55 result(s) for milan in Current Affairs
Budapest Pride Festival Organisers Defiant In Response To Mayors
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Organisers of the Budapest Pride festival wrapped 30 trees in rainbow-coloured paper on Andrássy út, not far from Heroes Square, yesterday in protest against recent homophobic remarks by Eighth District mayor Máté Kocsis and Budapest mayor István Tarlós.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Expo 2015: Hungary’s “Horrendous” Pavillon Plan Causes Storm
- 10 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s pavillon for the 2015 Milan Universal Exposition has found itself at the centre of controversy after criticism from both the architectural profession and the general public have caused its designers to disassociate themselves from the building.
Hungary’s Fidesz Youth Ex-Leader Caught With Forged Notes
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Áron Veress, former head of the youth chapter of Fidesz, was arrested on Friday, when he attempted to exchange a counterfeit €100 note at a currency change office in Keleti train station. The owner of the office informed the police when he noticed what was clearly a forged note.
Hungary’s PM Orbán, Merkel Discuss Energy Before EU Summit
- 9 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of an EU summit in Milan and discussed current energy and foreign affairs issues. “We mainly talked about foreign policy issues, as it was clear from the start that German- Hungarian bilateral relations are all in order and the relationship is growing,” Orbán said.
Budapest Pride Refuses To Undergo Investigation
- 1 Jul 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Government of Hungary ordered one of its investigating agencies to investigate a list of non-governmental organizations that the government considers left-wing, including Budapest Pride, to see whether they lawfully spent funding received from the Norwegian Government. The agency has no right under Hungarian law to do so, thus Budapest Pride refuses to undergo the investigation. The ...
Xpat Opinion: Week-Long Demonstration In Budapest Was Not In Vain
- 24 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many people labeled the dogged effort of a small group of protesters against the erection of the proposed monument to the victims of the German “occupation” of Hungary a waste of time and energy. What will they achieve? Nothing. They dismantled the barricade around the proposed site ten or eleven times, but work on the foundation for the monument continued unabated. The monument showing ...
Christian Democrats Want Marx Statue Removed From Budapest Corvinus University
- 21 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Alliance of Young Christian Democrats (IKSZ) has demanded the removal of a statue of Karl Marx from the entrance hall of Budapest’s Corvinus University. “It is unacceptable that Marx, who openly espoused anti-Semitic and racist views, should have a statue in Hungary,” Milán Pálfalvi, the deputy head of the organisation, told reporters in front of the building on Monday.
Hungary's MOL Still Confident Of Striking A Deal With INA
- 28 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It wasn’t after the Croatian–Hungarian talks on November 8 that MOL’s board authorized the management to prepare for selling shares of INA but much earlier than that – this daily has learned.
Budapest Pride Festival Organisers Defiant In Response To Mayors
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Organisers of the Budapest Pride festival wrapped 30 trees in rainbow-coloured paper on Andrássy út, not far from Heroes Square, yesterday in protest against recent homophobic remarks by Eighth District mayor Máté Kocsis and Budapest mayor István Tarlós.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Expo 2015: Hungary’s “Horrendous” Pavillon Plan Causes Storm
- 10 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s pavillon for the 2015 Milan Universal Exposition has found itself at the centre of controversy after criticism from both the architectural profession and the general public have caused its designers to disassociate themselves from the building.
Hungary’s Fidesz Youth Ex-Leader Caught With Forged Notes
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Áron Veress, former head of the youth chapter of Fidesz, was arrested on Friday, when he attempted to exchange a counterfeit €100 note at a currency change office in Keleti train station. The owner of the office informed the police when he noticed what was clearly a forged note.
Hungary’s PM Orbán, Merkel Discuss Energy Before EU Summit
- 9 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of an EU summit in Milan and discussed current energy and foreign affairs issues. “We mainly talked about foreign policy issues, as it was clear from the start that German- Hungarian bilateral relations are all in order and the relationship is growing,” Orbán said.
Budapest Pride Refuses To Undergo Investigation
- 1 Jul 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Government of Hungary ordered one of its investigating agencies to investigate a list of non-governmental organizations that the government considers left-wing, including Budapest Pride, to see whether they lawfully spent funding received from the Norwegian Government. The agency has no right under Hungarian law to do so, thus Budapest Pride refuses to undergo the investigation. The ...
Xpat Opinion: Week-Long Demonstration In Budapest Was Not In Vain
- 24 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many people labeled the dogged effort of a small group of protesters against the erection of the proposed monument to the victims of the German “occupation” of Hungary a waste of time and energy. What will they achieve? Nothing. They dismantled the barricade around the proposed site ten or eleven times, but work on the foundation for the monument continued unabated. The monument showing ...
Christian Democrats Want Marx Statue Removed From Budapest Corvinus University
- 21 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Alliance of Young Christian Democrats (IKSZ) has demanded the removal of a statue of Karl Marx from the entrance hall of Budapest’s Corvinus University. “It is unacceptable that Marx, who openly espoused anti-Semitic and racist views, should have a statue in Hungary,” Milán Pálfalvi, the deputy head of the organisation, told reporters in front of the building on Monday.
Hungary's MOL Still Confident Of Striking A Deal With INA
- 28 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It wasn’t after the Croatian–Hungarian talks on November 8 that MOL’s board authorized the management to prepare for selling shares of INA but much earlier than that – this daily has learned.