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Hungary's Fromer PM Gyurcsány Wins Lawsuit Against HírTV
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court of Appeals has ordered HírTV to broadcast a correction in the matter of the plagiarism charge related to former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. The court ruled that HírTV created the false impression in its “Célpont” programme aired on May 4, 2012 that Gyurcsány had received a university degree despite failing to meet his teaching practice duties.
Woman Making Bomb Threats Detained In Budapest
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police caught a 42-year-old woman on Tuesday who had threatened to blow up several tax offices. The woman was arrested on Ferenc körút in the Ninth District shortly after she made phone calls from a public phone booth threatening several state institutions.
Andy Vajna Wants Nothing To Do With Hungarian Art Academy
- 5 Feb 2013 8:02 AM
- entertainment
Government commissioner for the national film industry Andy Vajna warned that he will “stand up and go home” if film makers are subordinated to the authority of the Hungarian Art Academy (MMA) led by interior designer György Fekete.
Hungarian Writers At Jerusalem Fair
- 5 Feb 2013 8:01 AM
- community & culture
Some 200 Hungarian titles will be on display at the Jerusalem international book fair due to open on Sunday and running for five days, Hungarian cultural attaché in Israel Attila Novák said Monday.
Ex-LMP Group Will Form New Party In Hungary
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The group of defectors from LMP will soon become a party and change their name to Dialogue for Hungary Party, Benedek Jávor, one of the faction’s leaders, told reporters at a Budapest café on Sunday.
Hungary's Forint Apparently Undervalued
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- business
A Big Mac costs Ft 830 or $3.82 in Hungary compared to $4.37 in the US, suggesting that the forint is 12.6% undervalued against the dollar, the British business weekly Economist found in its latest survey. A Big Mac costs $3.72 in the Czech Republic and $2.94 in Poland.
Xpat Opinion: Fidesz Still Ahead As Campaign Starts One Year Early In Hungary
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the next election is scheduled for the spring of 2014, most observers believe the campaign is already underway. PM Orbán’s Fidesz-KDNP alliance leads the polls, but analysts do not rule out an opposition victory.Analysing the latest opinion poll statistics in his blog, political scientist Gábor Török argues that Fidesz has managed to halt the sliding trend of the past two years. By ...
Ian Fleming Movie Filming Here In Hungary
- 1 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Pioneer Pictures is shooting a four-part mini-series on Ian Fleming under the title The Man Who Would Be Bond, in Budapest. Fleming, author of the James Bond novels, is played by Dominic Cooper.
First Holocaust Denial Conviction In Hungary
- 1 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The first verdict meted out for denial of the Holocaust has become final yesterday as the Budapest Court upheld a lower court ruling. A court last June 12 sentenced the 42-year-old defendant to an 18-month prison term, suspended for three years, and ordered him placed under supervision of a probation officer.
Hungary's Fromer PM Gyurcsány Wins Lawsuit Against HírTV
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court of Appeals has ordered HírTV to broadcast a correction in the matter of the plagiarism charge related to former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. The court ruled that HírTV created the false impression in its “Célpont” programme aired on May 4, 2012 that Gyurcsány had received a university degree despite failing to meet his teaching practice duties.
Woman Making Bomb Threats Detained In Budapest
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police caught a 42-year-old woman on Tuesday who had threatened to blow up several tax offices. The woman was arrested on Ferenc körút in the Ninth District shortly after she made phone calls from a public phone booth threatening several state institutions.
Andy Vajna Wants Nothing To Do With Hungarian Art Academy
- 5 Feb 2013 8:02 AM
- entertainment
Government commissioner for the national film industry Andy Vajna warned that he will “stand up and go home” if film makers are subordinated to the authority of the Hungarian Art Academy (MMA) led by interior designer György Fekete.
Hungarian Writers At Jerusalem Fair
- 5 Feb 2013 8:01 AM
- community & culture
Some 200 Hungarian titles will be on display at the Jerusalem international book fair due to open on Sunday and running for five days, Hungarian cultural attaché in Israel Attila Novák said Monday.
Ex-LMP Group Will Form New Party In Hungary
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The group of defectors from LMP will soon become a party and change their name to Dialogue for Hungary Party, Benedek Jávor, one of the faction’s leaders, told reporters at a Budapest café on Sunday.
Hungary's Forint Apparently Undervalued
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- business
A Big Mac costs Ft 830 or $3.82 in Hungary compared to $4.37 in the US, suggesting that the forint is 12.6% undervalued against the dollar, the British business weekly Economist found in its latest survey. A Big Mac costs $3.72 in the Czech Republic and $2.94 in Poland.
Xpat Opinion: Fidesz Still Ahead As Campaign Starts One Year Early In Hungary
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the next election is scheduled for the spring of 2014, most observers believe the campaign is already underway. PM Orbán’s Fidesz-KDNP alliance leads the polls, but analysts do not rule out an opposition victory.Analysing the latest opinion poll statistics in his blog, political scientist Gábor Török argues that Fidesz has managed to halt the sliding trend of the past two years. By ...
Ian Fleming Movie Filming Here In Hungary
- 1 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Pioneer Pictures is shooting a four-part mini-series on Ian Fleming under the title The Man Who Would Be Bond, in Budapest. Fleming, author of the James Bond novels, is played by Dominic Cooper.
First Holocaust Denial Conviction In Hungary
- 1 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The first verdict meted out for denial of the Holocaust has become final yesterday as the Budapest Court upheld a lower court ruling. A court last June 12 sentenced the 42-year-old defendant to an 18-month prison term, suspended for three years, and ordered him placed under supervision of a probation officer.