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Xpat Opinion: The Hungarian-Japanese Friendship
- 28 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Last week, I accompanied Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to Japan as part of a large delegation that included Minister of Economy Mihály Varga, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog and several other government and business representatives. The visit was a big deal for both Hungary and Japan and garnered a lot of coverage in the Japanese and Hungarian media.
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.
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.
Market Halls Are Part Of Our Personal History – A New Documentary Series Suggests
- 27 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- shopping
Italian documentary director/producer Stefano Tealdi questions the saying that the way to town’s heart is through its belly, that is, its market, because, in his view, the market is a town’s very heart. What can a foreign filmmaker show us about the Central Market Hall of Budapest (Központi Vásárcsarnok)?
Renovation Of Budapest Keleti Railway Station Unlikely Before 2023
- 23 Nov 2013 4:00 AM
- getting around
It is unlikely that Budapest’s dilapidated Keleti international railway station will be renovated before 2023, business daily Napi Gazdaság said. Citing the National Infrastructure Development Company, the paper said a project to relay tracks must be completed by 2020, the end of the next European Union budgetary period, before the station’s renovation can take place.
Hungary’s PM Remains Committed To Single Digit Personal Income Tax
- 23 Nov 2013 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s flat-rate personal income tax can hopefully be reduced from the current level of 16 percent to single digits within three years, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a business forum organised by the Japan Business Federation (Keidanred) and the Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency (HITA) in Japan on Friday.
EU Support Pays Observatory In SW Hungary
- 22 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
An observatory will be built from 670 million forints European Union support in the Zselic area of southwestern Hungary which is free of light pollution.
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: The Hungarian-Japanese Friendship
- 28 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Last week, I accompanied Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to Japan as part of a large delegation that included Minister of Economy Mihály Varga, Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog and several other government and business representatives. The visit was a big deal for both Hungary and Japan and garnered a lot of coverage in the Japanese and Hungarian media.
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.
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.
Market Halls Are Part Of Our Personal History – A New Documentary Series Suggests
- 27 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- shopping
Italian documentary director/producer Stefano Tealdi questions the saying that the way to town’s heart is through its belly, that is, its market, because, in his view, the market is a town’s very heart. What can a foreign filmmaker show us about the Central Market Hall of Budapest (Központi Vásárcsarnok)?
Renovation Of Budapest Keleti Railway Station Unlikely Before 2023
- 23 Nov 2013 4:00 AM
- getting around
It is unlikely that Budapest’s dilapidated Keleti international railway station will be renovated before 2023, business daily Napi Gazdaság said. Citing the National Infrastructure Development Company, the paper said a project to relay tracks must be completed by 2020, the end of the next European Union budgetary period, before the station’s renovation can take place.
Hungary’s PM Remains Committed To Single Digit Personal Income Tax
- 23 Nov 2013 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s flat-rate personal income tax can hopefully be reduced from the current level of 16 percent to single digits within three years, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a business forum organised by the Japan Business Federation (Keidanred) and the Hungarian Investment and Trade Agency (HITA) in Japan on Friday.
EU Support Pays Observatory In SW Hungary
- 22 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
An observatory will be built from 670 million forints European Union support in the Zselic area of southwestern Hungary which is free of light pollution.
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.