135 result(s) for diplomatic ties
Xpat Opinion: Axe Murderer Diplomacy In Hungary
- 6 Sep 2012 12:40 PM
- current affairs
During the famous ping-pong diplomacy of the 1970s, the People’s Republic of China and the US exchanged visits by table tennis players to pave the way for improved relations between the two countries. In a slight modification of the original model, Hungary is sending an axe murderer to follow up on previous improvements in the country’s relationship with gas-rich Azerbaijan.
Xpat Opinion: A Sinking Ship? Is It Time For Orbán’s Hungary To Turn Westward?
- 6 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Just as I feared, we will have to return to Azerbaijan, not so much as a diplomatic issue but as a part of the financial plans that may have been behind the decision to release a convicted murderer to Baku. Because surely no one will believe the story the Hungarian Foreign Ministry came up with yesterday, that Hungary was conned by the Azeris. The current claim is that the Hungarians believed in ...
Xpat Opinion: Critics Trying To Capitalize On Azeri Scandal In Hungary
- 5 Sep 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság, the leading opposition daily publishes the third front page editorial in a row accusing the government of immoral behaviour and calling for heads to roll, while the extreme right Jobbik leader lectures the government on foreign policy. Independent analysts warn that Hungary has become laughing stock without any tangible results in the balance.
Protests Continue Against Azeri Extradition In Hungary
- 5 Sep 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
Some 2,000 people converged on Kossuth tér on a call from the organisation One Million for Hungarian Press Freedom on Tuesday evening to apologise to Armenians and lambaste Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over the extradition of Azeri officer Ramil Safarov last Friday. Safarov was serving a sentence in Hungary for murdering a fellow soldier from Armenia while both were attending a NATO course in ...
Azerbaijani Extradition - Hungary's Foreign Ministry Says Azerbaijan's Action Unacceptable
- 3 Sep 2012 9:12 AM
- current affairs
Hungary's Foreign Ministry told the ambassador of Azerbaijan in Budapest on Sunday that the actions that followed the transferral home of life-sentenced Azerbaijani Ramil Sahib Safarov are unacceptable to Hungary, the foreign affairs state secretary at the prime minister's office told Hunagrian News Agency MTI.
Armenia Severs All Ties With Hungary
- 3 Sep 2012 9:10 AM
- current affairs
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan announced that Armenia is severing diplomatic and all ties with Hungary, speaking before the ambassadors of UN member states accredited to his country in Yerevan on Friday. Hungary extradited 35-year-old Ramil Sahib Safarov to Azerbaijan earlier on Friday. Safarov, who had been serving a life term in Hungary since 2006, was pardoned by Azeri President Ilham ...
Xpat Opinion: Axe Murderer Released In Azerbaijan After Being Transferred From Hungary
- 3 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators deplore the decision of the Hungarian government to transfer Ramil Shahib Safarov to Azerbaijan to serve his life sentence for the killing of an Armenian man in Budapest in 2004. Analysts believe Hungary should have suspected that despite Azeri assurances to the contrary, the man would be released upon his arrival in Baku.
U.S. Ambassador Attends Mihaly Kovats Memorial Ceremony
- 29 May 2012 9:01 AM
- community & culture
Ambassador Kounalakis attended a memorial ceremony honoring Mihaly Kovats on May 11, 2012 in Karcag. Colonel Kovats, a native of Karcag, left Hungary to fight in the American Revolutionary War. He wrote a letter to Benjamin Franklin offering his services and then recruited, trained and led the first U.S. cavalry unit into battle. He died on May 11, 1779, when he led a cavalry charge against the ...
"Lisbon And Beyond" - Remarks Of U.S. Ambassador At Corvinus University Budapest
- 10 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
"Thank you, Vice Rector Kerekes and Dr. Magyarics; I’m honored to speak at Corvinus University today, and grateful also for the involvement of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs.
Xpat Opinion: Axe Murderer Diplomacy In Hungary
- 6 Sep 2012 12:40 PM
- current affairs
During the famous ping-pong diplomacy of the 1970s, the People’s Republic of China and the US exchanged visits by table tennis players to pave the way for improved relations between the two countries. In a slight modification of the original model, Hungary is sending an axe murderer to follow up on previous improvements in the country’s relationship with gas-rich Azerbaijan.
Xpat Opinion: A Sinking Ship? Is It Time For Orbán’s Hungary To Turn Westward?
- 6 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Just as I feared, we will have to return to Azerbaijan, not so much as a diplomatic issue but as a part of the financial plans that may have been behind the decision to release a convicted murderer to Baku. Because surely no one will believe the story the Hungarian Foreign Ministry came up with yesterday, that Hungary was conned by the Azeris. The current claim is that the Hungarians believed in ...
Xpat Opinion: Critics Trying To Capitalize On Azeri Scandal In Hungary
- 5 Sep 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság, the leading opposition daily publishes the third front page editorial in a row accusing the government of immoral behaviour and calling for heads to roll, while the extreme right Jobbik leader lectures the government on foreign policy. Independent analysts warn that Hungary has become laughing stock without any tangible results in the balance.
Protests Continue Against Azeri Extradition In Hungary
- 5 Sep 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
Some 2,000 people converged on Kossuth tér on a call from the organisation One Million for Hungarian Press Freedom on Tuesday evening to apologise to Armenians and lambaste Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over the extradition of Azeri officer Ramil Safarov last Friday. Safarov was serving a sentence in Hungary for murdering a fellow soldier from Armenia while both were attending a NATO course in ...
Azerbaijani Extradition - Hungary's Foreign Ministry Says Azerbaijan's Action Unacceptable
- 3 Sep 2012 9:12 AM
- current affairs
Hungary's Foreign Ministry told the ambassador of Azerbaijan in Budapest on Sunday that the actions that followed the transferral home of life-sentenced Azerbaijani Ramil Sahib Safarov are unacceptable to Hungary, the foreign affairs state secretary at the prime minister's office told Hunagrian News Agency MTI.
Armenia Severs All Ties With Hungary
- 3 Sep 2012 9:10 AM
- current affairs
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan announced that Armenia is severing diplomatic and all ties with Hungary, speaking before the ambassadors of UN member states accredited to his country in Yerevan on Friday. Hungary extradited 35-year-old Ramil Sahib Safarov to Azerbaijan earlier on Friday. Safarov, who had been serving a life term in Hungary since 2006, was pardoned by Azeri President Ilham ...
Xpat Opinion: Axe Murderer Released In Azerbaijan After Being Transferred From Hungary
- 3 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators deplore the decision of the Hungarian government to transfer Ramil Shahib Safarov to Azerbaijan to serve his life sentence for the killing of an Armenian man in Budapest in 2004. Analysts believe Hungary should have suspected that despite Azeri assurances to the contrary, the man would be released upon his arrival in Baku.
U.S. Ambassador Attends Mihaly Kovats Memorial Ceremony
- 29 May 2012 9:01 AM
- community & culture
Ambassador Kounalakis attended a memorial ceremony honoring Mihaly Kovats on May 11, 2012 in Karcag. Colonel Kovats, a native of Karcag, left Hungary to fight in the American Revolutionary War. He wrote a letter to Benjamin Franklin offering his services and then recruited, trained and led the first U.S. cavalry unit into battle. He died on May 11, 1779, when he led a cavalry charge against the ...
"Lisbon And Beyond" - Remarks Of U.S. Ambassador At Corvinus University Budapest
- 10 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- current affairs
"Thank you, Vice Rector Kerekes and Dr. Magyarics; I’m honored to speak at Corvinus University today, and grateful also for the involvement of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs.