26 result(s) for english version in Current Affairs
Xpat Opinion: The Hungary ‘Expert’ Discredited On Twitter
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“I have been helping her understand the details of the system for two years,” says Viktor Szigetvári about a certain Princeton professor. She “is using my analyses on numerous points,” says the former campaign manager and veteran of Socialist Party politics and now co-chair of Gordon Bajnai’s opposition political party, Together 2014.
Xpat Opinion: What’s Going On Here? About The New Hungarian Electoral System
- 4 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The media monitors at a Hungarian-language news site called Galamus have stumbled across something truly extraordinary. On 27 February, Galamus published an article allegedly written by Kim Lane Scheppele about the new Hungarian electoral system. (It’s full of the usual slanted information, but more on the content another time.) More precisely, the Galamus article is supposedly the ...
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.
Hungarian President Invites Pope Francis To Visit Budapest In 2016
- 23 Sep 2013 9:04 AM
- current affairs
Pope Francis blessed President János Áder at the Vatican on 20 September 2013, and during a brief audience they reportedly discussed access to clean water as being the major challenge facing the world today. Regarding a visit to Hungary, Áder is quoted as saying, "The date that I proposed was 2016, because it will be the 1700 anniversary of the birth of Saint Martin of Tours. He was born in ...
'The Unfortunate Bias Of The Commissioner Towards Hungary', By Ferenc Kumin
- 2 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ever wonder if there is any issue in Hungary on which the different political sides agree? Take a look at this recent quote of Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from an interview at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Est Média Suspends Publication Of Exit Magazin In Hungary
- 29 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Est Média is suspending publication of free weekly events magazine Exit, the company announced on the Budapest Stock Exchange website. The company stressed that its similar free weekly Pesti Est remains available.
New Draft Criminal Code Ready In Hungary
- 15 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"The Administration and Justice Ministry will begin social consultations on a new criminal code, having finalised a draft version. The new code will impose harsher punishments for attacks on public officials and those performing public duties, such as teachers and ambulance staff.
Hungarian MPs Tease National Co-operation Paper
- 6 Jul 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"The government’s request that its national co-operation statement be hung in public offices was the subject of mockery from opposition parties in Parliament yesterday.
Xpat Opinion: The Hungary ‘Expert’ Discredited On Twitter
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“I have been helping her understand the details of the system for two years,” says Viktor Szigetvári about a certain Princeton professor. She “is using my analyses on numerous points,” says the former campaign manager and veteran of Socialist Party politics and now co-chair of Gordon Bajnai’s opposition political party, Together 2014.
Xpat Opinion: What’s Going On Here? About The New Hungarian Electoral System
- 4 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The media monitors at a Hungarian-language news site called Galamus have stumbled across something truly extraordinary. On 27 February, Galamus published an article allegedly written by Kim Lane Scheppele about the new Hungarian electoral system. (It’s full of the usual slanted information, but more on the content another time.) More precisely, the Galamus article is supposedly the ...
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.
Hungarian President Invites Pope Francis To Visit Budapest In 2016
- 23 Sep 2013 9:04 AM
- current affairs
Pope Francis blessed President János Áder at the Vatican on 20 September 2013, and during a brief audience they reportedly discussed access to clean water as being the major challenge facing the world today. Regarding a visit to Hungary, Áder is quoted as saying, "The date that I proposed was 2016, because it will be the 1700 anniversary of the birth of Saint Martin of Tours. He was born in ...
'The Unfortunate Bias Of The Commissioner Towards Hungary', By Ferenc Kumin
- 2 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ever wonder if there is any issue in Hungary on which the different political sides agree? Take a look at this recent quote of Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship from an interview at Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Est Média Suspends Publication Of Exit Magazin In Hungary
- 29 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Est Média is suspending publication of free weekly events magazine Exit, the company announced on the Budapest Stock Exchange website. The company stressed that its similar free weekly Pesti Est remains available.
New Draft Criminal Code Ready In Hungary
- 15 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"The Administration and Justice Ministry will begin social consultations on a new criminal code, having finalised a draft version. The new code will impose harsher punishments for attacks on public officials and those performing public duties, such as teachers and ambulance staff.
Hungarian MPs Tease National Co-operation Paper
- 6 Jul 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"The government’s request that its national co-operation statement be hung in public offices was the subject of mockery from opposition parties in Parliament yesterday.