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A Kormány napokban megjelent 2016-os kifizetési terve ambíciózus, a tavalyi évnél is nagyobb kifizetést irányoz elő az Széchenyi 2020 program keretében.   A gazdaságfejlesztési pénzek 7 évre szánt összegéből 75% 2016-ban kerülne kifizetésre.  

Mi ennek a realitása, ha a pályázatok jelentős része még meghirdetésre sem került, és a legnépszerűbb kiírások júliusra tervezettek?

A tervekről és gyakorlati tapasztalatokról beszélgetett Krisán László a KAVOSZ Zrt. vezérigazgatója, és Esőssy Zsombor a MAPI Zrt. vezérigazgatója a Kossuth Rádió Ütköző című műsorában 2016. január 28-án.  Hallgassa meg az adást az alább!

Minden bizonnyal veszteségek nélkül fogja átvészelni Magyarország a 2014 2020 közötti pénzügyi ciklus idén májusban esedékes technikai kiigazítását. A tényleges GDP növekedési adatokkal összefüggő korrekciónak lesznek nyertesei, de vesztesei is.

Alapvetően elhibázottnak nevezte csütörtökön az Amnesty International nevű emberjogi szervezet azt a holland soros EU-elnökségnek tulajdonított tervet, amelynek értelmében az erre kész tagállamok évi 150-250 ezer menekültet vennének át legálisan Törökországtól, a görög területre illegálisan belépő migránsok azonnali visszafogadásáért cserébe.

Dans la nuit du 27 au 28 janvier 2016, la 228e fusée Ariane a quitté la Terre depuis le port spatial européen de Kourou et a placé avec succès en orbite le satellite de télécommunication Intelsat afin qu’il soit opérationnel à temps pour les jeux olympiques de Rio du 5 au 21 août 2016.

Development actors like UNDP are supporting communities in the Balkans as they deal with the stress caused by the refugee flow, helping them to sustain their tradition of hospitality.

Old habits die hard for Hungary’s ruling elite.

If anyone thought 2016 would bring with it a change in approach by Hungary’s ruling Fidesz Party they were sadly mistaken. The arrival of the New Year in Hungary has been marked by surging public discontent and street protests opposing proposed constitutional amendments that would provide the government with sweeping anti-terror powers.

Draft proposals leaked to the media suggest the government is seeking to amend the constitution by creating a new category of emergency: a “terror threat situation,” which, if declared, would enable it to issue decrees, suspend certain laws and modify others. Among some 30 proposed changes are controls on the internet, deployment of the army domestically, closing of borders and the imposition of curfews in areas affected by a terrorist threat.

Critics, including several opposition parties and civil rights groups, describe the vaguely defined “terror threat” legislation as a thinly veiled attempt by the government to clamp down on civil liberties. Unfortunately, the latest proposals represent the continuation of a longer term trend that has seen the gradual erosion of civil liberties under Victor Orbán’s Premiership.

The motivations for the ruling Fidesz Party’s authoritarian approach are complex, but one factor is undoubtedly the volatile and turbulent shifts the country’s political landscape has witnessed since the fall of communist rule in 1989. Viktor Orbán is the country’s only post-communist Prime Minister to have completed an entire mandate and be re-elected.

Part of this political turbulence can be attributed to the economic uncertainty the country experienced following the collapse of communism. As with the USSR and other soviet satellite state, the collapse of the communist regime in Hungary left a void in terms of institutional infrastructure and regulatory oversight.

This vacuum created a ‘wild west’ that offered fertile ground for wealthy individuals and speculators keen to exploit the absence of effective regulatory oversight and plunder the region’s resources. Hungary was no exception. Well documented, the now infamous Russian ‘oligarchs’ were quick to capitalize on the wealth of opportunities created by the collapse of communism. Less well known however are the Western entrepreneurs who also flocked to the region.

One of the most notable is Ronald Lauder the son of Hungarian Jewish immigrant Estée Lauder who successfully founded the family beauty-products empire. Lauder’s older brother, Leonard, assumed the helm of the company when their father, Joseph, died in 1983. Leonard subsequently took the company public, making him and his brother billionaires.

Seemingly lacking the business acumen of his brother, Ronald was keen to emulate his family’s success. Following a failed run for Mayor of New York, and his ignominious failure to secure the Republican nomination in 1989, Lauder presumably spotted his chance in 1994: his moment to step out of the shadow of his successful family, and establish his own identity.

Ronald set about establishing a string of commercial media and entertainment ventures across the former Eastern bloc countries. It all began to unravel, however, when it was revealed that a U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York was investigating Lauder’s television holding company, Central European Media Enterprises (CME), over allegations that the company had bribed state officials in Ukraine.

Perhaps most notably though was the media mogul’s dealings in Hungary. In 1996, Lauder was sued by his former business partner, Seymour Holtzman, for wrongful termination of their joint venture. Holtzman alleged Lauder had forced him out of their partnership in the Central European Development Corporation, the company he’d formed in Hungary in 1989. Describing Lauder, Holtzman explained to the Wall Street Journal that: “[Lauder] is mean-spirited …. He thinks he’s above everyone else.” The matter was eventually settled in court for an undisclosed sum.

But the Holtzman case was nothing compared with what was to come. In 1997, Perekhid Media, a Western-owned rival in Ukraine, brought a suit against Lauder and CME in New York, claiming that it had bribed Ukrainian officials, to essentially snatch from Perekhid a license which the company had obtained in 1993. Mr. Lauder had subsequently started a station called Studio 1+1 there using the license.

These questionable, some might say nefarious, business dealings by Western “entrepreneurs” help to demonstrate the aggressive business practices pursued by individuals across the Eastern bloc following the collapse of communism and help to illustrate how the economic turmoil fueled by the West has helped foster a culture of paranoia and an eagerness to hold on to power among Hungary’s political elite.

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Foreign Affairs MEPs praised efforts from both the government and the FARC rebel group to end the internal conflict raging in Colombia for over 50 years and urged the EU to support the peace-building efforts, during a public hearing on Thursday.
Just one week after the Chamber demonstrated unanimous support to the peace process in Colombia in a resolution, MEPs have acclaimed the political effort, realism and perseverance shown by both the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to bring the Colombian peace process to a successful conclusion. 23 March, the deadline set by the negotiators, is a realistic timeframe to conclude an agreement, they said.
Foreign Affairs Committee members quizzed Colombia's High Commissioner for Peace, Sergio Jaramillo, FARC Head Negotiator Iván Márquez and the EU Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Colombia, Eamon Gilmore, about risks of the peace process, stressing the importance of reaching a fair and sustainable agreement and of its full implementation. MEPs also raised the issues of narco-trafficking, rural development, political participation by the FARC and the planned setup of an EU trust fund.
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Tajik President Emomali Rahmon pays lip service to democracy, but his presidency is characterised by economic and social stagnation exacerbated by venality and mismanagement. The only meaningful opposition party, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), has been banned and labelled terrorist. Fraudulent elections and dozens of arrests in 2015 have silenced political foes and an exiled opposition leader was even murdered in Turkey in March. Activists fear harassment and NGOs “operate in a high risk, uncertain environment”.

Le 28 janvier 2016, les obsèques du général Douin ont été célébrées dans la cour d'honneur des Invalides.

China's Xinhua news agency, the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, has released a detailed and harsh statement about recent information attacks against Russia and China. Such attacks are enthusiastically conducted by bloggers, Western press and liberal media of Russia and Ukraine

La première école de préparation militaire judéo-druze, « Arzei Hagalil » a été inaugurée dans le village de Joulis en Galil&

GARDE-A-VOUS (Production Studio 89) très prochainement sur M6. Mardi 16 février à 20h55. Des jeunes vont “faire leurs classes” pendant trois semaines so

On 28 January 2016, the Council extended until 31 January 2017 a freeze on the assets of 48 persons deemed to be responsible for the misappropriation of state funds in Tunisia and those associated with them. 

The decision will be published in the Official Journal of the EU on 29 January 2016.

The sanctions were initially introduced on 31 January 2011, targeting former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, his wife and 46 other persons. They have been renewed annually.

Du 20 au 29 janvier 2016, l’exercice « VOLFA », réalisé au profit des forces des unités aériennes et des unités au sol du commandement des forces aériennes (CFA), se déroule dans le massif central.

Tair Kaminer, une lycéenne israélienne de 19 ans, est en prison pour 20 jours. Volontairement. Un acte de militante de la paix. Le 10 janvier, l’Israélie