3,278 result(s) for editor
Xpat Opinion: Rolling Into War, Rolling Into Art
- 19 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In the late 1930s, Europe teetered on the verge of what would soon become The 1939-1945 War, or to Americans, the Second World War. Out in Hungary, one newspaper editor was frustrated. He wasted far too much time filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages. He was annoyed that the sharp tip of his fountain pen often tore the paper.
Xpat Opinion: Counter Terrorist Raid At University In Budapest Mocked And Praised
- 18 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A staunch left-wing critic of the Orbán government ridicules the counter terrorism squad for assaulting a university campus and taking a student dressed up as a Jedi knight in custody. But the leading left-wing daily and a pro-government pundit believe that there is nothing funny about the episode.
Gay Teacher Wins Discrimination Case In Hungary
- 18 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Kúria ruled on Monday that a person had lost his job as a result of unlawful discrimination because of his sexual orientation, the first such ruling in Hungary, Népszava reports. The plaintiff, a vocational secondary school teacher in Cegléd, said he will not give his name as he fears he may not find a job elsewhere.
Hungary 's Financial Supervisor Orders AXA To Refund Clients
- 18 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- business
The financial supervisory Pszáf has fined AXA Ft 5 million and ordered the bank to repay nearly Ft 44 million to 380 clients, after ruling that AXA illegally collected a fee on early mortgage repayments. AXA has already started to repay the money.
Hungary's TriGránit Wins First China Contract
- 17 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Sándor Demján’s TriGránit has signed a letter of intent to build a shopping, office and residential complex in the city of Putian, China, the property development company announced on Friday. The value of the 500,000m2 project is estimated at $300 million.
Hungarian Government Approves Road Toll Project
- 17 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
The cabinet has allocated Ft 42 billion to build an electronic road toll system, basing fees on usage, initially for trucks only, the official gazette Magyar Közlöny reveals. Trucks will be charged the highest fee permitted by EU regulations, without any transition period.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Government U-Turn On Domestic Violence
- 17 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist joins left-wing commentators in criticizing a Fidesz MP for downplaying domestic violence. After the governing party promises to explicitly sanction domestic violence, left-wing commentators welcome the decision and note that democracy “may not be lost”, after all.
Xpat Opinion: Boycott The 2014 Hungarian Elections?
- 17 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There are hundreds of political analysts and commentators in Hungary whose only job is to follow politics as it is unfolding. Admittedly, the information avalanche makes it increasingly difficult to keep up with the entire spectrum.
Xpat Opinion: Former PM Gyurcsány Begins 7-Day Hunger Strike In Budapest
- 13 Sep 2012 11:56 AM
- current affairs
Commentators on both the right and the left agree that former Premier Gyurcsány’s decision to start a hunger strike in protest against the government’s electoral reform is a piece of theatre which cannot be taken seriously, and will do little to mobilize the masses.
Xpat Opinion: Rolling Into War, Rolling Into Art
- 19 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In the late 1930s, Europe teetered on the verge of what would soon become The 1939-1945 War, or to Americans, the Second World War. Out in Hungary, one newspaper editor was frustrated. He wasted far too much time filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages. He was annoyed that the sharp tip of his fountain pen often tore the paper.
Xpat Opinion: Counter Terrorist Raid At University In Budapest Mocked And Praised
- 18 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A staunch left-wing critic of the Orbán government ridicules the counter terrorism squad for assaulting a university campus and taking a student dressed up as a Jedi knight in custody. But the leading left-wing daily and a pro-government pundit believe that there is nothing funny about the episode.
Gay Teacher Wins Discrimination Case In Hungary
- 18 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Kúria ruled on Monday that a person had lost his job as a result of unlawful discrimination because of his sexual orientation, the first such ruling in Hungary, Népszava reports. The plaintiff, a vocational secondary school teacher in Cegléd, said he will not give his name as he fears he may not find a job elsewhere.
Hungary 's Financial Supervisor Orders AXA To Refund Clients
- 18 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- business
The financial supervisory Pszáf has fined AXA Ft 5 million and ordered the bank to repay nearly Ft 44 million to 380 clients, after ruling that AXA illegally collected a fee on early mortgage repayments. AXA has already started to repay the money.
Hungary's TriGránit Wins First China Contract
- 17 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Sándor Demján’s TriGránit has signed a letter of intent to build a shopping, office and residential complex in the city of Putian, China, the property development company announced on Friday. The value of the 500,000m2 project is estimated at $300 million.
Hungarian Government Approves Road Toll Project
- 17 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
The cabinet has allocated Ft 42 billion to build an electronic road toll system, basing fees on usage, initially for trucks only, the official gazette Magyar Közlöny reveals. Trucks will be charged the highest fee permitted by EU regulations, without any transition period.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Government U-Turn On Domestic Violence
- 17 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist joins left-wing commentators in criticizing a Fidesz MP for downplaying domestic violence. After the governing party promises to explicitly sanction domestic violence, left-wing commentators welcome the decision and note that democracy “may not be lost”, after all.
Xpat Opinion: Boycott The 2014 Hungarian Elections?
- 17 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There are hundreds of political analysts and commentators in Hungary whose only job is to follow politics as it is unfolding. Admittedly, the information avalanche makes it increasingly difficult to keep up with the entire spectrum.
Xpat Opinion: Former PM Gyurcsány Begins 7-Day Hunger Strike In Budapest
- 13 Sep 2012 11:56 AM
- current affairs
Commentators on both the right and the left agree that former Premier Gyurcsány’s decision to start a hunger strike in protest against the government’s electoral reform is a piece of theatre which cannot be taken seriously, and will do little to mobilize the masses.