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HVG Interview: Former PM Says Hungary Now Full Of Russian Spies
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Interview with Ferenc Gyurcsány appearing in the September 15th edition of hvg: “This is a country in a very dark place, without big common positive experiences and successes.” – Ferenc Gyurcsány
Isabel Val Project: Lights Of Budapest
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Throughout most of the 20th century, neon lights were the sign of progress and modernity – and behind the Iron Curtain, the illusion of it. Fixed upon the crumbling facades of the once magnificent buildings of post-war Budapest, neon lights beamed banal advertisements and Communist propaganda just like in any other country of the Eastern Bloc.
State Medal Auction Yields 500 Pairs Of Shoes For Impoverished Children
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Sixteen Hungarian state medals were auctioned off Monday evening for a total of HUF 2.5 million (USD 9,300). The medals were donated to the Protective Charitative Association (Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület) for auction by various Hungarian notables after the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary was bestowed on Fidesz publicist Zsolt Bayer, an outspoken antisemite. The ...
Xpat Opinion: A Pro-Government Take On The Terror-Verdict
- 5 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A right-wing lawyer and columnist rejects the idea that György Budaházy, who with his accomplices was found guilty of 18 acts of terror, was the innocent victim of a show trial.
Union: New School Year ‘Won’t Be Smooth’
- 1 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of the PSZ teachers’ trade union has warned that the new school year “will not be smooth”. Piroska Galló said government communications suggesting all the right conditions were in place for schools to start the year successfully were misleading.
Nat Sec CTTEE: Turkey Situation Could Worsen Migrant Crisis
- 31 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The current situation in Turkey could worsen Europe’s migration crisis, the head and deputy head of parliament’s national security committee said after a committee session. The state of domestic politics in Turkey has changed, and there is a serious threat that it could ignite a migration wave through the Balkan route similar to the wave seen last year, Zsolt Molnár, the committee’s head, said.
LMP Calls On Orbán To Reject US-EU Trade Pact
- 30 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s opposition LMP party has called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to declare that he does not support the TTIP trade agreement between the European Union and the United States. Péter Ungár, a party spokesman, said that the putative free-trade agreement had been dead in the water since the very beginning and was against Hungarian interests.
Áder: Hungarians Should Be Proud
- 22 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Speaking at a state celebration marking Hungary’s St Stephen’s Day national holiday, President János Áder said that Hungarians should be proud of their nation and celebrate their achievements, inventions and resourcefulness. At the inauguration of military officers held in front of Parliament, he said, “It is a people of revolutionary heroes, both famous and anonymous, the persecuted, the ...
Hungary’s National Holiday Agenda On 20 August
- 18 Aug 2016 9:06 AM
- community & culture
Programmes begin on Kossuth tér at 8.30 a.m. Saturday morning where the national flag will be hoisted while soldiers present a military salute and army offers are inaugurated. Defence Minister István Simicskó will welcome the crowd after which President János Áder will deliver a speech.
HVG Interview: Former PM Says Hungary Now Full Of Russian Spies
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Interview with Ferenc Gyurcsány appearing in the September 15th edition of hvg: “This is a country in a very dark place, without big common positive experiences and successes.” – Ferenc Gyurcsány
Isabel Val Project: Lights Of Budapest
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Throughout most of the 20th century, neon lights were the sign of progress and modernity – and behind the Iron Curtain, the illusion of it. Fixed upon the crumbling facades of the once magnificent buildings of post-war Budapest, neon lights beamed banal advertisements and Communist propaganda just like in any other country of the Eastern Bloc.
State Medal Auction Yields 500 Pairs Of Shoes For Impoverished Children
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Sixteen Hungarian state medals were auctioned off Monday evening for a total of HUF 2.5 million (USD 9,300). The medals were donated to the Protective Charitative Association (Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület) for auction by various Hungarian notables after the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary was bestowed on Fidesz publicist Zsolt Bayer, an outspoken antisemite. The ...
Xpat Opinion: A Pro-Government Take On The Terror-Verdict
- 5 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A right-wing lawyer and columnist rejects the idea that György Budaházy, who with his accomplices was found guilty of 18 acts of terror, was the innocent victim of a show trial.
Union: New School Year ‘Won’t Be Smooth’
- 1 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of the PSZ teachers’ trade union has warned that the new school year “will not be smooth”. Piroska Galló said government communications suggesting all the right conditions were in place for schools to start the year successfully were misleading.
Nat Sec CTTEE: Turkey Situation Could Worsen Migrant Crisis
- 31 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The current situation in Turkey could worsen Europe’s migration crisis, the head and deputy head of parliament’s national security committee said after a committee session. The state of domestic politics in Turkey has changed, and there is a serious threat that it could ignite a migration wave through the Balkan route similar to the wave seen last year, Zsolt Molnár, the committee’s head, said.
LMP Calls On Orbán To Reject US-EU Trade Pact
- 30 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s opposition LMP party has called on Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to declare that he does not support the TTIP trade agreement between the European Union and the United States. Péter Ungár, a party spokesman, said that the putative free-trade agreement had been dead in the water since the very beginning and was against Hungarian interests.
Áder: Hungarians Should Be Proud
- 22 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Speaking at a state celebration marking Hungary’s St Stephen’s Day national holiday, President János Áder said that Hungarians should be proud of their nation and celebrate their achievements, inventions and resourcefulness. At the inauguration of military officers held in front of Parliament, he said, “It is a people of revolutionary heroes, both famous and anonymous, the persecuted, the ...
Hungary’s National Holiday Agenda On 20 August
- 18 Aug 2016 9:06 AM
- community & culture
Programmes begin on Kossuth tér at 8.30 a.m. Saturday morning where the national flag will be hoisted while soldiers present a military salute and army offers are inaugurated. Defence Minister István Simicskó will welcome the crowd after which President János Áder will deliver a speech.