148 result(s) for former pm gyurcsány in Current Affairs
Hungarian Parliament Votes To Set Up Cabinet Office
- 13 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s parliament has voted to establish a cabinet office as a separate ministry. The new ministry will be headed by Antal Rogán, former parliamentary group leader of the ruling Fidesz party. Rogán said earlier that the aim of the new ministry is to aid the work of the prime minister. The cabinet office will also manage the government’s communications. Parliament also amended the national ...
Former PM Gyurcsány Takes In Refugees
- 3 Sep 2015 9:10 AM
- current affairs
Former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány yesterday acknowledged that he is allowing refugee families to spend a night in his house. Atv.hu on Wednesday broadcast video footage showing Gyurcsány leaving with refugees from Déli train station. Gyurcsány said he first hosted a ten-member Syrian family and the following day six Syrian Kurd refugees slept in his house.
Hungary’s Former PM Gyurcsány Expels Homophobe
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Democratic Coalition president Ferenc Gyurcsány reacted swiftly on the weekend to expel a party member who expressed homophobic notions on his Facebook page. László Sütõ, a Democratic Coalition member of Baranya county council, said in part “sexuality is based on species-preserving instinct, therefore it is natural between a man and a woman. A relationship unable to father a successor cannot be a ...
Lázár Calls On Hungary’s Former PM Gyurcsány To “Come Clean” On Altus Consortium
- 19 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government office chief has called on Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition, to come clean concerning the membership of the consortium in charge of a project which won a European Union contract through Gyurcsány’s company Altus.
Hungary “Should Participate In Juncker Package”
- 29 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Former PM Gyurcsány met in Brussels the Finnish Jyrki Katainen, EC Vice President in charge of the economy, and discussed the “Juncker package”, a European Commission investment plan. The programme offers 315 billion euros to help foster economic growth and job creation in the bloc. Gyurcsány said, however, that it did not appear the Hungarian government was prepared to take part in the programme ...
Gyurcsány’s Firm To Sue Hungary’s PM For “Malignant” Remarks
- 27 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Altus, a company owned by former premier Ferenc Gyurcsány, will file a suit against Viktor Orbán, the incumbent prime minister, for his recent, “false and malignant” remarks concerning a European Commission contract the company has won. Altus chief executive Klára Dobrev, who is Gyurcsány’s wife, said on Tuesday that Orbán had been falsely suggesting that the EU finances Altus under cover of a ...
Csepreghy: EC Insists Selection Of Altus For Contract “Clean ”
- 22 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission is trying to "explain away" the 1.5 billion forint (EUR 5m) contract awarded to former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány’s company Altus, insisting the selection process was “clean”, government official Nándor Csepreghy said. In its response to a letter addressed to EC Director-General Walter Deffaa, the Commission “tried to prove that the criteria used in selecting Altus was ...
Hungary’s Interest Representation Capability At Low Point
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s interest representation capability in many respects is worse than at any time in the past 25 years because it chose a road to economic recovery which has harmed foreign interests, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér told public radio. In an interview to Kossuth Radio, Kövér said the first Fidesz government in the period 1998-2002 was able to represent the country’s interests with the ...
PM Orbán: “Our Community Does Not Want To See Immigrants In Hungary”
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the issue of immigration, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán told commercial Echo TV in an interview on Friday night that in terms of per capita immigrant numbers Hungary was second only to Sweden in Europe. As long as immigrants can continue their way to the west, they will not stay in Hungary but as soon as the Austrians, Germans and others decide not to let them in, they will be stuck in ...
Hungarian Parliament Votes To Set Up Cabinet Office
- 13 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s parliament has voted to establish a cabinet office as a separate ministry. The new ministry will be headed by Antal Rogán, former parliamentary group leader of the ruling Fidesz party. Rogán said earlier that the aim of the new ministry is to aid the work of the prime minister. The cabinet office will also manage the government’s communications. Parliament also amended the national ...
Former PM Gyurcsány Takes In Refugees
- 3 Sep 2015 9:10 AM
- current affairs
Former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány yesterday acknowledged that he is allowing refugee families to spend a night in his house. Atv.hu on Wednesday broadcast video footage showing Gyurcsány leaving with refugees from Déli train station. Gyurcsány said he first hosted a ten-member Syrian family and the following day six Syrian Kurd refugees slept in his house.
Hungary’s Former PM Gyurcsány Expels Homophobe
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Democratic Coalition president Ferenc Gyurcsány reacted swiftly on the weekend to expel a party member who expressed homophobic notions on his Facebook page. László Sütõ, a Democratic Coalition member of Baranya county council, said in part “sexuality is based on species-preserving instinct, therefore it is natural between a man and a woman. A relationship unable to father a successor cannot be a ...
Lázár Calls On Hungary’s Former PM Gyurcsány To “Come Clean” On Altus Consortium
- 19 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government office chief has called on Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition, to come clean concerning the membership of the consortium in charge of a project which won a European Union contract through Gyurcsány’s company Altus.
Hungary “Should Participate In Juncker Package”
- 29 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Former PM Gyurcsány met in Brussels the Finnish Jyrki Katainen, EC Vice President in charge of the economy, and discussed the “Juncker package”, a European Commission investment plan. The programme offers 315 billion euros to help foster economic growth and job creation in the bloc. Gyurcsány said, however, that it did not appear the Hungarian government was prepared to take part in the programme ...
Gyurcsány’s Firm To Sue Hungary’s PM For “Malignant” Remarks
- 27 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Altus, a company owned by former premier Ferenc Gyurcsány, will file a suit against Viktor Orbán, the incumbent prime minister, for his recent, “false and malignant” remarks concerning a European Commission contract the company has won. Altus chief executive Klára Dobrev, who is Gyurcsány’s wife, said on Tuesday that Orbán had been falsely suggesting that the EU finances Altus under cover of a ...
Csepreghy: EC Insists Selection Of Altus For Contract “Clean ”
- 22 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission is trying to "explain away" the 1.5 billion forint (EUR 5m) contract awarded to former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány’s company Altus, insisting the selection process was “clean”, government official Nándor Csepreghy said. In its response to a letter addressed to EC Director-General Walter Deffaa, the Commission “tried to prove that the criteria used in selecting Altus was ...
Hungary’s Interest Representation Capability At Low Point
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s interest representation capability in many respects is worse than at any time in the past 25 years because it chose a road to economic recovery which has harmed foreign interests, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér told public radio. In an interview to Kossuth Radio, Kövér said the first Fidesz government in the period 1998-2002 was able to represent the country’s interests with the ...
PM Orbán: “Our Community Does Not Want To See Immigrants In Hungary”
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the issue of immigration, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán told commercial Echo TV in an interview on Friday night that in terms of per capita immigrant numbers Hungary was second only to Sweden in Europe. As long as immigrants can continue their way to the west, they will not stay in Hungary but as soon as the Austrians, Germans and others decide not to let them in, they will be stuck in ...