97 result(s) for máté kocsis in Current Affairs
Hungary’s Fidesz Calls On Bajnai To Disclose Funding Sources
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling Fidesz party has called on Gordon Bajnai, leader of the electoral alliance of E14-PM, to give an account of funding he had received from abroad. Bajnai’s foundation Haza és Haladás (Patriotism and Progress) has received nearly half a million dollars from US speculators and another 500 million forints went to civil organisations and websites affiliated with Bajnai, Máté Kocsis, the ...
Inauguration Of The Park Of Fiddler Gypsies In Józsefváros, Budapest
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The formerly unnamed public park in the 8th District of Budapest has been named after Fiddler gypsies, commemorating worldwide-known gypsy musicians. At the ceremony, monuments of eight gypsy fiddlers have been inaugurated, and also speeches were given by Deputy Mayor Miklós Csomós, Máté Kocsis, Mayor of Józsefváros district, and József Raduly, member of Budapest General Assembly, initiator of ...
Committee To Look Into Possible US Surveillance In Hungary
- 8 Nov 2013 11:35 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has invited the heads of all parliamentary caucuses for consultations in connection with the issue of possible surveillance of Hungarian leaders by US monitoring agencies. Once the consultations have ended, Fidesz will propose that a parliamentary investigative committee be formed to look into the matter.
Xpat Opinion: MP Admits To Beating Spouse In Hungary
- 7 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian member of parliament has admitted to prosecutors that he physically abused his spouse. As reported by the Associated Press, József Balogh of the ruling Fidesz party first denied the allegations that he beat his wife but has now “confessed to punching her in the face, grabbing her hair and slamming her head against wooden terrace railings.”
Hungary's Fidesz Communications Director Wants Free Dems To Repay Ft 415 Million Loan
- 25 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz communications director Máté Kocsis called on former Free Democrat leaders Gábor Kuncze, Gábor Fodor and János Kóka to repay the loan the party once took from state development bank MFB to buy an office for the now defunct political party.
Hungary's Fidesz Gears Up For Party Congress
- 27 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz may decide at its weekend congress to incorporate the lower utility prices in the Basic Law and may also pass a political declaration that the party will protect the rate cuts for the people, Magyar Nemzet learnt.
Xpat Opinion: Sexism In The Hungarian Parliament
- 12 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I have written a number of times about female members of the Hungarian parliament and their treatment by male colleagues. I’ve also written about the attitude, especially of Fidesz MPs, toward women in general.
Xpat Opinion: Media Strategies 9 Months Before The Elections In Hungary
- 13 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A moderate right-wing weekly suspects that the media multinationals may take the risk of supporting opposition forces in their quest to win next year’s election. Népszabadság, meanwhile, may be bought back by a Socialist foundation.
Hungary's Fidesz Attacks Sanoma CEO
- 6 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Reports that media concern Sanoma plans to convert its existing TV channel Story4 into a political news channel prompted Fidesz communications director Máté Kocsis to accuse György Szabó, head of Sanoma Media Budapest, of trying to use the media to influence next year’s elections.
Hungary’s Fidesz Calls On Bajnai To Disclose Funding Sources
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling Fidesz party has called on Gordon Bajnai, leader of the electoral alliance of E14-PM, to give an account of funding he had received from abroad. Bajnai’s foundation Haza és Haladás (Patriotism and Progress) has received nearly half a million dollars from US speculators and another 500 million forints went to civil organisations and websites affiliated with Bajnai, Máté Kocsis, the ...
Inauguration Of The Park Of Fiddler Gypsies In Józsefváros, Budapest
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The formerly unnamed public park in the 8th District of Budapest has been named after Fiddler gypsies, commemorating worldwide-known gypsy musicians. At the ceremony, monuments of eight gypsy fiddlers have been inaugurated, and also speeches were given by Deputy Mayor Miklós Csomós, Máté Kocsis, Mayor of Józsefváros district, and József Raduly, member of Budapest General Assembly, initiator of ...
Committee To Look Into Possible US Surveillance In Hungary
- 8 Nov 2013 11:35 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has invited the heads of all parliamentary caucuses for consultations in connection with the issue of possible surveillance of Hungarian leaders by US monitoring agencies. Once the consultations have ended, Fidesz will propose that a parliamentary investigative committee be formed to look into the matter.
Xpat Opinion: MP Admits To Beating Spouse In Hungary
- 7 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian member of parliament has admitted to prosecutors that he physically abused his spouse. As reported by the Associated Press, József Balogh of the ruling Fidesz party first denied the allegations that he beat his wife but has now “confessed to punching her in the face, grabbing her hair and slamming her head against wooden terrace railings.”
Hungary's Fidesz Communications Director Wants Free Dems To Repay Ft 415 Million Loan
- 25 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz communications director Máté Kocsis called on former Free Democrat leaders Gábor Kuncze, Gábor Fodor and János Kóka to repay the loan the party once took from state development bank MFB to buy an office for the now defunct political party.
Hungary's Fidesz Gears Up For Party Congress
- 27 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz may decide at its weekend congress to incorporate the lower utility prices in the Basic Law and may also pass a political declaration that the party will protect the rate cuts for the people, Magyar Nemzet learnt.
Xpat Opinion: Sexism In The Hungarian Parliament
- 12 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I have written a number of times about female members of the Hungarian parliament and their treatment by male colleagues. I’ve also written about the attitude, especially of Fidesz MPs, toward women in general.
Xpat Opinion: Media Strategies 9 Months Before The Elections In Hungary
- 13 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A moderate right-wing weekly suspects that the media multinationals may take the risk of supporting opposition forces in their quest to win next year’s election. Népszabadság, meanwhile, may be bought back by a Socialist foundation.
Hungary's Fidesz Attacks Sanoma CEO
- 6 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Reports that media concern Sanoma plans to convert its existing TV channel Story4 into a political news channel prompted Fidesz communications director Máté Kocsis to accuse György Szabó, head of Sanoma Media Budapest, of trying to use the media to influence next year’s elections.