86 result(s) for flood protection
Opposition Outraged By Margaret Island Tree Cutting
- 10 May 2018 6:29 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Green opposition LMP has slammed the cutting of trees on Budapest’s Margaret Island to make way for a tennis stadium to be built there.
Völner: Hungary Won’t Fall Victim To ‘Migration Business’
- 19 Apr 2018 7:58 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Just as it has done until now, Hungary will continue to protect its borders in the future, too and will not allow itself to become a victim of “the migration business”, a justice ministry official said.
Budapest Mayor Open To Referendum On Danube Levee
- 21 Sep 2017 8:50 AM
- current affairs
Budapest mayor István Tarlós has said he would be willing to examine the option of holding a referendum on a controversial proposal to build a mobile levee on the Római embankment of the Danube in Budapest. He added, however, that his view on the need to build the levee had not changed.
Local Opinion: Attitudes To Migration As A Test For East & West Within EU
- 18 Sep 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
In the heat of the German electoral campaign, Chancellor Angela Merkel has lambasted Hungary for refusing to accept the redistribution of refugees within the European Union. In the light of her comments, Hungarian weeklies wonder how relations between Hungary and the EU, and in a wider context, between Western and Eastern Europe will evolve over the years to come.
Socialists Gather Sufficient Support For Special Session Of Parliament
- 11 Aug 2017 8:36 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party has collected the required number of signatures to initiate a special session of parliament for later this month, the party’s group leader told a press conference on Thursday.
President Áder: Global Water Crisis Becoming ‘Threatening Reality’
- 21 Jul 2017 9:10 AM
- current affairs
The global water crisis has become a “threatening reality”, János Áder, Hungary’s president, said at a high-level UN session on water and disasters in New York on Thursday. Summing up the social, economic, health and welfare consequences of the situation, the president said that the number of water-related disasters and the damage caused by them had increased exponentially over the recent period.
Controversy Over Flood Protection For Római Embankment In Budapest
- 5 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- property
Opposition parties and civil groups on Wednesday called on Budapest local council representatives to vote against current plans to build a mobile flood levee on the Római embankment in northern Budapest, which environmentalists say would harm the local ecology.
Hungary’s Justice Minister: EU’s External Borders Must Be Strengthened
- 30 Jan 2017 6:32 AM
- current affairs
Unless the external borders of the European Union are strengthened, the flood of migrants could lead to walls going up between EU member states, Hungary’s justice minister, László Trócsányi, said in an interview to The Times of Malta. “In 2015 Europe was perhaps naive but it is now confronting reality ... We believe in the border-free Schengen zone, but for this to work properly the EU’s external ...
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Hold Talks In Hungary
- 8 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Turkish economy progressed significantly in recent years and it is therefore important for Hungary to maintain well-balanced economic ties with Turkey, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said after meeting Tukey’s Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak on Tuesday.
Opposition Outraged By Margaret Island Tree Cutting
- 10 May 2018 6:29 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Green opposition LMP has slammed the cutting of trees on Budapest’s Margaret Island to make way for a tennis stadium to be built there.
Völner: Hungary Won’t Fall Victim To ‘Migration Business’
- 19 Apr 2018 7:58 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Just as it has done until now, Hungary will continue to protect its borders in the future, too and will not allow itself to become a victim of “the migration business”, a justice ministry official said.
Budapest Mayor Open To Referendum On Danube Levee
- 21 Sep 2017 8:50 AM
- current affairs
Budapest mayor István Tarlós has said he would be willing to examine the option of holding a referendum on a controversial proposal to build a mobile levee on the Római embankment of the Danube in Budapest. He added, however, that his view on the need to build the levee had not changed.
Local Opinion: Attitudes To Migration As A Test For East & West Within EU
- 18 Sep 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
In the heat of the German electoral campaign, Chancellor Angela Merkel has lambasted Hungary for refusing to accept the redistribution of refugees within the European Union. In the light of her comments, Hungarian weeklies wonder how relations between Hungary and the EU, and in a wider context, between Western and Eastern Europe will evolve over the years to come.
Socialists Gather Sufficient Support For Special Session Of Parliament
- 11 Aug 2017 8:36 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party has collected the required number of signatures to initiate a special session of parliament for later this month, the party’s group leader told a press conference on Thursday.
President Áder: Global Water Crisis Becoming ‘Threatening Reality’
- 21 Jul 2017 9:10 AM
- current affairs
The global water crisis has become a “threatening reality”, János Áder, Hungary’s president, said at a high-level UN session on water and disasters in New York on Thursday. Summing up the social, economic, health and welfare consequences of the situation, the president said that the number of water-related disasters and the damage caused by them had increased exponentially over the recent period.
Controversy Over Flood Protection For Római Embankment In Budapest
- 5 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- property
Opposition parties and civil groups on Wednesday called on Budapest local council representatives to vote against current plans to build a mobile flood levee on the Római embankment in northern Budapest, which environmentalists say would harm the local ecology.
Hungary’s Justice Minister: EU’s External Borders Must Be Strengthened
- 30 Jan 2017 6:32 AM
- current affairs
Unless the external borders of the European Union are strengthened, the flood of migrants could lead to walls going up between EU member states, Hungary’s justice minister, László Trócsányi, said in an interview to The Times of Malta. “In 2015 Europe was perhaps naive but it is now confronting reality ... We believe in the border-free Schengen zone, but for this to work properly the EU’s external ...
Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Hold Talks In Hungary
- 8 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Turkish economy progressed significantly in recent years and it is therefore important for Hungary to maintain well-balanced economic ties with Turkey, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said after meeting Tukey’s Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak on Tuesday.