985 result(s) for former prime minister
Hungary's Fidesz Attacks Sanoma CEO
- 6 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Reports that media concern Sanoma plans to convert its existing TV channel Story4 into a political news channel prompted Fidesz communications director Máté Kocsis to accuse György Szabó, head of Sanoma Media Budapest, of trying to use the media to influence next year’s elections.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán On Football
- 4 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
This morning I read a lengthy interview with Viktor Orbán on the Ferenc Puskás Academy’s website. Several newspapers summarized the prime minister’s thoughts on the state of Hungarian football. The historian Gábor Egry, whom readers of Hungarian Spectrum know from his occasional comments, wrote on Facebook about this interview: “Compulsory reading. Really. Everything one ought to and must know ...
Xpat Opinion: Political Landscape Ten Months Before Elections In Hungary
- 1 Aug 2013 9:30 AM
- current affairs
A centrist political scientist believes that whoever wins next year’s elections, the outcome will be catastrophic, and a catastrophe is perhaps what Hungary needs to find the right path. A moderate conservative columnist suggests it will be extremely difficult to forge a united left-wing opposition before the elections.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's OTP Chief Sándor Csányi’s Press Conference
- 26 Jul 2013 1:00 AM
- business
As Portfolio, the bilingual financial site, said today, “everybody was sitting on pins and needles” waiting for the cabinet decision on the fate of the loans issued in foreign currencies. However, it seems that the government wisely postponed the decision. So, for a while we will not know what kind of a solution the government will come up with.
Budapest To Symbolically Shut Down IMF Office
- 25 Jul 2013 11:30 AM
- current affairs
Hungary plans to pay back its IMF loan early and called on the fund to shut its Budapest office in what could be a symbolic move by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government to display its economic sovereignty. Hungary's ability to avoid the austerity programmes faced by many of its European neighbours will be the government's main selling point when it bids for re-election next year.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's OTP CEO Sándor Csányi Sells His Shares
- 24 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- business
A liberal commentator speculates that Csányi is under pressure because he has accumulated too much power for the Prime Minister’s liking. He believes Csányi’ share sales are a warning, and the fight is not over yet.
Hungary's PM Orbán Briefs Hungary’s Ambassadors
- 19 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság accuses the Prime Minister of defending his own personal power on the pretext of safeguarding national sovereignty, while Magyar Hírlap finds the government’s left-wing critics guilty of undying subservience to foreign governments.
Xpat Opinion: Opposition Victory Cannot Be Ruled Out In Hungary
- 18 Jul 2013 12:35 PM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator suggests that, weak as the left-wing opposition may seem, it would be too early to take its defeat at next year’s elections for granted. In his regular monthly analysis in Heti Válasz, Gábor G. Fodor is convinced that the numerous and disparate left-wing and liberal forces now fighting for a better bargaining position within the opposition alliance will end up joining ...
Hungary's Former PM Gyurcsány Silent In Parliament This Year
- 12 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 60 MPs, including Prime Minister’s Office leader János Lázár, former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and Szeged’s Socialist mayor László Botka, did not speak at all during the spring and summer sessions of Parliament, nearly twice as many as in recent years.
Hungary's Fidesz Attacks Sanoma CEO
- 6 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Reports that media concern Sanoma plans to convert its existing TV channel Story4 into a political news channel prompted Fidesz communications director Máté Kocsis to accuse György Szabó, head of Sanoma Media Budapest, of trying to use the media to influence next year’s elections.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán On Football
- 4 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
This morning I read a lengthy interview with Viktor Orbán on the Ferenc Puskás Academy’s website. Several newspapers summarized the prime minister’s thoughts on the state of Hungarian football. The historian Gábor Egry, whom readers of Hungarian Spectrum know from his occasional comments, wrote on Facebook about this interview: “Compulsory reading. Really. Everything one ought to and must know ...
Xpat Opinion: Political Landscape Ten Months Before Elections In Hungary
- 1 Aug 2013 9:30 AM
- current affairs
A centrist political scientist believes that whoever wins next year’s elections, the outcome will be catastrophic, and a catastrophe is perhaps what Hungary needs to find the right path. A moderate conservative columnist suggests it will be extremely difficult to forge a united left-wing opposition before the elections.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's OTP Chief Sándor Csányi’s Press Conference
- 26 Jul 2013 1:00 AM
- business
As Portfolio, the bilingual financial site, said today, “everybody was sitting on pins and needles” waiting for the cabinet decision on the fate of the loans issued in foreign currencies. However, it seems that the government wisely postponed the decision. So, for a while we will not know what kind of a solution the government will come up with.
Budapest To Symbolically Shut Down IMF Office
- 25 Jul 2013 11:30 AM
- current affairs
Hungary plans to pay back its IMF loan early and called on the fund to shut its Budapest office in what could be a symbolic move by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government to display its economic sovereignty. Hungary's ability to avoid the austerity programmes faced by many of its European neighbours will be the government's main selling point when it bids for re-election next year.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's OTP CEO Sándor Csányi Sells His Shares
- 24 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- business
A liberal commentator speculates that Csányi is under pressure because he has accumulated too much power for the Prime Minister’s liking. He believes Csányi’ share sales are a warning, and the fight is not over yet.
Hungary's PM Orbán Briefs Hungary’s Ambassadors
- 19 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság accuses the Prime Minister of defending his own personal power on the pretext of safeguarding national sovereignty, while Magyar Hírlap finds the government’s left-wing critics guilty of undying subservience to foreign governments.
Xpat Opinion: Opposition Victory Cannot Be Ruled Out In Hungary
- 18 Jul 2013 12:35 PM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator suggests that, weak as the left-wing opposition may seem, it would be too early to take its defeat at next year’s elections for granted. In his regular monthly analysis in Heti Válasz, Gábor G. Fodor is convinced that the numerous and disparate left-wing and liberal forces now fighting for a better bargaining position within the opposition alliance will end up joining ...
Hungary's Former PM Gyurcsány Silent In Parliament This Year
- 12 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 60 MPs, including Prime Minister’s Office leader János Lázár, former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and Szeged’s Socialist mayor László Botka, did not speak at all during the spring and summer sessions of Parliament, nearly twice as many as in recent years.