483 result(s) for caught
Immigration: 250 Kosovar Migrants Taken Off From Munich-Bound Train
- 3 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
250 Kosovar migrants travelling without travel documents were taken down from a Munich-bound RailJet train at a railway station in Győr, western Hungary, this morning. The migrants, many of them children, were asked to produce their IDs, which they were unable to do.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Mounting Immigration Problem
- 26 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In the wake of Prime Minister Orbán’s calls for stricter immigration policies within the European Union, weeklies ruminate over the steeply mounting number of asylum seekers and fear that rather than a transit country, Hungary will be targeted by them as their future country of residence.
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.
Swiss Central Bank Move Sends Hungarian Forint Tumbling
- 16 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The forint sank to new all-time lows against the euro and the Swiss franc yesterday after Switzerland’s central bank stunned markets by scrapping the ceiling on its currency, in place since 2011. The Swiss franc surged to 0.85 per euro from 1.20, a 40% gain, before stabilising at parity with the euro.
Event Report: More Xpats In Budapest Have Gift Of Gab
- 15 Jan 2015 2:55 AM
- entertainment
The penultimate qualifying round for the 2015 GOTG was certainly interesting. Five speakers took to the stage in an effort to impress the judges and win over the audience. Did they succeed?
Harmonia Jazz Workshop, Budapest Jazz Club, 2 January
- 30 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Calling all English speaking jazz lovers in Budapest to The Harmonia Jazz Workshop at the Budapest Jazz Club with a kick-off at 20.00 on Friday, 2nd January 2015 proudly presents the Szakcsi Trio.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Caught In The Russia-US Crossfire
- 30 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A right-wing commentator advises the exercise of caution in both politics and finances, at a time when Russia is facing hard times with obvious negative consequences for European countries.
How Did Hungary Manage To Get Caught In This International Vice?
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Internet tax dispute temporarily covered it up, but once the idea of introducing the tax was dropped, Hungary's other “list of sins” came back onto the front burner. “Heti Válasz” is now taking a look at the list to see which of the American and European Union criticisms have become irrelevant, which are the ones where Hungary has won a skirmish and which are those we're about to lose.
DK Asks Europe’s Antifraud Office To Probe Hungary’s NAV
- 12 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition Democratic Coalition MEPs have asked the European anti-fraud office (OLAF) to launch a probe into the activities of Hungary’s national tax office (NAV). DK spokesman Zsolt Gréczy said that Csaba Molnár and Péter Niedermüller had addressed a letter to Vera Jourova, European commissioner for justice, and the head of OLAF in connection with corruption, suspicion of a cover-up of VAT fraud ...
Immigration: 250 Kosovar Migrants Taken Off From Munich-Bound Train
- 3 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
250 Kosovar migrants travelling without travel documents were taken down from a Munich-bound RailJet train at a railway station in Győr, western Hungary, this morning. The migrants, many of them children, were asked to produce their IDs, which they were unable to do.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Mounting Immigration Problem
- 26 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In the wake of Prime Minister Orbán’s calls for stricter immigration policies within the European Union, weeklies ruminate over the steeply mounting number of asylum seekers and fear that rather than a transit country, Hungary will be targeted by them as their future country of residence.
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.
Swiss Central Bank Move Sends Hungarian Forint Tumbling
- 16 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The forint sank to new all-time lows against the euro and the Swiss franc yesterday after Switzerland’s central bank stunned markets by scrapping the ceiling on its currency, in place since 2011. The Swiss franc surged to 0.85 per euro from 1.20, a 40% gain, before stabilising at parity with the euro.
Event Report: More Xpats In Budapest Have Gift Of Gab
- 15 Jan 2015 2:55 AM
- entertainment
The penultimate qualifying round for the 2015 GOTG was certainly interesting. Five speakers took to the stage in an effort to impress the judges and win over the audience. Did they succeed?
Harmonia Jazz Workshop, Budapest Jazz Club, 2 January
- 30 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Calling all English speaking jazz lovers in Budapest to The Harmonia Jazz Workshop at the Budapest Jazz Club with a kick-off at 20.00 on Friday, 2nd January 2015 proudly presents the Szakcsi Trio.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Caught In The Russia-US Crossfire
- 30 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A right-wing commentator advises the exercise of caution in both politics and finances, at a time when Russia is facing hard times with obvious negative consequences for European countries.
How Did Hungary Manage To Get Caught In This International Vice?
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Internet tax dispute temporarily covered it up, but once the idea of introducing the tax was dropped, Hungary's other “list of sins” came back onto the front burner. “Heti Válasz” is now taking a look at the list to see which of the American and European Union criticisms have become irrelevant, which are the ones where Hungary has won a skirmish and which are those we're about to lose.
DK Asks Europe’s Antifraud Office To Probe Hungary’s NAV
- 12 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition Democratic Coalition MEPs have asked the European anti-fraud office (OLAF) to launch a probe into the activities of Hungary’s national tax office (NAV). DK spokesman Zsolt Gréczy said that Csaba Molnár and Péter Niedermüller had addressed a letter to Vera Jourova, European commissioner for justice, and the head of OLAF in connection with corruption, suspicion of a cover-up of VAT fraud ...