310 result(s) for eu presidency
Xpat Opinion: The Anti-Hungarian Conspiracy: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton And George Soros
- 21 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I’m sure that Viktor Orbán harbors ill feelings toward Bill and Hillary Clinton–and that’s probably putting it mildly. Hillary Clinton, when Secretary of State, wrote a letter to him a few days before the parliamentary vote on the new constitution. In it Clinton expressed her regret that her talk with Orbán in June of 2011 and “the constructive comments offered by the U.S. government … have not ...
Hungarian City Or Town To Become European Capital Of Culture In 2023
- 18 Jan 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
A Hungarian city or town will have the possibility to become a European Capital of Culture in 2023, the human resources minister said on Friday, inviting cities and towns to submit their bids already this year. Zoltán Balog made the announcement in Pécs, in southern Hungary, which held the title in 2010 along with Essen and Istanbul.
Official Meets Leaders Of US West Coast Jewish Organisations
- 10 Dec 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Senior government official Szabolcs Takács met leaders of prominent Jewish organisations and institutions and representatives of Hungarian organisations in the west coast of the United States. Takács, state secretary at the prime minister’s office, told MTI that he had held talks in Los Angeles with the leaders of Bais Naftoli Orthodox Congregation, the USC Shoah Foundation, the American Jewish ...
Hungary Offers Additional HUF 1bn For Fight Against Climate Change
- 8 Dec 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has offered to contribute an additional 1 billion forints (USD 3.47m) for international climate management and the success of the Paris climate summit on top of the 1 billion forints previously offered for the Green climate fund operating under a United Nations framework agreement, a development ministry official said.
Xpat Interview: Zsuzsanna Szilvasy, President of Autism Europe
- 16 Oct 2015 12:00 PM
In 1993, I have graduated as a civil engineer from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
Hungary’s Former President Árpád Göncz Dies Aged 93
- 7 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Árpád Göncz, Hungary’s first postcommunist president who held office between 1990 and 2000, has died at the age of 93. Parliament observed a minute of silence, while the government paid tribute to Göncz in a statement of condolences, saying that as the first head of state of a free democratic Hungary, Göncz had “served his ten years in office to the best of his ability”.
Hungary Will Protect Europe’s External Borders From Illegal Migrants
- 24 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian government: Illegal immigration is a crime, and Hungary will not allow crimes to be committed on its borders. It will therefore protect its own, and thereby Europe’s external borders, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated at a press conference held in Bratislava after the summit of Prime Ministers of the Visegrád Four. Mr Orbán pointed out: from among European countries, the greatest ...
Hungary Applies Zero Tolerance To Anti-Semitism, Says Official In US
- 20 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government applies zero tolerance and takes a categorical stand against all manifestations of anti- Semitism, the deputy state secretary in charge of European affairs said in Washington D.C. A performance by the Glass House Orchestra and the world-famous Muzsikás folk band at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, held on the sidelines of a Jewish festival dedicated to the victims of ...
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: The Anti-Hungarian Conspiracy: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton And George Soros
- 21 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I’m sure that Viktor Orbán harbors ill feelings toward Bill and Hillary Clinton–and that’s probably putting it mildly. Hillary Clinton, when Secretary of State, wrote a letter to him a few days before the parliamentary vote on the new constitution. In it Clinton expressed her regret that her talk with Orbán in June of 2011 and “the constructive comments offered by the U.S. government … have not ...
Hungarian City Or Town To Become European Capital Of Culture In 2023
- 18 Jan 2016 8:04 AM
- community & culture
A Hungarian city or town will have the possibility to become a European Capital of Culture in 2023, the human resources minister said on Friday, inviting cities and towns to submit their bids already this year. Zoltán Balog made the announcement in Pécs, in southern Hungary, which held the title in 2010 along with Essen and Istanbul.
Official Meets Leaders Of US West Coast Jewish Organisations
- 10 Dec 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Senior government official Szabolcs Takács met leaders of prominent Jewish organisations and institutions and representatives of Hungarian organisations in the west coast of the United States. Takács, state secretary at the prime minister’s office, told MTI that he had held talks in Los Angeles with the leaders of Bais Naftoli Orthodox Congregation, the USC Shoah Foundation, the American Jewish ...
Hungary Offers Additional HUF 1bn For Fight Against Climate Change
- 8 Dec 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has offered to contribute an additional 1 billion forints (USD 3.47m) for international climate management and the success of the Paris climate summit on top of the 1 billion forints previously offered for the Green climate fund operating under a United Nations framework agreement, a development ministry official said.
Xpat Interview: Zsuzsanna Szilvasy, President of Autism Europe
- 16 Oct 2015 12:00 PM
In 1993, I have graduated as a civil engineer from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
Hungary’s Former President Árpád Göncz Dies Aged 93
- 7 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Árpád Göncz, Hungary’s first postcommunist president who held office between 1990 and 2000, has died at the age of 93. Parliament observed a minute of silence, while the government paid tribute to Göncz in a statement of condolences, saying that as the first head of state of a free democratic Hungary, Göncz had “served his ten years in office to the best of his ability”.
Hungary Will Protect Europe’s External Borders From Illegal Migrants
- 24 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian government: Illegal immigration is a crime, and Hungary will not allow crimes to be committed on its borders. It will therefore protect its own, and thereby Europe’s external borders, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated at a press conference held in Bratislava after the summit of Prime Ministers of the Visegrád Four. Mr Orbán pointed out: from among European countries, the greatest ...
Hungary Applies Zero Tolerance To Anti-Semitism, Says Official In US
- 20 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government applies zero tolerance and takes a categorical stand against all manifestations of anti- Semitism, the deputy state secretary in charge of European affairs said in Washington D.C. A performance by the Glass House Orchestra and the world-famous Muzsikás folk band at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, held on the sidelines of a Jewish festival dedicated to the victims of ...
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 ...