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Xpat Opinion: Hungary - A Decade In The European Union
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ten years ago, May 1, 2004 – following a referendum April 12, 2003 in which 84 percent of voters expressed their support for accession – Hungary joined the European Union along with nine other former Soviet bloc countries. Hungary had established diplomatic relations with the European Community (predecessor to the EU) in 1988, the first country in the region to do so, then submitted its ...
Hungary’s Fidesz Calls For More European Efforts To Fight Unemployment
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The new management of the European Union will have to focus on resolving “real problems” such as unemployment, without “any further useless bureaucratic fuss”, Róbert Zsigó, spokesman of the ruling Fidesz party, told a weekend press conference.
The Hungarian Holocaust: President Ader Asked To Represent Same Views At Home As Abroad
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Holocaust survivors and other protesters dismantle a construction fence around a planned memorial to the victims of the 19 March 1944 German invasion of Hungary.
Hungary’s Next Parliament To Have 15 Committees
- 25 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s next parliament will have 15 committees under an agreement reached during preparatory talks on Friday. Opposition parties will delegate heads to five committees.
Xpat Opinion: Week-Long Demonstration In Budapest Was Not In Vain
- 24 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many people labeled the dogged effort of a small group of protesters against the erection of the proposed monument to the victims of the German “occupation” of Hungary a waste of time and energy. What will they achieve? Nothing. They dismantled the barricade around the proposed site ten or eleven times, but work on the foundation for the monument continued unabated. The monument showing ...
Köver Says Hungary’s House Speaker Is Post He’d Welcome Again
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
László Kövér told commercial news channel Hir TV late on Saturday that he would feel honoured to be given the chance to fill again the post of speaker of Hungary’s next parliament. He said he had felt comfortable occupying the post over the past four years and would have no reason to reject such an offer.
Xpat Opinion: Is The “Orbán Régime” Here To Stay In Hungary Until 2022?
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their analyses on the causes of the defeat of the Left at the elections on 6th April, commentators across the political spectrum believe that there will be no left-wing alternative to the incumbent government until the far reaching lessons of two consecutive electoral catastrophes are learned. Opinions differ, however about what those lessons are.
Hungary’s Socialists Examine Reasons For Election Failure
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A lack of presence in small localities, a programme which was too pragmatic and lacked adequate emotional content and a failure to clearly understand social dynamics were behind the left’s poor election results, Party leader Attila Mesterházy told a press conference held after a meeting of the Socialist Party’s steering committee.
A Turn To The Right In Hungary - An Analysis Of The 2010-2014 Period
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conflicts with Brussels, utility cost cuts, symbolic debates. Just about every conflict of the past four years Viktor Orbán's administration went into was because of sovereignty and the shaping of a new framework for its interpretation. When did the cabinet have to retreat and when did the EU acknowledge that the rebellious Hungarian government was right?
Xpat Opinion: Hungary - A Decade In The European Union
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ten years ago, May 1, 2004 – following a referendum April 12, 2003 in which 84 percent of voters expressed their support for accession – Hungary joined the European Union along with nine other former Soviet bloc countries. Hungary had established diplomatic relations with the European Community (predecessor to the EU) in 1988, the first country in the region to do so, then submitted its ...
Hungary’s Fidesz Calls For More European Efforts To Fight Unemployment
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The new management of the European Union will have to focus on resolving “real problems” such as unemployment, without “any further useless bureaucratic fuss”, Róbert Zsigó, spokesman of the ruling Fidesz party, told a weekend press conference.
The Hungarian Holocaust: President Ader Asked To Represent Same Views At Home As Abroad
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Holocaust survivors and other protesters dismantle a construction fence around a planned memorial to the victims of the 19 March 1944 German invasion of Hungary.
Hungary’s Next Parliament To Have 15 Committees
- 25 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s next parliament will have 15 committees under an agreement reached during preparatory talks on Friday. Opposition parties will delegate heads to five committees.
Xpat Opinion: Week-Long Demonstration In Budapest Was Not In Vain
- 24 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many people labeled the dogged effort of a small group of protesters against the erection of the proposed monument to the victims of the German “occupation” of Hungary a waste of time and energy. What will they achieve? Nothing. They dismantled the barricade around the proposed site ten or eleven times, but work on the foundation for the monument continued unabated. The monument showing ...
Köver Says Hungary’s House Speaker Is Post He’d Welcome Again
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
László Kövér told commercial news channel Hir TV late on Saturday that he would feel honoured to be given the chance to fill again the post of speaker of Hungary’s next parliament. He said he had felt comfortable occupying the post over the past four years and would have no reason to reject such an offer.
Xpat Opinion: Is The “Orbán Régime” Here To Stay In Hungary Until 2022?
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their analyses on the causes of the defeat of the Left at the elections on 6th April, commentators across the political spectrum believe that there will be no left-wing alternative to the incumbent government until the far reaching lessons of two consecutive electoral catastrophes are learned. Opinions differ, however about what those lessons are.
Hungary’s Socialists Examine Reasons For Election Failure
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A lack of presence in small localities, a programme which was too pragmatic and lacked adequate emotional content and a failure to clearly understand social dynamics were behind the left’s poor election results, Party leader Attila Mesterházy told a press conference held after a meeting of the Socialist Party’s steering committee.
A Turn To The Right In Hungary - An Analysis Of The 2010-2014 Period
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conflicts with Brussels, utility cost cuts, symbolic debates. Just about every conflict of the past four years Viktor Orbán's administration went into was because of sovereignty and the shaping of a new framework for its interpretation. When did the cabinet have to retreat and when did the EU acknowledge that the rebellious Hungarian government was right?