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Bloomberg Reports On Spending By MNB Foundations
- 26 May 2016 6:35 AM
- current affairs
The “web of patronage” revealed when spending by central bank foundations was made public in April has shocked Hungarians, according to an extensive report published by Bloomberg at noon today. “Even seasoned trackers of corruption in the former Soviet Bloc say they’re startled by the audacity the documents reveal,” the report says.
The Fairy Queen - Opera Noir At The Hungarian State Opera
- 26 May 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Fans of early music can hardly wait for the end of the Opera’s season each year. Little wonder, either, for true to our tradition of the last three years, we are again closing it out with a Baroque opera. The final premiere in the Shakespeare Season of the Hungarian State Opera is Henry Purcell’s semi-opera, The Fairy Queen turned into opera noir by director András Almási-Tóth.
Szijjártó: Setting Up WHO Budapest Centre To Boost Hungary-UN Cooperation
- 25 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Setting up a centre for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Budapest will boost cooperation between Hungary and the United Nations, the foreign minister said in parliament. In recent years, the UN has been moving some of its specialised institutions and organisations away from Geneva in order to cut operational costs, Péter Szijjártó told the assembly. As part of this process, the WHO has ...
Xpat Opinion: Speculation About President Áder’s Future
- 24 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators give credence to rumours that the Prime Minister doesn’t want Mr Áder to be re-elected next year. Opinions diverge, however about the reasons and one source claims that the President took the job four years ago for a single term anyway.
Xpat Opinion: Religion Is Not A Private Matter According To The Hungarian Government
- 24 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A month ago Zoltán Balog, minister of human resources and an ordained Hungarian Reformed minister, ruffled the feathers of those who take the separation of church and state seriously. The occasion was a speech he delivered in Szombathely at a thanksgiving service upon the completion of a steeple for the local Hungarian Reformed church and the installation of three new bells.
PM Orbán Holds Talks With Cuban Opposition Leader
- 23 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Cuban democratic opposition leader and human rights activist Oscar Elias Biscet in Budapest, Orbán’s press chief said in a statement. Orbán and Biscet agreed that freedom, democracy and human rights are common ideals pursued both by Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party headed by Orbán and the Cuban opposition, the statement said.
Lawyer Takes Tapping Case To ECHR
- 20 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Lawyer Gábor Magyar will seek compensation at the European Court of Human Rights for Blikk reporter Klaudia Csikós, whose phone was illegally tapped, he told Népszabadság. Police tapped her phone for three days based on claims lacking any foundations just to get to know her list of phone calls and map out her contacts, he claimed.
Orbán: Poles Don’t Deserve Brussels’ Treatment
- 20 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a public radio interview that Brussels had treated Poles in an undeserved fashion and insulted them. “No matter how much they think they are the big boys in Brussels, this battle of theirs against the Poles will never be won.”
'Freedom Fighter', A Lecture By Victoria Phillips, 20 May
- 19 May 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
While modern dancer Martha Graham claimed throughout her career that she was not political, between 1955 and 1987 she performed under the ageis of the State Department for every seated president in over 25 nations. This presentation will explore her tours in West Berlin, 1957, Poland and Yugoslavia, 1962, and East Berlin in 1987 – side-by-side with President Ronald Reagan as he declaired that the ...
Bloomberg Reports On Spending By MNB Foundations
- 26 May 2016 6:35 AM
- current affairs
The “web of patronage” revealed when spending by central bank foundations was made public in April has shocked Hungarians, according to an extensive report published by Bloomberg at noon today. “Even seasoned trackers of corruption in the former Soviet Bloc say they’re startled by the audacity the documents reveal,” the report says.
The Fairy Queen - Opera Noir At The Hungarian State Opera
- 26 May 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
Fans of early music can hardly wait for the end of the Opera’s season each year. Little wonder, either, for true to our tradition of the last three years, we are again closing it out with a Baroque opera. The final premiere in the Shakespeare Season of the Hungarian State Opera is Henry Purcell’s semi-opera, The Fairy Queen turned into opera noir by director András Almási-Tóth.
Szijjártó: Setting Up WHO Budapest Centre To Boost Hungary-UN Cooperation
- 25 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Setting up a centre for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Budapest will boost cooperation between Hungary and the United Nations, the foreign minister said in parliament. In recent years, the UN has been moving some of its specialised institutions and organisations away from Geneva in order to cut operational costs, Péter Szijjártó told the assembly. As part of this process, the WHO has ...
Xpat Opinion: Speculation About President Áder’s Future
- 24 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators give credence to rumours that the Prime Minister doesn’t want Mr Áder to be re-elected next year. Opinions diverge, however about the reasons and one source claims that the President took the job four years ago for a single term anyway.
Xpat Opinion: Religion Is Not A Private Matter According To The Hungarian Government
- 24 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A month ago Zoltán Balog, minister of human resources and an ordained Hungarian Reformed minister, ruffled the feathers of those who take the separation of church and state seriously. The occasion was a speech he delivered in Szombathely at a thanksgiving service upon the completion of a steeple for the local Hungarian Reformed church and the installation of three new bells.
PM Orbán Holds Talks With Cuban Opposition Leader
- 23 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Cuban democratic opposition leader and human rights activist Oscar Elias Biscet in Budapest, Orbán’s press chief said in a statement. Orbán and Biscet agreed that freedom, democracy and human rights are common ideals pursued both by Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party headed by Orbán and the Cuban opposition, the statement said.
Lawyer Takes Tapping Case To ECHR
- 20 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Lawyer Gábor Magyar will seek compensation at the European Court of Human Rights for Blikk reporter Klaudia Csikós, whose phone was illegally tapped, he told Népszabadság. Police tapped her phone for three days based on claims lacking any foundations just to get to know her list of phone calls and map out her contacts, he claimed.
Orbán: Poles Don’t Deserve Brussels’ Treatment
- 20 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a public radio interview that Brussels had treated Poles in an undeserved fashion and insulted them. “No matter how much they think they are the big boys in Brussels, this battle of theirs against the Poles will never be won.”
'Freedom Fighter', A Lecture By Victoria Phillips, 20 May
- 19 May 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
While modern dancer Martha Graham claimed throughout her career that she was not political, between 1955 and 1987 she performed under the ageis of the State Department for every seated president in over 25 nations. This presentation will explore her tours in West Berlin, 1957, Poland and Yugoslavia, 1962, and East Berlin in 1987 – side-by-side with President Ronald Reagan as he declaired that the ...