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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 ...
Hungary’s PM Would Put EU Proposals On Immigration Up For Parliamentary Debate
- 12 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he would take the European Commission’s draft proposals on immigration to debate in Hungarian parliament. The draft, which he has not yet received, contains proposals on measures responding to illegal migration as well as designing an EU strategy on the whole on immigration, Orbán told a press conference.
Xpat Opinion: Death Penalty Issue Still In Focus In Hungary
- 11 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Prime Minister proposed a discussion on the death penalty and has got his way: the internet is bursting with comments on the issue. Most object to the idea of re-opening the debate, but some back the Prime Minister’s initiative.
Government To Wind Up Toxic Waste Dump Site In Budapest’s 9th District
- 8 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pest county prefect Richárd Tornai told InfoRadio on Monday that the government would remove some 17o tons of toxic waste illegally stored in unsafe conditions in Budapest’s 9th District by the end of May. The remaining 2500 tons of waste are to be removed in the weeks and months to follow. On April 9th Hungarian news site 444.hu broke the story that hundreds of barrels of toxic waste were being ...
EU Liberals: Hungary Crossed The Line Over Death Penalty, Migration Issues
- 8 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) in the European Parliament has condemned talk in Hungary of restoring the death penalty and “the xenophobic and leading wording” of the government’s national consultation on migration. The ALDE statement was released ahead of a debate in the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU.
Kövér: Hungarians’ Expectations Of Democracy Were “Unrealistic”
- 7 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Expectations about Hungary’s democratic transition and accession to the European Union had been unrealistic, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér said. Assessing the period since Hungary’s regime change 25 years ago in an interview to public news channel M1, Kövér said the question must be asked if the development gap has closed between Hungary and older EU member states.
EP CTTEE Hears MEP Béla Kovács To Assess Suspending Immunity
- 7 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament’s legal committee on Wednesday heard MEP Béla Kovács, of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, behind closed doors in a case involving the potential suspension of his immunity. Last year Péter Polt, Hungary’s public prosecutor, asked EP president Martin Schultz to suspend Kovács’s immunity on suspicion that the Jobbik politician spied against European Union institutions.
Child Poverty Is An Undeniable Fact In Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Our compilation of excerpts from press articles offers conflicting statements about child poverty in Hungary. Even the pro-government media admit the problem but they stress improvement in recent years.
Orbán: Hungary Has No Plans To Introduce Death Penalty
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has no plans to introduce the death penalty, “it is only a matter up for debate,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told European Parliament president Martin Schulz. Orbán and Schulz discussed the issue over the phone, cabinet chief János Lázár said. Orbán also told European People’s Party leader Joseph Daul and group leader Manfred Weber that a debate is ongoing in Hungary about the death ...
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 ...
Hungary’s PM Would Put EU Proposals On Immigration Up For Parliamentary Debate
- 12 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he would take the European Commission’s draft proposals on immigration to debate in Hungarian parliament. The draft, which he has not yet received, contains proposals on measures responding to illegal migration as well as designing an EU strategy on the whole on immigration, Orbán told a press conference.
Xpat Opinion: Death Penalty Issue Still In Focus In Hungary
- 11 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Prime Minister proposed a discussion on the death penalty and has got his way: the internet is bursting with comments on the issue. Most object to the idea of re-opening the debate, but some back the Prime Minister’s initiative.
Government To Wind Up Toxic Waste Dump Site In Budapest’s 9th District
- 8 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pest county prefect Richárd Tornai told InfoRadio on Monday that the government would remove some 17o tons of toxic waste illegally stored in unsafe conditions in Budapest’s 9th District by the end of May. The remaining 2500 tons of waste are to be removed in the weeks and months to follow. On April 9th Hungarian news site 444.hu broke the story that hundreds of barrels of toxic waste were being ...
EU Liberals: Hungary Crossed The Line Over Death Penalty, Migration Issues
- 8 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) in the European Parliament has condemned talk in Hungary of restoring the death penalty and “the xenophobic and leading wording” of the government’s national consultation on migration. The ALDE statement was released ahead of a debate in the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee on the situation of fundamental rights in the EU.
Kövér: Hungarians’ Expectations Of Democracy Were “Unrealistic”
- 7 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Expectations about Hungary’s democratic transition and accession to the European Union had been unrealistic, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér said. Assessing the period since Hungary’s regime change 25 years ago in an interview to public news channel M1, Kövér said the question must be asked if the development gap has closed between Hungary and older EU member states.
EP CTTEE Hears MEP Béla Kovács To Assess Suspending Immunity
- 7 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Parliament’s legal committee on Wednesday heard MEP Béla Kovács, of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, behind closed doors in a case involving the potential suspension of his immunity. Last year Péter Polt, Hungary’s public prosecutor, asked EP president Martin Schultz to suspend Kovács’s immunity on suspicion that the Jobbik politician spied against European Union institutions.
Child Poverty Is An Undeniable Fact In Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Our compilation of excerpts from press articles offers conflicting statements about child poverty in Hungary. Even the pro-government media admit the problem but they stress improvement in recent years.
Orbán: Hungary Has No Plans To Introduce Death Penalty
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has no plans to introduce the death penalty, “it is only a matter up for debate,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told European Parliament president Martin Schulz. Orbán and Schulz discussed the issue over the phone, cabinet chief János Lázár said. Orbán also told European People’s Party leader Joseph Daul and group leader Manfred Weber that a debate is ongoing in Hungary about the death ...