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Chief Judge Indicted On Bribery Charge In Hungary
- 6 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Szeged prosecutors yesterday indicted Norbert Németh, the chief judge of Csongrád county court, on eight counts of bribery, forgery of public documents and abuse of office. Earlier, a well known Szeged lawyer was taken into custody on suspicion of getting an entrepreneur out of custody by bribing the suspect judge.
Invitation: Korean Movie Week In The Urania Cinema In Budapest, Until 9 November
- 5 Nov 2012 3:00 AM
- entertainment
Organized by the Korean Cultural Center and hosted by Urania National Cinema the 5th Korean movie week will take place this year, from the 5th of November until the 9th. The peculiarity of this year’s Korean movie week is that all of the films were directed by the same person: Kim Ki-duk. Kim’s latest movie, Pieta, won the Golden Lion prize at this year’s Venice movie festival, this being the ...
Now On: The Way We Are, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
- 26 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts’ Department of Prints and Drawings preserves close to 600 lithographs by the outstanding French graphic artist, Daumier. In 2009 tender funds granted by the National Cultural Foundation enabled the urgently needed preservation work for the sheets. As part of the project the museum undertook the task of displaying the results of the work in an exhibition, since the last ...
Brit Foreign Sec William Hague In Budapest For Cyberspace Talks
- 4 Oct 2012 1:01 AM
- current affairs
British Foreign Secretary Hague is participating in the Budapest Conference on Cyberspace, and will have bilateral meetings with Hungarian PM Orbán and Foreign Minister János Martonyi. The Foreign Secretary said: “I am delighted to be back in Budapest to strengthen our already strong bilateral relationship with Hungary. We co-operate closely as EU partners and NATO allies, and together we are ...
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Judge’s Approach To The Vandalisation Of Horthy’s Statue
- 1 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators are appalled by the statement of a judge who convicted but at the same time praised a protester for damaging a statue recently erected to Hungary’s interwar ruler. Left-wing analysts welcome the judge’s position and disagree with the Vice President of the Supreme Court, who scolded his colleague for expressing a personal opinion when issuing his verdict.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Women And Politics
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Since we seem to be in the swing of things, why don’t we continue with the topic of women? This time women in politics. I’m sure that you’ve all heard complaints about the number of women in the Hungarian parliament. Alas, the numbers haven’t changed in any statistically significant way in the last twenty-two years. In the first freely elected parliament, out of 386 members of the House only 28 ...
Xpat Opinion: Former Hungarian Communist Persecutor To Face Prosecution
- 3 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist finds it disturbing that the left-wing media, which is quick to demand the prosecution of alleged Nazi-era criminals, is silent in the case of György Mátsik, an iconic figure of the Communist purges in the aftermath of the 1956 revolution. The right-wing commentator believes that crimes against humanity should not be distinguished frome one another on an ideological ...
Hungary's PM Orbán Speaks Out Against Racism
- 24 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed the principle of zero tolerance of anti-Semitism and anti-Roma phenomena in an interview with German weekly Focus published on Monday. Regarding last week’s arrest of suspected war criminal László Csatáry, Orbán said Hungary follows the European tradition in which crimes against humanity do not expire.
Hungary's Former PM Gyurcsány Cleared Of Casino Real Estate Corruption Charges
- 23 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By BudaPost: Commentators agree that in a dictatorship the charges levelled against former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány would not have been dropped. With just one exception: his long-term aide believes the real reason is PM Orbán’s weakening position.
Chief Judge Indicted On Bribery Charge In Hungary
- 6 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Szeged prosecutors yesterday indicted Norbert Németh, the chief judge of Csongrád county court, on eight counts of bribery, forgery of public documents and abuse of office. Earlier, a well known Szeged lawyer was taken into custody on suspicion of getting an entrepreneur out of custody by bribing the suspect judge.
Invitation: Korean Movie Week In The Urania Cinema In Budapest, Until 9 November
- 5 Nov 2012 3:00 AM
- entertainment
Organized by the Korean Cultural Center and hosted by Urania National Cinema the 5th Korean movie week will take place this year, from the 5th of November until the 9th. The peculiarity of this year’s Korean movie week is that all of the films were directed by the same person: Kim Ki-duk. Kim’s latest movie, Pieta, won the Golden Lion prize at this year’s Venice movie festival, this being the ...
Now On: The Way We Are, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
- 26 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts’ Department of Prints and Drawings preserves close to 600 lithographs by the outstanding French graphic artist, Daumier. In 2009 tender funds granted by the National Cultural Foundation enabled the urgently needed preservation work for the sheets. As part of the project the museum undertook the task of displaying the results of the work in an exhibition, since the last ...
Brit Foreign Sec William Hague In Budapest For Cyberspace Talks
- 4 Oct 2012 1:01 AM
- current affairs
British Foreign Secretary Hague is participating in the Budapest Conference on Cyberspace, and will have bilateral meetings with Hungarian PM Orbán and Foreign Minister János Martonyi. The Foreign Secretary said: “I am delighted to be back in Budapest to strengthen our already strong bilateral relationship with Hungary. We co-operate closely as EU partners and NATO allies, and together we are ...
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Judge’s Approach To The Vandalisation Of Horthy’s Statue
- 1 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators are appalled by the statement of a judge who convicted but at the same time praised a protester for damaging a statue recently erected to Hungary’s interwar ruler. Left-wing analysts welcome the judge’s position and disagree with the Vice President of the Supreme Court, who scolded his colleague for expressing a personal opinion when issuing his verdict.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Women And Politics
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Since we seem to be in the swing of things, why don’t we continue with the topic of women? This time women in politics. I’m sure that you’ve all heard complaints about the number of women in the Hungarian parliament. Alas, the numbers haven’t changed in any statistically significant way in the last twenty-two years. In the first freely elected parliament, out of 386 members of the House only 28 ...
Xpat Opinion: Former Hungarian Communist Persecutor To Face Prosecution
- 3 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist finds it disturbing that the left-wing media, which is quick to demand the prosecution of alleged Nazi-era criminals, is silent in the case of György Mátsik, an iconic figure of the Communist purges in the aftermath of the 1956 revolution. The right-wing commentator believes that crimes against humanity should not be distinguished frome one another on an ideological ...
Hungary's PM Orbán Speaks Out Against Racism
- 24 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed the principle of zero tolerance of anti-Semitism and anti-Roma phenomena in an interview with German weekly Focus published on Monday. Regarding last week’s arrest of suspected war criminal László Csatáry, Orbán said Hungary follows the European tradition in which crimes against humanity do not expire.
Hungary's Former PM Gyurcsány Cleared Of Casino Real Estate Corruption Charges
- 23 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By BudaPost: Commentators agree that in a dictatorship the charges levelled against former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány would not have been dropped. With just one exception: his long-term aide believes the real reason is PM Orbán’s weakening position.