460 result(s) for former politician
Expat Explainer: Poets, Politicians & Saints - Budapest’s Changing Street Names
- 12 Feb 2024 5:23 PM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- getting around
A third of Budapest’s 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in their history. A third of those now bear the name of a real or fictitious person, the most popular being Attila József. A look at the reasons for renaming and the issues of political memory it spotlights.
New Head of State in Hungary Likely to Be Appointed in March
- 12 Feb 2024 6:24 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Given Katalin Novák signed her letter of resignation earlier this week, MPs have to decide within fifteen days whether to accept it or not, and so this decision could be taken on Feb 26, the first day of the spring session, the parliamentary group leader of Fidesz said.
Mass Protest Held in Budapest About Child Sexual Abuse Case Pardon
- 11 Feb 2024 10:01 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Calls for the resignation of Hungary's conservative president intensified on Friday following widespread anger over her decision to pardon an individual convicted of concealing a child sexual abuse case. The move has triggered an unprecedented political scandal for the longstanding nationalist government.
Watch: President Novák Quits After Mass Protest in Budapest Condemning Child Sexual Abuse Case Pardon
- 11 Feb 2024 8:01 AM
- current affairs
After coming under increasing pressure for pardoning a man convicted of helping to cover up sexual abuse in a children's home, Hungarian President Katalin Novak resigned on Saturday.
New Head of Momentum Party in Hungary is Anna Donáth
- 29 Jan 2024 9:03 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The Momentum party assembly elected MEP Anna Donáth head of the party on Sunday. In her speech to the assembly, Donáth said Momentum was a “liberal, freedom-loving party with an unshakeable belief in human dignity.”
Hungarian Sex Scandal Comeback: Disgraced Ex-Mayor Plans to Stand Again
- 26 Jan 2024 7:56 AM
- current affairs
Zsolt Borkai, the former Fidesz mayor of Győr, who was disgraced after a sex scandal, said on ATV that he will be able to defeat current mayor and Fidesz politician András Csaba Dézsi at this year's municipal elections.
Interview: Emese Danks, Member of Advisory Board of the BFO's Managing Director
- 19 Jan 2024 8:14 AM
- community & culture
Emese Danks has been involved in the work of the advisory board of the BFO’s managing director, Orsolya Erdődy, for several years.
Top Court Revokes Battery Factory Permit of Chinese Investor in Hungary
- 30 Nov 2023 6:56 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- business
The Kúria has overturned a Debrecen Court ruling which approved the hazard management permit granted by the Hajdú Bihar County Disaster Management Authority to the battery factory being built by Chinese investor CATL, lawyer András Schiffer announced on Facebook.
Trumpeting Trump: Hungarian FM on Why 'Gov't Won't Accept Any Criticism From US'
- 8 Sep 2023 5:13 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
In light of recent attempts to block former President Donald Trump from running in next year’s presidential elections in the United States, the government will not accept any criticism from the US on the state of democracy in Hungary, the foreign minister has said.
Expat Explainer: Poets, Politicians & Saints - Budapest’s Changing Street Names
- 12 Feb 2024 5:23 PM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- getting around
A third of Budapest’s 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in their history. A third of those now bear the name of a real or fictitious person, the most popular being Attila József. A look at the reasons for renaming and the issues of political memory it spotlights.
New Head of State in Hungary Likely to Be Appointed in March
- 12 Feb 2024 6:24 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Given Katalin Novák signed her letter of resignation earlier this week, MPs have to decide within fifteen days whether to accept it or not, and so this decision could be taken on Feb 26, the first day of the spring session, the parliamentary group leader of Fidesz said.
Mass Protest Held in Budapest About Child Sexual Abuse Case Pardon
- 11 Feb 2024 10:01 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Calls for the resignation of Hungary's conservative president intensified on Friday following widespread anger over her decision to pardon an individual convicted of concealing a child sexual abuse case. The move has triggered an unprecedented political scandal for the longstanding nationalist government.
Watch: President Novák Quits After Mass Protest in Budapest Condemning Child Sexual Abuse Case Pardon
- 11 Feb 2024 8:01 AM
- current affairs
After coming under increasing pressure for pardoning a man convicted of helping to cover up sexual abuse in a children's home, Hungarian President Katalin Novak resigned on Saturday.
New Head of Momentum Party in Hungary is Anna Donáth
- 29 Jan 2024 9:03 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The Momentum party assembly elected MEP Anna Donáth head of the party on Sunday. In her speech to the assembly, Donáth said Momentum was a “liberal, freedom-loving party with an unshakeable belief in human dignity.”
Hungarian Sex Scandal Comeback: Disgraced Ex-Mayor Plans to Stand Again
- 26 Jan 2024 7:56 AM
- current affairs
Zsolt Borkai, the former Fidesz mayor of Győr, who was disgraced after a sex scandal, said on ATV that he will be able to defeat current mayor and Fidesz politician András Csaba Dézsi at this year's municipal elections.
Interview: Emese Danks, Member of Advisory Board of the BFO's Managing Director
- 19 Jan 2024 8:14 AM
- community & culture
Emese Danks has been involved in the work of the advisory board of the BFO’s managing director, Orsolya Erdődy, for several years.
Top Court Revokes Battery Factory Permit of Chinese Investor in Hungary
- 30 Nov 2023 6:56 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- business
The Kúria has overturned a Debrecen Court ruling which approved the hazard management permit granted by the Hajdú Bihar County Disaster Management Authority to the battery factory being built by Chinese investor CATL, lawyer András Schiffer announced on Facebook.
Trumpeting Trump: Hungarian FM on Why 'Gov't Won't Accept Any Criticism From US'
- 8 Sep 2023 5:13 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
In light of recent attempts to block former President Donald Trump from running in next year’s presidential elections in the United States, the government will not accept any criticism from the US on the state of democracy in Hungary, the foreign minister has said.