886 result(s) for conservative
Xpat Opinion: Jobbik Mayor’s Stunt To Ban The Burqa And “Homosexual Propaganda”
- 1 Dec 2016 8:19 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator dismisses a Jobbik mayor’s anti-burqa and anti-gay decree as a mere stunt, and likens his small municipality to a lunatic asylum. His pro-government counterpart thinks Jobbik voters may be left puzzled and clueless about the party’s ideological direction.
Xpat Opinion: Fidel Castro Remembered
- 30 Nov 2016 7:45 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist sees the controversy over Fidel Castro’s heritage as an expression of contemporary ideological and sectarian disputes over capitalism and human rights.
Xpat Opinion: Centennial Of Franz Josef’s Death: Hungarians & Monarchy
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It was one hundred years ago, on November 21, 1916, that Franz Josef I, Austrian emperor and Hungarian king, died. His death couldn’t have been unexpected since he was 86 years old and had been on the throne for 68 years. When he died, Austria-Hungary, his creation, was slowly edging toward military collapse and revolution. His death was interpreted by his subjects as an ominous sign of the end ...
Opinion: Hungary To Cut Corporate Tax Rate To Lowest In EU
- 24 Nov 2016 2:35 AM
- business
A conservative economist welcomes PM Orbán’s announcement that Hungarian corporate tax is to be cut to the lowest in the EU. A liberal economist, on the other hand, fears that the tax cut will create disparities in the economy.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Skipped EU Foreign Ministers’ Meeting On Trump
- 17 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As Foreign Minister Péter Szíjjártó demonstratively absented himself from the meeting where EU foreign ministers discussed the implications of Donald Trump’s presidency on Sunday, columnists across the political spectrum wonder if a more isolationist US would threaten European security.
British Newspaper The Daily Telegraph Publishes Interview With PM Viktor Orbán
- 16 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The conservative British daily newspaper The Daily Telegraph has published an interview with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Peter Foster, the newspaper’s Europe Editor, interviewed the Hungarian prime minister during his recent visit to London. The interview was published in the online edition of the newspaper on Saturday morning.
Xpat Opinion: President-Elect Trump & Hungary
- 11 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the President-elect of the United States obviously has no policy towards Hungary yet, a conservative analyst thinks that Viktor Orbán’s early support for his candidacy may have been noticed by his entourage.
Restaurant Review: Márga Bisztró
- 11 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- food & drink
The hot days are over, so for many Budapesters it’s time to leave their summer residences at the “Balcsi”, as the Hungarians lovingly call their largest lake, and move back to their urban domiciles. However, it is not only they who are returning to the capital this year: one of the Balaton region’s most renowned restaurants, namely Márga, has also shifted east – making the taste of Balaton ...
Xpat Opinion: Last Comments Before US Presidential Election
- 8 Nov 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Two conservative commentators express scepticism regardless of the outcome of the Presidential election in the United States. Both of them recall that Barack Obama started out with the promise of ending an era of armed interventions eight years ago but failed to fulfil that promise.
Xpat Opinion: Jobbik Mayor’s Stunt To Ban The Burqa And “Homosexual Propaganda”
- 1 Dec 2016 8:19 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator dismisses a Jobbik mayor’s anti-burqa and anti-gay decree as a mere stunt, and likens his small municipality to a lunatic asylum. His pro-government counterpart thinks Jobbik voters may be left puzzled and clueless about the party’s ideological direction.
Xpat Opinion: Fidel Castro Remembered
- 30 Nov 2016 7:45 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist sees the controversy over Fidel Castro’s heritage as an expression of contemporary ideological and sectarian disputes over capitalism and human rights.
Xpat Opinion: Centennial Of Franz Josef’s Death: Hungarians & Monarchy
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It was one hundred years ago, on November 21, 1916, that Franz Josef I, Austrian emperor and Hungarian king, died. His death couldn’t have been unexpected since he was 86 years old and had been on the throne for 68 years. When he died, Austria-Hungary, his creation, was slowly edging toward military collapse and revolution. His death was interpreted by his subjects as an ominous sign of the end ...
Opinion: Hungary To Cut Corporate Tax Rate To Lowest In EU
- 24 Nov 2016 2:35 AM
- business
A conservative economist welcomes PM Orbán’s announcement that Hungarian corporate tax is to be cut to the lowest in the EU. A liberal economist, on the other hand, fears that the tax cut will create disparities in the economy.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Skipped EU Foreign Ministers’ Meeting On Trump
- 17 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
As Foreign Minister Péter Szíjjártó demonstratively absented himself from the meeting where EU foreign ministers discussed the implications of Donald Trump’s presidency on Sunday, columnists across the political spectrum wonder if a more isolationist US would threaten European security.
British Newspaper The Daily Telegraph Publishes Interview With PM Viktor Orbán
- 16 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The conservative British daily newspaper The Daily Telegraph has published an interview with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Peter Foster, the newspaper’s Europe Editor, interviewed the Hungarian prime minister during his recent visit to London. The interview was published in the online edition of the newspaper on Saturday morning.
Xpat Opinion: President-Elect Trump & Hungary
- 11 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the President-elect of the United States obviously has no policy towards Hungary yet, a conservative analyst thinks that Viktor Orbán’s early support for his candidacy may have been noticed by his entourage.
Restaurant Review: Márga Bisztró
- 11 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- food & drink
The hot days are over, so for many Budapesters it’s time to leave their summer residences at the “Balcsi”, as the Hungarians lovingly call their largest lake, and move back to their urban domiciles. However, it is not only they who are returning to the capital this year: one of the Balaton region’s most renowned restaurants, namely Márga, has also shifted east – making the taste of Balaton ...
Xpat Opinion: Last Comments Before US Presidential Election
- 8 Nov 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Two conservative commentators express scepticism regardless of the outcome of the Presidential election in the United States. Both of them recall that Barack Obama started out with the promise of ending an era of armed interventions eight years ago but failed to fulfil that promise.