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Opposition Parties Warn Of Residency Bond ‘National Security Risks’
- 7 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties said the country’s residency bond scheme carried risks after a newspaper report suggesting a foreign criminal had purchased a bond allowing residency in Hungary. The radical nationalist Jobbik party has called on the government to suspend the sale of residency bonds, citing risks to national security.
Hungarian PM: “We Must Prepare For A Difficult Autumn”
- 7 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that he does not rule out the possibility of being forced to face challenges this autumn similar to those of last year on the Balkans migration route.
Gyurcsány: Orbán Wants To Use Quota Vote To Fuel Doubts Over EU
- 6 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wants to use Hungary’s Oct. 2 migrant quota referendum to fuel doubts about European cooperation and as a vindication of his policies, Ferenc Gyurcsány, the head of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), told a press conference, outlining a planto campaign in some 1,700 points in the country over the next month.
CBank Foundations Buy Plots In Budapest Business District
- 6 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- property
Foundations run by Hungary’s central bank have purchased plots of land in a Budapest business district for 55 million euros. Fully 200,000sqm of office and residential space can be built on the combined seven-and-ahalf hectares, Zoltán Fekete, the head of Optima Befektetési, which manages the foundations’ assets, said. The plan is to build 150,000sqm of office space and complement it with stores ...
Socialists: Fidesz Has Deceived People, Orbán Regime Must Go
- 5 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist party leader Gyula Molnár said Fidesz and the “Orbán regime” must fall in 2018 because they have deceived people by claiming that they can govern in their interest whereas they are only acting “in the interest of their own cronies”. Speaking at the season- and campaign-opening meeting of his party’s board in Budapest on Saturday, Molnár said “Fidesz’s country is a country of pretences”, ...
Xpat Opinion: Budaházy Sentenced To 13 Years
- 2 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators ponder the severe sentences handed down to the defendants in the first political terror case in the history of Hungarian democracy.
ABB Hungary Appointed A New Country Managing Director
- 2 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- tech
With effect of today, Taira-Julia Lammi has been appointed Country Managing Director of ABB Hungary. In her new position, she is going to focus on supporting further growth of ABB Hungary, and implementing transformation based on ABB Group’s Next Level Strategy. Taira-Julia Lammi succeeds Tanja Vainio who was nominated to Country Managing Director of ABB in the Czech Republic.
Invitation: IWC International Day & Miss IWC Budapest Contest
- 1 Sep 2016 12:30 PM
- community & culture
Organisers told XpatLoop.com this is a celebration of beauty, culture and style! The International Women’s Club of Budapest invite you to attend in your national costume and celebrate the beauty of our international community and culture. The more colourful the better, they say! Held at the Marriott on 15 September, there will also be a raffle with amazing exclusive prizes from all over the ...
Budapest Opera To Present Croatian Opera On Miklós Zrínyi
- 1 Sep 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest State Opera will present 19th-century Croatian composer Ivan Zajc’s opera Nikola Šubić Zrinski on September 18, Director Szilveszter Ókovács said. The opera tells the story of Hungarian-Croatian nobleman Miklós Zrínyi and the battle of Szigetvár in which he and his outnumbered troops tried to contain the advancing Ottoman forces commanded by Sultan Suleiman I, the Magnificent, in ...
Opposition Parties Warn Of Residency Bond ‘National Security Risks’
- 7 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties said the country’s residency bond scheme carried risks after a newspaper report suggesting a foreign criminal had purchased a bond allowing residency in Hungary. The radical nationalist Jobbik party has called on the government to suspend the sale of residency bonds, citing risks to national security.
Hungarian PM: “We Must Prepare For A Difficult Autumn”
- 7 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that he does not rule out the possibility of being forced to face challenges this autumn similar to those of last year on the Balkans migration route.
Gyurcsány: Orbán Wants To Use Quota Vote To Fuel Doubts Over EU
- 6 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wants to use Hungary’s Oct. 2 migrant quota referendum to fuel doubts about European cooperation and as a vindication of his policies, Ferenc Gyurcsány, the head of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), told a press conference, outlining a planto campaign in some 1,700 points in the country over the next month.
CBank Foundations Buy Plots In Budapest Business District
- 6 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- property
Foundations run by Hungary’s central bank have purchased plots of land in a Budapest business district for 55 million euros. Fully 200,000sqm of office and residential space can be built on the combined seven-and-ahalf hectares, Zoltán Fekete, the head of Optima Befektetési, which manages the foundations’ assets, said. The plan is to build 150,000sqm of office space and complement it with stores ...
Socialists: Fidesz Has Deceived People, Orbán Regime Must Go
- 5 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist party leader Gyula Molnár said Fidesz and the “Orbán regime” must fall in 2018 because they have deceived people by claiming that they can govern in their interest whereas they are only acting “in the interest of their own cronies”. Speaking at the season- and campaign-opening meeting of his party’s board in Budapest on Saturday, Molnár said “Fidesz’s country is a country of pretences”, ...
Xpat Opinion: Budaházy Sentenced To 13 Years
- 2 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators ponder the severe sentences handed down to the defendants in the first political terror case in the history of Hungarian democracy.
ABB Hungary Appointed A New Country Managing Director
- 2 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- tech
With effect of today, Taira-Julia Lammi has been appointed Country Managing Director of ABB Hungary. In her new position, she is going to focus on supporting further growth of ABB Hungary, and implementing transformation based on ABB Group’s Next Level Strategy. Taira-Julia Lammi succeeds Tanja Vainio who was nominated to Country Managing Director of ABB in the Czech Republic.
Invitation: IWC International Day & Miss IWC Budapest Contest
- 1 Sep 2016 12:30 PM
- community & culture
Organisers told XpatLoop.com this is a celebration of beauty, culture and style! The International Women’s Club of Budapest invite you to attend in your national costume and celebrate the beauty of our international community and culture. The more colourful the better, they say! Held at the Marriott on 15 September, there will also be a raffle with amazing exclusive prizes from all over the ...
Budapest Opera To Present Croatian Opera On Miklós Zrínyi
- 1 Sep 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest State Opera will present 19th-century Croatian composer Ivan Zajc’s opera Nikola Šubić Zrinski on September 18, Director Szilveszter Ókovács said. The opera tells the story of Hungarian-Croatian nobleman Miklós Zrínyi and the battle of Szigetvár in which he and his outnumbered troops tried to contain the advancing Ottoman forces commanded by Sultan Suleiman I, the Magnificent, in ...