268 result(s) for fake news
Xpat Opinion: Teachers Organizations Split on Roundtable Talks
- 12 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Where Népszabadság identifies a government attempt to divide and conquer teachers’ organizations, Magyar Idők discovers a measuring stick which shows who is working for a solution and those who want only short-term political gain from the upheaval.
Xpat Opinion: Recruiting Terrorists In Budapest Among The Refugees: The Hungarian Version
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Those of you who subscribe to Google Alerts must have noticed that practically all English, German, and French articles on Hungary in the last few days dealt with a trip that Salah Abdeslam, the suspected organizer of the Paris terrorist attacks, made to Budapest. There he picked up two men who later had a role to play in the Paris bloodbath.
Hungarian Tax Authority Uncovers Intl Money Laundering, Cigarette Smuggling Operation
- 13 Oct 2015 5:34 AM
- business
Hungary’s tax and customs authority (NAV) said on Tuesday that it is investigating an international money laundering and cigarette smuggling operation, and it has so far apprehended 33 suspects. Vietnamese and Egyptian nationals based in Budapest are suspected of directing the transfer of euros acquired in crimes committed in Europe first to Hungary and then to Slovakia.
WAMP @ Design Week Budapest, 4 October
- 2 Oct 2015 9:02 AM
- shopping
The most popular design fair in Budapest has been part of autumn’s most important design event since the beginnings. This year at 4th of October WAMP will take place at an impressive location, the Museum of Applied Arts. The special occasion requires a special program, therefore besides the regular fair, organizers has also prepared with a unique installation exclusively made for this event.
Migrant Detained In Hungary For Alleged Role In Clashes Found In Possession Of Nine Passports
- 24 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Syrian man in preliminary detention for his alleged role in clashes between migrants and police last week was found in possession of a total of nine passports, eight of which were issued to people other than himself, Hungary’s national police said. Earlier, the daily Népszabadság reported that the 39-year-old Syrian man known as Ahmed H had a total of seven passports.
Uniquely Hungary: Retro Coffee Houses, Bars & 'Cukraszdas' In Budapest
- 10 Sep 2015 1:22 AM
- food & drink
By Anne Zwack: Budapest has evolved so much over the last 25 years as to make many of its features almost unrecognizable and few coffee houses from the previous eras have lived to tell the tale. There is, of course, Gerbeaud while Ruszwurm on the Castle Hill has remained almost exactly the same as it was when my husband was taken there eighty years ago as a treat if he got a good report at school.
Sziget Founder Welcomes Expats To Island Of Freedom
- 10 Aug 2015 2:50 AM
- entertainment
Tickets for this year’s Sziget Festival are selling well, organisers told XpatLoop.com today, and it looks like Robbie Williams
will be playing to a full house in Budapest at Sziget next Monday 10 August. We met Károly Gerendai, the Founder of Sziget Festival, and he shared a few ...
Hungarian NGOs Call For Reform Of Campaign Finance Rules
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- business
NGOs in Hungary have turned to lawmakers with a call to reform campaign finance rules and to clean up corruption. The civil organisations Transparency International Magyarország, Átlátszó and K-Monitor together with think-tank Political Capital sent an open letter to parliamentarians to coincide with a conference held on Wednesday on transparency in local government and campaign finance.
NGO Helsinki Committee To Sue Hungary Over Immigration Row
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Helsinki Committee will sue ruling Fidesz for its “false and defamatory” comments, the human rights NGO said. Fidesz said that the Helsinki Committee was a “fake civil organisation working on political commission from its financing international speculators”. It also said the Helsinki Committee was doctoring data on immigration. András Giró-Szász, the communications state secretary, said that ...
Xpat Opinion: Teachers Organizations Split on Roundtable Talks
- 12 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Where Népszabadság identifies a government attempt to divide and conquer teachers’ organizations, Magyar Idők discovers a measuring stick which shows who is working for a solution and those who want only short-term political gain from the upheaval.
Xpat Opinion: Recruiting Terrorists In Budapest Among The Refugees: The Hungarian Version
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Those of you who subscribe to Google Alerts must have noticed that practically all English, German, and French articles on Hungary in the last few days dealt with a trip that Salah Abdeslam, the suspected organizer of the Paris terrorist attacks, made to Budapest. There he picked up two men who later had a role to play in the Paris bloodbath.
Hungarian Tax Authority Uncovers Intl Money Laundering, Cigarette Smuggling Operation
- 13 Oct 2015 5:34 AM
- business
Hungary’s tax and customs authority (NAV) said on Tuesday that it is investigating an international money laundering and cigarette smuggling operation, and it has so far apprehended 33 suspects. Vietnamese and Egyptian nationals based in Budapest are suspected of directing the transfer of euros acquired in crimes committed in Europe first to Hungary and then to Slovakia.
WAMP @ Design Week Budapest, 4 October
- 2 Oct 2015 9:02 AM
- shopping
The most popular design fair in Budapest has been part of autumn’s most important design event since the beginnings. This year at 4th of October WAMP will take place at an impressive location, the Museum of Applied Arts. The special occasion requires a special program, therefore besides the regular fair, organizers has also prepared with a unique installation exclusively made for this event.
Migrant Detained In Hungary For Alleged Role In Clashes Found In Possession Of Nine Passports
- 24 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Syrian man in preliminary detention for his alleged role in clashes between migrants and police last week was found in possession of a total of nine passports, eight of which were issued to people other than himself, Hungary’s national police said. Earlier, the daily Népszabadság reported that the 39-year-old Syrian man known as Ahmed H had a total of seven passports.
Uniquely Hungary: Retro Coffee Houses, Bars & 'Cukraszdas' In Budapest
- 10 Sep 2015 1:22 AM
- food & drink
By Anne Zwack: Budapest has evolved so much over the last 25 years as to make many of its features almost unrecognizable and few coffee houses from the previous eras have lived to tell the tale. There is, of course, Gerbeaud while Ruszwurm on the Castle Hill has remained almost exactly the same as it was when my husband was taken there eighty years ago as a treat if he got a good report at school.
Sziget Founder Welcomes Expats To Island Of Freedom
- 10 Aug 2015 2:50 AM
- entertainment
Tickets for this year’s Sziget Festival are selling well, organisers told XpatLoop.com today, and it looks like Robbie Williams
will be playing to a full house in Budapest at Sziget next Monday 10 August. We met Károly Gerendai, the Founder of Sziget Festival, and he shared a few ...
Hungarian NGOs Call For Reform Of Campaign Finance Rules
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- business
NGOs in Hungary have turned to lawmakers with a call to reform campaign finance rules and to clean up corruption. The civil organisations Transparency International Magyarország, Átlátszó and K-Monitor together with think-tank Political Capital sent an open letter to parliamentarians to coincide with a conference held on Wednesday on transparency in local government and campaign finance.
NGO Helsinki Committee To Sue Hungary Over Immigration Row
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Helsinki Committee will sue ruling Fidesz for its “false and defamatory” comments, the human rights NGO said. Fidesz said that the Helsinki Committee was a “fake civil organisation working on political commission from its financing international speculators”. It also said the Helsinki Committee was doctoring data on immigration. András Giró-Szász, the communications state secretary, said that ...