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Xpat Opinion: Echoes In Hungary Of US Supreme Court Same Sex Marriage Ruling
- 8 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States defining same sex marriage as a constitutional right splits Hungarian public life across the left liberal versus conservative divide line. The leftist argument is that the law must not stand in the way of love, while conservatives fear that same-sex marriage will further aggravate demographic decline in developed countries.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Éva Duda Company: Lear, Átrium Film-Theatre Budapest, 12 May
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Éva Duda Dance Company celebrates its fifth anniversary in the theatre season of 2014/2015. Lear, a special theatrical performance is the highlight of this jubilee. Based on William Shakespeare’s play King Lear, the Éva Duda Dance Company and Átrium Film & Theatre presents: Lear - physical theatre inspired by legendary interpretations on 12. May 2015 at 19.00 pm, at Átrium Film-Theatre - ...
Vác FC Match Report: Starting Where They Left Off
- 5 Mar 2015 10:50 AM
- sport
Finally, after a long 3 month winter break Vác FC have resumed their quest for back to back promtions which would see them ply their trade in NB2 next year. They traveled to Dunaharszti where they encountered a well drilled, organised team trained by Péter Króner. It would have been naive to expect an easy victory, however after the 2nd placed team, Kozármisleny, and their loss just a day before ...
Xpat Opinion: Why Did Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán Visit Brussels?
- 26 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Klubrádió noted this morning that Viktor Orbán’s visit to Brussels was rather strange. It resembled the kinds of visits newly installed prime ministers of member states make to introduce themselves to the dignitaries of the European Union. In this case the visit was obviously about something else since Viktor Orbán is no stranger in EU circles.
Summer Selection From The Met New York @ Uránia Budapest, 16 July
- 10 Jul 2014 11:35 AM
- community & culture
A contemporary take on the 18th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy brings together some of the greatest arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell, and other composers, with a new English libretto by Jeremy Sams, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The all-star cast is headed by David Daniels as Prospero, Joyce DiDonato as ...
Elections On April 6 In Hungary - A Description Of The Main Parties
- 27 Mar 2014 10:55 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz–KDNP: This coalition won a two-thirds majority in parliament four years ago. The two parties put themselves under a single roof in 2006 and are keeping it that way in the upcoming elections. FYI: the KDNP is really an extra in this play.
Xpat Opinion: The Plight Of A Hungarian Whistleblower
- 20 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It was a month ago that András Horváth, a former employee of NAV (Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal/National Office of Taxation and Customs), turned to the prosecutor’s office to report a breach of fiduciary duties committed by the top management of this 23,000-employee office. He claimed that large-scale cheating goes on with fictitious VAT reimbursement payments, especially in the case of large ...
Xpat Opinion: Massive Police “Inspection” In Budapest On Sunday
- 13 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I almost missed the 24-hour-long police action in the nine districts of the left bank of the Danube, which means the entire Pest side of Budapest. Thousands of policemen worked diligently starting at “Sunday morning zero hour” to stop and search cars. These guardians of law and order had the authority to examine the clothing of the passengers and could search their cars looking for “instruments ...
Xpat Opinion: Echoes In Hungary Of US Supreme Court Same Sex Marriage Ruling
- 8 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States defining same sex marriage as a constitutional right splits Hungarian public life across the left liberal versus conservative divide line. The leftist argument is that the law must not stand in the way of love, while conservatives fear that same-sex marriage will further aggravate demographic decline in developed countries.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Éva Duda Company: Lear, Átrium Film-Theatre Budapest, 12 May
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Éva Duda Dance Company celebrates its fifth anniversary in the theatre season of 2014/2015. Lear, a special theatrical performance is the highlight of this jubilee. Based on William Shakespeare’s play King Lear, the Éva Duda Dance Company and Átrium Film & Theatre presents: Lear - physical theatre inspired by legendary interpretations on 12. May 2015 at 19.00 pm, at Átrium Film-Theatre - ...
Vác FC Match Report: Starting Where They Left Off
- 5 Mar 2015 10:50 AM
- sport
Finally, after a long 3 month winter break Vác FC have resumed their quest for back to back promtions which would see them ply their trade in NB2 next year. They traveled to Dunaharszti where they encountered a well drilled, organised team trained by Péter Króner. It would have been naive to expect an easy victory, however after the 2nd placed team, Kozármisleny, and their loss just a day before ...
Xpat Opinion: Why Did Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán Visit Brussels?
- 26 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Klubrádió noted this morning that Viktor Orbán’s visit to Brussels was rather strange. It resembled the kinds of visits newly installed prime ministers of member states make to introduce themselves to the dignitaries of the European Union. In this case the visit was obviously about something else since Viktor Orbán is no stranger in EU circles.
Summer Selection From The Met New York @ Uránia Budapest, 16 July
- 10 Jul 2014 11:35 AM
- community & culture
A contemporary take on the 18th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy brings together some of the greatest arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell, and other composers, with a new English libretto by Jeremy Sams, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The all-star cast is headed by David Daniels as Prospero, Joyce DiDonato as ...
Elections On April 6 In Hungary - A Description Of The Main Parties
- 27 Mar 2014 10:55 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz–KDNP: This coalition won a two-thirds majority in parliament four years ago. The two parties put themselves under a single roof in 2006 and are keeping it that way in the upcoming elections. FYI: the KDNP is really an extra in this play.
Xpat Opinion: The Plight Of A Hungarian Whistleblower
- 20 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It was a month ago that András Horváth, a former employee of NAV (Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal/National Office of Taxation and Customs), turned to the prosecutor’s office to report a breach of fiduciary duties committed by the top management of this 23,000-employee office. He claimed that large-scale cheating goes on with fictitious VAT reimbursement payments, especially in the case of large ...
Xpat Opinion: Massive Police “Inspection” In Budapest On Sunday
- 13 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I almost missed the 24-hour-long police action in the nine districts of the left bank of the Danube, which means the entire Pest side of Budapest. Thousands of policemen worked diligently starting at “Sunday morning zero hour” to stop and search cars. These guardians of law and order had the authority to examine the clothing of the passengers and could search their cars looking for “instruments ...