584 result(s) for dismiss
Opposition Parties In Budapest Express Concerns Over Metro
- 8 Dec 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties in Budapest expressed concerns about safety on the capital’s metro lines. On Wednesday morning services on the third metro were disrupted due to a malfunction and on Monday an accident on the second line resulted in several serious injuries.
Xpat Opinion: Jobbik Mayor’s Stunt To Ban The Burqa And “Homosexual Propaganda”
- 1 Dec 2016 8:19 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator dismisses a Jobbik mayor’s anti-burqa and anti-gay decree as a mere stunt, and likens his small municipality to a lunatic asylum. His pro-government counterpart thinks Jobbik voters may be left puzzled and clueless about the party’s ideological direction.
Govt Office Chief: Former Head Of Quaestor Brokerage ‘Common Criminal’
- 25 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Csaba Tarsoly, the former head of the scandal-mired brokerage Quaestor in preliminary detention awaiting trial “is nothing other than a common criminal”, János Lázár, the government office chief, said in reply to a question at a weekly news briefing.
KDNP: People Have Right To Know Who Is Behind Jobbik
- 7 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling parties believe that the Hungarian people have the right to know “who is behind” the radical nationalist Jobbik party and what connections there may be between Jobbik and “the police-murdering organisation” in the village of Bony, a Christian Democrat lawmaker said.
Xpat Opinion: Fears Over Russian Economic Expansion Dismissed
- 2 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- business
An economist rejects the claims of a recent CSIS report, according to which Russia has been restoring its economic and political leverage in Central and Eastern Europe.
Xpat Opinion: The 60th Anniversary Of 1956 In Hungary
- 25 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their articles on the eve of the anniversary, commentators sharply disagreed on the message of the Hungarian revolution for contemporary generations.In Heti Világgazdaság, historian János M. Rainer writes that a feud between conservatives and left-wingers has been underway over the heritage of the 1956 revolution since the very first months of Hungary’s newly found democracy in 1990.
VCP: Népszabadság Suspended For Purely Business Reasons
- 18 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The decision to suspend publication of Hungarian daily Népszabadság was taken solely for business reasons, the head of Vienna Capital Partners, which owns the broadsheet’s publisher, said in an interview published in Austrian weekly Profil. “Népszabadság has only made losses for more than ten years.
Amnesty’s Claims On Treatment Of Migrants In Hungary ‘Unfounded’
- 28 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Amnesty International’s claims about the treatment of migrants in Hungary are completely unfounded, the interior ministry state secretary said. Károly Kontrát was asked to comment about Amnesty’s critical remarks at a press conference held on a different subject.
Xpat Opinion: Quota Referendum Countdown In Hungary
- 27 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A week ahead of the October 2 referendum on the EU migrant distribution quota, weeklies and weekend editions of the leading dailies wonder how the migration crisis should be handled, and ponder the broader implications of the referendum.
Opposition Parties In Budapest Express Concerns Over Metro
- 8 Dec 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition parties in Budapest expressed concerns about safety on the capital’s metro lines. On Wednesday morning services on the third metro were disrupted due to a malfunction and on Monday an accident on the second line resulted in several serious injuries.
Xpat Opinion: Jobbik Mayor’s Stunt To Ban The Burqa And “Homosexual Propaganda”
- 1 Dec 2016 8:19 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator dismisses a Jobbik mayor’s anti-burqa and anti-gay decree as a mere stunt, and likens his small municipality to a lunatic asylum. His pro-government counterpart thinks Jobbik voters may be left puzzled and clueless about the party’s ideological direction.
Govt Office Chief: Former Head Of Quaestor Brokerage ‘Common Criminal’
- 25 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Csaba Tarsoly, the former head of the scandal-mired brokerage Quaestor in preliminary detention awaiting trial “is nothing other than a common criminal”, János Lázár, the government office chief, said in reply to a question at a weekly news briefing.
KDNP: People Have Right To Know Who Is Behind Jobbik
- 7 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling parties believe that the Hungarian people have the right to know “who is behind” the radical nationalist Jobbik party and what connections there may be between Jobbik and “the police-murdering organisation” in the village of Bony, a Christian Democrat lawmaker said.
Xpat Opinion: Fears Over Russian Economic Expansion Dismissed
- 2 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- business
An economist rejects the claims of a recent CSIS report, according to which Russia has been restoring its economic and political leverage in Central and Eastern Europe.
Xpat Opinion: The 60th Anniversary Of 1956 In Hungary
- 25 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their articles on the eve of the anniversary, commentators sharply disagreed on the message of the Hungarian revolution for contemporary generations.In Heti Világgazdaság, historian János M. Rainer writes that a feud between conservatives and left-wingers has been underway over the heritage of the 1956 revolution since the very first months of Hungary’s newly found democracy in 1990.
VCP: Népszabadság Suspended For Purely Business Reasons
- 18 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The decision to suspend publication of Hungarian daily Népszabadság was taken solely for business reasons, the head of Vienna Capital Partners, which owns the broadsheet’s publisher, said in an interview published in Austrian weekly Profil. “Népszabadság has only made losses for more than ten years.
Amnesty’s Claims On Treatment Of Migrants In Hungary ‘Unfounded’
- 28 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Amnesty International’s claims about the treatment of migrants in Hungary are completely unfounded, the interior ministry state secretary said. Károly Kontrát was asked to comment about Amnesty’s critical remarks at a press conference held on a different subject.
Xpat Opinion: Quota Referendum Countdown In Hungary
- 27 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A week ahead of the October 2 referendum on the EU migrant distribution quota, weeklies and weekend editions of the leading dailies wonder how the migration crisis should be handled, and ponder the broader implications of the referendum.