39 result(s) for wage increases in Current Affairs
Opposition Demands Higher Wages For Teachers
- 4 Jun 2018 10:05 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The opposition LMP and Párbeszéd parties on Sunday demanded big salary increases for teachers. LMP spokesman Máté Kanász-Nagy, speaking at a press conference marking national teachers’ day, proposed that career models should offer teachers “salaries equal to those of the government’s state secretaries”.
PM Orbán: Soros Behind Attempt To Expel Fidesz From EPP
- 25 May 2018 3:13 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Commenting on a new campaign by rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) aiming to get the European People’s Party to expel Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said this was a form of pressure exercised by US financier George Soros.
Local Opinion: Analyses One Month After Elections
- 7 May 2018 7:18 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Commentators across the political spectrum agree that the sweeping victory of the government side was due in the first place to the weaknesses of the opposition, although left-liberal analysts also contend that the governing forces enjoyed unfair advantages during the campaign.
Local Opinion: Wage Increases A Factor In Election Outcome
- 26 Apr 2018 6:15 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A business analyst argues that the consistent wage increases of the past three years played a significant role in the crushing electoral victory of Fidesz. He warns however that these were in part due to favourable international conditions.
LMP Promises Comprehensive Wage Rises To Health Care Workers
- 3 Apr 2018 10:25 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The opposition LMP party has promised comprehensive wage increases to workers employed in the health-care sector.
Hungary’s Larger Opposition Parties Call For Pension Reform
- 1 Sep 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s larger opposition parties agreed at a forum on Thursday on the need to reform Hungary’s pension system. Hungary currently operates a mandatory, defined-benefit pay-as-you-go pension system with a retirement age set at 63. A public minimum pension, set at a monthly 28,500 forints (EUR 93), is combined with an earnings-related pension. In late 2010, the government suspended the mandatory ...
Orbán: Border Fence Will Stand As Long As I Am PM
- 13 Jun 2017 8:36 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has promised that the border fence along Hungary’s southern border would stand as long as he is the prime minister. Addressing parliament, Orbán said that as long as Fidesz and the Christian Democrats governed Hungary, the government will not yield to Brussels’ “blackmails” and will refuse to accept mandatory migrant quotas.
Jobbik Elects Gábor Vona As Prime Minister Candidate
- 12 Jun 2017 8:57 AM
- current affairs
The congress of radical nationalist Jobbik elected party leader Gábor Vona as prime minister candidate. Vona was backed by 97% of the delegates, spokesman Ádám Mirkóczki said. Addressing the party’s 16th national congress in Budapest, Vona announced a programme for a safer, fairer and free Hungary. Vona pressed for an increase in wages in Hungary and cited his party’s wage union initiative, ...
Divided Opposition Parties United In Call For Change In Government At May Day Celebrations
- 3 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Each of Hungary’s opposition parties held gatherings Monday for International Workers’ Day, where the parties’ leaders called for the ruling Fidesz government to be defeated in 2018 elections.
Opposition Demands Higher Wages For Teachers
- 4 Jun 2018 10:05 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The opposition LMP and Párbeszéd parties on Sunday demanded big salary increases for teachers. LMP spokesman Máté Kanász-Nagy, speaking at a press conference marking national teachers’ day, proposed that career models should offer teachers “salaries equal to those of the government’s state secretaries”.
PM Orbán: Soros Behind Attempt To Expel Fidesz From EPP
- 25 May 2018 3:13 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Commenting on a new campaign by rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) aiming to get the European People’s Party to expel Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said this was a form of pressure exercised by US financier George Soros.
Local Opinion: Analyses One Month After Elections
- 7 May 2018 7:18 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Commentators across the political spectrum agree that the sweeping victory of the government side was due in the first place to the weaknesses of the opposition, although left-liberal analysts also contend that the governing forces enjoyed unfair advantages during the campaign.
Local Opinion: Wage Increases A Factor In Election Outcome
- 26 Apr 2018 6:15 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A business analyst argues that the consistent wage increases of the past three years played a significant role in the crushing electoral victory of Fidesz. He warns however that these were in part due to favourable international conditions.
LMP Promises Comprehensive Wage Rises To Health Care Workers
- 3 Apr 2018 10:25 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The opposition LMP party has promised comprehensive wage increases to workers employed in the health-care sector.
Hungary’s Larger Opposition Parties Call For Pension Reform
- 1 Sep 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s larger opposition parties agreed at a forum on Thursday on the need to reform Hungary’s pension system. Hungary currently operates a mandatory, defined-benefit pay-as-you-go pension system with a retirement age set at 63. A public minimum pension, set at a monthly 28,500 forints (EUR 93), is combined with an earnings-related pension. In late 2010, the government suspended the mandatory ...
Orbán: Border Fence Will Stand As Long As I Am PM
- 13 Jun 2017 8:36 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has promised that the border fence along Hungary’s southern border would stand as long as he is the prime minister. Addressing parliament, Orbán said that as long as Fidesz and the Christian Democrats governed Hungary, the government will not yield to Brussels’ “blackmails” and will refuse to accept mandatory migrant quotas.
Jobbik Elects Gábor Vona As Prime Minister Candidate
- 12 Jun 2017 8:57 AM
- current affairs
The congress of radical nationalist Jobbik elected party leader Gábor Vona as prime minister candidate. Vona was backed by 97% of the delegates, spokesman Ádám Mirkóczki said. Addressing the party’s 16th national congress in Budapest, Vona announced a programme for a safer, fairer and free Hungary. Vona pressed for an increase in wages in Hungary and cited his party’s wage union initiative, ...
Divided Opposition Parties United In Call For Change In Government At May Day Celebrations
- 3 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Each of Hungary’s opposition parties held gatherings Monday for International Workers’ Day, where the parties’ leaders called for the ruling Fidesz government to be defeated in 2018 elections.