233 result(s) for hungarian troops
Xpat Opinion: Historic Hungarian-Serbian Reconciliation
- 2 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian analysts appreciate the efforts made by Serbia’s leaders to relegate nationalist hatreds to the past, as the two presidents paid joint tribute to the victims of World War II massacres.“Sin has no nationality” runs the headline in Népszabadság over a report by István Tanács about a ceremony attended by the two presidents, János Áder of Hungary and Tomislav Nikolić of Serbia in Csúrog ...
Hungary's PM Re Flood: Another Two Tough Days Ahead
- 11 Jun 2013 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will on Tuesday start an assessment of flood-related damage and set the schedule for the post-flood clean-up, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday in the village of Tököl, south of Budapest, stressing, however, that there are another two tough days ahead.
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.
Xpat Opinion: Protesters Occupy Fidesz Headquarters In Budapest
- 11 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist accuses opposition protesters of provocation and radicalism. A left-wing pundit, on the other hand, fears that the government is about to create a volunteer army of its supporters and steer the country to the brink of civil war.
New Water Purification Kit Developed By The Hungarian Defence Forces
- 22 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The companies of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have developed water purification and arsenic removal devices based on a new patent. The recent innovations include a bus that may be deployed in extreme circumstances too, Zoltán Borbíró, the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence told the Hungarian News Agency MTI in an interview.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Socialist Leader Cries Fascism
- 14 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist vehemently criticizes MSZP leader Mesterházy for labeling the Hungarian government fascist, in a left-wing Italian daily. A left-wing commentator notes that conservative dailies have also warned of undemocratic tendencies in Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Slovakia v. Hungary At The European Court Of Justice: The Sólyom Case
- 18 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Here is an old/new story that will provide us some relief from pondering the chances of the Hungarian opposition in 2014. It was more than three years ago, on August 21, 2009, that President László Sólyom tried to cross the Slovak-Hungarian border at Komárom-Komárno in order to attend the unveiling of a statue of St. Stephen. The Slovak government warned him while he was en route to stay away. ...
Now On: 'Casa Mare', Photos By Frank Gaudlitz, Museum Of Ethnography Budapest
- 16 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Frank Gaudlitz visited various multi-ethnic regions of Eastern and South Eastern Europe, including Transylvania, Maramureş and Dobrudja in Romania, Southern Hungary, the Republic of Moldova as well as Vojvodina in Serbia. He photographed the people belonging to the immensely diverse ethnic minorities of these regions - Germans, Hungarians, Romanians, Roma and Muslim Roma, Turks, Tartars, ...
Hungary To Host Highest - Level NATO Summit In 2013
- 21 Sep 2012 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will host NATO’s top-level military forum, the ‘Chiefs of Defence Meeting’ next year, the Ministry of Defence announced this week. The most senior military representatives of NATO member countries will meet in Budapest in the autumn of 2013.
Xpat Opinion: Historic Hungarian-Serbian Reconciliation
- 2 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian analysts appreciate the efforts made by Serbia’s leaders to relegate nationalist hatreds to the past, as the two presidents paid joint tribute to the victims of World War II massacres.“Sin has no nationality” runs the headline in Népszabadság over a report by István Tanács about a ceremony attended by the two presidents, János Áder of Hungary and Tomislav Nikolić of Serbia in Csúrog ...
Hungary's PM Re Flood: Another Two Tough Days Ahead
- 11 Jun 2013 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The government will on Tuesday start an assessment of flood-related damage and set the schedule for the post-flood clean-up, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday in the village of Tököl, south of Budapest, stressing, however, that there are another two tough days ahead.
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.
Xpat Opinion: Protesters Occupy Fidesz Headquarters In Budapest
- 11 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist accuses opposition protesters of provocation and radicalism. A left-wing pundit, on the other hand, fears that the government is about to create a volunteer army of its supporters and steer the country to the brink of civil war.
New Water Purification Kit Developed By The Hungarian Defence Forces
- 22 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The companies of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have developed water purification and arsenic removal devices based on a new patent. The recent innovations include a bus that may be deployed in extreme circumstances too, Zoltán Borbíró, the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence told the Hungarian News Agency MTI in an interview.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Socialist Leader Cries Fascism
- 14 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist vehemently criticizes MSZP leader Mesterházy for labeling the Hungarian government fascist, in a left-wing Italian daily. A left-wing commentator notes that conservative dailies have also warned of undemocratic tendencies in Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Slovakia v. Hungary At The European Court Of Justice: The Sólyom Case
- 18 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Here is an old/new story that will provide us some relief from pondering the chances of the Hungarian opposition in 2014. It was more than three years ago, on August 21, 2009, that President László Sólyom tried to cross the Slovak-Hungarian border at Komárom-Komárno in order to attend the unveiling of a statue of St. Stephen. The Slovak government warned him while he was en route to stay away. ...
Now On: 'Casa Mare', Photos By Frank Gaudlitz, Museum Of Ethnography Budapest
- 16 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Frank Gaudlitz visited various multi-ethnic regions of Eastern and South Eastern Europe, including Transylvania, Maramureş and Dobrudja in Romania, Southern Hungary, the Republic of Moldova as well as Vojvodina in Serbia. He photographed the people belonging to the immensely diverse ethnic minorities of these regions - Germans, Hungarians, Romanians, Roma and Muslim Roma, Turks, Tartars, ...
Hungary To Host Highest - Level NATO Summit In 2013
- 21 Sep 2012 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will host NATO’s top-level military forum, the ‘Chiefs of Defence Meeting’ next year, the Ministry of Defence announced this week. The most senior military representatives of NATO member countries will meet in Budapest in the autumn of 2013.