96 result(s) for former owner in Current Affairs
Local Opinion: Election Campaign In Full Swing
- 26 Mar 2018 9:15 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
With just two weeks to go till the Parliamentary election, weeklies and the dailies’ weekend editions discuss corruption scandals and ponder what comes after 8 April.
Opinion: The Iron Lady’s Business Venture & Orbán Government
- 3 Jan 2018 7:58 AM
- current affairs
Aside from a post I wrote about the World Aquatic Championships held past summer in Budapest, I haven’t paid much attention to the affairs of the Hungarian Swimming Association, which for a while was in total turmoil due to the revolt of the swimmers, led by Katinka Hosszú, the star of Hungarian swimming. That revolt ended with a victory for Hosszú, who managed to get rid of Tamás Gyárfás, the ...
Hidden Businesses Of Influential Hungarians Revealed In New Massive Offshore Leak
- 8 Nov 2017 7:40 AM
- current affairs
One and a half year after the story of Panama Papers broke, another huge leak shed light on the operations of tens of thousands of offshore entities. Several Hungarian companies and individuals appear in the 13.4 million leaked files, though this time there are no politicians among them. Still, the documents reveal details of hitherto unknown business dealings of some influential Hungarian public ...
New Richest Hungarian List: OTP Chairman Still At Top
- 2 Nov 2017 2:55 AM
- current affairs
Sándor Csányi, the food industry magnate and head of OTP Bank, remains at the top of Forbesʼ annual ranking of the richest Hungarians. The magazine puts Csányiʼs wealth at HUF 294.3 billion, some HUF 11 bln more than one year earlier.
New Left-Wing Movement Emerges Which Aims To Replace Botka
- 2 Oct 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) adviser Péter Tarjányi and international lawyer Tamás Lattmann (pictured) have started a movement to persuade left-wing parties to form an electoral alliance and remove László Botka as the Socialist Party’s candidate for prime minister, reports Index.hu.
Municipal Court Acquits Former Secret Service Leaders Of Espionage Charges
- 27 Sep 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest Municipal Court has acquitted former secret service leaders of espionage charges in a binding ruling. On July 5, 2013, György Szilvásy, the minister in charge of the secret services under the Socialist government of Ferenc Gyurcsány, and Lajos Galambos, former director of the National Security Office, were sentenced in a non-binding ruling to two years and ten months each in prison ...
Jobbik’s New Billboard Campaign Has Hit The Streets
- 27 Sep 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
Jobbik has launched a new billboard campaign ahead of the 2018 general election that features party chairman Gábor Vona (pictured) and promises to “imprison the thieves.”
Jobbik Likely Behind New Wave Of “Public Service Message” Billboards
- 10 Aug 2017 9:12 AM
- current affairs
A new wave of billboards has begun to appear on advertising space across Hungary in support of an initiative to equalize wages across the European Union. The media company that owns the ad space will only say the campaign was initiated by a “private person,” but the content of the ads aligns closely with a political initiative sponsored by radical-right party Jobbik.
Local Opinion: Parliament Passes Amendments To Foreign Universities
- 7 Apr 2017 7:02 AM
- current affairs
As Parliament turned into law the amendments to the higher education act on Tuesday, a conservative columnist suspects that the government’s ideologically motivated attack on CEU may easily backfire. Pro-government sources describe the opposition to the law as pure hysteria.
Local Opinion: Election Campaign In Full Swing
- 26 Mar 2018 9:15 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
With just two weeks to go till the Parliamentary election, weeklies and the dailies’ weekend editions discuss corruption scandals and ponder what comes after 8 April.
Opinion: The Iron Lady’s Business Venture & Orbán Government
- 3 Jan 2018 7:58 AM
- current affairs
Aside from a post I wrote about the World Aquatic Championships held past summer in Budapest, I haven’t paid much attention to the affairs of the Hungarian Swimming Association, which for a while was in total turmoil due to the revolt of the swimmers, led by Katinka Hosszú, the star of Hungarian swimming. That revolt ended with a victory for Hosszú, who managed to get rid of Tamás Gyárfás, the ...
Hidden Businesses Of Influential Hungarians Revealed In New Massive Offshore Leak
- 8 Nov 2017 7:40 AM
- current affairs
One and a half year after the story of Panama Papers broke, another huge leak shed light on the operations of tens of thousands of offshore entities. Several Hungarian companies and individuals appear in the 13.4 million leaked files, though this time there are no politicians among them. Still, the documents reveal details of hitherto unknown business dealings of some influential Hungarian public ...
New Richest Hungarian List: OTP Chairman Still At Top
- 2 Nov 2017 2:55 AM
- current affairs
Sándor Csányi, the food industry magnate and head of OTP Bank, remains at the top of Forbesʼ annual ranking of the richest Hungarians. The magazine puts Csányiʼs wealth at HUF 294.3 billion, some HUF 11 bln more than one year earlier.
New Left-Wing Movement Emerges Which Aims To Replace Botka
- 2 Oct 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) adviser Péter Tarjányi and international lawyer Tamás Lattmann (pictured) have started a movement to persuade left-wing parties to form an electoral alliance and remove László Botka as the Socialist Party’s candidate for prime minister, reports Index.hu.
Municipal Court Acquits Former Secret Service Leaders Of Espionage Charges
- 27 Sep 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest Municipal Court has acquitted former secret service leaders of espionage charges in a binding ruling. On July 5, 2013, György Szilvásy, the minister in charge of the secret services under the Socialist government of Ferenc Gyurcsány, and Lajos Galambos, former director of the National Security Office, were sentenced in a non-binding ruling to two years and ten months each in prison ...
Jobbik’s New Billboard Campaign Has Hit The Streets
- 27 Sep 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
Jobbik has launched a new billboard campaign ahead of the 2018 general election that features party chairman Gábor Vona (pictured) and promises to “imprison the thieves.”
Jobbik Likely Behind New Wave Of “Public Service Message” Billboards
- 10 Aug 2017 9:12 AM
- current affairs
A new wave of billboards has begun to appear on advertising space across Hungary in support of an initiative to equalize wages across the European Union. The media company that owns the ad space will only say the campaign was initiated by a “private person,” but the content of the ads aligns closely with a political initiative sponsored by radical-right party Jobbik.
Local Opinion: Parliament Passes Amendments To Foreign Universities
- 7 Apr 2017 7:02 AM
- current affairs
As Parliament turned into law the amendments to the higher education act on Tuesday, a conservative columnist suspects that the government’s ideologically motivated attack on CEU may easily backfire. Pro-government sources describe the opposition to the law as pure hysteria.