291 result(s) for former office leader
Xpat Opinion: Security Service Releases Files Of The Őszöd Leak Investigation
- 24 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators do not find the released documents convincing and suspect that they might serve electoral purposes. Nevertheless, the leading left-wing daily calls on Ferenc Gyurcsány to reveal what he knows about the matter if he wants to clear his name.
Ecotourism Megaproject On Hortobágy Plain In Hungary
- 21 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- getting around
An EU-funded ecotourism megaproject costing over 2 billion forints (EUR 6.5 million) is beginning on the Hortobágy Plain of southeast Hungary thanks to cooperation between the local fishery, gene preservation company and national park, it was announced on Wednesday at the project launch organised in the famous Hortobágy Tavern.
Xpat Opinion: Russia To Build Nuclear Power Plant Blocks In Hungary
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Pro-government commentators welcome the nuclear deal between Hungary and Russia, and argue that it will serve the Hungarian national interest. Left-wing columnists, on the other hand, criticize the lack of transparency and the increased dependence on the Russian energy infrastructure which the agreement will cause.
Xpat Opinion: Remembering PM József Antall: A Hero Of Hungary’s Democracy
- 18 Dec 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the burial of József Antall, the first democratically elected prime minister of Hungary after the fall of communism. I remember well the day of his funeral, arriving as it did just a few days before Christmas. Hungary was a nation in mourning.
Hungary Will Not Lose Any EU Development Funds
- 17 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
During his press conference, János Lázár, Minister of State heading the Prime Minister's Office, stated that Hungary will not lose any EU development funds in the 2007-2013 financial framework, which has been held on Monday in Budapest.
Hungary's Deputy PM Paid His Tribute To The Late Nelson Mandela
- 13 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén represented Hungary at the state memorial ceremony of the late South African President Nelson Mandela in Pretoria on Wednesday, the head of the Prime Minister's Press Office said.
Xpat Opinion: Tax Authority Scandal In Hungary Is Going Nowhere
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Left-wing commentators agree that it is unlikely that the public will ever get to the bottom ofthe alleged tax fraud case. While one commentary writes the alleged misconduct of the Tax Authority does not bother Fidesz voters, the other opposition commentator says the whistleblower botched his revelation and the issue will end in a Parliamentary catfight.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Left-Wing Infighting
- 5 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing analysts fear fatal consequences for the left after the mutual recriminations during and after the joint opposition rally on October 23rd . Right-wing commentators say the reason is that the Left has nothing to say about the main problems of our age.
New Scandal Alleged In Szombathely, Hungary
- 31 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz local councillors, directors of institutes and a former police officer in Szombathely took drugs and cavorted with prostitutes as gifts from the underworld on pleasure boat rides on Lake Balaton and the Adriatic Sea, a local Socialist politician alleges.
Xpat Opinion: Security Service Releases Files Of The Őszöd Leak Investigation
- 24 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators do not find the released documents convincing and suspect that they might serve electoral purposes. Nevertheless, the leading left-wing daily calls on Ferenc Gyurcsány to reveal what he knows about the matter if he wants to clear his name.
Ecotourism Megaproject On Hortobágy Plain In Hungary
- 21 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- getting around
An EU-funded ecotourism megaproject costing over 2 billion forints (EUR 6.5 million) is beginning on the Hortobágy Plain of southeast Hungary thanks to cooperation between the local fishery, gene preservation company and national park, it was announced on Wednesday at the project launch organised in the famous Hortobágy Tavern.
Xpat Opinion: Russia To Build Nuclear Power Plant Blocks In Hungary
- 16 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Pro-government commentators welcome the nuclear deal between Hungary and Russia, and argue that it will serve the Hungarian national interest. Left-wing columnists, on the other hand, criticize the lack of transparency and the increased dependence on the Russian energy infrastructure which the agreement will cause.
Xpat Opinion: Remembering PM József Antall: A Hero Of Hungary’s Democracy
- 18 Dec 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the burial of József Antall, the first democratically elected prime minister of Hungary after the fall of communism. I remember well the day of his funeral, arriving as it did just a few days before Christmas. Hungary was a nation in mourning.
Hungary Will Not Lose Any EU Development Funds
- 17 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
During his press conference, János Lázár, Minister of State heading the Prime Minister's Office, stated that Hungary will not lose any EU development funds in the 2007-2013 financial framework, which has been held on Monday in Budapest.
Hungary's Deputy PM Paid His Tribute To The Late Nelson Mandela
- 13 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén represented Hungary at the state memorial ceremony of the late South African President Nelson Mandela in Pretoria on Wednesday, the head of the Prime Minister's Press Office said.
Xpat Opinion: Tax Authority Scandal In Hungary Is Going Nowhere
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Left-wing commentators agree that it is unlikely that the public will ever get to the bottom ofthe alleged tax fraud case. While one commentary writes the alleged misconduct of the Tax Authority does not bother Fidesz voters, the other opposition commentator says the whistleblower botched his revelation and the issue will end in a Parliamentary catfight.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Left-Wing Infighting
- 5 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing analysts fear fatal consequences for the left after the mutual recriminations during and after the joint opposition rally on October 23rd . Right-wing commentators say the reason is that the Left has nothing to say about the main problems of our age.
New Scandal Alleged In Szombathely, Hungary
- 31 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz local councillors, directors of institutes and a former police officer in Szombathely took drugs and cavorted with prostitutes as gifts from the underworld on pleasure boat rides on Lake Balaton and the Adriatic Sea, a local Socialist politician alleges.


















