484 result(s) for current condition
Gypsy Craftsmen Exhibition, Budapest Museum Of Ethnography
- 20 Nov 2014 1:55 AM
- community & culture
Need household appliances? Nowadays you can easily buy them in hardware stores. But there was a time when you had to wait until craftsmen visited your house with their ware. Until January 4, 2015, the Budapest Museum of Ethnography has an exhibition about the history of migrant braziers, pot menders and trough carvers. Note that some itinerant craftsmen still rove the roads offering their ...
168 Óra: A New Hungarian Left-Wing Is Needed
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian liberal weekly news magazine 168 óra asked eight members of Hungary’s liberal establishment their reaction to the Fidesz-KDNP landslide victory in Sunday’s local and county elections. Their responses appear in the article “Új Baldoldal Kell!” (A new left-wing is needed!) appearing in the 16 October 2014 edition (pp. 12-15). Our unabridged translation of the article follows:
Hungary’s NBH Leaves Rates On Hold, As Expected
- 27 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s central bank rate-setters left the base rate unchanged at 2.1% at their regular rate-setting meeting on Tuesday. The decision was in line with market expectations. After the previous rate-setting meeting on July 22, when the base rate was reduced from 2.3% to the current level, the Council said it had wound up an easing cycle started almost two years earlier.
Sanctions Are Causing More Damage For Hungary Than Russia
- 18 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a Kossuth radio interview on Friday that the economic sanctions against Russia are contrary to Hungary's national interest. He pointed out that he agreed with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico that the sanctions imposed by the West "hurt us more than they do Russia".
Video Article: Hungary's PM Speech: The Era Of Welfare States Is Over
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At the Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that liberalism is a system of ideals that has a tangible power for social organisation. If people want to change what they don’t like in the world, they must come forward with a similarly mature system of ideals, he added.
Hungarian Socialists Demand Metro 3 Revamp
- 17 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists will collect signatures demanding the revamp of Budapest’s metro line 3, the party’s Budapest chair said. Ágnes Kunhalmi said that Budapest Mayor István Tarlós had issued contradictory statements about the condition of the metro line. She accused Tarlós of playing Russian roulette with the residents of the city.
IMF: Hungary Economy Recovering But Shockprone
- 10 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s economy is recovering but remains “susceptible to shocks”, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff report said on Friday. “The economy is recovering gradually, helped by supportive macroeconomic policies, favourable external conditions, and improved market confidence,” the IMF staff said, noting that this had supported Hungary’s financial stability during volatility in emerging ...
Speaker Of Hungarian Parliament Kövér Envisages More Predictable Government
- 10 Jun 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
A “steadier and more predictable” government is to be expected in the next four years, alongside with a slower pace of legislation, László Kövér, the parliamentary speaker, told MTI. The current international economic environment and the pick-up in Hungary’s growth rate will underpin more predictable governmental operations, he said in the interview, adding he trusted that “external factors will ...
Hungarian Police Hunt For Human Traffickers
- 5 Jun 2014 11:30 AM
- current affairs
It is thought that the leaders of a human trafficking ring which lured Hungarians, many of them homeless, to Britain with the promise of work, and then treated them as slaves, are currently lying low in Hungary, Magyar Nemzet reports.
Gypsy Craftsmen Exhibition, Budapest Museum Of Ethnography
- 20 Nov 2014 1:55 AM
- community & culture
Need household appliances? Nowadays you can easily buy them in hardware stores. But there was a time when you had to wait until craftsmen visited your house with their ware. Until January 4, 2015, the Budapest Museum of Ethnography has an exhibition about the history of migrant braziers, pot menders and trough carvers. Note that some itinerant craftsmen still rove the roads offering their ...
168 Óra: A New Hungarian Left-Wing Is Needed
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian liberal weekly news magazine 168 óra asked eight members of Hungary’s liberal establishment their reaction to the Fidesz-KDNP landslide victory in Sunday’s local and county elections. Their responses appear in the article “Új Baldoldal Kell!” (A new left-wing is needed!) appearing in the 16 October 2014 edition (pp. 12-15). Our unabridged translation of the article follows:
Hungary’s NBH Leaves Rates On Hold, As Expected
- 27 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s central bank rate-setters left the base rate unchanged at 2.1% at their regular rate-setting meeting on Tuesday. The decision was in line with market expectations. After the previous rate-setting meeting on July 22, when the base rate was reduced from 2.3% to the current level, the Council said it had wound up an easing cycle started almost two years earlier.
Sanctions Are Causing More Damage For Hungary Than Russia
- 18 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a Kossuth radio interview on Friday that the economic sanctions against Russia are contrary to Hungary's national interest. He pointed out that he agreed with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico that the sanctions imposed by the West "hurt us more than they do Russia".
Video Article: Hungary's PM Speech: The Era Of Welfare States Is Over
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At the Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that liberalism is a system of ideals that has a tangible power for social organisation. If people want to change what they don’t like in the world, they must come forward with a similarly mature system of ideals, he added.
Hungarian Socialists Demand Metro 3 Revamp
- 17 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists will collect signatures demanding the revamp of Budapest’s metro line 3, the party’s Budapest chair said. Ágnes Kunhalmi said that Budapest Mayor István Tarlós had issued contradictory statements about the condition of the metro line. She accused Tarlós of playing Russian roulette with the residents of the city.
IMF: Hungary Economy Recovering But Shockprone
- 10 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s economy is recovering but remains “susceptible to shocks”, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff report said on Friday. “The economy is recovering gradually, helped by supportive macroeconomic policies, favourable external conditions, and improved market confidence,” the IMF staff said, noting that this had supported Hungary’s financial stability during volatility in emerging ...
Speaker Of Hungarian Parliament Kövér Envisages More Predictable Government
- 10 Jun 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
A “steadier and more predictable” government is to be expected in the next four years, alongside with a slower pace of legislation, László Kövér, the parliamentary speaker, told MTI. The current international economic environment and the pick-up in Hungary’s growth rate will underpin more predictable governmental operations, he said in the interview, adding he trusted that “external factors will ...
Hungarian Police Hunt For Human Traffickers
- 5 Jun 2014 11:30 AM
- current affairs
It is thought that the leaders of a human trafficking ring which lured Hungarians, many of them homeless, to Britain with the promise of work, and then treated them as slaves, are currently lying low in Hungary, Magyar Nemzet reports.