12 result(s) for bálint house in Current Affairs
Shocking Revelations: How Hungarians Are Targeted For Sex Work in Western Europe
- 18 Jul 2024 9:36 AM
- current affairs
Although encouraging prostitution is a criminal offence In Hungary, the authorities say there is nothing wrong with openly advertising foreign sex work to Hungarian women. Direkt36 looked behind the sex work advertisements as part of an international investigative project.
Local Opinion: Election Campaign In Full Swing
- 26 Mar 2018 9:15 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
With just two weeks to go till the Parliamentary election, weeklies and the dailies’ weekend editions discuss corruption scandals and ponder what comes after 8 April.
Local Opinion: Four Weeks Until Election
- 12 Mar 2018 9:27 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A month before the April election, analysts from right across the political spectrum find it impossible to predict the outcome of the vote. The opposition may stop Fidesz from securing a majority, but it is also possible the Fidesz will win two-thirds of the seats in Parliament once again.
Obama Proud That Hungary’s PM Backed Down On A Public Issue Because Of American Pressure
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Pressure exerted by the US administration over the Homan statue hindered rather than helped settlement of the issue, the Prime Minister’s Press Office said in a statement on Thursday. US President Barack Obama’s speech on Thursday to mark international Holocaust Memorial Day included remarks about plans in Hungary to erect a statue in honour of Bálint Hóman, the drafter of WW2-era anti-Jewish ...
Official Meets Leaders Of US West Coast Jewish Organisations
- 10 Dec 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Senior government official Szabolcs Takács met leaders of prominent Jewish organisations and institutions and representatives of Hungarian organisations in the west coast of the United States. Takács, state secretary at the prime minister’s office, told MTI that he had held talks in Los Angeles with the leaders of Bais Naftoli Orthodox Congregation, the USC Shoah Foundation, the American Jewish ...
Jewish Federation, US Organisations Protest Against Planned Wartime Minister Statue
- 10 Dec 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary (Mazsihisz) will organise a traditional Hanukkah celebration at the site of a planned statue of Bálint Hóman, a Horthy-era minister, in Székesfehérvár, in central Hungary, at the weekend, the federation’s president said. “In a democratic country like Hungary there is no place for a statue for an anti-Semitic person,” András Heisler told a press ...
Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
Hungary’s Consumer Prices Fall 0.4% In Oct
- 12 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s annual consumer price index was negative 0.4% in October, slowing from a 0.5% decline in September. Emerging market analysts in London had put the October index between -0.1% and -0.3%. In a month-on-month comparison, consumer prices fell 0.3 % in October, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said.
168 Óra: A New Hungarian Left-Wing Is Needed
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian liberal weekly news magazine 168 óra asked eight members of Hungary’s liberal establishment their reaction to the Fidesz-KDNP landslide victory in Sunday’s local and county elections. Their responses appear in the article “Új Baldoldal Kell!” (A new left-wing is needed!) appearing in the 16 October 2014 edition (pp. 12-15). Our unabridged translation of the article follows:
Shocking Revelations: How Hungarians Are Targeted For Sex Work in Western Europe
- 18 Jul 2024 9:36 AM
- current affairs
Although encouraging prostitution is a criminal offence In Hungary, the authorities say there is nothing wrong with openly advertising foreign sex work to Hungarian women. Direkt36 looked behind the sex work advertisements as part of an international investigative project.
Local Opinion: Election Campaign In Full Swing
- 26 Mar 2018 9:15 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
With just two weeks to go till the Parliamentary election, weeklies and the dailies’ weekend editions discuss corruption scandals and ponder what comes after 8 April.
Local Opinion: Four Weeks Until Election
- 12 Mar 2018 9:27 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A month before the April election, analysts from right across the political spectrum find it impossible to predict the outcome of the vote. The opposition may stop Fidesz from securing a majority, but it is also possible the Fidesz will win two-thirds of the seats in Parliament once again.
Obama Proud That Hungary’s PM Backed Down On A Public Issue Because Of American Pressure
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Pressure exerted by the US administration over the Homan statue hindered rather than helped settlement of the issue, the Prime Minister’s Press Office said in a statement on Thursday. US President Barack Obama’s speech on Thursday to mark international Holocaust Memorial Day included remarks about plans in Hungary to erect a statue in honour of Bálint Hóman, the drafter of WW2-era anti-Jewish ...
Official Meets Leaders Of US West Coast Jewish Organisations
- 10 Dec 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Senior government official Szabolcs Takács met leaders of prominent Jewish organisations and institutions and representatives of Hungarian organisations in the west coast of the United States. Takács, state secretary at the prime minister’s office, told MTI that he had held talks in Los Angeles with the leaders of Bais Naftoli Orthodox Congregation, the USC Shoah Foundation, the American Jewish ...
Jewish Federation, US Organisations Protest Against Planned Wartime Minister Statue
- 10 Dec 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The Federation of Jewish Communities in Hungary (Mazsihisz) will organise a traditional Hanukkah celebration at the site of a planned statue of Bálint Hóman, a Horthy-era minister, in Székesfehérvár, in central Hungary, at the weekend, the federation’s president said. “In a democratic country like Hungary there is no place for a statue for an anti-Semitic person,” András Heisler told a press ...
Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
Hungary’s Consumer Prices Fall 0.4% In Oct
- 12 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s annual consumer price index was negative 0.4% in October, slowing from a 0.5% decline in September. Emerging market analysts in London had put the October index between -0.1% and -0.3%. In a month-on-month comparison, consumer prices fell 0.3 % in October, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said.
168 Óra: A New Hungarian Left-Wing Is Needed
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian liberal weekly news magazine 168 óra asked eight members of Hungary’s liberal establishment their reaction to the Fidesz-KDNP landslide victory in Sunday’s local and county elections. Their responses appear in the article “Új Baldoldal Kell!” (A new left-wing is needed!) appearing in the 16 October 2014 edition (pp. 12-15). Our unabridged translation of the article follows: