649 result(s) for action plan
U.S. Embassy Budapest: Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy Budapest is soliciting applications for the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institutes. Two four-week Institutes, offered in summer 2015, will accommodate up to 90 Fellows total. Each Institute, one at Wake Forest University in North Carolina and the other at Purdue University in Indiana, will be designed for 35 European students and 10 Americans, ages 16 to ...
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]
Lajos Simicska: I Will Not Be Orban’s Partner In Building A New Dictatorship
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz oligarch and Hungarian media and construction tycoon Lajos Simicska gave yet another interview, this time to Hungarian website Magyar Narancs. Simicska talks about his split with Orban over the latter’s plans to create a new dictatorship.
Photo: Viktor Orban (left) and Lajos Simicska (right) during the first Orban government (2008-2012)
Photo: Viktor Orban (left) and Lajos Simicska (right) during the first Orban government (2008-2012)
Hungary Launches Internet Consultation
- 4 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- tech
Hungary’s national consultation on the internet started on Tuesday with the launch of www.internetkon. hu, the government commissioner in charge of the action said. Tamás Deutsch told a news conference that the basic question was “what will be the future of the Hungarian internet.”
Interview With Richard Field, Managing Editor Of The Budapest Beacon
- 20 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
At the end of 2014 he condemned the government in a number of articles appearing in the columns of the Budapest Beacon. The other paper he operates with journalists who used to work for Origo, abcug.hu, brings home the situation with regard to poverty in Hungary. The American businessman and philanthropist, Richard Field, supported Mária Seres’s movement and then LMP.
Tom Hanks To Become An Expat In Budapest
- 17 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Budapest will again host the shooting of a top-notch Hollywood movie, this time 'Inferno', a sequel to 'The Da Vinci Code'. Two-times Oscar winner Tom Hanks, who is to star in the film, is moving to Budapest for the period of shooting, tabloid news website Borsonline has reported. The movie is expected to be as action-packed and exciting as its precedessors, The Da Vinci Code and Angels and ...
Hungary’s Healthcare “On The Brink Of Disaster”
- 17 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
According to general practitioner Zoltán Komáromi, Hungary’s healthcare system is on the brink of disaster. Low salaries and poor working conditions are causing doctors to either go abroad or work at private hospitals. More and more patients are choosing private health care over public for procedures that are important revenue generators for the public health care system.
'New Year’s Resolutions With The Eyes Of A Psychologist', By FirstMed
- 14 Jan 2015 5:00 AM
- specials
To resolve or not to resolve?
That is the question…
Work less – work more, go on the wagon – tipple a bit more, spend more time with family/friends – spend more time alone…
That is the question…
Work less – work more, go on the wagon – tipple a bit more, spend more time with family/friends – spend more time alone…
New Directorate For Sustainable Environment At Hungary’s President’s Office
- 6 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The President’s Office has set up a new directorate responsible for environmental sustainability, Hungary’s President János Áder announced. The president told a press conference that the new directorate is headed by Csaba Kőrösi, former UN ambassador.
U.S. Embassy Budapest: Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy Budapest is soliciting applications for the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institutes. Two four-week Institutes, offered in summer 2015, will accommodate up to 90 Fellows total. Each Institute, one at Wake Forest University in North Carolina and the other at Purdue University in Indiana, will be designed for 35 European students and 10 Americans, ages 16 to ...
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]
Lajos Simicska: I Will Not Be Orban’s Partner In Building A New Dictatorship
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz oligarch and Hungarian media and construction tycoon Lajos Simicska gave yet another interview, this time to Hungarian website Magyar Narancs. Simicska talks about his split with Orban over the latter’s plans to create a new dictatorship.
Photo: Viktor Orban (left) and Lajos Simicska (right) during the first Orban government (2008-2012)
Photo: Viktor Orban (left) and Lajos Simicska (right) during the first Orban government (2008-2012)
Hungary Launches Internet Consultation
- 4 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- tech
Hungary’s national consultation on the internet started on Tuesday with the launch of www.internetkon. hu, the government commissioner in charge of the action said. Tamás Deutsch told a news conference that the basic question was “what will be the future of the Hungarian internet.”
Interview With Richard Field, Managing Editor Of The Budapest Beacon
- 20 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
At the end of 2014 he condemned the government in a number of articles appearing in the columns of the Budapest Beacon. The other paper he operates with journalists who used to work for Origo, abcug.hu, brings home the situation with regard to poverty in Hungary. The American businessman and philanthropist, Richard Field, supported Mária Seres’s movement and then LMP.
Tom Hanks To Become An Expat In Budapest
- 17 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Budapest will again host the shooting of a top-notch Hollywood movie, this time 'Inferno', a sequel to 'The Da Vinci Code'. Two-times Oscar winner Tom Hanks, who is to star in the film, is moving to Budapest for the period of shooting, tabloid news website Borsonline has reported. The movie is expected to be as action-packed and exciting as its precedessors, The Da Vinci Code and Angels and ...
Hungary’s Healthcare “On The Brink Of Disaster”
- 17 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
According to general practitioner Zoltán Komáromi, Hungary’s healthcare system is on the brink of disaster. Low salaries and poor working conditions are causing doctors to either go abroad or work at private hospitals. More and more patients are choosing private health care over public for procedures that are important revenue generators for the public health care system.
'New Year’s Resolutions With The Eyes Of A Psychologist', By FirstMed
- 14 Jan 2015 5:00 AM
- specials
To resolve or not to resolve?
That is the question…
Work less – work more, go on the wagon – tipple a bit more, spend more time with family/friends – spend more time alone…
That is the question…
Work less – work more, go on the wagon – tipple a bit more, spend more time with family/friends – spend more time alone…
New Directorate For Sustainable Environment At Hungary’s President’s Office
- 6 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The President’s Office has set up a new directorate responsible for environmental sustainability, Hungary’s President János Áder announced. The president told a press conference that the new directorate is headed by Csaba Kőrösi, former UN ambassador.