4 result(s) for hungarians optimistic in Sport
Momentum Movement Campaigns For Referendum Against Hungary’s Olympic Bid
- 18 Jan 2017 7:00 AM
- sport
“No to the Olympics, yes to our future!” - A political youth organization suddenly appeared in Hungarian headlines last week with a plan to derail government ambitions to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Budapest. The Momentum Mozgalom (Momentum Movement) kicked off a media campaign called “NOlympics” to gain support for its opposition to hosting the games, and on Thursday will begin ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán On Football
- 4 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
This morning I read a lengthy interview with Viktor Orbán on the Ferenc Puskás Academy’s website. Several newspapers summarized the prime minister’s thoughts on the state of Hungarian football. The historian Gábor Egry, whom readers of Hungarian Spectrum know from his occasional comments, wrote on Facebook about this interview: “Compulsory reading. Really. Everything one ought to and must know ...
Budapest To Host 2021 FINA World Aquatics Championships
- 21 Jul 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
Hungary’s sensational presentation did the job! The FINA (the International Swimming Federation) Bureau, which began meeting in Barcelona on July 19, chose Hungary to host the World Aquatics Championships scheduled for 2021.
Xpat Opinion: The Right & The Left On Hungarian Achievements In London
- 13 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
I managed to avoid commenting on the Olympics for two solid weeks, but perhaps I ought to say something about the games in general, the Hungarians’ performance in particular, and the political sparring between left and right over the Olympics and its significance. A couple of decades ago I was an avid follower of Olympic events but eventually I became disillusioned. I wasn’t sure any longer about ...
Momentum Movement Campaigns For Referendum Against Hungary’s Olympic Bid
- 18 Jan 2017 7:00 AM
- sport
“No to the Olympics, yes to our future!” - A political youth organization suddenly appeared in Hungarian headlines last week with a plan to derail government ambitions to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Budapest. The Momentum Mozgalom (Momentum Movement) kicked off a media campaign called “NOlympics” to gain support for its opposition to hosting the games, and on Thursday will begin ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán On Football
- 4 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
This morning I read a lengthy interview with Viktor Orbán on the Ferenc Puskás Academy’s website. Several newspapers summarized the prime minister’s thoughts on the state of Hungarian football. The historian Gábor Egry, whom readers of Hungarian Spectrum know from his occasional comments, wrote on Facebook about this interview: “Compulsory reading. Really. Everything one ought to and must know ...
Budapest To Host 2021 FINA World Aquatics Championships
- 21 Jul 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
Hungary’s sensational presentation did the job! The FINA (the International Swimming Federation) Bureau, which began meeting in Barcelona on July 19, chose Hungary to host the World Aquatics Championships scheduled for 2021.
Xpat Opinion: The Right & The Left On Hungarian Achievements In London
- 13 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
I managed to avoid commenting on the Olympics for two solid weeks, but perhaps I ought to say something about the games in general, the Hungarians’ performance in particular, and the political sparring between left and right over the Olympics and its significance. A couple of decades ago I was an avid follower of Olympic events but eventually I became disillusioned. I wasn’t sure any longer about ...