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Drug use can be prevented and addiction is treatable, this is the encouraging message of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, State Minister for Social Affairs and Inclusion Károly Czibere said on Thursday in Budapest. He was speaking on the occasion of handing out ministerial awards to specialists with a long track record of fighting against drugs.
New State Secretary For Higher Education In Hungary Named
- 20 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Human resources minister Zoltán Balog on Thursday named László Palkovics as state secretary for higher education. In an interview to news website mno.hu, Balog said the reason he had chosen Palkovics for the job was that part of his expected approach would be to incorporate an economic point of view which serves the interests of the whole nation.