58 result(s) for hungarians optimistic
Xpat Opinion: Trianon Day In Hungary
- 5 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators disagree on what lessons to draw from the post-World War I peace treaty. The interpretation of national history has always been one of the main dividing issues between left and right in Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary, A Country Full Of Pessimism?
- 14 Feb 2013 10:35 AM
- current affairs
The leading left-wing daily comments on a recent consumer confidence study, which suggests that the Hungarian public is highly disillusioned, despite the government’s efforts to communicate what it considers an economic success story. According to the survey drawn up by the Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence, Hungary has the second lowest confidence level after Greece among the 58 ...
Xpat Opinion: New Reactions To Adjustment Package In Hungary
- 10 Oct 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
The editorial of a pro-government daily describes the package as a necessity under the constraints of the global economic crisis, while a centrist economist dismisses it as yet another unrealistic plan.
Hungary's PM Orbán Optimistic About IT Development
- 5 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- tech
IT sector development has a promising future in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the opening of an international cyberspace conference in Budapest on Thursday. Hungarians have always been in the forefront of IT sector development, he con-tinued, mentioning mathematician János Neumann, Farkas Kempelen, who in-vented the talking machine, and BASIC computer language creator János Kemény.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's MSZP’s Vision Of The Future: “The Left, Hope, And Strength”
- 4 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Now that MSZP’s leaked “working paper” has become available we have a better idea of what the party leaders have in mind as far as strategy is concerned. Although the MSZP politicians I heard speak about the document emphasized that naturally this is not the final word on the strategy the party will follow in the next year and a half, after reading the text I think it is fairly clear where the ...
Xpat Opinion: A Sinking Ship? Is It Time For Orbán’s Hungary To Turn Westward?
- 6 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Just as I feared, we will have to return to Azerbaijan, not so much as a diplomatic issue but as a part of the financial plans that may have been behind the decision to release a convicted murderer to Baku. Because surely no one will believe the story the Hungarian Foreign Ministry came up with yesterday, that Hungary was conned by the Azeris. The current claim is that the Hungarians believed in ...
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian-IMF/EU Negotiations: News Blackout? Not Really
- 20 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
On Monday, July 17, Thanos Arvanitis, head of the IMF delegation, and Barbara Kauffman, head of the EU Commission’s delegation, accompanied by Iryna Ivashchenko, the IMF’s Budapest representative, paid a visit to Mihály Varga, the minister without portfolio in charge of the long-awaited negotiations for a stand-by loan for the financially hard-pressed Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Constitutional Renewal Must Be Done By Hungarians For Hungarians
- 13 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A conversation between two consitutional legal scholars: Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University and Gábor Halmai, ELTE Budapest and Princeton University.
Xpat Opinion: Trianon Day In Hungary
- 5 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators disagree on what lessons to draw from the post-World War I peace treaty. The interpretation of national history has always been one of the main dividing issues between left and right in Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary, A Country Full Of Pessimism?
- 14 Feb 2013 10:35 AM
- current affairs
The leading left-wing daily comments on a recent consumer confidence study, which suggests that the Hungarian public is highly disillusioned, despite the government’s efforts to communicate what it considers an economic success story. According to the survey drawn up by the Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence, Hungary has the second lowest confidence level after Greece among the 58 ...
Xpat Opinion: New Reactions To Adjustment Package In Hungary
- 10 Oct 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
The editorial of a pro-government daily describes the package as a necessity under the constraints of the global economic crisis, while a centrist economist dismisses it as yet another unrealistic plan.
Hungary's PM Orbán Optimistic About IT Development
- 5 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- tech
IT sector development has a promising future in Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the opening of an international cyberspace conference in Budapest on Thursday. Hungarians have always been in the forefront of IT sector development, he con-tinued, mentioning mathematician János Neumann, Farkas Kempelen, who in-vented the talking machine, and BASIC computer language creator János Kemény.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's MSZP’s Vision Of The Future: “The Left, Hope, And Strength”
- 4 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Now that MSZP’s leaked “working paper” has become available we have a better idea of what the party leaders have in mind as far as strategy is concerned. Although the MSZP politicians I heard speak about the document emphasized that naturally this is not the final word on the strategy the party will follow in the next year and a half, after reading the text I think it is fairly clear where the ...
Xpat Opinion: A Sinking Ship? Is It Time For Orbán’s Hungary To Turn Westward?
- 6 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Just as I feared, we will have to return to Azerbaijan, not so much as a diplomatic issue but as a part of the financial plans that may have been behind the decision to release a convicted murderer to Baku. Because surely no one will believe the story the Hungarian Foreign Ministry came up with yesterday, that Hungary was conned by the Azeris. The current claim is that the Hungarians believed in ...
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian-IMF/EU Negotiations: News Blackout? Not Really
- 20 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
On Monday, July 17, Thanos Arvanitis, head of the IMF delegation, and Barbara Kauffman, head of the EU Commission’s delegation, accompanied by Iryna Ivashchenko, the IMF’s Budapest representative, paid a visit to Mihály Varga, the minister without portfolio in charge of the long-awaited negotiations for a stand-by loan for the financially hard-pressed Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Constitutional Renewal Must Be Done By Hungarians For Hungarians
- 13 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A conversation between two consitutional legal scholars: Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University and Gábor Halmai, ELTE Budapest and Princeton University.

















