77 result(s) for stadium in Current Affairs
500 Protest Plan To Bulldoze Roma Housing Estate In Miskolc
- 20 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 people protested Miskolc city council’s plan to bulldoze a Roma housing estate to make way for a new football stadium in the north-eastern city on Wednesday. The threatened settlement consists of around a dozen streets – numbered, not named – where Roma families live in 100-year-old, two-storey houses. It skirts the main thoroughfare of Miskolc and at one end is dwarfed by the ...
Half Of Families With Children Report Problems Affording Food In Hungary
- 3 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Almost half of Hungary’s families with children struggle to afford food, a Socialist politician said on Monday, citing a study of OECD member countries. Ildikó Borbély Bangó told a press conference that 47% of the families in the Gallup survey had found it difficult to buy food at some point.
Xpat Opinion: Felcsút Stadium In Hungary Under The Microscope
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Prime Minister is mocked and criticised by left-liberal pundits for having a football stadium built in his native Felcsút. The project is also criticised by a moderate right-wing commentator.Several stadiums are under construction in a project aimed at propping up ailing Hungarian football. The Felcsút pitch is part of a football academy sponsored by a tax rebate programme for enterprises ...
Hungary’s Socialists To Scrap Government’s “Idiotic” Economic Policy
- 19 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Attila Mesterházy, leader of the opposition Socialist Party, pledged to scrap what he called the Fidesz government’s “idiotic” economic policy and “perverted” social policy if it wins next year’s election.
Hungary's Socialist Party President: Gov’t Is Ignoring The Poor
- 19 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Socialist government would discontinue the present “idiotic” economic policy, as well as the “perverse” social policy, Socialist Party president Attila Mesterházy said yesterday as he presented the Pest county parliamentary candidates of the Socialists and Together-Dialogue.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Left-Wing Weeklies Fear An Uphill Campaign
- 26 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-leaning weeklies think it will be extremely difficult for the Socialists and their allies to match the governing right wing. They accuse Fidesz of smart but unfair campaign methods.
Hungarian-American Disaster Management Cooperation
- 28 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Timothy W. Manning, Deputy Administrator for protection and national preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S Department of Homeland Security, and Carole Cameron, director, international affairs, were in Hungary May 13 and 14 to meet their Hungarian counterparts at the National Directorate General for Disaster Management (NDGDM).
Xpat Opinion: The Painful Charge Of Anti-Semitism In Hungary
- 16 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading official of the Lutheran Church, currently undersecretary of foreign affairs, thanks a Calvinist presbyter for the service he did to Hungary’s reputation when he quietly confronted an anti-Semitic group.
Head Of Wallenberg Society Attacked In Hungary
- 30 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Orosz, president of the Raoul Wallenberg Society, was the victim of an anti-Semitic attack after attending a football match with his family in Budapest on Sunday.
500 Protest Plan To Bulldoze Roma Housing Estate In Miskolc
- 20 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 people protested Miskolc city council’s plan to bulldoze a Roma housing estate to make way for a new football stadium in the north-eastern city on Wednesday. The threatened settlement consists of around a dozen streets – numbered, not named – where Roma families live in 100-year-old, two-storey houses. It skirts the main thoroughfare of Miskolc and at one end is dwarfed by the ...
Half Of Families With Children Report Problems Affording Food In Hungary
- 3 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Almost half of Hungary’s families with children struggle to afford food, a Socialist politician said on Monday, citing a study of OECD member countries. Ildikó Borbély Bangó told a press conference that 47% of the families in the Gallup survey had found it difficult to buy food at some point.
Xpat Opinion: Felcsút Stadium In Hungary Under The Microscope
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Prime Minister is mocked and criticised by left-liberal pundits for having a football stadium built in his native Felcsút. The project is also criticised by a moderate right-wing commentator.Several stadiums are under construction in a project aimed at propping up ailing Hungarian football. The Felcsút pitch is part of a football academy sponsored by a tax rebate programme for enterprises ...
Hungary’s Socialists To Scrap Government’s “Idiotic” Economic Policy
- 19 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Attila Mesterházy, leader of the opposition Socialist Party, pledged to scrap what he called the Fidesz government’s “idiotic” economic policy and “perverted” social policy if it wins next year’s election.
Hungary's Socialist Party President: Gov’t Is Ignoring The Poor
- 19 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Socialist government would discontinue the present “idiotic” economic policy, as well as the “perverse” social policy, Socialist Party president Attila Mesterházy said yesterday as he presented the Pest county parliamentary candidates of the Socialists and Together-Dialogue.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Left-Wing Weeklies Fear An Uphill Campaign
- 26 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-leaning weeklies think it will be extremely difficult for the Socialists and their allies to match the governing right wing. They accuse Fidesz of smart but unfair campaign methods.
Hungarian-American Disaster Management Cooperation
- 28 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Timothy W. Manning, Deputy Administrator for protection and national preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S Department of Homeland Security, and Carole Cameron, director, international affairs, were in Hungary May 13 and 14 to meet their Hungarian counterparts at the National Directorate General for Disaster Management (NDGDM).
Xpat Opinion: The Painful Charge Of Anti-Semitism In Hungary
- 16 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading official of the Lutheran Church, currently undersecretary of foreign affairs, thanks a Calvinist presbyter for the service he did to Hungary’s reputation when he quietly confronted an anti-Semitic group.
Head Of Wallenberg Society Attacked In Hungary
- 30 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Orosz, president of the Raoul Wallenberg Society, was the victim of an anti-Semitic attack after attending a football match with his family in Budapest on Sunday.