251 result(s) for general elections
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Just Announced His Government’s Motto: Glory To God Alone
- 18 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
We all know about Viktor Orbán’s infatuation with the spiritual in the last few years. Maybe I just don’t remember properly, but I can’t recall much piety in his speeches during his first premiership between 1998 and 2002. Today, by contrast, his speeches are teeming with Biblical quotations and Latin religious phrases. And his generosity toward the “established” churches, especially the Catholic ...
MP Reveals April 6 Election Date In Hungary
- 30 Oct 2013 12:40 AM
- current affairs
Christian Democrat MP Miklós Seszták appeared to accidentally give away the date of the national election as April 6 in the general debate on next year’s budget in Parliament on Friday.
While In India, Hungary's PM Orbán Stressed Importance Of Nuclear Energy
- 19 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- tech
Hungary might have the lowest electricity prices in the European Union in four or five years and expanding Hungary’s nuclear energy capacity is a precondition to that. The statement was made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on the last day of his visit to India, during a business forum in Mumbai. Péter Szijjártó, state secretary for foreign affairs and external trade, has announced that ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Next Year's Budget Is Based On Inaccurate Planning
- 27 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- business
Compared to the previous quarter of 2013 predictions the latest statistics show no positive turn, Policy Agenda contends. Thus, regarding the preparation of the 2014 budget we must note that the continuing economic policy, and the positive evaluation of the latest statistical figures in the governmental communication can hardly establish an improving economic development. We think that only a ...
Xpat Opinion: Young Hungarians Are Disillusioned And Feel Helpless
- 20 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A new study appeared a couple of days ago about the attitude of Hungarian youth between the ages of 15 and 29. Keep in mind that the people who filled out these questionnaires prepared by Kutatópont (Research Point) were born after 1984; that is, even the oldest ones were only six years old at the time of the regime change. The study is available free on the Internet. Naturally, it is impossible ...
Xpat Opinion: EU Says Law On Retirement Of Judges Now OK In Hungary
- 13 Sep 2013 11:00 AM
- current affairs
t started off as a straightforward administrative measure: The Hungarian state wanted to establish a unified retirement age for all public servants. That should include judges too. But to some, this was seen as a threat to the independence of the judiciary, undermining the separation of powers and posing a “threat to Hungarian democracy”. For the Hungarian government, this has always been, and ...
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.
Hungary's Fidesz May Scrap By-Elections
- 9 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz plans to abolish parliamentary by-elections between July 1 of this year and the 2014 general election, news website Index has reported. Caucus leader Antal Rogán confirmed that the party is examining the possibility of such an interim regulation, as any by-election after July could not be held before November.
'Hungary & The Rule of Law', Statement By European Commission On 17 April
- 19 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The following text is from a speech delivered on April 17th 2013 by European Commission Viviane Reding during a session of the European Parliament about the political situation in Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Just Announced His Government’s Motto: Glory To God Alone
- 18 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
We all know about Viktor Orbán’s infatuation with the spiritual in the last few years. Maybe I just don’t remember properly, but I can’t recall much piety in his speeches during his first premiership between 1998 and 2002. Today, by contrast, his speeches are teeming with Biblical quotations and Latin religious phrases. And his generosity toward the “established” churches, especially the Catholic ...
MP Reveals April 6 Election Date In Hungary
- 30 Oct 2013 12:40 AM
- current affairs
Christian Democrat MP Miklós Seszták appeared to accidentally give away the date of the national election as April 6 in the general debate on next year’s budget in Parliament on Friday.
While In India, Hungary's PM Orbán Stressed Importance Of Nuclear Energy
- 19 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- tech
Hungary might have the lowest electricity prices in the European Union in four or five years and expanding Hungary’s nuclear energy capacity is a precondition to that. The statement was made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on the last day of his visit to India, during a business forum in Mumbai. Péter Szijjártó, state secretary for foreign affairs and external trade, has announced that ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Next Year's Budget Is Based On Inaccurate Planning
- 27 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- business
Compared to the previous quarter of 2013 predictions the latest statistics show no positive turn, Policy Agenda contends. Thus, regarding the preparation of the 2014 budget we must note that the continuing economic policy, and the positive evaluation of the latest statistical figures in the governmental communication can hardly establish an improving economic development. We think that only a ...
Xpat Opinion: Young Hungarians Are Disillusioned And Feel Helpless
- 20 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A new study appeared a couple of days ago about the attitude of Hungarian youth between the ages of 15 and 29. Keep in mind that the people who filled out these questionnaires prepared by Kutatópont (Research Point) were born after 1984; that is, even the oldest ones were only six years old at the time of the regime change. The study is available free on the Internet. Naturally, it is impossible ...
Xpat Opinion: EU Says Law On Retirement Of Judges Now OK In Hungary
- 13 Sep 2013 11:00 AM
- current affairs
t started off as a straightforward administrative measure: The Hungarian state wanted to establish a unified retirement age for all public servants. That should include judges too. But to some, this was seen as a threat to the independence of the judiciary, undermining the separation of powers and posing a “threat to Hungarian democracy”. For the Hungarian government, this has always been, and ...
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.
Hungary's Fidesz May Scrap By-Elections
- 9 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz plans to abolish parliamentary by-elections between July 1 of this year and the 2014 general election, news website Index has reported. Caucus leader Antal Rogán confirmed that the party is examining the possibility of such an interim regulation, as any by-election after July could not be held before November.
'Hungary & The Rule of Law', Statement By European Commission On 17 April
- 19 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The following text is from a speech delivered on April 17th 2013 by European Commission Viviane Reding during a session of the European Parliament about the political situation in Hungary.