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Jobbik MP Causes Fatal Accident In Hungary
- 22 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An elderly woman died of injuries caused when she was struck by a car driven by Jobbik MP Gábor Ferenczi on Tuesday morning in Ajka. Veszprém county police are examining the circumstances of the accident. The Jobbik caucus said Ferenczi did not see the 93-year-old woman as she was pushing her bicycle across the road, because the sun was shining in his eyes.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Tug-Of-War With Brussels
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators unanimously find the protracted tug-of-war between the government and the European Union on constitutional and financial issues harmful, but opinions diverge widely on the causes and the possible solutions.
Former Agents In Hungary To Lose Extra Pension
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will deprive over 100 former ‘III/III’ domestic security agents and their heirs of their pension supplement, said Justice Ministry state secretary Bence Rétvári. The ministry has investigated around 1,000 people who received state decorations in the communist regime and were thus entitled to pension supplement.
Hungary's Fidesz Greets Protestors
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Several hundred demonstrators who turned up outside the Fidesz headquarters in Lendvay utca on Saturday were greeted by a huge banner bearing the legend “The left-wing mafia together”, with pictures of Attila Mesterházy, Ferenc Gyurcsány, Gordon Bajnai and Tamás Portik next to each other.
Hay Festival Budapest Program: 19 - 21 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- community & culture
On 19 May, Sunday and on Whitsun Monday, there will also be a wide variety of programmes at Hay Festival Budapest for the culture-loving audience. György Dragomán hosts a wine-tasting event and a free poetic walk. The festival’s guests will be the prominent Australian feminist author Germaine Greer and Jaap Scholten, the Dutch writer living in Budapest, and the British Peter Florence, founder and ...
Women At Hay Festival In Budapest
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- entertainment
Until 21 May, the Hungarian audience will have the chance to meet international authors, thinkers, musicians and well-known Hungarian authors, at the Hay Festival, in Petőfi Museum of Literature, the Central European University (CEU), and Akvárium Klub. The event will have such participants as one of the most significant American novelists, Nicole Krauss, Marta del Riego, feature editor of Vanity ...
Xpat Opinion: End Of Recession In Hungary?
- 17 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number one left-wing daily believes the Prime Minister is overstating the importance of the positive first quarter GDP data. For the first time in three years, slight growth has been reported on a quarter on quarter basis.
Hungarian Prisoner Strolls Out Of Dresden Jail
- 17 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian prisoner “walked out” of a Dresden jail after switching places with his cellmate, prison director Ulrich Schwarzer told state news agency MTI on Thursday. The escape was discovered on Wednesday, roughly 30 minutes after the 32-year-old man had left the penitentiary.
Hungarian Cabinet Approves Social Burials For Poor
- 17 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The cabinet has debated and approved a proposal on ‘social burials’, the Interior Ministry revealed on Thursday. Under the proposal, if requested, the state will provide the burial plot, coffin and other items necessary for the interment or cremation to those who cannot afford the expense of a funeral.
Jobbik MP Causes Fatal Accident In Hungary
- 22 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An elderly woman died of injuries caused when she was struck by a car driven by Jobbik MP Gábor Ferenczi on Tuesday morning in Ajka. Veszprém county police are examining the circumstances of the accident. The Jobbik caucus said Ferenczi did not see the 93-year-old woman as she was pushing her bicycle across the road, because the sun was shining in his eyes.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Tug-Of-War With Brussels
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators unanimously find the protracted tug-of-war between the government and the European Union on constitutional and financial issues harmful, but opinions diverge widely on the causes and the possible solutions.
Former Agents In Hungary To Lose Extra Pension
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will deprive over 100 former ‘III/III’ domestic security agents and their heirs of their pension supplement, said Justice Ministry state secretary Bence Rétvári. The ministry has investigated around 1,000 people who received state decorations in the communist regime and were thus entitled to pension supplement.
Hungary's Fidesz Greets Protestors
- 21 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Several hundred demonstrators who turned up outside the Fidesz headquarters in Lendvay utca on Saturday were greeted by a huge banner bearing the legend “The left-wing mafia together”, with pictures of Attila Mesterházy, Ferenc Gyurcsány, Gordon Bajnai and Tamás Portik next to each other.
Hay Festival Budapest Program: 19 - 21 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- community & culture
On 19 May, Sunday and on Whitsun Monday, there will also be a wide variety of programmes at Hay Festival Budapest for the culture-loving audience. György Dragomán hosts a wine-tasting event and a free poetic walk. The festival’s guests will be the prominent Australian feminist author Germaine Greer and Jaap Scholten, the Dutch writer living in Budapest, and the British Peter Florence, founder and ...
Women At Hay Festival In Budapest
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- entertainment
Until 21 May, the Hungarian audience will have the chance to meet international authors, thinkers, musicians and well-known Hungarian authors, at the Hay Festival, in Petőfi Museum of Literature, the Central European University (CEU), and Akvárium Klub. The event will have such participants as one of the most significant American novelists, Nicole Krauss, Marta del Riego, feature editor of Vanity ...
Xpat Opinion: End Of Recession In Hungary?
- 17 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number one left-wing daily believes the Prime Minister is overstating the importance of the positive first quarter GDP data. For the first time in three years, slight growth has been reported on a quarter on quarter basis.
Hungarian Prisoner Strolls Out Of Dresden Jail
- 17 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian prisoner “walked out” of a Dresden jail after switching places with his cellmate, prison director Ulrich Schwarzer told state news agency MTI on Thursday. The escape was discovered on Wednesday, roughly 30 minutes after the 32-year-old man had left the penitentiary.
Hungarian Cabinet Approves Social Burials For Poor
- 17 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The cabinet has debated and approved a proposal on ‘social burials’, the Interior Ministry revealed on Thursday. Under the proposal, if requested, the state will provide the burial plot, coffin and other items necessary for the interment or cremation to those who cannot afford the expense of a funeral.