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Hungary’s Socialist Party Leader: Harder To Carry On Than To Give Up
- 16 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party started a project to renew itself four years ago and was forced to suspend this to fight in the election, but now it this work can no longer be put off, Attila Mesterházy, the party’s leader, said in an interview to Wednesday’s Népszabadság daily.
Hungary’s Govt Dismisses As Speculation Report On State Spirits Monopoly
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Government Information Centre has dismissed as speculation a report that the government plans to introduce a state monopoly on retail sales of spirits after the election in April, the government spokesman said on Wednesday. András Giró-Szász called the report “press chatter”.
Hungary’s Left Opposition Pledges Income Tax Changes Would Benefit Earners Below Huf 280,000
- 11 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- business
All people earning below 280,000 forints (EUR 900) a month before tax would “do well” out of changes to the multi-bracket income tax system proposed by the left-of-centre Unity opposition alliance, a senior alliance politician said on Monday.
Hungarian Jewish Fed ’s Boycott Of Gov Holocaust Commemorations “Almost Certain”
- 27 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
It is “almost certain” that Jewish federation Mazsihisz will stay away from the April 16 start of government programmes of the Holocaust Memorial Year, Mazsihisz leader András Heisler told Wednesday’s Népszabadság. The federation, however, may be represented in local government events, he said in an interview.
Former PM Gyurcsány ’Lies Speech’ Report Published On Govt Website
- 24 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
After a government office under the authority of the minister of the interior published parts of an official report on the 2006 “lies speech” of former Socialist prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány, the opposition called for the whole report to be made public.
Hungary's President Áder Fires Inexplicably Wealthy Judge
- 20 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has dismissed judge József Tibor Varga from the Kecskemét court, as Varga was unable to account for his accumulation of wealth in recent years.
Fact & Fiction In Foreign Media Reports About Hungary
- 27 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Orbán’s regime is Fascist with a human face; the constitution prohibits abortion, and judges of the Constitutional Court are sacked at will – these and other allegations can be read in foreign media reports about Hungary. The sources of those articles tend to be the same “independent” Hungarian intellectuals, says Heti Válasz.
Xpat Opinion: Growing Troubles In Opposition Circles In Hungary
- 29 Oct 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
It was only a few days ago that the democratic opposition’s mass rally ended with a protest from the crowd itself–a demand for unity and the resultant quasi demonstration against Attila Mesterházy, chairman of MSZP.
Xpat Opinion: Mutual Recriminations Around Baja Video In Hungary
- 22 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal columnist suggests that if Fidesz wins the 2014 Parliamentary elections, its victory cannot be seen as legitimate. A pro-government commentator compares the Socialists to the former Communist Party for staging a video in order to accuse the governing party of electoral fraud.
Hungary’s Socialist Party Leader: Harder To Carry On Than To Give Up
- 16 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party started a project to renew itself four years ago and was forced to suspend this to fight in the election, but now it this work can no longer be put off, Attila Mesterházy, the party’s leader, said in an interview to Wednesday’s Népszabadság daily.
Hungary’s Govt Dismisses As Speculation Report On State Spirits Monopoly
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Government Information Centre has dismissed as speculation a report that the government plans to introduce a state monopoly on retail sales of spirits after the election in April, the government spokesman said on Wednesday. András Giró-Szász called the report “press chatter”.
Hungary’s Left Opposition Pledges Income Tax Changes Would Benefit Earners Below Huf 280,000
- 11 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- business
All people earning below 280,000 forints (EUR 900) a month before tax would “do well” out of changes to the multi-bracket income tax system proposed by the left-of-centre Unity opposition alliance, a senior alliance politician said on Monday.
Hungarian Jewish Fed ’s Boycott Of Gov Holocaust Commemorations “Almost Certain”
- 27 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
It is “almost certain” that Jewish federation Mazsihisz will stay away from the April 16 start of government programmes of the Holocaust Memorial Year, Mazsihisz leader András Heisler told Wednesday’s Népszabadság. The federation, however, may be represented in local government events, he said in an interview.
Former PM Gyurcsány ’Lies Speech’ Report Published On Govt Website
- 24 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
After a government office under the authority of the minister of the interior published parts of an official report on the 2006 “lies speech” of former Socialist prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány, the opposition called for the whole report to be made public.
Hungary's President Áder Fires Inexplicably Wealthy Judge
- 20 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has dismissed judge József Tibor Varga from the Kecskemét court, as Varga was unable to account for his accumulation of wealth in recent years.
Fact & Fiction In Foreign Media Reports About Hungary
- 27 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Orbán’s regime is Fascist with a human face; the constitution prohibits abortion, and judges of the Constitutional Court are sacked at will – these and other allegations can be read in foreign media reports about Hungary. The sources of those articles tend to be the same “independent” Hungarian intellectuals, says Heti Válasz.
Xpat Opinion: Growing Troubles In Opposition Circles In Hungary
- 29 Oct 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
It was only a few days ago that the democratic opposition’s mass rally ended with a protest from the crowd itself–a demand for unity and the resultant quasi demonstration against Attila Mesterházy, chairman of MSZP.
Xpat Opinion: Mutual Recriminations Around Baja Video In Hungary
- 22 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal columnist suggests that if Fidesz wins the 2014 Parliamentary elections, its victory cannot be seen as legitimate. A pro-government commentator compares the Socialists to the former Communist Party for staging a video in order to accuse the governing party of electoral fraud.

















