152 result(s) for free trade agreement
Xpat Opinion: Teachers’ Revolt Brewing In Hungary?
- 21 Jan 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
I have the distinct feeling that something is afoot in Hungary, something the self-satisfied Orbán government is not prepared for. I see the beginnings of a movement that may well overcome the current apathy and resignation of Hungarian society and produce active resistance to the Orbán regime.
Updated: Budapest Taxi Drivers Stage Demo Against Uber
- 19 Jan 2016 8:02 AM
- getting around
Taxi drivers demonstrating against car dispatcher Uber in central Budapest closed a section of Andrássy Avenue and Bajcsy Zsilinszky Road, on Monday. The protesters completely blocked traffic in both directions of the two major routes but reopened one lane in each direction after the Budapest police warned them that a complete blockade was illegal.
Hungary’s PM: Migrants Should Be Returned To Homelands
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Political actors in the world must work to make sure that whoever leaves their homelands is returned to where they belong, the prime minister said in a radio interview. This is why it is important to settle the situation in Syria so that everyone from there can be returned. “We must start rebuilding that world,” Viktor Orbán said. He insisted that the agreement the EU struck with Turkey was ...
Budapest-Belgrade Rail Line Upgrade Agreement Finalised
- 19 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Preparation of an agreement on a Chinese-financed project to upgrade the Budapest-Belgrade railway line is drawing to a close, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó told reporters on Wednesday following talks in Beijing. He said the three parties had agreed on the most important political questions and all indications are that the prime ministers of the three countries can sign the ...
Xpat Opinion: US Ambassador Criticizes Hungary
- 6 Nov 2015 12:45 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on US Ambassador Colleen Bell’s concerns about the state of affairs in Hungary, pro-government columnists are in no doubt that the US wants to pressurize Hungary into submission. Left-wing pundits, on the other hand, criticize the Hungarian government’s response and expect further US-Hungarian diplomatic skirmishes.
Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
Opposition Parties Say Orbán Govt Can Be Replaced Democratically
- 8 Oct 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The government of Viktor Orbán and its "political regime+ can be replaced through democratic means, opposition leaders agreed at a roundtable discussion in Sárvár, in western Hungary. Gábor Vona of the radical nationalist Jobbik, LMP co-leader András Schiffer and Együtt leader Viktor Szigetvári, however, disagreed about the chances of each other’s parties of coming to power and their abilities to ...
Hungary & V4 Countries “Lobbied Successfully” Against Migration Quota
- 26 Jun 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The Visegrad Four have lobbied successfully against the introduction of compulsory migrant quotas in the European Union, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. He told public news channel M1 that the V4 countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) were united in their rejection of the compulsory quota.
Anti-Hungarian Activities Observed In Some Neighbouring Countries
- 24 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
We may observe expressly anti-Hungarian activities in quite a few neighbouring countries, and the Bureau of Intelligence must take action to combat these, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said before the National Security Committee of Parliament at his annual hearing held on Tuesday.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers’ Revolt Brewing In Hungary?
- 21 Jan 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
I have the distinct feeling that something is afoot in Hungary, something the self-satisfied Orbán government is not prepared for. I see the beginnings of a movement that may well overcome the current apathy and resignation of Hungarian society and produce active resistance to the Orbán regime.
Updated: Budapest Taxi Drivers Stage Demo Against Uber
- 19 Jan 2016 8:02 AM
- getting around
Taxi drivers demonstrating against car dispatcher Uber in central Budapest closed a section of Andrássy Avenue and Bajcsy Zsilinszky Road, on Monday. The protesters completely blocked traffic in both directions of the two major routes but reopened one lane in each direction after the Budapest police warned them that a complete blockade was illegal.
Hungary’s PM: Migrants Should Be Returned To Homelands
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Political actors in the world must work to make sure that whoever leaves their homelands is returned to where they belong, the prime minister said in a radio interview. This is why it is important to settle the situation in Syria so that everyone from there can be returned. “We must start rebuilding that world,” Viktor Orbán said. He insisted that the agreement the EU struck with Turkey was ...
Budapest-Belgrade Rail Line Upgrade Agreement Finalised
- 19 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Preparation of an agreement on a Chinese-financed project to upgrade the Budapest-Belgrade railway line is drawing to a close, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Péter Szijjártó told reporters on Wednesday following talks in Beijing. He said the three parties had agreed on the most important political questions and all indications are that the prime ministers of the three countries can sign the ...
Xpat Opinion: US Ambassador Criticizes Hungary
- 6 Nov 2015 12:45 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on US Ambassador Colleen Bell’s concerns about the state of affairs in Hungary, pro-government columnists are in no doubt that the US wants to pressurize Hungary into submission. Left-wing pundits, on the other hand, criticize the Hungarian government’s response and expect further US-Hungarian diplomatic skirmishes.
Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
Opposition Parties Say Orbán Govt Can Be Replaced Democratically
- 8 Oct 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The government of Viktor Orbán and its "political regime+ can be replaced through democratic means, opposition leaders agreed at a roundtable discussion in Sárvár, in western Hungary. Gábor Vona of the radical nationalist Jobbik, LMP co-leader András Schiffer and Együtt leader Viktor Szigetvári, however, disagreed about the chances of each other’s parties of coming to power and their abilities to ...
Hungary & V4 Countries “Lobbied Successfully” Against Migration Quota
- 26 Jun 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The Visegrad Four have lobbied successfully against the introduction of compulsory migrant quotas in the European Union, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. He told public news channel M1 that the V4 countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) were united in their rejection of the compulsory quota.
Anti-Hungarian Activities Observed In Some Neighbouring Countries
- 24 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
We may observe expressly anti-Hungarian activities in quite a few neighbouring countries, and the Bureau of Intelligence must take action to combat these, János Lázár, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office said before the National Security Committee of Parliament at his annual hearing held on Tuesday.