668 result(s) for eu politics
Congress Hearing On US-Hungary Ties
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United States and Hungary are allies that should openly clarify any disputes between each other, the participants in a hearing in the US Congress on the future of USHungary relations said in agreement on Tuesday evening, local time. Several contributors to the hearing held at the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe, said bilateral relations had improved in the past six ...
José Manuel Barroso Condemns Hungarian PM's Politics
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Last weekend independent Hungarian television broadcasted an exclusive interview with former president of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso. Although the interview was conducted in English, it was overdubbed in Hungarian. Unfortunately, the original, undubbed version has yet to be published. The following is based on the Hungarian version.
Hungary Has Strict Immigration Policy
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to Political Capital director Péter Krekó, xenophobia has reached a record level in Hungary. He attributes this to fear of the unknown and political incitement as well. Krekó sees that immigration policy in Hungary could not be stricter, and believes that UK Prime Minister David Cameron will not be a partner in Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “vulgar xenophobia” .
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
There Can Be No Taboos, PM Orbán Tells Top Academics
- 11 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Politics must deal with real-life problems instead of ideological obsessions and the country must develop its own answers to issue of concern to us, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told over 150 leading academics, businessmen and scientists at the Friends of Hungary Foundation’s second international conference in Budapest on Saturday.
Meet Lajos Rig, Jobbik MP From Tapolca, Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Behind Jobbik there are expert politicians who know just what to do. . . . The platform of Jobbik was the same in 2010 and in 2014. . . . A year ago I wore gray socks. Now I wear black ones. My orientation and my thoughts are still the same." - Lajos Rig (Jobbik), winner of the Tapolca parliamentary by-election
Anti Corruption Protests Held Across Hungary
- 20 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Anti-corruption protests took place across Hungary today. In Budapest the demonstration started in front of the Eiffel Palace Office Building near the Nyugati (western) train station. A few minutes before the scheduled start of the protest it seemed as though police and members of the press would outnumber the protesters.
Hungary’s Jobbik “Breaks Taboo”
- 14 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Political Capital, a think-tank, said Jobbik’s biggest success on Sunday was a critical mass no longer sees the party as extremist. The taboos associated with the party that had kept previously undecided voters away from Jobbik have been broken, the thinktank said.
Putin’s Visit To Budapest: It Was A Bad Day For Hungary
- 8 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I don’t think there is an alternative for Hungary than looking to the West. A balancing act for Hungary has always meant landing on the wrong side of history. – former ambassador Andras Simonyi.
Congress Hearing On US-Hungary Ties
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The United States and Hungary are allies that should openly clarify any disputes between each other, the participants in a hearing in the US Congress on the future of USHungary relations said in agreement on Tuesday evening, local time. Several contributors to the hearing held at the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe, said bilateral relations had improved in the past six ...
José Manuel Barroso Condemns Hungarian PM's Politics
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Last weekend independent Hungarian television broadcasted an exclusive interview with former president of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso. Although the interview was conducted in English, it was overdubbed in Hungarian. Unfortunately, the original, undubbed version has yet to be published. The following is based on the Hungarian version.
Hungary Has Strict Immigration Policy
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to Political Capital director Péter Krekó, xenophobia has reached a record level in Hungary. He attributes this to fear of the unknown and political incitement as well. Krekó sees that immigration policy in Hungary could not be stricter, and believes that UK Prime Minister David Cameron will not be a partner in Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s “vulgar xenophobia” .
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
There Can Be No Taboos, PM Orbán Tells Top Academics
- 11 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Politics must deal with real-life problems instead of ideological obsessions and the country must develop its own answers to issue of concern to us, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told over 150 leading academics, businessmen and scientists at the Friends of Hungary Foundation’s second international conference in Budapest on Saturday.
Meet Lajos Rig, Jobbik MP From Tapolca, Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Behind Jobbik there are expert politicians who know just what to do. . . . The platform of Jobbik was the same in 2010 and in 2014. . . . A year ago I wore gray socks. Now I wear black ones. My orientation and my thoughts are still the same." - Lajos Rig (Jobbik), winner of the Tapolca parliamentary by-election
Anti Corruption Protests Held Across Hungary
- 20 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Anti-corruption protests took place across Hungary today. In Budapest the demonstration started in front of the Eiffel Palace Office Building near the Nyugati (western) train station. A few minutes before the scheduled start of the protest it seemed as though police and members of the press would outnumber the protesters.
Hungary’s Jobbik “Breaks Taboo”
- 14 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Political Capital, a think-tank, said Jobbik’s biggest success on Sunday was a critical mass no longer sees the party as extremist. The taboos associated with the party that had kept previously undecided voters away from Jobbik have been broken, the thinktank said.
Putin’s Visit To Budapest: It Was A Bad Day For Hungary
- 8 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I don’t think there is an alternative for Hungary than looking to the West. A balancing act for Hungary has always meant landing on the wrong side of history. – former ambassador Andras Simonyi.


















