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Hungary To Replace 24 Ambassadors
- 26 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s consul general to Shanghai Pál Péter Schmitt has been recalled after less than a year in the role, as part of a huge shake-up of the diplomatic corps that includes 24 ambassadorial changes, origo.hu learned. The nephew of the disgraced former president Pál Schmitt took the role in September 2013. Pál Schmitt was forced to relinquish his doctorate in 2013, after the plagiarism scandal ...
Fifty Foreign Students To Learn Hungarian At Pécs University Summer Course
- 23 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Over fifty students from 20 countries will learn Hungarian at summer courses organised by the University of Pécs in southern Hungary. The students will learn the language with help of 12 tutors at two-week and four-week intensive courses starting next week, the university said.
World Meeting Of Hungarians To Start Soon
- 9 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Concerts, conferences, exhibitions, presentations, a beauty contest, quiz games and international cuisine will be included in the programme of the 4th world meeting of Hungarians to be held in Budapest, Ópusztaszer and Szeged between May 18 and 25.
Xpat Opinion: Sexism In The Hungarian Parliament
- 12 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I have written a number of times about female members of the Hungarian parliament and their treatment by male colleagues. I’ve also written about the attitude, especially of Fidesz MPs, toward women in general.
International Water Summit To Be Held In October In Budapest
- 29 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén declared that the International Water Summit is to be held in October in Budapest, after participating in the summit of world leaders' from the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Santiago de Chile.
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: Ukraine And Hungary: The Tymoshenko Affair
- 3 May 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Orbán have more in common than their first name. In February 2010, only a couple of months before Orbán's political triumph, Yanukovych staged a remarkable comeback, recovering from the humiliation and disgrace he suffered in Ukraine's election of 2004. According to yesterday's Economist, since his election to the presidency Yanukovych "has mauled his country's ...
The Hungarian Government Would Support The Setting Up Of An International Environmental Organisation
- 12 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"It would be a significant step in the right direction if a decision were to be reached on the establishment of an International Environmental Organisation at the Sustainable Development Summit Meeting in June.
Hungary To Replace 24 Ambassadors
- 26 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s consul general to Shanghai Pál Péter Schmitt has been recalled after less than a year in the role, as part of a huge shake-up of the diplomatic corps that includes 24 ambassadorial changes, origo.hu learned. The nephew of the disgraced former president Pál Schmitt took the role in September 2013. Pál Schmitt was forced to relinquish his doctorate in 2013, after the plagiarism scandal ...
Fifty Foreign Students To Learn Hungarian At Pécs University Summer Course
- 23 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Over fifty students from 20 countries will learn Hungarian at summer courses organised by the University of Pécs in southern Hungary. The students will learn the language with help of 12 tutors at two-week and four-week intensive courses starting next week, the university said.
World Meeting Of Hungarians To Start Soon
- 9 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Concerts, conferences, exhibitions, presentations, a beauty contest, quiz games and international cuisine will be included in the programme of the 4th world meeting of Hungarians to be held in Budapest, Ópusztaszer and Szeged between May 18 and 25.
Xpat Opinion: Sexism In The Hungarian Parliament
- 12 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I have written a number of times about female members of the Hungarian parliament and their treatment by male colleagues. I’ve also written about the attitude, especially of Fidesz MPs, toward women in general.
International Water Summit To Be Held In October In Budapest
- 29 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén declared that the International Water Summit is to be held in October in Budapest, after participating in the summit of world leaders' from the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Santiago de Chile.
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: Ukraine And Hungary: The Tymoshenko Affair
- 3 May 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Orbán have more in common than their first name. In February 2010, only a couple of months before Orbán's political triumph, Yanukovych staged a remarkable comeback, recovering from the humiliation and disgrace he suffered in Ukraine's election of 2004. According to yesterday's Economist, since his election to the presidency Yanukovych "has mauled his country's ...
The Hungarian Government Would Support The Setting Up Of An International Environmental Organisation
- 12 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"It would be a significant step in the right direction if a decision were to be reached on the establishment of an International Environmental Organisation at the Sustainable Development Summit Meeting in June.