6 result(s) for former pm in Sport
PM Inaugurates National Basketball Academy In Southern Hungary
- 12 Oct 2018 8:49 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- sport
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán inaugurated the National Basketball Academy in Pécs, in southern Hungary. “The complex is rightly named a national academy as it is unique in Hungary,” Orbán said.
Pan-European T20 Cricket Cup In Hungary, GB Oval Sződliget, 27-31 July
- 21 Jul 2016 12:55 PM
- sport
For the second occasion under the management of the Hungarian Cricket Association (HCA), this year sees the holding of the Pan-European T20 Cricket Cup. Thanks to the success of the previous, smaller tournament, national men’s teams from Malta, Romania and Bulgaria have accepted the association’s invitation to take part in 2016, alongside U.C.T., a strong club side hailing from the United Arab ...
Puskás Academy Stadium Inaugurated In Hungary
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
The Pancho Arena of the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy in the village of Felcsút was inaugurated on Monday. The stadium located in the village near Budapest where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán owns a cottage, and built at a cost of 3.8 billion forints (EUR 12.4m), meets the UEFA 2 standards, making it suitable to host play-off rounds and matches between national teams.
Xpat Opinion: Football’s Role In Politics In Hungary
- 21 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
A liberal writer describes Viktor Orbán’s interest in and support for Hungarian football as symbolic elements of a mafia-style leadership, while a libertarian commentator thinks the Premier sincerely believes that his favourite game is an essential part of nation-building which was destroyed by the Communists. A conservative columnist writes that liberal commentators try to discredit Orbán’s ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán On Football
- 4 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
This morning I read a lengthy interview with Viktor Orbán on the Ferenc Puskás Academy’s website. Several newspapers summarized the prime minister’s thoughts on the state of Hungarian football. The historian Gábor Egry, whom readers of Hungarian Spectrum know from his occasional comments, wrote on Facebook about this interview: “Compulsory reading. Really. Everything one ought to and must know ...
Xpat Opinion: Budapest’s Top 5 Skating Rinks
- 29 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- sport
By local expat Adri Bruckner: The holidays and winter wouldn’t be complete with a few rounds around a scenic skating rink, and warming up afterwards with a cup of hot chocolate or mulled wine! Budapest has some great places for a skate, all with skate rental, lessons, opportunities to rent rinks for parties, and a good time to be had by all. I think I’ve been to every rink in the city, since I ...
PM Inaugurates National Basketball Academy In Southern Hungary
- 12 Oct 2018 8:49 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- sport
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán inaugurated the National Basketball Academy in Pécs, in southern Hungary. “The complex is rightly named a national academy as it is unique in Hungary,” Orbán said.
Pan-European T20 Cricket Cup In Hungary, GB Oval Sződliget, 27-31 July
- 21 Jul 2016 12:55 PM
- sport
For the second occasion under the management of the Hungarian Cricket Association (HCA), this year sees the holding of the Pan-European T20 Cricket Cup. Thanks to the success of the previous, smaller tournament, national men’s teams from Malta, Romania and Bulgaria have accepted the association’s invitation to take part in 2016, alongside U.C.T., a strong club side hailing from the United Arab ...
Puskás Academy Stadium Inaugurated In Hungary
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
The Pancho Arena of the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy in the village of Felcsút was inaugurated on Monday. The stadium located in the village near Budapest where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán owns a cottage, and built at a cost of 3.8 billion forints (EUR 12.4m), meets the UEFA 2 standards, making it suitable to host play-off rounds and matches between national teams.
Xpat Opinion: Football’s Role In Politics In Hungary
- 21 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
A liberal writer describes Viktor Orbán’s interest in and support for Hungarian football as symbolic elements of a mafia-style leadership, while a libertarian commentator thinks the Premier sincerely believes that his favourite game is an essential part of nation-building which was destroyed by the Communists. A conservative columnist writes that liberal commentators try to discredit Orbán’s ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán On Football
- 4 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
This morning I read a lengthy interview with Viktor Orbán on the Ferenc Puskás Academy’s website. Several newspapers summarized the prime minister’s thoughts on the state of Hungarian football. The historian Gábor Egry, whom readers of Hungarian Spectrum know from his occasional comments, wrote on Facebook about this interview: “Compulsory reading. Really. Everything one ought to and must know ...
Xpat Opinion: Budapest’s Top 5 Skating Rinks
- 29 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- sport
By local expat Adri Bruckner: The holidays and winter wouldn’t be complete with a few rounds around a scenic skating rink, and warming up afterwards with a cup of hot chocolate or mulled wine! Budapest has some great places for a skate, all with skate rental, lessons, opportunities to rent rinks for parties, and a good time to be had by all. I think I’ve been to every rink in the city, since I ...