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August 30, 2010, 10:03 CET
Church schools to get unpaid government support next year
Beginning from next year, church schools in Hungary will get nearly 4 billion forints (EUR 14 m) in government support they should have already received during the previous government, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen told MTI on Monday. The current... [read complete entry]
June 21, 2010, 10:01 CET
Deputy PM Semjén has talks in Romania
Hungary's Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen discussed Romania's education law, cooperation in energy and tourism, the granting of dual citizenship, restoring fiscal balance and working with churches, in Bucharest on Friday. Talking to reporters following a meeting with counterpart Bela... [read complete entry]
June 17, 2010, 10:24 CET
Teachers union to turn to top court over Fidesz amendment on local schools
Teacher union PSZ will turn to the Constitutional Court over a recently enacted law enabling local governments to turn over the running of schools to churches, the union's leader told reporters on Wednesday. The law proposed by lawmakers of the... [read complete entry]
February 22, 2010, 10:12 CET
Bishop invites Socialist spokesman to talk in pre-election row
A Catholic bishop on Friday invited the ruling Socialist Party's spokesman to a "cordial dialogue" to clarify what he had said at an election rally of the opposition Fidesz party last week. Earlier this week Istvan Nyako called on Laszlo... [read complete entry]
February 16, 2010, 10:11 CET
Churches should be strategic partners, says opposition MP
Hungary's new government should handle relations with the churches as an issue of strategic importance, Zoltan Balog, head of Parliament's human rights and religious affairs committee, delegated by the main opposition Fidesz party, told MTI on Tuesday. Balog referred to... [read complete entry]
December 08, 2009, 10:18 CET
Catholic Cardinal spars with Jobbik over blessing of public crosses
Cardinal Péter Erd has become a target of Jobbik after advising Catholic priests not to bless crosses erected in public places by the far-right party. Speaking at a press conference last Thursday, he said priests should not perform such ceremonies... [read complete entry]
July 09, 2009, 10:35 CET
Bajnai meets religious leaders; rebuffed by head of Calvinist Church
Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai met heads of Hungary's largest church organisations in Parliament on Wednesday. The talks focused on issues around the economic crisis as well as related social problems. Cardinal Peter Erdo, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest told MTI following the... [read complete entry]
January 03, 2008, 09:40 CET
Monks continue hunger strike against health care reforms
Jesuit monks László Vértesaljai and József Hofher have been on hunger strike since before Parliament passed the bill on transforming health insurance on December 17. They believe the new bill will put the poor in a disadvantageous position.... [read complete entry]
November 28, 2007, 03:28 CET
Civil partnership bill stirs fierce criticism
Opposition party MDF says slack wording of government bill on civil partnerships would allow bigamy while church groups reject it outright.
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