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Euronews Opens Budapest Office
- 27 Nov 2013 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Euronews on Wednesday officially opened its Budapest office, and its head, Attila Kert told the event that the channel would be showing the world to Hungary. Kert emphasised that the international news channel’s Hungarian-language broadcast was not a Hungarian-language channel concerning Hungary.
Create Carpathian Basin Hungarian Network, Says Official
- 27 Nov 2013 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of the Prime Minister’s National Strategy Research Institute, Jenő Szász, has proposed creating Hungarian networks in the Carpathian Basin. One idea is to create the conditions for Hungarians in nearabroad and Hungarian organisations in the West to make joint applications for European Union funding.
Hungary Is A Big Beneficiary Of The 2014-2020 EU Budgetary Framework
- 26 Nov 2013 8:01 AM
- business
Hungary is a big beneficiary of the 2014-2020 EU budgetary framework and is among the first three member states that the next common budget favours the most, a government official said on Monday. Hungary has considerably improved its position concerning the budget and its “net position”, a balance of funding available and contributions to be paid, has significantly improved, Enikő Győri, foreign ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Just Announced His Government’s Motto: Glory To God Alone
- 18 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
We all know about Viktor Orbán’s infatuation with the spiritual in the last few years. Maybe I just don’t remember properly, but I can’t recall much piety in his speeches during his first premiership between 1998 and 2002. Today, by contrast, his speeches are teeming with Biblical quotations and Latin religious phrases. And his generosity toward the “established” churches, especially the Catholic ...
Xpat Opinion: Unintended Consequences Of Expanding Hungarian Citizenship
- 17 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government has been actively recruiting new citizens from the neighboring countries, presumably to add to their vote total at the next national election. In order to be eligible for citizenship a person must have at least one ancestor who was a Hungarian citizen. He must also have some knowledge of the Hungarian language.
Xpat Opinion: Foreign Press Under Fire In Hungary
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government weekly carries a long list of baseless allegations about Hungary in the foreign press, while a liberal news outlet criticizes Die Welt for misinterpreting an interview with a Hungarian historian, and failing to provide space for a rebuttal.
Erkel Theatre Budapest Is Officially Open Again
- 8 Nov 2013 11:59 AM
- community & culture
Yesterday, on 7 November 2013 - the birthday of the great Hungarian composer Ferenc Erkel appointed as the Day of Hungarian Opera from now on - the Erkel Theatre officially reopened. Tomorrow on 9 November the venue’s first première night will take place with a performance of the one of the world’s most famous Hungarian operas, Béla Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, together on the same evening ...
Xpat Opinion: “Unless Blood Flows”: Human Rights Watch’s Report On Hungary
- 7 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Lately I have been struck by the high number of incidents, often resulting in death, involving relatives or people living in the same household. A daughter kills her mother, an 85-year-old former high-ranking police officer kills his 79-year-old wife, a professional soccer player kills his partner and her son in a family dispute. These are only three cases I remember from the last two weeks or so.
Assistant Secretary Nuland Visits Hungary
- 1 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On October 31, Ambassador Victoria Nuland made her first visit to Hungary in her capacity as the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. Assistant Secretary Nuland attended the Visegrad Group Ministerial at the invitation of the Government of Hungary.
Euronews Opens Budapest Office
- 27 Nov 2013 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Euronews on Wednesday officially opened its Budapest office, and its head, Attila Kert told the event that the channel would be showing the world to Hungary. Kert emphasised that the international news channel’s Hungarian-language broadcast was not a Hungarian-language channel concerning Hungary.
Create Carpathian Basin Hungarian Network, Says Official
- 27 Nov 2013 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of the Prime Minister’s National Strategy Research Institute, Jenő Szász, has proposed creating Hungarian networks in the Carpathian Basin. One idea is to create the conditions for Hungarians in nearabroad and Hungarian organisations in the West to make joint applications for European Union funding.
Hungary Is A Big Beneficiary Of The 2014-2020 EU Budgetary Framework
- 26 Nov 2013 8:01 AM
- business
Hungary is a big beneficiary of the 2014-2020 EU budgetary framework and is among the first three member states that the next common budget favours the most, a government official said on Monday. Hungary has considerably improved its position concerning the budget and its “net position”, a balance of funding available and contributions to be paid, has significantly improved, Enikő Győri, foreign ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Just Announced His Government’s Motto: Glory To God Alone
- 18 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
We all know about Viktor Orbán’s infatuation with the spiritual in the last few years. Maybe I just don’t remember properly, but I can’t recall much piety in his speeches during his first premiership between 1998 and 2002. Today, by contrast, his speeches are teeming with Biblical quotations and Latin religious phrases. And his generosity toward the “established” churches, especially the Catholic ...
Xpat Opinion: Unintended Consequences Of Expanding Hungarian Citizenship
- 17 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government has been actively recruiting new citizens from the neighboring countries, presumably to add to their vote total at the next national election. In order to be eligible for citizenship a person must have at least one ancestor who was a Hungarian citizen. He must also have some knowledge of the Hungarian language.
Xpat Opinion: Foreign Press Under Fire In Hungary
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government weekly carries a long list of baseless allegations about Hungary in the foreign press, while a liberal news outlet criticizes Die Welt for misinterpreting an interview with a Hungarian historian, and failing to provide space for a rebuttal.
Erkel Theatre Budapest Is Officially Open Again
- 8 Nov 2013 11:59 AM
- community & culture
Yesterday, on 7 November 2013 - the birthday of the great Hungarian composer Ferenc Erkel appointed as the Day of Hungarian Opera from now on - the Erkel Theatre officially reopened. Tomorrow on 9 November the venue’s first première night will take place with a performance of the one of the world’s most famous Hungarian operas, Béla Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, together on the same evening ...
Xpat Opinion: “Unless Blood Flows”: Human Rights Watch’s Report On Hungary
- 7 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Lately I have been struck by the high number of incidents, often resulting in death, involving relatives or people living in the same household. A daughter kills her mother, an 85-year-old former high-ranking police officer kills his 79-year-old wife, a professional soccer player kills his partner and her son in a family dispute. These are only three cases I remember from the last two weeks or so.
Assistant Secretary Nuland Visits Hungary
- 1 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On October 31, Ambassador Victoria Nuland made her first visit to Hungary in her capacity as the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. Assistant Secretary Nuland attended the Visegrad Group Ministerial at the invitation of the Government of Hungary.