117 result(s) for youth in europe in Current Affairs
Socialist PM Candidate Botka Outlines New Left-Wing Policy
- 29 Aug 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
László Botka, the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition Socialists, outlined a new left-wing policy that he said is guided by fairness, at a conference in Szeged, in southern Hungary, on Saturday.
Jobbik To Start Collecting Signatures For Wage Union Bid On Aug 20
- 17 Aug 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
The leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, Gábor Vona, has called for non-partisan support for the party’s initiative, launching on Aug. 20, to collect signatures for a “wage union” within the EU. Speaking at a press conference in Eger, in north Hungary, Vona called it “outrageous” that the party’s political opponents “are politicising the issue of a wage union”.
Proportion Of Hungarian Youth Neither Studying Nor Employed Falls
- 14 Aug 2017 9:18 AM
- current affairs
The proportion of young Hungarians aged 20-24 neither in employment nor in education or training has fallen about one-sixth in the past ten years, even as the ratio increased for the European Union as a whole, state secretary Bence Rétvári told MTI, citing data compiled by Eurostat on the occasion of International Youth Day.
Government Office Chief: Stated, Sovereignty At Stake
- 12 May 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The government office chief, János Lázár, said what is at stake in the current lawsuit concerning migrant quotas before the European Court of Justice is the right to determine who lives in the country and who stays. If this is taken away from parliament, the government and the people, then the very basis of Hungarian statehood and sovereignty would be endangered, he told a weekly government news ...
Government: Hungary Not Changing Immigration Rules
- 4 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government has no intention of changing the country’s immigration rules, the Government Information Centre said on Wednesday. In its statement the centre noted that the Hungarian government had been conducting regular talks with European Commission officials on Hungary’s immigration rules.
Official: Hungary, EC Closer On Higher Ed Law
- 12 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary and the European Commission have moved closer in their views on Hungary’s amended law on higher education, state secretary for education László Palkovics said after discussing the law with EC Vice President Frans Timmermans in Brussels on Tuesday.
Local Opinion: Bill On Foreign Owned Universities Discussed In Parliament
- 6 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal columnist looks into the options CEU will have after the approval of amendments to the Higher Education Act tabled by the government.
Huge Demonstration For CEU Held In Budapest
- 3 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration was held in Budapest on Sunday afternoon to protest against a government bill affecting the Central European University (CEU). The demonstrators gathered at Corvinus University to move under a sign showing “Freedom for Education” in Hungarian and also in English to the CEU headquarters in Nádor street and later to Kossuth Square in front of Parliament.
Gémesi Announces Center-Right Party To Represent Hungary’s “Silent Majority”
- 21 Mar 2017 5:54 AM
- current affairs
Új Kezdet (New Start) has formally announced it will be stepping into the national political arena as a new party. At a press conference held Saturday morning in Budapest, party chairman and longtime Gödöllő mayor György Gémesi (above, third from left) unveiled the party’s platform and introduced its executive board (pictured).
Socialist PM Candidate Botka Outlines New Left-Wing Policy
- 29 Aug 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
László Botka, the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition Socialists, outlined a new left-wing policy that he said is guided by fairness, at a conference in Szeged, in southern Hungary, on Saturday.
Jobbik To Start Collecting Signatures For Wage Union Bid On Aug 20
- 17 Aug 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
The leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, Gábor Vona, has called for non-partisan support for the party’s initiative, launching on Aug. 20, to collect signatures for a “wage union” within the EU. Speaking at a press conference in Eger, in north Hungary, Vona called it “outrageous” that the party’s political opponents “are politicising the issue of a wage union”.
Proportion Of Hungarian Youth Neither Studying Nor Employed Falls
- 14 Aug 2017 9:18 AM
- current affairs
The proportion of young Hungarians aged 20-24 neither in employment nor in education or training has fallen about one-sixth in the past ten years, even as the ratio increased for the European Union as a whole, state secretary Bence Rétvári told MTI, citing data compiled by Eurostat on the occasion of International Youth Day.
Government Office Chief: Stated, Sovereignty At Stake
- 12 May 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The government office chief, János Lázár, said what is at stake in the current lawsuit concerning migrant quotas before the European Court of Justice is the right to determine who lives in the country and who stays. If this is taken away from parliament, the government and the people, then the very basis of Hungarian statehood and sovereignty would be endangered, he told a weekly government news ...
Government: Hungary Not Changing Immigration Rules
- 4 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government has no intention of changing the country’s immigration rules, the Government Information Centre said on Wednesday. In its statement the centre noted that the Hungarian government had been conducting regular talks with European Commission officials on Hungary’s immigration rules.
Official: Hungary, EC Closer On Higher Ed Law
- 12 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary and the European Commission have moved closer in their views on Hungary’s amended law on higher education, state secretary for education László Palkovics said after discussing the law with EC Vice President Frans Timmermans in Brussels on Tuesday.
Local Opinion: Bill On Foreign Owned Universities Discussed In Parliament
- 6 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal columnist looks into the options CEU will have after the approval of amendments to the Higher Education Act tabled by the government.
Huge Demonstration For CEU Held In Budapest
- 3 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration was held in Budapest on Sunday afternoon to protest against a government bill affecting the Central European University (CEU). The demonstrators gathered at Corvinus University to move under a sign showing “Freedom for Education” in Hungarian and also in English to the CEU headquarters in Nádor street and later to Kossuth Square in front of Parliament.
Gémesi Announces Center-Right Party To Represent Hungary’s “Silent Majority”
- 21 Mar 2017 5:54 AM
- current affairs
Új Kezdet (New Start) has formally announced it will be stepping into the national political arena as a new party. At a press conference held Saturday morning in Budapest, party chairman and longtime Gödöllő mayor György Gémesi (above, third from left) unveiled the party’s platform and introduced its executive board (pictured).