44 result(s) for afternoon tea in Current Affairs
Statement From Michael Ignatieff, Rector Of Central European University In Response To Hungarian Government Threats To Close CEU
- 29 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
CEU is demanding an immediate correction to falsehoods about our institution published this afternoon by origo.hu. The claim that we do not have program accreditation is entirely false. The claim that we have failed to meet our obligations regarding data to official public registry is also false.
Civil Groups Demand Edu Reform, Removal Of Minister Outside Parlt
- 7 Feb 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
An estimated 3,000 people gathered for a protest outside Parliament on Sunday afternoon to demand reforms in Hungary’s education system and the resignation of Zoltán Balog, the human resources minister.
Photo Article: National Day Of Mourning On Monday
- 26 Jan 2017 9:14 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s national flag was hoisted and lowered to half-mast on Monday morning, to pay tribute to the 16 Hungarians who died in a bus crash in Italy. The ceremony was attended by President János Áder, House Speaker László Kövér, and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Video: Bus Crash Tragedy In Italy – Sixteen Hungarians Were Killed In Verona
- 23 Jan 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has declared Monday a national day of mourning for those Hungarians who died in a bus accident in Italy overnight Friday, the head of the PM’s press office told MTI on Saturday. Sixteen Hungarians were killed when a bus transporting students and teachers of the Szinyei Merse Pál Secondary School in Budapest, as well as family members, hit the pillar of an overpass on ...
Identification Of Bus Accident Victims Could Take Several Days
- 23 Jan 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
On Sunday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference that “the identities of the 16 dead and two critically injured victims of Friday’s bus crash in Verona have yet to be determined”.
Top Judge Candidates Heard By Parlt Justice CTTEE
- 22 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The relationship between the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, and the Constitutional Court, was the focus of evidence given on Monday by the candidates to fill the four vacancies at the Constitutional Court. Parliament is to hold a vote on the four candidates on Tuesday afternoon. The governing party members of parliament’s justice committee endorsed all of the candidates.
Teachers Hold Demonstration In Budapest
- 13 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Tanítanék (I want to teach) movement began a demonstration in Budapest on Saturday afternoon. The organisers of the movement expressed their anger in an invitation to the demonstration on Facebook over what they see as the government “totally nationalising schools and destroying education”. The demonstrators will “grade” their own performance as well as the government’s, the movement added.
Teacher Strike Successful, Says Union Chair
- 21 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Piroska Galló, the head of teachers’ union PSZ, declared the nationwide day-long teacher strike a success. The latest reports from the union’s county offices indicate that 24,960 public school teachers and workers participated in the strike, Galló said early in the afternoon, adding that the number could grow still. She said a total of 1,185 schools took part in the protest, some of them with the ...
Teachers Demonstrate For Education Reform In NE Hungary
- 4 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Teachers, students, parents and civil groups held a demonstration in Miskolc, in northeastern Hungary, on Wednesday afternoon against the state of Hungary’s centralised public education system and low wages. The few thousand demonstrators demanded the reduction of centralisation and bureaucracy, restoring the school leaving age to 18 and changes to the teacher career model which links experience ...
Statement From Michael Ignatieff, Rector Of Central European University In Response To Hungarian Government Threats To Close CEU
- 29 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
CEU is demanding an immediate correction to falsehoods about our institution published this afternoon by origo.hu. The claim that we do not have program accreditation is entirely false. The claim that we have failed to meet our obligations regarding data to official public registry is also false.
Civil Groups Demand Edu Reform, Removal Of Minister Outside Parlt
- 7 Feb 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
An estimated 3,000 people gathered for a protest outside Parliament on Sunday afternoon to demand reforms in Hungary’s education system and the resignation of Zoltán Balog, the human resources minister.
Photo Article: National Day Of Mourning On Monday
- 26 Jan 2017 9:14 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s national flag was hoisted and lowered to half-mast on Monday morning, to pay tribute to the 16 Hungarians who died in a bus crash in Italy. The ceremony was attended by President János Áder, House Speaker László Kövér, and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Video: Bus Crash Tragedy In Italy – Sixteen Hungarians Were Killed In Verona
- 23 Jan 2017 8:44 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has declared Monday a national day of mourning for those Hungarians who died in a bus accident in Italy overnight Friday, the head of the PM’s press office told MTI on Saturday. Sixteen Hungarians were killed when a bus transporting students and teachers of the Szinyei Merse Pál Secondary School in Budapest, as well as family members, hit the pillar of an overpass on ...
Identification Of Bus Accident Victims Could Take Several Days
- 23 Jan 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
On Sunday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a press conference that “the identities of the 16 dead and two critically injured victims of Friday’s bus crash in Verona have yet to be determined”.
Top Judge Candidates Heard By Parlt Justice CTTEE
- 22 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The relationship between the Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, and the Constitutional Court, was the focus of evidence given on Monday by the candidates to fill the four vacancies at the Constitutional Court. Parliament is to hold a vote on the four candidates on Tuesday afternoon. The governing party members of parliament’s justice committee endorsed all of the candidates.
Teachers Hold Demonstration In Budapest
- 13 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Tanítanék (I want to teach) movement began a demonstration in Budapest on Saturday afternoon. The organisers of the movement expressed their anger in an invitation to the demonstration on Facebook over what they see as the government “totally nationalising schools and destroying education”. The demonstrators will “grade” their own performance as well as the government’s, the movement added.
Teacher Strike Successful, Says Union Chair
- 21 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Piroska Galló, the head of teachers’ union PSZ, declared the nationwide day-long teacher strike a success. The latest reports from the union’s county offices indicate that 24,960 public school teachers and workers participated in the strike, Galló said early in the afternoon, adding that the number could grow still. She said a total of 1,185 schools took part in the protest, some of them with the ...
Teachers Demonstrate For Education Reform In NE Hungary
- 4 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Teachers, students, parents and civil groups held a demonstration in Miskolc, in northeastern Hungary, on Wednesday afternoon against the state of Hungary’s centralised public education system and low wages. The few thousand demonstrators demanded the reduction of centralisation and bureaucracy, restoring the school leaving age to 18 and changes to the teacher career model which links experience ...