293 result(s) for audi in Current Affairs
‘State Of The Nation’ Speech By Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
- 9 Feb 2012 8:03 AM
- current affairs
"On 7 February 2012 Viktor Orbán gave his traditional ‘state of the nation’ speech, focusing on the past year. This was the fourteenth such occasion. At the beginning of his speech Mr. Orbán thanked all those who have stood by the country in spite of the criticism directed at it and its government. This was a reference to the four hundred thousand people who took part in the ‘Peace March for ...
Speech By Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán At The London School Of Economics
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speech made on 10 November 2011 at LSE, UK: "Thank you very much and good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. My elaboration today is about Central Europe and its future in a wider context, may I say in a European context. Thank you for the invitation, because it is always a joy to explain Central Europe to the Westerners, which is not an easy job anyway. The difficulty of that kind of lecture is ...
Járai Quits Hungarian Budget Council
- 11 Jan 2012 8:04 AM
- current affairs
"Zsigmond Járai resigned from his post as head of the Budget Council on Tuesday, citing conflicts with his other public and private functions. He was immediately replaced by Árpád Kovács, a former president of the State Audit Office.
Orbán Rejects Outside Interference In Hungary, Brushes Off Central Bank Independence As “European Fashion”
- 2 Jan 2012 8:01 AM
- current affairs
"There is nobody in the world who has the right to tell the elected representatives of the Hungarian people which laws they can pass and which they can not,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared Friday morning in his weekly Kossuth Rádió interview.
Washington Post Slams Hungarian Media Law, Gov’t
- 28 Dec 2010 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Many EU member states may regret the rotating presidency system from next month, when Hungary takes on the role, the Washington Post editorialised on Monday, as the country’s “populist and power-hungry government has just adopted a media law more suited to an authoritarian system than to a Western democracy”.
Hungarian Parliament Guts Budget Council
- 7 Dec 2010 12:01 AM
- current affairs
"The Budget Council was deprived of its staff and budget in a vote in Parliament yesterday. The new Council will consist of three members working free of charge, as the independent body’s budget has been cut to zero. Those three will be the governor of the National Bank, the head of the State Audit Office and an economist appointed by the President for six years.
EU Needs Strength And Co-operation, Says Hungary's PM Orban
- 23 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
"The EU needs strong and co-operative people rather than nice guys, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told reporters in Brussels at a joint press conference with European Commission President Jose Barroso.
Csányi Blackmailers Get Suspended Sentences In Hungary
- 12 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
"Pest Central District Court on Thursday handed down suspended prison sentences and imposed fines on three men for blackmailing OTP chairman Sándor Csányi in 2007. The three had threatened to make public a tax audit pertaining to the construction of the Bank Center in downtown Budapest, which they claimed would be embarrassing for Csányi.
"Lisbon And Beyond" - Remarks Of U.S. Ambassador At Corvinus University Budapest
- 10 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
"Thank you, Vice Rector Kerekes and Dr. Magyarics; I’m honored to speak at Corvinus University today, and grateful also for the involvement of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs.
‘State Of The Nation’ Speech By Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
- 9 Feb 2012 8:03 AM
- current affairs
"On 7 February 2012 Viktor Orbán gave his traditional ‘state of the nation’ speech, focusing on the past year. This was the fourteenth such occasion. At the beginning of his speech Mr. Orbán thanked all those who have stood by the country in spite of the criticism directed at it and its government. This was a reference to the four hundred thousand people who took part in the ‘Peace March for ...
Speech By Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán At The London School Of Economics
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speech made on 10 November 2011 at LSE, UK: "Thank you very much and good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. My elaboration today is about Central Europe and its future in a wider context, may I say in a European context. Thank you for the invitation, because it is always a joy to explain Central Europe to the Westerners, which is not an easy job anyway. The difficulty of that kind of lecture is ...
Járai Quits Hungarian Budget Council
- 11 Jan 2012 8:04 AM
- current affairs
"Zsigmond Járai resigned from his post as head of the Budget Council on Tuesday, citing conflicts with his other public and private functions. He was immediately replaced by Árpád Kovács, a former president of the State Audit Office.
Orbán Rejects Outside Interference In Hungary, Brushes Off Central Bank Independence As “European Fashion”
- 2 Jan 2012 8:01 AM
- current affairs
"There is nobody in the world who has the right to tell the elected representatives of the Hungarian people which laws they can pass and which they can not,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared Friday morning in his weekly Kossuth Rádió interview.
Washington Post Slams Hungarian Media Law, Gov’t
- 28 Dec 2010 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Many EU member states may regret the rotating presidency system from next month, when Hungary takes on the role, the Washington Post editorialised on Monday, as the country’s “populist and power-hungry government has just adopted a media law more suited to an authoritarian system than to a Western democracy”.
Hungarian Parliament Guts Budget Council
- 7 Dec 2010 12:01 AM
- current affairs
"The Budget Council was deprived of its staff and budget in a vote in Parliament yesterday. The new Council will consist of three members working free of charge, as the independent body’s budget has been cut to zero. Those three will be the governor of the National Bank, the head of the State Audit Office and an economist appointed by the President for six years.
EU Needs Strength And Co-operation, Says Hungary's PM Orban
- 23 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
"The EU needs strong and co-operative people rather than nice guys, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told reporters in Brussels at a joint press conference with European Commission President Jose Barroso.
Csányi Blackmailers Get Suspended Sentences In Hungary
- 12 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
"Pest Central District Court on Thursday handed down suspended prison sentences and imposed fines on three men for blackmailing OTP chairman Sándor Csányi in 2007. The three had threatened to make public a tax audit pertaining to the construction of the Bank Center in downtown Budapest, which they claimed would be embarrassing for Csányi.
"Lisbon And Beyond" - Remarks Of U.S. Ambassador At Corvinus University Budapest
- 10 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
"Thank you, Vice Rector Kerekes and Dr. Magyarics; I’m honored to speak at Corvinus University today, and grateful also for the involvement of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs.