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Brexit Interview With Iain Lindsay OBE, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 21 Jul 2016 1:00 AM
- community & culture
Q1. What does the Leave vote mean for expats rights to live, work, retire, collect a pension, in EU countries such as Hungary?
Szijjártó Welcomes Appointment Of Boris Johnson As UK Foreign Minister
- 18 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has welcomed the choice of former London mayor Boris Johnson as the UK’s foreign secretary. Szijjártó told MTI he thinks it a distinct advantage that a politician who does not affect a diplomatic style is taking over British foreign affairs.
New Socialist Leader Advocates Left-Wing Cooperation For 2018 Election
- 1 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s leftist parties should cooperate with each other in the 2018 general election by nominating a single candidate in each constituency, Gyula Molnár, the Socialist Party’s newly-elected leader, told MTI in an interview on Thursday. Molnár said his party is capable of winning the election in 2018, arguing that “six out of ten” voters want a new government, four of them should be won over ...
Molnár Elected Chairman Of Socialist Party
- 28 Jun 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Gyula Molnár, former head of the Socialist Party’s Budapest chapter, was elected as the party’s new chairman at its weekend congress. Molnár was elected in the second round of voting, defeating former leader József Tóbiás, after none of the four candidates running for the party’s top spot were able to secure a majority in the first round.
DK, Liberals Criticise Hungary’s PM Orbán Over ‘Anti-EU’ Remarks
- 28 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán should stop pursuing his “anti-EU” policies and cancel the government’s national referendum on mandatory migrant quotas to be held in the autumn, the opposition Democratic Coalition said. “With the referendum Hungary, too, may end up finding itself outside the EU,” a spokesman for the leftist party said.
Referendum Against Forced Settlement In Hungary To Be Held In Autumn
- 27 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In consequence of the decision of the Constitutional Court, a referendum will be held against the forced settlement of migrants in the autumn as all obstacles have now been removed from calling and organising the referendum, Bence Tuzson said.
Gyurcsány: Orbán Must Rethink Approach To EU In Wake Of Brexit
- 27 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has to rethink his approach to the European Union in light of Britain’s decision to quit the bloc, Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition, said. Orbán should consider if it is really worth weakening the already frail European unity by pursuing anti-refugee policies “for the sake of an extra few hundred thousand votes”, Gyurcsány said at ...
Xpat Opinion: Ferenc Gyurcsány: “Disintegration Or Something Else?”
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As always, Hungarian Spectrum welcomes democratic voices from and about Hungary. Today Ferenc Gyurcsány, prime minister of Hungary between 2004 and 2009, offers his solutions to the ills of western democracies. Mr. Gyurcsány is currently the chairman of Demokratikus Koalíció, which he established in 2011.
Lázár: Hungary ‘Honoured’ To Be UK’s Partner In EU
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
British voters have the right to express their views on their country’s European Union membership, but Hungary wants to make clear that it is “honoured” to be Britain’s partner in the bloc, government office chief János Lázár said at a regular news briefing. Lázár said the government will discuss and assess the UK’s referendum on EU membership in detail at a cabinet meeting on Friday.
Brexit Interview With Iain Lindsay OBE, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 21 Jul 2016 1:00 AM
- community & culture
Q1. What does the Leave vote mean for expats rights to live, work, retire, collect a pension, in EU countries such as Hungary?
Szijjártó Welcomes Appointment Of Boris Johnson As UK Foreign Minister
- 18 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has welcomed the choice of former London mayor Boris Johnson as the UK’s foreign secretary. Szijjártó told MTI he thinks it a distinct advantage that a politician who does not affect a diplomatic style is taking over British foreign affairs.
New Socialist Leader Advocates Left-Wing Cooperation For 2018 Election
- 1 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s leftist parties should cooperate with each other in the 2018 general election by nominating a single candidate in each constituency, Gyula Molnár, the Socialist Party’s newly-elected leader, told MTI in an interview on Thursday. Molnár said his party is capable of winning the election in 2018, arguing that “six out of ten” voters want a new government, four of them should be won over ...
Molnár Elected Chairman Of Socialist Party
- 28 Jun 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Gyula Molnár, former head of the Socialist Party’s Budapest chapter, was elected as the party’s new chairman at its weekend congress. Molnár was elected in the second round of voting, defeating former leader József Tóbiás, after none of the four candidates running for the party’s top spot were able to secure a majority in the first round.
DK, Liberals Criticise Hungary’s PM Orbán Over ‘Anti-EU’ Remarks
- 28 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán should stop pursuing his “anti-EU” policies and cancel the government’s national referendum on mandatory migrant quotas to be held in the autumn, the opposition Democratic Coalition said. “With the referendum Hungary, too, may end up finding itself outside the EU,” a spokesman for the leftist party said.
Referendum Against Forced Settlement In Hungary To Be Held In Autumn
- 27 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In consequence of the decision of the Constitutional Court, a referendum will be held against the forced settlement of migrants in the autumn as all obstacles have now been removed from calling and organising the referendum, Bence Tuzson said.
Gyurcsány: Orbán Must Rethink Approach To EU In Wake Of Brexit
- 27 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has to rethink his approach to the European Union in light of Britain’s decision to quit the bloc, Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition, said. Orbán should consider if it is really worth weakening the already frail European unity by pursuing anti-refugee policies “for the sake of an extra few hundred thousand votes”, Gyurcsány said at ...
Xpat Opinion: Ferenc Gyurcsány: “Disintegration Or Something Else?”
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As always, Hungarian Spectrum welcomes democratic voices from and about Hungary. Today Ferenc Gyurcsány, prime minister of Hungary between 2004 and 2009, offers his solutions to the ills of western democracies. Mr. Gyurcsány is currently the chairman of Demokratikus Koalíció, which he established in 2011.
Lázár: Hungary ‘Honoured’ To Be UK’s Partner In EU
- 24 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
British voters have the right to express their views on their country’s European Union membership, but Hungary wants to make clear that it is “honoured” to be Britain’s partner in the bloc, government office chief János Lázár said at a regular news briefing. Lázár said the government will discuss and assess the UK’s referendum on EU membership in detail at a cabinet meeting on Friday.