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Hungarian Parties React To Mesterházy Resignation
- 30 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Attila Mesterházy on Thursday resigned as Socialist Party leader and parliamentary group leader. The 40-year-old politician said he would not compete for the post of party leader in the upcoming re-election of officials.
Govt Spokes Criticises SPD Leader’s Comment On Fidesz
- 27 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Government Spokesman András Giró-Szász criticised Sigmar Gabriel, leader of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), for calling Fidesz an anti- European and populist party. Gabriel called on the conservative forces to make it clear that anti-EU and populist right-wing parties, such as Fidesz and Forza Italia, have no place in the European People’s Party.
Orbán: Hungarians Worried About EU Interference
- 26 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians are worried about European Union “interference” in Hungary’s affairs, and they are right to be, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a television interview on Saturday. Orbán told commercial broadcaster Hír TV that the ruling alliance of the Fidesz party and Christian Democrats represented the European centre ground because it sees Hungary’s future inside Europe, but “we don’t want to ...
Hungary’s Socialist Lick Wounds, Rivals Satisfied
- 26 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist Party leader Attila Mesterházy said that the party’s presidium would offer its resignation to the board after the party’s poor EP election showing. The radical nationalist Jobbik party has managed to meet its goal in the European election, becoming Hungary’s second power, party leader Gábor Vona declared.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary - United States Of Europe?
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On May 25 Hungary will hold its election for the European Parliament. The government party opted to hold the national election on April 6 and a separate EP election seven weeks later. There was nothing that would have prevented the authorities from holding both elections on May 25, but such an arrangement wasn’t deemed advantageous to the governing party.
Xpat Opinion: Jobbik’s Béla Kovács & His Alleged Russian Ties
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Media have been all over the Béla Kovács story over the last few days. Hungarian press and even some international have reported the story about the member of the European Parliament from Hungary’s far-right Jobbik who faces allegations of using his mandate in the service of Russia’s interests vis-à-vis EU institutions. He has even earned a nickname in the Hungarian media: “K.G. Béla,” a play on ...
Budapest's Best Apartment Restaurants
- 22 May 2014 11:45 AM
- food & drink
By We Love Budapest : Apartment restaurants aren't anything new here, it's been a few years since the appearance of these "underground" gastro sanctuaries. The genre can be led back to Cuba, where after the victory of the revolution, Fidel Castro shut down the "imperialist" restaurants. Locals started to cook for themselves, and with ...
Floralia Festival In Budapest, 24 - 25 May
- 22 May 2014 1:00 AM
- entertainment
Aquincum, the ancestor of Budapest, was a major Roman settlement in Hungary from the first century B.C. to the fifth century A.D. Over the last few years the 'Floralia' festival has become a popular family-friendly program there in the 3rd district of Budapest. The event offers a wide variety of programs including encountersoldiers, gladiators, craftspeople and actors.
Hungary’s Socialists Avow Fidesz Botched Pálinka, Tokaj Brand Cases
- 19 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz is unfit to represent Hungarian interests effectively in the European Union, as it has been unable to protect such issues as pálinka distillation or the Tokaj wine brand, an MEP candidate of the opposition Socialists said. György Mudri said that Fidesz has botched the issue of allowing taxfree pálinka (brandy) distillation in Hungary at the start and that they were unable to help keep ...
Hungarian Parties React To Mesterházy Resignation
- 30 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Attila Mesterházy on Thursday resigned as Socialist Party leader and parliamentary group leader. The 40-year-old politician said he would not compete for the post of party leader in the upcoming re-election of officials.
Govt Spokes Criticises SPD Leader’s Comment On Fidesz
- 27 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Government Spokesman András Giró-Szász criticised Sigmar Gabriel, leader of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), for calling Fidesz an anti- European and populist party. Gabriel called on the conservative forces to make it clear that anti-EU and populist right-wing parties, such as Fidesz and Forza Italia, have no place in the European People’s Party.
Orbán: Hungarians Worried About EU Interference
- 26 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians are worried about European Union “interference” in Hungary’s affairs, and they are right to be, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a television interview on Saturday. Orbán told commercial broadcaster Hír TV that the ruling alliance of the Fidesz party and Christian Democrats represented the European centre ground because it sees Hungary’s future inside Europe, but “we don’t want to ...
Hungary’s Socialist Lick Wounds, Rivals Satisfied
- 26 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist Party leader Attila Mesterházy said that the party’s presidium would offer its resignation to the board after the party’s poor EP election showing. The radical nationalist Jobbik party has managed to meet its goal in the European election, becoming Hungary’s second power, party leader Gábor Vona declared.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary - United States Of Europe?
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On May 25 Hungary will hold its election for the European Parliament. The government party opted to hold the national election on April 6 and a separate EP election seven weeks later. There was nothing that would have prevented the authorities from holding both elections on May 25, but such an arrangement wasn’t deemed advantageous to the governing party.
Xpat Opinion: Jobbik’s Béla Kovács & His Alleged Russian Ties
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Media have been all over the Béla Kovács story over the last few days. Hungarian press and even some international have reported the story about the member of the European Parliament from Hungary’s far-right Jobbik who faces allegations of using his mandate in the service of Russia’s interests vis-à-vis EU institutions. He has even earned a nickname in the Hungarian media: “K.G. Béla,” a play on ...
Budapest's Best Apartment Restaurants
- 22 May 2014 11:45 AM
- food & drink
By We Love Budapest : Apartment restaurants aren't anything new here, it's been a few years since the appearance of these "underground" gastro sanctuaries. The genre can be led back to Cuba, where after the victory of the revolution, Fidel Castro shut down the "imperialist" restaurants. Locals started to cook for themselves, and with ...
Floralia Festival In Budapest, 24 - 25 May
- 22 May 2014 1:00 AM
- entertainment
Aquincum, the ancestor of Budapest, was a major Roman settlement in Hungary from the first century B.C. to the fifth century A.D. Over the last few years the 'Floralia' festival has become a popular family-friendly program there in the 3rd district of Budapest. The event offers a wide variety of programs including encountersoldiers, gladiators, craftspeople and actors.
Hungary’s Socialists Avow Fidesz Botched Pálinka, Tokaj Brand Cases
- 19 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz is unfit to represent Hungarian interests effectively in the European Union, as it has been unable to protect such issues as pálinka distillation or the Tokaj wine brand, an MEP candidate of the opposition Socialists said. György Mudri said that Fidesz has botched the issue of allowing taxfree pálinka (brandy) distillation in Hungary at the start and that they were unable to help keep ...