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Former MNB Vice-Governor: Hungary Needs A Miracle
- 25 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s national debt of 85.1% of GDP is so high that it will take a miracle for the government to avoid breaking its own constitutional stipulation that it set out in the Basic Law, former National Bank of Hungary (MNB) vice-governor Zoltán Bodnár said this week.
'Living Memorial' Arises In Shadow Of Dead One In Budapest
- 22 Aug 2014 8:59 AM
- current affairs
The memorial itself is just a symptom of stupidity, vulgarity and the denial of reasonable thinking. This is the attitude we are protesting against.” – Living Memorial tour guide.
Tobacco Franchises In Hungary Apparently Awarded At Will
- 14 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
Democratic Coalition (DK) has made the scorecards of winning tenders for tobacco franchises available to the general public.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.
Religious Freedom Report On Hungary Published By US State Dept
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor recently released its annual International Religious Freedom Report. The report spotlights typical examples of abuses and restrictions representative of problems of religious freedom reported in each country, shedding light on the nature, scope and severity of religious freedom violations. The US State Department helped to ...
Hungary's PM Orbán Gives Fidesz Moderate Navracsics Difficult Task
- 4 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Tibor Navracsics (pictured right) will be Hungary’s nominee for European Commissioner, the incumbent Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister announced via Twitter on Tuesday. “Now it is official: I am Hungary’s candidate for the new European Commission. Difficult job. Great honour,” he wrote.
Brussels Declines To Comment On Hungarian PM Orbán’s Controversial Speech
- 31 Jul 2014 11:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission will not comment on a recent speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivered at central Romania’s Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő), EC spokesman Jonathan Todd said on Wednesday.
Hungary's PM Viktor Orban: “The Era of Liberal Democracies Is Over”
- 31 Jul 2014 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary PM Viktor Orbán addressed Fidesz supporters in the Romanian spa town of Baile Tusnad on Saturday.
Analyst Says: Hungarian PM Orbán’s Criticism Of Liberalism Misconstrued
- 30 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister in his weekend speech slammed by the opposition did not say he wanted to reverse basic rights or Hungary’s liberal democracy but, rather, he gave a critique of the problems associated with the western liberal model, political scientist András Lánczi told public radio.
Former MNB Vice-Governor: Hungary Needs A Miracle
- 25 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s national debt of 85.1% of GDP is so high that it will take a miracle for the government to avoid breaking its own constitutional stipulation that it set out in the Basic Law, former National Bank of Hungary (MNB) vice-governor Zoltán Bodnár said this week.
'Living Memorial' Arises In Shadow Of Dead One In Budapest
- 22 Aug 2014 8:59 AM
- current affairs
The memorial itself is just a symptom of stupidity, vulgarity and the denial of reasonable thinking. This is the attitude we are protesting against.” – Living Memorial tour guide.
Tobacco Franchises In Hungary Apparently Awarded At Will
- 14 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
Democratic Coalition (DK) has made the scorecards of winning tenders for tobacco franchises available to the general public.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.
Religious Freedom Report On Hungary Published By US State Dept
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor recently released its annual International Religious Freedom Report. The report spotlights typical examples of abuses and restrictions representative of problems of religious freedom reported in each country, shedding light on the nature, scope and severity of religious freedom violations. The US State Department helped to ...
Hungary's PM Orbán Gives Fidesz Moderate Navracsics Difficult Task
- 4 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Tibor Navracsics (pictured right) will be Hungary’s nominee for European Commissioner, the incumbent Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister announced via Twitter on Tuesday. “Now it is official: I am Hungary’s candidate for the new European Commission. Difficult job. Great honour,” he wrote.
Brussels Declines To Comment On Hungarian PM Orbán’s Controversial Speech
- 31 Jul 2014 11:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission will not comment on a recent speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivered at central Romania’s Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő), EC spokesman Jonathan Todd said on Wednesday.
Hungary's PM Viktor Orban: “The Era of Liberal Democracies Is Over”
- 31 Jul 2014 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary PM Viktor Orbán addressed Fidesz supporters in the Romanian spa town of Baile Tusnad on Saturday.
Analyst Says: Hungarian PM Orbán’s Criticism Of Liberalism Misconstrued
- 30 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister in his weekend speech slammed by the opposition did not say he wanted to reverse basic rights or Hungary’s liberal democracy but, rather, he gave a critique of the problems associated with the western liberal model, political scientist András Lánczi told public radio.


















