571 result(s) for former hungarian president
Balázs Tapasztó, Former CEO TaxiLike
- 12 Oct 2012 12:00 PM
Balazs Tapaszto is the CEO of the newly established Hungarian start-up TaxiLike. This new company developed their own taxi application for smart phones and offering this for taxi drivers, taxi companies and passengers. The idea is to create direct connection between taxi passengers and taxi drivers using TaxiLike app when passengers can request taxis and select the taxi as they want depending on ...
Markus Marquardt, Former Director Of F&B, Budapest Marriott Hotel
- 9 Oct 2012 12:00 PM
Markus Marquardt is a well-known expat foodie, based at the Budapest Marriott since 2005.. Prior to living in Hungary he gathered a wide range of experience working in Germany, and as an expat in Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Panama and Spain.
Parliament Bans Slot Machines In Hungary
- 3 Oct 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
Parliament passed a bill banning gambling halls and electronic casinos in a fast-track procedure on Tuesday. Under the new law slot machines may only be operated in three existing casinos, and catering spots may no longer host them. The bill will enter into force on the day following final presidential approval, when former licences will lose their validity.
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Judge’s Approach To The Vandalisation Of Horthy’s Statue
- 1 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators are appalled by the statement of a judge who convicted but at the same time praised a protester for damaging a statue recently erected to Hungary’s interwar ruler. Left-wing analysts welcome the judge’s position and disagree with the Vice President of the Supreme Court, who scolded his colleague for expressing a personal opinion when issuing his verdict.
Protests Continue Against Azeri Extradition In Hungary
- 5 Sep 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
Some 2,000 people converged on Kossuth tér on a call from the organisation One Million for Hungarian Press Freedom on Tuesday evening to apologise to Armenians and lambaste Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over the extradition of Azeri officer Ramil Safarov last Friday. Safarov was serving a sentence in Hungary for murdering a fellow soldier from Armenia while both were attending a NATO course in ...
Xpat Opinion: What Really Happened? Azeri-Hungarian Negotiations
- 4 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ever since Magyar Nemzet received a facsimile of the Azeri promises concerning Ramil Safarov’s continued prison sentence, people in the opposition press kept asking why the Hungarian government was silent on the issue. If the Azeris went back on their word, why don’t the Hungarians protest and condemn the action of Azerbaijan?
Xpat Opinion: Axe Murderer Released In Azerbaijan After Being Transferred From Hungary
- 3 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators deplore the decision of the Hungarian government to transfer Ramil Shahib Safarov to Azerbaijan to serve his life sentence for the killing of an Armenian man in Budapest in 2004. Analysts believe Hungary should have suspected that despite Azeri assurances to the contrary, the man would be released upon his arrival in Baku.
PM Orbán Presents Bernhard Vogel With The Grand Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of Hungary
- 29 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary not only respects, but likes Germany, stated Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at a ceremony on Tuesday, where he awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary to Bernhard Vogel, former Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia, and former President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
Golden Team Football Player Kocsis’ Ashes Returning To Hungary
- 28 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ashes of 1950s Golden Team football player Sándor Kocsis will be returned from Barcelona and laid to rest at the Szent István Basilica on September 21. His ashes will be laid next to those of his team-mate and good friend Ferenc Puskás.
Balázs Tapasztó, Former CEO TaxiLike
- 12 Oct 2012 12:00 PM
Balazs Tapaszto is the CEO of the newly established Hungarian start-up TaxiLike. This new company developed their own taxi application for smart phones and offering this for taxi drivers, taxi companies and passengers. The idea is to create direct connection between taxi passengers and taxi drivers using TaxiLike app when passengers can request taxis and select the taxi as they want depending on ...
Markus Marquardt, Former Director Of F&B, Budapest Marriott Hotel
- 9 Oct 2012 12:00 PM
Markus Marquardt is a well-known expat foodie, based at the Budapest Marriott since 2005.. Prior to living in Hungary he gathered a wide range of experience working in Germany, and as an expat in Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Panama and Spain.
Parliament Bans Slot Machines In Hungary
- 3 Oct 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
Parliament passed a bill banning gambling halls and electronic casinos in a fast-track procedure on Tuesday. Under the new law slot machines may only be operated in three existing casinos, and catering spots may no longer host them. The bill will enter into force on the day following final presidential approval, when former licences will lose their validity.
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Judge’s Approach To The Vandalisation Of Horthy’s Statue
- 1 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators are appalled by the statement of a judge who convicted but at the same time praised a protester for damaging a statue recently erected to Hungary’s interwar ruler. Left-wing analysts welcome the judge’s position and disagree with the Vice President of the Supreme Court, who scolded his colleague for expressing a personal opinion when issuing his verdict.
Protests Continue Against Azeri Extradition In Hungary
- 5 Sep 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
Some 2,000 people converged on Kossuth tér on a call from the organisation One Million for Hungarian Press Freedom on Tuesday evening to apologise to Armenians and lambaste Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over the extradition of Azeri officer Ramil Safarov last Friday. Safarov was serving a sentence in Hungary for murdering a fellow soldier from Armenia while both were attending a NATO course in ...
Xpat Opinion: What Really Happened? Azeri-Hungarian Negotiations
- 4 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ever since Magyar Nemzet received a facsimile of the Azeri promises concerning Ramil Safarov’s continued prison sentence, people in the opposition press kept asking why the Hungarian government was silent on the issue. If the Azeris went back on their word, why don’t the Hungarians protest and condemn the action of Azerbaijan?
Xpat Opinion: Axe Murderer Released In Azerbaijan After Being Transferred From Hungary
- 3 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators deplore the decision of the Hungarian government to transfer Ramil Shahib Safarov to Azerbaijan to serve his life sentence for the killing of an Armenian man in Budapest in 2004. Analysts believe Hungary should have suspected that despite Azeri assurances to the contrary, the man would be released upon his arrival in Baku.
PM Orbán Presents Bernhard Vogel With The Grand Cross Of The Order Of Merit Of Hungary
- 29 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary not only respects, but likes Germany, stated Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at a ceremony on Tuesday, where he awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary to Bernhard Vogel, former Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate and Thuringia, and former President of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
Golden Team Football Player Kocsis’ Ashes Returning To Hungary
- 28 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ashes of 1950s Golden Team football player Sándor Kocsis will be returned from Barcelona and laid to rest at the Szent István Basilica on September 21. His ashes will be laid next to those of his team-mate and good friend Ferenc Puskás.