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Hungary’s PM Orbán: 2018 To Be Year Of Mass Debates
- 4 Jan 2018 12:02 AM
- current affairs
The year 2018 will be an important one for Europe, “the year of great debates”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a press conference after a meeting with Mateusz Morawiecki, his Polish counterpart. Orbán noted that 2018 would be the last full calendar year ahead of the next European parliamentary election.
Local Opinion: President’s New Year Wish: ‘Let Us Respect Each Other’
- 4 Jan 2018 12:01 AM
- current affairs
Critics of the government agree that the President’s New Year speech was a collection of neutral good wishes, but offer diverging explanations. In Népszava, Judit N. Kósa doubts if anyone can recall one single sentence from the President’s televised address...
Hungarian Diplomats Involved In Catholic Aid To Middle East
- 14 Dec 2017 8:05 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian diplomats accredited to Poland have collected and put together about 50 aid parcels to be dispatched to Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan by the international pastoral aid organisation Church in Need.
Signature Drive For Referendum About December 24 Fails
- 29 Nov 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The signature drive for a referendum on making December 24 a public holiday has failed as merely 66,500 signatures were submitted to the National Election Office on Tuesday, Zoltán Bíró, the private individual who launched the initiative, told MTI.
DK Launches Phone Campaign
- 21 Nov 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The Democratic Coalition (DK) has launched a telephone campaign to draw attention to its signature collecting drive.
Hidden Businesses Of Influential Hungarians Revealed In New Massive Offshore Leak
- 8 Nov 2017 7:40 AM
- current affairs
One and a half year after the story of Panama Papers broke, another huge leak shed light on the operations of tens of thousands of offshore entities. Several Hungarian companies and individuals appear in the 13.4 million leaked files, though this time there are no politicians among them. Still, the documents reveal details of hitherto unknown business dealings of some influential Hungarian public ...
Local Opinion: Police Search 30 Scientology Centres
- 30 Oct 2017 7:54 AM
- current affairs
As the authorities investigate alleged abuses of privacy within the Church of Scientology in Hungary, a conservative journalist believes that the state plans prolonged action against the organisation, which is not recognised in Hungary as a church.
Parliament Votes To Extend Statute Of Limitations For Corruption Crimes To 12 Years
- 20 Sep 2017 8:58 AM
- current affairs
The statute of limitations on corruption crimes will be raised to 12 years, lawmakers decided on Tuesday. The opposition Jobbik party’s proposal to amend the penal code was debated in a fast-track procedure and approved unanimously. The amendment will enter force within three days of its enactment.
Campaign To Collect Signatures For Anti-Graft Referendum Gets Under Way
- 18 Sep 2017 8:54 AM
- current affairs
A campaign to collect signatures for a referendum on extending the statute of limitations in the case of crimes involving corruption got under way at the weekend. Former LMP lawmaker Gábor Vágó initiated the campaign.
Hungary’s PM Orbán: 2018 To Be Year Of Mass Debates
- 4 Jan 2018 12:02 AM
- current affairs
The year 2018 will be an important one for Europe, “the year of great debates”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a press conference after a meeting with Mateusz Morawiecki, his Polish counterpart. Orbán noted that 2018 would be the last full calendar year ahead of the next European parliamentary election.
Local Opinion: President’s New Year Wish: ‘Let Us Respect Each Other’
- 4 Jan 2018 12:01 AM
- current affairs
Critics of the government agree that the President’s New Year speech was a collection of neutral good wishes, but offer diverging explanations. In Népszava, Judit N. Kósa doubts if anyone can recall one single sentence from the President’s televised address...
Hungarian Diplomats Involved In Catholic Aid To Middle East
- 14 Dec 2017 8:05 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian diplomats accredited to Poland have collected and put together about 50 aid parcels to be dispatched to Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan by the international pastoral aid organisation Church in Need.
Signature Drive For Referendum About December 24 Fails
- 29 Nov 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The signature drive for a referendum on making December 24 a public holiday has failed as merely 66,500 signatures were submitted to the National Election Office on Tuesday, Zoltán Bíró, the private individual who launched the initiative, told MTI.
DK Launches Phone Campaign
- 21 Nov 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The Democratic Coalition (DK) has launched a telephone campaign to draw attention to its signature collecting drive.
Hidden Businesses Of Influential Hungarians Revealed In New Massive Offshore Leak
- 8 Nov 2017 7:40 AM
- current affairs
One and a half year after the story of Panama Papers broke, another huge leak shed light on the operations of tens of thousands of offshore entities. Several Hungarian companies and individuals appear in the 13.4 million leaked files, though this time there are no politicians among them. Still, the documents reveal details of hitherto unknown business dealings of some influential Hungarian public ...
Local Opinion: Police Search 30 Scientology Centres
- 30 Oct 2017 7:54 AM
- current affairs
As the authorities investigate alleged abuses of privacy within the Church of Scientology in Hungary, a conservative journalist believes that the state plans prolonged action against the organisation, which is not recognised in Hungary as a church.
Parliament Votes To Extend Statute Of Limitations For Corruption Crimes To 12 Years
- 20 Sep 2017 8:58 AM
- current affairs
The statute of limitations on corruption crimes will be raised to 12 years, lawmakers decided on Tuesday. The opposition Jobbik party’s proposal to amend the penal code was debated in a fast-track procedure and approved unanimously. The amendment will enter force within three days of its enactment.
Campaign To Collect Signatures For Anti-Graft Referendum Gets Under Way
- 18 Sep 2017 8:54 AM
- current affairs
A campaign to collect signatures for a referendum on extending the statute of limitations in the case of crimes involving corruption got under way at the weekend. Former LMP lawmaker Gábor Vágó initiated the campaign.