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Budapest Gay Pride Festival Gets Under Way
- 3 Jul 2017 8:26 AM
- current affairs
The 22nd Budapest Pride festival of the gay (LGBTQ) community opened on Friday night. At the opening ceremony, Szilvia Nagy of the organising Rainbow Mission Foundation said it was “not easy” to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer in Hungary, and recalled that it was in 2007 for the first time that Pride marchers in Budapest were attacked by violent “counter-demonstrators”.
HUF 50 Coin In Honour Of FINA World Championships
- 20 Jun 2017 5:00 AM
- current affairs
The National Bank of Hungary issues a commemorative HUF 50 coin honouring the 17th FINA World Championships. There will be 2 million pieces of the unique coin issued among which 12 000 coins would come as gift-wrapped first strike coins (brilliant uncirculated) whereas 7000 pieces would be proof coins in the 2017 set.
Orbán’s Cabinet To Introduce Further Measures To Help Families
- 22 May 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has decided to take further measures to help families, with an emphasis on helping mothers get a job and opening creches at workplaces, the human resources minister announced. Speaking at an event organised by the German Economic Club (DWC) in Budapest on Saturday evening, Zoltán Balog said the government would spend a total 6 billion forints (EUR 19.4m) on the creche programme.
US Studies Research Centre Opens At Nat Public-Service University
- 21 Apr 2017 7:04 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s National Public Service University officially opened a US Studies Research Centre at its Faculty of International and European Studies. Speaking at the opening ceremony, US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires David J. Kostelancik said the US is interested in strengthening both its economic and security relations with Hungary in the long term.
Hungarian Foreign Minister: US-Russia Pact Needed To Resolve Syria Conflict
- 7 Apr 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The conflict in Syria cannot be resolved without a US-Russia agreement “but we are currently furthest away from that”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday. Szijjártó was attending the opening ceremony of an Apollo Tyres factory in Gyongyoshalasz, in northern Hungary, and was asked to comment about last night’s US air strikes in Syria.
Varga: Higher Education Must Adapt To Changing World
- 2 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Higher education must be able to adapt to the changing world as well as to economic, labour market, R+D and innovation challenges, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said. Universities represent the basis of long-term and stable economic growth and social development, Varga said at the 235th year-opening ceremony of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
Hungarian President Áder To Visit Brazil
- 5 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder will pay a visit to Brazil where he will meet politicians and sports officials, his office said. Áder will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. He will watch several sporting events involving Hungarian athletes compete and visit the Olympic Village.
Orbán: Govt To Spend Eur 3.9bn On Research Until 2020
- 3 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister said the government is planning to spend a total of 1,200 billion forints (EUR 3.9bn) on research, development and innovation in the next four years. Addressing the opening ceremony of the general assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Viktor Orbán said that the total will bring Hungary close to the European average of research spending-GDP ratio of 1.9%.
Russian Visa Centre Opens In Budapest
- 8 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Russian visa centre opened in central Budapest. The centre at Andrassy Avenue 100 serves customers applying for a Russian visa on each weekday from 9am to 5pm, the head of the company operating the centre said at the opening ceremony.
Budapest Gay Pride Festival Gets Under Way
- 3 Jul 2017 8:26 AM
- current affairs
The 22nd Budapest Pride festival of the gay (LGBTQ) community opened on Friday night. At the opening ceremony, Szilvia Nagy of the organising Rainbow Mission Foundation said it was “not easy” to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer in Hungary, and recalled that it was in 2007 for the first time that Pride marchers in Budapest were attacked by violent “counter-demonstrators”.
HUF 50 Coin In Honour Of FINA World Championships
- 20 Jun 2017 5:00 AM
- current affairs
The National Bank of Hungary issues a commemorative HUF 50 coin honouring the 17th FINA World Championships. There will be 2 million pieces of the unique coin issued among which 12 000 coins would come as gift-wrapped first strike coins (brilliant uncirculated) whereas 7000 pieces would be proof coins in the 2017 set.
Orbán’s Cabinet To Introduce Further Measures To Help Families
- 22 May 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has decided to take further measures to help families, with an emphasis on helping mothers get a job and opening creches at workplaces, the human resources minister announced. Speaking at an event organised by the German Economic Club (DWC) in Budapest on Saturday evening, Zoltán Balog said the government would spend a total 6 billion forints (EUR 19.4m) on the creche programme.
US Studies Research Centre Opens At Nat Public-Service University
- 21 Apr 2017 7:04 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s National Public Service University officially opened a US Studies Research Centre at its Faculty of International and European Studies. Speaking at the opening ceremony, US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires David J. Kostelancik said the US is interested in strengthening both its economic and security relations with Hungary in the long term.
Hungarian Foreign Minister: US-Russia Pact Needed To Resolve Syria Conflict
- 7 Apr 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The conflict in Syria cannot be resolved without a US-Russia agreement “but we are currently furthest away from that”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday. Szijjártó was attending the opening ceremony of an Apollo Tyres factory in Gyongyoshalasz, in northern Hungary, and was asked to comment about last night’s US air strikes in Syria.
Varga: Higher Education Must Adapt To Changing World
- 2 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Higher education must be able to adapt to the changing world as well as to economic, labour market, R+D and innovation challenges, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said. Universities represent the basis of long-term and stable economic growth and social development, Varga said at the 235th year-opening ceremony of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
Hungarian President Áder To Visit Brazil
- 5 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder will pay a visit to Brazil where he will meet politicians and sports officials, his office said. Áder will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday. He will watch several sporting events involving Hungarian athletes compete and visit the Olympic Village.
Orbán: Govt To Spend Eur 3.9bn On Research Until 2020
- 3 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister said the government is planning to spend a total of 1,200 billion forints (EUR 3.9bn) on research, development and innovation in the next four years. Addressing the opening ceremony of the general assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Viktor Orbán said that the total will bring Hungary close to the European average of research spending-GDP ratio of 1.9%.
Russian Visa Centre Opens In Budapest
- 8 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Russian visa centre opened in central Budapest. The centre at Andrassy Avenue 100 serves customers applying for a Russian visa on each weekday from 9am to 5pm, the head of the company operating the centre said at the opening ceremony.