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Xpat Opinion: Voter Registration Annulled On Formal Grounds By Hungary's Constitutional Court
- 2 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the message and the wider implications of a first decision by the Constitutional Court to strike down mandatory voter registration.
Strike Likely At State-Run Media In Hungary
- 21 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A strike could develop in the state-run media by early January, as the Media Services and Asset Manager MTVA has failed to reach agreement with the central employee council on details of staff dismissals. In-house trade unions have formed a strike committee and are preparing to strike.
Cezanne Show In Budapest Makes Its Case Well
- 20 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Budapest citizens shivering in the dank cold this winter are lucky enough to be able to enjoy a beakerful of the warm South at the Cezanne show in the Fine Arts Museum. It's wall-to-wall Mont Saint-Victoire and chestnut walks in Aix: toujours Provence. Unlike at the Milan Cezanne exhibition last year, this presentation in Hungary takes a far more workmanlike approach, positioning Cezanne in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Not Only The University Students Are Unhappy In Hungary
- 12 Dec 2012 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Already yesterday news leaked out from government circles that taking on the university students might not have been the brightest idea. Even Zsolt Bayer warned the government that it must take the students seriously because otherwise “we might be swept away.” Orbán and his old college friends who run the country nowadays should know the strength of a student revolt, he warned. It’s enough to ...
Hungary's National Judicial Office: Fewer Court Proceedings Drag
- 29 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Contrary to predictions, the dismissal of judges over the change in retirement age has not caused any disastrous court situations, National Judicial Office (OBH) president Tünde Handó told an informal press briefing assessing the first eleven months on Wednesday.
250 To Be Fired By State Media In Hungary
- 21 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Some 250 people working for state-owned media outlets will be dismissed in the first week of December, Népszabadság reports. More than 30 will be dismissed from the news agency MTI, 80 from Magyar Rádió and nearly 140 from MTV and Duna TV. State media manager MTVA announced in late October that it was preparing to dismiss 250-260 staff.
Now On: The Way We Are, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
- 26 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts’ Department of Prints and Drawings preserves close to 600 lithographs by the outstanding French graphic artist, Daumier. In 2009 tender funds granted by the National Cultural Foundation enabled the urgently needed preservation work for the sheets. As part of the project the museum undertook the task of displaying the results of the work in an exhibition, since the last ...
Xpat Opinion: Slovakia v. Hungary At The European Court Of Justice: The Sólyom Case
- 18 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Here is an old/new story that will provide us some relief from pondering the chances of the Hungarian opposition in 2014. It was more than three years ago, on August 21, 2009, that President László Sólyom tried to cross the Slovak-Hungarian border at Komárom-Komárno in order to attend the unveiling of a statue of St. Stephen. The Slovak government warned him while he was en route to stay away. ...
Xpat Opinion: New Reactions To Adjustment Package In Hungary
- 10 Oct 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
The editorial of a pro-government daily describes the package as a necessity under the constraints of the global economic crisis, while a centrist economist dismisses it as yet another unrealistic plan.
Xpat Opinion: Voter Registration Annulled On Formal Grounds By Hungary's Constitutional Court
- 2 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the message and the wider implications of a first decision by the Constitutional Court to strike down mandatory voter registration.
Strike Likely At State-Run Media In Hungary
- 21 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A strike could develop in the state-run media by early January, as the Media Services and Asset Manager MTVA has failed to reach agreement with the central employee council on details of staff dismissals. In-house trade unions have formed a strike committee and are preparing to strike.
Cezanne Show In Budapest Makes Its Case Well
- 20 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Budapest citizens shivering in the dank cold this winter are lucky enough to be able to enjoy a beakerful of the warm South at the Cezanne show in the Fine Arts Museum. It's wall-to-wall Mont Saint-Victoire and chestnut walks in Aix: toujours Provence. Unlike at the Milan Cezanne exhibition last year, this presentation in Hungary takes a far more workmanlike approach, positioning Cezanne in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Not Only The University Students Are Unhappy In Hungary
- 12 Dec 2012 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Already yesterday news leaked out from government circles that taking on the university students might not have been the brightest idea. Even Zsolt Bayer warned the government that it must take the students seriously because otherwise “we might be swept away.” Orbán and his old college friends who run the country nowadays should know the strength of a student revolt, he warned. It’s enough to ...
Hungary's National Judicial Office: Fewer Court Proceedings Drag
- 29 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Contrary to predictions, the dismissal of judges over the change in retirement age has not caused any disastrous court situations, National Judicial Office (OBH) president Tünde Handó told an informal press briefing assessing the first eleven months on Wednesday.
250 To Be Fired By State Media In Hungary
- 21 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Some 250 people working for state-owned media outlets will be dismissed in the first week of December, Népszabadság reports. More than 30 will be dismissed from the news agency MTI, 80 from Magyar Rádió and nearly 140 from MTV and Duna TV. State media manager MTVA announced in late October that it was preparing to dismiss 250-260 staff.
Now On: The Way We Are, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
- 26 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts’ Department of Prints and Drawings preserves close to 600 lithographs by the outstanding French graphic artist, Daumier. In 2009 tender funds granted by the National Cultural Foundation enabled the urgently needed preservation work for the sheets. As part of the project the museum undertook the task of displaying the results of the work in an exhibition, since the last ...
Xpat Opinion: Slovakia v. Hungary At The European Court Of Justice: The Sólyom Case
- 18 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Here is an old/new story that will provide us some relief from pondering the chances of the Hungarian opposition in 2014. It was more than three years ago, on August 21, 2009, that President László Sólyom tried to cross the Slovak-Hungarian border at Komárom-Komárno in order to attend the unveiling of a statue of St. Stephen. The Slovak government warned him while he was en route to stay away. ...
Xpat Opinion: New Reactions To Adjustment Package In Hungary
- 10 Oct 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
The editorial of a pro-government daily describes the package as a necessity under the constraints of the global economic crisis, while a centrist economist dismisses it as yet another unrealistic plan.