315 result(s) for hungarian scandal
Right-Of-Centre Hungarian Opinion On The NSA Scandal
- 20 Jun 2013 12:30 PM
- current affairs
Two leading columnists of pro-government dailies find it absurd that the US should take the high ground and lecture Hungary on human rights and the rule of law, while it spies on its own citizens. In Magyar Hírlap Zsolt Bayer starts his open letter to US Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis with a description of a full body search performed by the military under Socialism when military service ...
Xpat Opinion: Lessons Of The Necas Scandal For Hungary
- 19 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator believes that the Czech governmental corruption and spying scandal is the result of swift democratic transition. A left-wing pundit speculates that the Orbán government and their hinterland may sooner or later also have to face corruption charges.
Hungarian Shadow Dancers Won Britain’s Got Talent
- 9 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Hungarian shadow dance group Attraction won Britain’s Got Talent, one of the biggest talent shows in the world, finals this Saturday. The precious reward included 250 thousand pounds and the chance to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in front of the Queen herself.
Xpat Opinion: Leading Hungarian Socialists Reject Őszöd Leak Charge
- 28 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading left wing commentator does not dismiss the story that former Prime Minister Gyurcsány’s 2006 “lie speech” was leaked by three leading MSZP politicians, but thinks that regardless of who it was, the speech itself has left an unhealing wound on Hungary’s left wing. A right-wing columnist suggests the story is untrue and the tip-off must have come from Mr Gyurcsány.
Hay Festival Budapest Program: 19 - 21 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- community & culture
On 19 May, Sunday and on Whitsun Monday, there will also be a wide variety of programmes at Hay Festival Budapest for the culture-loving audience. György Dragomán hosts a wine-tasting event and a free poetic walk. The festival’s guests will be the prominent Australian feminist author Germaine Greer and Jaap Scholten, the Dutch writer living in Budapest, and the British Peter Florence, founder and ...
Hay Festival In Budapest Again
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Hay Festival was founded in Hay-on-Wye 25 years ago, and it has grown into one of the most significant cultural series of events in the world, with eleven festivals across five continents. On 17-21 May, the Hungarian audience will have the chance to meet international authors, thinkers, musicians and well-known Hungarian authors, at the Hay Festival, in Petőfi Museum of Literature, the Central ...
Xpat Opinion: “Socialist Watergate” Tape Transcripts In Hungary
- 25 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators weigh the possible implications of conversations conducted by Hungary’s counter-espionage chief with a prominent mafioso in 2008, on how the latter could be helpful in discrediting right-wing politicians.
Xpat Invitation: Hay Festival Budapest 2013
- 11 Apr 2013 9:55 AM
- community & culture
Among the biggest names appearing this year is Nicole Krauss, trumpeted by the New York Times as “one of the most important novelists in the United States”. Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Maths at the University of Oxford, will be here to read from his new book about the ‘mysteries of symmetry’. Joumana Haddad, a Lebanese poet, journalist and translator, will also take part, as will Fernando ...
Xpat Opinion: Far Right Journalist Forced To Return Government Award
- 22 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A centrist blog argues that the award granted to an openly racist journalist reveals the problems with the highly centralised government Prime Minister Orbán has created, as Zoltan Balog, the Minister for Human Resources has to supervise too many areas.
Right-Of-Centre Hungarian Opinion On The NSA Scandal
- 20 Jun 2013 12:30 PM
- current affairs
Two leading columnists of pro-government dailies find it absurd that the US should take the high ground and lecture Hungary on human rights and the rule of law, while it spies on its own citizens. In Magyar Hírlap Zsolt Bayer starts his open letter to US Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis with a description of a full body search performed by the military under Socialism when military service ...
Xpat Opinion: Lessons Of The Necas Scandal For Hungary
- 19 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator believes that the Czech governmental corruption and spying scandal is the result of swift democratic transition. A left-wing pundit speculates that the Orbán government and their hinterland may sooner or later also have to face corruption charges.
Hungarian Shadow Dancers Won Britain’s Got Talent
- 9 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Hungarian shadow dance group Attraction won Britain’s Got Talent, one of the biggest talent shows in the world, finals this Saturday. The precious reward included 250 thousand pounds and the chance to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in front of the Queen herself.
Xpat Opinion: Leading Hungarian Socialists Reject Őszöd Leak Charge
- 28 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading left wing commentator does not dismiss the story that former Prime Minister Gyurcsány’s 2006 “lie speech” was leaked by three leading MSZP politicians, but thinks that regardless of who it was, the speech itself has left an unhealing wound on Hungary’s left wing. A right-wing columnist suggests the story is untrue and the tip-off must have come from Mr Gyurcsány.
Hay Festival Budapest Program: 19 - 21 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- community & culture
On 19 May, Sunday and on Whitsun Monday, there will also be a wide variety of programmes at Hay Festival Budapest for the culture-loving audience. György Dragomán hosts a wine-tasting event and a free poetic walk. The festival’s guests will be the prominent Australian feminist author Germaine Greer and Jaap Scholten, the Dutch writer living in Budapest, and the British Peter Florence, founder and ...
Hay Festival In Budapest Again
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Hay Festival was founded in Hay-on-Wye 25 years ago, and it has grown into one of the most significant cultural series of events in the world, with eleven festivals across five continents. On 17-21 May, the Hungarian audience will have the chance to meet international authors, thinkers, musicians and well-known Hungarian authors, at the Hay Festival, in Petőfi Museum of Literature, the Central ...
Xpat Opinion: “Socialist Watergate” Tape Transcripts In Hungary
- 25 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators weigh the possible implications of conversations conducted by Hungary’s counter-espionage chief with a prominent mafioso in 2008, on how the latter could be helpful in discrediting right-wing politicians.
Xpat Invitation: Hay Festival Budapest 2013
- 11 Apr 2013 9:55 AM
- community & culture
Among the biggest names appearing this year is Nicole Krauss, trumpeted by the New York Times as “one of the most important novelists in the United States”. Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Maths at the University of Oxford, will be here to read from his new book about the ‘mysteries of symmetry’. Joumana Haddad, a Lebanese poet, journalist and translator, will also take part, as will Fernando ...
Xpat Opinion: Far Right Journalist Forced To Return Government Award
- 22 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A centrist blog argues that the award granted to an openly racist journalist reveals the problems with the highly centralised government Prime Minister Orbán has created, as Zoltan Balog, the Minister for Human Resources has to supervise too many areas.