215 result(s) for democratic institutions
Some Foreign Press Likens Hungary’s PM Orbán To Erdogan, Mussolini
- 5 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The international press this week responded en masse to the speech made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (pictured left) near Baile Tusnad, Romania, on Saturday in which he said he would make Hungary an “illiberal democracy” and a “workfare state”.
Századvég, British Embassy Conference On EU Prospects In Budapest
- 6 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The warning signs in the outcome of the recent European parliamentary elections must not be ignored, the foreign ministry’s state secretary for EU affairs told an international conference in Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Ten Years In The EU
- 8 May 2014 10:35 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators agree that Hungary has made relatively little progress since it joined the European Union ten years ago, despite a net financial transfer amounting to about 1.5 per cent of its GDP. Opinions diverge however on the reasons as well as on the direction European integration should follow.
Xpat Opinion: The Financial Times Acknowledges Mistake Re Hungary
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is a little late and not exactly a correction, but the Financial Times changed the text. Last week, I wrote about an unfortunate incident with the FT. The post entitled, “No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary,” has all the details, but here it is in brief: an FT political correspondent reported that UK Foreign Secretary William Hague referred to central Europe and Hungary in a ...
Xpat Opinion: No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague delivered a speech on Tuesday in London at the Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet, a traditional affair. A Financial Times reporter, Kiran Stacey, gave an account under the headline “William Hague Warns Against Creeping Oligarchisation of the Balkans.”
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?
OSCE Election Observers Arrive In Budapest
- 6 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
International election observers have arrived in Budapest without preconceptions and they will monitor the general election in April in line with the regular methodology, head of the OSCE limited election observation mission Audrey Glover said on Wednesday.
OSCE To Send Limited Mision To Monitor Election In Hungary
- 17 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The OSCE’s mission visiting Hungary last month has recommended dispatching a Limited Election Observation Mission (LEOD) for the upcoming parliamentary election, according to a release posted on OSCE’s website.
McCain Has Stern Words For Hungary
- 6 Feb 2014 5:40 AM
- current affairs
US Republican Senator John McCain expressed concern for Hungary’s democratic institutions and called for external monitoring of the April elections while on a one-day visit to Budapest’s on Friday.
Some Foreign Press Likens Hungary’s PM Orbán To Erdogan, Mussolini
- 5 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The international press this week responded en masse to the speech made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (pictured left) near Baile Tusnad, Romania, on Saturday in which he said he would make Hungary an “illiberal democracy” and a “workfare state”.
Századvég, British Embassy Conference On EU Prospects In Budapest
- 6 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The warning signs in the outcome of the recent European parliamentary elections must not be ignored, the foreign ministry’s state secretary for EU affairs told an international conference in Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Ten Years In The EU
- 8 May 2014 10:35 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators agree that Hungary has made relatively little progress since it joined the European Union ten years ago, despite a net financial transfer amounting to about 1.5 per cent of its GDP. Opinions diverge however on the reasons as well as on the direction European integration should follow.
Xpat Opinion: The Financial Times Acknowledges Mistake Re Hungary
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is a little late and not exactly a correction, but the Financial Times changed the text. Last week, I wrote about an unfortunate incident with the FT. The post entitled, “No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary,” has all the details, but here it is in brief: an FT political correspondent reported that UK Foreign Secretary William Hague referred to central Europe and Hungary in a ...
Xpat Opinion: No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague delivered a speech on Tuesday in London at the Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet, a traditional affair. A Financial Times reporter, Kiran Stacey, gave an account under the headline “William Hague Warns Against Creeping Oligarchisation of the Balkans.”
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?
OSCE Election Observers Arrive In Budapest
- 6 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
International election observers have arrived in Budapest without preconceptions and they will monitor the general election in April in line with the regular methodology, head of the OSCE limited election observation mission Audrey Glover said on Wednesday.
OSCE To Send Limited Mision To Monitor Election In Hungary
- 17 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The OSCE’s mission visiting Hungary last month has recommended dispatching a Limited Election Observation Mission (LEOD) for the upcoming parliamentary election, according to a release posted on OSCE’s website.
McCain Has Stern Words For Hungary
- 6 Feb 2014 5:40 AM
- current affairs
US Republican Senator John McCain expressed concern for Hungary’s democratic institutions and called for external monitoring of the April elections while on a one-day visit to Budapest’s on Friday.