112 result(s) for pecs in Current Affairs
4,000 Hungarians Sleeping Rough, Survey Shows
- 5 Dec 2016 5:22 AM
- current affairs
There are as many as 15,000 homeless people in Hungary. Of these, some 4,000 are sleeping rough, according to a survey conducted by Hungarian NGO Menhely Alapitvány (Shelter Foundation), index.hu reports. Roughly one-third of them are in Budapest.
Police Find New Weapons Cache Allegedly Connected With Extremist Group
- 30 Nov 2016 10:23 AM
- current affairs
Police have discovered a new cache of weapons and ammunition suspected of being connected with the extremist Magyar Nemzeti Arcvonal, or Hungarian National Front, paramilitary organisation. During a house search in Jászbereny, around 80km east of Budapest, by the national bureau of investigation, materials suspected of being poison and explosives were also uncovered. Police arrested a male ...
Five Men Linked To Paramilitary Org Held After Police Raids
- 25 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Five people were held in custody on Thursday after authorities seized weapons in a coordinated raid carried out in several Hungarian localities, police said in a statement. All suspects were linked to the paramilitary organisation Magyar Nemzeti Arcvonal (Hungarian National Front), whose leader was arrested in October after fatally shooting a police officer in Bőny.
Zsolnay Family Lends Name To Pécs
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Three members of the Zsolnay family, whose predecessors established one of Hungary’s oldest and most famous porcelain makers, have agreed to allow the city council of Pécs, in south-west Hungary, to use the Zsolnay trademark for cultural, tourism, catering and other business purposes.
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán’s Gamble Failed: The Referendum Is Invalid
- 3 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The insidious hate campaign leading up to today’s referendum on compulsory refugee quotas has failed, badly. First of all, only 43.8% of the electorate went to the polls, far below the necessary 50% plus 1. Even more telling is that only 39.93% of the electorate cast a valid vote; 60.07% either spoiled their ballots or didn’t bother to vote. The Two-Tail Dog Party’s campaign to invalidate ballots ...
Áder To Open Hungarian Cultural Conference In Brazil
- 12 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder will open a conference on Hungarian culture and language held at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, the Pallas Athene Domus Animae Foundation (PADA) said. A Hungarian course launched by the university in cooperation with the University of Pécs in Hungary and with support from PADA has been attended by over 100 students in the past year and a half.
Hungary Lags Behind Other European Nations In Solar Energy Use
- 8 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary lags behind other European countries in terms of the utilisation of solar energy, daily Népszabadság said. Figures by the Hungarian energy and public utility regulation authority show that despite doubling its solar power plant capacities in recent years, Hungary maintained its decade-long lag.
Student Camp Rapist Sentenced To Nine Years
- 23 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A man aged forty was sentenced to nine years imprisonment in a final ruling for raping a student at ELTE University’s student camp in Fonyódliget, in western Hungary, in August 2014. The Pécs court of appeals approved last November’s ruling by the Kaposvár court to lengthen a seven-and-a-half-year sentence issued by the Fonyód district court last June.
Teachers Hold Demonstration In Budapest
- 13 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Tanítanék (I want to teach) movement began a demonstration in Budapest on Saturday afternoon. The organisers of the movement expressed their anger in an invitation to the demonstration on Facebook over what they see as the government “totally nationalising schools and destroying education”. The demonstrators will “grade” their own performance as well as the government’s, the movement added.
4,000 Hungarians Sleeping Rough, Survey Shows
- 5 Dec 2016 5:22 AM
- current affairs
There are as many as 15,000 homeless people in Hungary. Of these, some 4,000 are sleeping rough, according to a survey conducted by Hungarian NGO Menhely Alapitvány (Shelter Foundation), index.hu reports. Roughly one-third of them are in Budapest.
Police Find New Weapons Cache Allegedly Connected With Extremist Group
- 30 Nov 2016 10:23 AM
- current affairs
Police have discovered a new cache of weapons and ammunition suspected of being connected with the extremist Magyar Nemzeti Arcvonal, or Hungarian National Front, paramilitary organisation. During a house search in Jászbereny, around 80km east of Budapest, by the national bureau of investigation, materials suspected of being poison and explosives were also uncovered. Police arrested a male ...
Five Men Linked To Paramilitary Org Held After Police Raids
- 25 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Five people were held in custody on Thursday after authorities seized weapons in a coordinated raid carried out in several Hungarian localities, police said in a statement. All suspects were linked to the paramilitary organisation Magyar Nemzeti Arcvonal (Hungarian National Front), whose leader was arrested in October after fatally shooting a police officer in Bőny.
Zsolnay Family Lends Name To Pécs
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Three members of the Zsolnay family, whose predecessors established one of Hungary’s oldest and most famous porcelain makers, have agreed to allow the city council of Pécs, in south-west Hungary, to use the Zsolnay trademark for cultural, tourism, catering and other business purposes.
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán’s Gamble Failed: The Referendum Is Invalid
- 3 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The insidious hate campaign leading up to today’s referendum on compulsory refugee quotas has failed, badly. First of all, only 43.8% of the electorate went to the polls, far below the necessary 50% plus 1. Even more telling is that only 39.93% of the electorate cast a valid vote; 60.07% either spoiled their ballots or didn’t bother to vote. The Two-Tail Dog Party’s campaign to invalidate ballots ...
Áder To Open Hungarian Cultural Conference In Brazil
- 12 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder will open a conference on Hungarian culture and language held at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, the Pallas Athene Domus Animae Foundation (PADA) said. A Hungarian course launched by the university in cooperation with the University of Pécs in Hungary and with support from PADA has been attended by over 100 students in the past year and a half.
Hungary Lags Behind Other European Nations In Solar Energy Use
- 8 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary lags behind other European countries in terms of the utilisation of solar energy, daily Népszabadság said. Figures by the Hungarian energy and public utility regulation authority show that despite doubling its solar power plant capacities in recent years, Hungary maintained its decade-long lag.
Student Camp Rapist Sentenced To Nine Years
- 23 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A man aged forty was sentenced to nine years imprisonment in a final ruling for raping a student at ELTE University’s student camp in Fonyódliget, in western Hungary, in August 2014. The Pécs court of appeals approved last November’s ruling by the Kaposvár court to lengthen a seven-and-a-half-year sentence issued by the Fonyód district court last June.
Teachers Hold Demonstration In Budapest
- 13 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Tanítanék (I want to teach) movement began a demonstration in Budapest on Saturday afternoon. The organisers of the movement expressed their anger in an invitation to the demonstration on Facebook over what they see as the government “totally nationalising schools and destroying education”. The demonstrators will “grade” their own performance as well as the government’s, the movement added.