323 result(s) for hungarian lesson
Xpat Opinion: Police Excess In Hungary: Two Recent Stories
- 9 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I said a couple of days ago that I had gained the impression that members of the Hungarian police force have been emboldened in the last three years. They feel that the government believes in strict rules and often opts for punishment as an answer to social ills. Since most of the police force are Jobbik and Fidesz supporters, they believe that Sándor Pintér’s ministry of the interior as well as ...
Zipcar Founder Gives Guest Lecture At CEU Business School In Budapest
- 2 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- business
The ink had not yet dried on the Series A funding that would propel Zipcar to become the world’s largest carsharing company when one of its founders, Robin Chase, decided to send her customers an email that would keep her up most of the night.
Xpat Opinion: The “Ethics” Of A Car Accident In Hungary
- 21 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Today’s topic, a car accident, is not the usual fare of this blog. Admittedly, one of the people injured in the accident was the Hungarian minister of defense, Csaba Hende, but that wouldn’t be sufficient reason to blog about it. (Fortunately no one died and the minister’s Audi wasn’t even a total loss.) I decided to write about it because I think it reveals more about Hungary and Hungarians than ...
Xpat Opinion: Romania 3, Hungary 0 – The Political Overtones
- 9 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
A pro-government paper criticizes The New York Times for overemphasizing the tension caused by extremist Hungarian fans, or ultras, without reporting on similar incidents on the Romanian side. The leading left-wing Hungarian daily reminds readers that no one outside Hungary expected the national team to win and the government was rather late in warning Hungarian fans to abstain from wrongdoing. A ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Failures In Football, Success In Swimming
- 8 Aug 2013 1:50 AM
- sport
Both national left-wing dailies compare PM Orbán’s plans to revive Hungarian football to Goulash-communism, the Hungarian version of Soviet-style socialism. The two pro-government newspapers celebrate the victories achieved by Hungary at the swimming world championship in Barcelona.
Commemorations In Budapest To Mark The 1456 Hungarian Victory At Nándorfehérvár
- 23 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Several programmes for children and military parades were organized in Budapest with a view to commemorating the rightly famous triumphant siege of Nándorfehérvár (currently Belgrade) in 1456, which has become deeply rooted in European historical memory by the practice of ringing church bells at noon.
Xpat Opinion: Reflections On The EU-Hungary Tug Of War
- 12 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative commentator ponders the debate on the Tavares report in the European Parliament and believes that the Hungarian government should show more restraint in its use of the two thirds majority.
A Closer Look Into Chinese Schools In Budapest
- 10 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Since the beginning of the 20th century, Budapest has seen exponential increase in its Chinese community. These groups of people, many of whom have come to form families and settle down in the capital city, face a multitude of problems, a leading problem being that their child must master the local language, English, but also their mother tongue, Chinese. In order to pass on the language and also ...
VOLT Festival Hungary Program Is Complete - Starts On 3 July
- 28 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Only three weeks before the 21st VOLT Festival, the organizers revealed the program of 10 new venues. Such venues will enrich the time at VOLT as a wine festival, gastronomic experiences, talkfests, presentations, new music venues, amusement park, fine art studio and for the first time a theater. Thanks to the main sponsor, we can enter festival on a giants slide. Telekom also sponsors the live ...
Xpat Opinion: Police Excess In Hungary: Two Recent Stories
- 9 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I said a couple of days ago that I had gained the impression that members of the Hungarian police force have been emboldened in the last three years. They feel that the government believes in strict rules and often opts for punishment as an answer to social ills. Since most of the police force are Jobbik and Fidesz supporters, they believe that Sándor Pintér’s ministry of the interior as well as ...
Zipcar Founder Gives Guest Lecture At CEU Business School In Budapest
- 2 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- business
The ink had not yet dried on the Series A funding that would propel Zipcar to become the world’s largest carsharing company when one of its founders, Robin Chase, decided to send her customers an email that would keep her up most of the night.
Xpat Opinion: The “Ethics” Of A Car Accident In Hungary
- 21 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Today’s topic, a car accident, is not the usual fare of this blog. Admittedly, one of the people injured in the accident was the Hungarian minister of defense, Csaba Hende, but that wouldn’t be sufficient reason to blog about it. (Fortunately no one died and the minister’s Audi wasn’t even a total loss.) I decided to write about it because I think it reveals more about Hungary and Hungarians than ...
Xpat Opinion: Romania 3, Hungary 0 – The Political Overtones
- 9 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
A pro-government paper criticizes The New York Times for overemphasizing the tension caused by extremist Hungarian fans, or ultras, without reporting on similar incidents on the Romanian side. The leading left-wing Hungarian daily reminds readers that no one outside Hungary expected the national team to win and the government was rather late in warning Hungarian fans to abstain from wrongdoing. A ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Failures In Football, Success In Swimming
- 8 Aug 2013 1:50 AM
- sport
Both national left-wing dailies compare PM Orbán’s plans to revive Hungarian football to Goulash-communism, the Hungarian version of Soviet-style socialism. The two pro-government newspapers celebrate the victories achieved by Hungary at the swimming world championship in Barcelona.
Commemorations In Budapest To Mark The 1456 Hungarian Victory At Nándorfehérvár
- 23 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Several programmes for children and military parades were organized in Budapest with a view to commemorating the rightly famous triumphant siege of Nándorfehérvár (currently Belgrade) in 1456, which has become deeply rooted in European historical memory by the practice of ringing church bells at noon.
Xpat Opinion: Reflections On The EU-Hungary Tug Of War
- 12 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative commentator ponders the debate on the Tavares report in the European Parliament and believes that the Hungarian government should show more restraint in its use of the two thirds majority.
A Closer Look Into Chinese Schools In Budapest
- 10 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Since the beginning of the 20th century, Budapest has seen exponential increase in its Chinese community. These groups of people, many of whom have come to form families and settle down in the capital city, face a multitude of problems, a leading problem being that their child must master the local language, English, but also their mother tongue, Chinese. In order to pass on the language and also ...
VOLT Festival Hungary Program Is Complete - Starts On 3 July
- 28 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Only three weeks before the 21st VOLT Festival, the organizers revealed the program of 10 new venues. Such venues will enrich the time at VOLT as a wine festival, gastronomic experiences, talkfests, presentations, new music venues, amusement park, fine art studio and for the first time a theater. Thanks to the main sponsor, we can enter festival on a giants slide. Telekom also sponsors the live ...