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Hungary’s PM: Every Value Can And Must Be Open To Debate
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At a press conference in Strasbourg following a European Parliament (EP) debate on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that every value can and must be open to debate. The EP debate centred on two issues: the Hungarian government’s standpoints on migration and the death penalty. A number of speakers accused the Hungarian prime minister of opposing basic European values.
Bristol (FR), A38 Ship Budapest, 28 May
- 25 May 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Marc Collin founder of Nouvelle Vague after a decade of success started a new project, in which instead of the new wave of the eighties he focuses on the nineties. As it turns out from the name Bristol, he dedicates it to the greatest trip-hop legends, like Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead and Morcheeba, and gives them a new life mingled with elegant cool jazz and the moods of the films from ...
Hungarians “Should Decide On Immigration Issue”
- 20 May 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Experience shows that regulating immigration from Brussels has proven a failure, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told reporters in Strasbourg. Decisions on whether a country wants to receive refugees should be made at national level, he said. Hungary wants its citizens to be allowed to decide whether or not there should be immigrants on Hungarian territory, the prime minister said before addressing ...
Xpat Interview: Alex Van Damme, Owner of TableFree Kft
- 19 May 2015 12:00 PM
Alex Van Damme was born in Belgium, Antwerp on October 5th 1972. He lives in Budapest since more than 10 years, is married and has 2 young boys.
EU Sets Hungary Refugee Quota At 300
- 14 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary would be asked to take in 307 refugees annually under a proposed EU quota system outlined on Wednesday by the European Commission. Most of the 20,000 refugees to be admitted to the EU would be settled in Germany, France and Italy.
Hungarian Town Tata Ready To Take Over Pope Statue From French Town
- 14 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The town of Tata in northern Hungary is prepared to receive and install a statue of Pope John Paul II from Ploërmel, a town in Brittany, if France “rejects the Christian roots of European culture” and decides to demolish it, two politicians of the allied ruling Christian Democrats said. The holy Pope is highly respected in Tata, which has also named a square after him, party leader Zsolt Semjén ...
Guardian: Budapest’s Margaret Island Among Ten Best Islands In Europe
- 14 May 2015 1:40 AM
- getting around
British newspaper The Guardian has listed Margaret Island among Europe’s ten best but lesser-known islands. “Margaret Island, in the middle of the Danube in central Budapest, spends winter shrouded in mist; come summer the island is an oasis in the midst the city. Encircled by a 5km asphalt running track and jetties from which to launch small boats (and bodies – some of the swimmers here are ...
Hungarian ‘Father Of Euro’, Dies Aged 86
- 12 May 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Economist and central banker Alexandre Lamfalussy, born as Sándor Lámfalussy in Hungary, has died at the age of 86, his family said on Monday. A resident of Belgium, Lamfalussy was known as “the father of the euro” and for his financial service industry policies. He left his native Hungary in 1949.
Hungary’s Great Tokaj Wine Auction Tops € 100 000
- 8 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Bidders keen to procure their exclusive, limited Tokaji wine at the Confrérie de Tokaj’s third Great Tokaj Wine Auction on 25th April raised a final hammer price of € 100 415, continuing the upwards trend of the first two auctions (€ 67 500 in 2013, € 90 433 in 2014). An impressive three quarters of the lots were sold and several lots more than doubled. Lively bidding set Szepsy Winery’s Úrágya ...
Hungary’s PM: Every Value Can And Must Be Open To Debate
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At a press conference in Strasbourg following a European Parliament (EP) debate on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that every value can and must be open to debate. The EP debate centred on two issues: the Hungarian government’s standpoints on migration and the death penalty. A number of speakers accused the Hungarian prime minister of opposing basic European values.
Bristol (FR), A38 Ship Budapest, 28 May
- 25 May 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Marc Collin founder of Nouvelle Vague after a decade of success started a new project, in which instead of the new wave of the eighties he focuses on the nineties. As it turns out from the name Bristol, he dedicates it to the greatest trip-hop legends, like Massive Attack, Tricky, Portishead and Morcheeba, and gives them a new life mingled with elegant cool jazz and the moods of the films from ...
Hungarians “Should Decide On Immigration Issue”
- 20 May 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
Experience shows that regulating immigration from Brussels has proven a failure, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told reporters in Strasbourg. Decisions on whether a country wants to receive refugees should be made at national level, he said. Hungary wants its citizens to be allowed to decide whether or not there should be immigrants on Hungarian territory, the prime minister said before addressing ...
Xpat Interview: Alex Van Damme, Owner of TableFree Kft
- 19 May 2015 12:00 PM
Alex Van Damme was born in Belgium, Antwerp on October 5th 1972. He lives in Budapest since more than 10 years, is married and has 2 young boys.
EU Sets Hungary Refugee Quota At 300
- 14 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary would be asked to take in 307 refugees annually under a proposed EU quota system outlined on Wednesday by the European Commission. Most of the 20,000 refugees to be admitted to the EU would be settled in Germany, France and Italy.
Hungarian Town Tata Ready To Take Over Pope Statue From French Town
- 14 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The town of Tata in northern Hungary is prepared to receive and install a statue of Pope John Paul II from Ploërmel, a town in Brittany, if France “rejects the Christian roots of European culture” and decides to demolish it, two politicians of the allied ruling Christian Democrats said. The holy Pope is highly respected in Tata, which has also named a square after him, party leader Zsolt Semjén ...
Guardian: Budapest’s Margaret Island Among Ten Best Islands In Europe
- 14 May 2015 1:40 AM
- getting around
British newspaper The Guardian has listed Margaret Island among Europe’s ten best but lesser-known islands. “Margaret Island, in the middle of the Danube in central Budapest, spends winter shrouded in mist; come summer the island is an oasis in the midst the city. Encircled by a 5km asphalt running track and jetties from which to launch small boats (and bodies – some of the swimmers here are ...
Hungarian ‘Father Of Euro’, Dies Aged 86
- 12 May 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Economist and central banker Alexandre Lamfalussy, born as Sándor Lámfalussy in Hungary, has died at the age of 86, his family said on Monday. A resident of Belgium, Lamfalussy was known as “the father of the euro” and for his financial service industry policies. He left his native Hungary in 1949.
Hungary’s Great Tokaj Wine Auction Tops € 100 000
- 8 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Bidders keen to procure their exclusive, limited Tokaji wine at the Confrérie de Tokaj’s third Great Tokaj Wine Auction on 25th April raised a final hammer price of € 100 415, continuing the upwards trend of the first two auctions (€ 67 500 in 2013, € 90 433 in 2014). An impressive three quarters of the lots were sold and several lots more than doubled. Lively bidding set Szepsy Winery’s Úrágya ...