153 result(s) for hungary’s public media
Council Of Europe Turns Up The Heat On Hungary
- 2 May 2013 10:35 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is set to become the first EU country to be monitored by the Council of Europe, following recent changes to the country’s constitution. The monitoring committee of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly announced last week (25 April) that it was recommending a formal procedure to monitor Hungary’s respecting of its obligations to the Council of Europe.
Hungarian Leaders Are Playing 'Cat And Mouse' With EU
- 30 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The gradual erosion in Hungary of the fundamental checks and balances of a democratic society is not going unnoticed, writes Guy Verhofstadt.
The European Left Uses Hungary As Campaign Tool
- 9 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe's left wing is using Hungary to criticize the right, more than a year before elections to the European Parliament and five months before Germans go to the polls, Public Administration and Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics said on public radio on Sunday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Government Accused Of Paralysis While PM Under Fire In Brussels
- 18 Mar 2013 8:02 AM
- current affairs
The authorities were at least one day late in reacting to the exceptional snowstorm and a left-wing commentator thinks the reason was that PM Viktor Orbán was busy fending off growing discontent with Hungary’s constitutional amendments among European allies.
International Press's View Of Hungary Has Improved
- 14 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
According to Deputy Secretary of State for International Communications Ferenc Kumin, the image of Hungary in the international press has improved recently and attention is instead centred around how Hungary has managed to achieve such positive changes.
Hungary's Gov’t Launches Anti-IMF Ad Campaign
- 11 Oct 2012 1:03 AM
- current affairs
This week the government placed full-page advertisements on the back pages of major newspapers to declare that it “will not give in to the IMF” in general, nor on specific issues. The ad in Magyar Hírlap is a brief message in large letters reading: “No to reductions in family support. We are not giving in to the IMF”.
A similar ad on the back page of Népszava declares “No to the property tax. We ...
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 ...
Government Disputes Amnesty Report On Hungary
- 25 May 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The government begs to differ with human rights watchdog Amnesty International on the conclusions of its report on Hungary published on Wednesday, the justice ministry said. AI's report failed to cover the major steps Hungary has taken to enforce human rights over the past two years while remaining silent about insults to ethnic Hungarians abroad, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Xpat Opinion: Ukraine And Hungary: The Tymoshenko Affair
- 3 May 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Orbán have more in common than their first name. In February 2010, only a couple of months before Orbán's political triumph, Yanukovych staged a remarkable comeback, recovering from the humiliation and disgrace he suffered in Ukraine's election of 2004. According to yesterday's Economist, since his election to the presidency Yanukovych "has mauled his country's ...
Council Of Europe Turns Up The Heat On Hungary
- 2 May 2013 10:35 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is set to become the first EU country to be monitored by the Council of Europe, following recent changes to the country’s constitution. The monitoring committee of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly announced last week (25 April) that it was recommending a formal procedure to monitor Hungary’s respecting of its obligations to the Council of Europe.
Hungarian Leaders Are Playing 'Cat And Mouse' With EU
- 30 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The gradual erosion in Hungary of the fundamental checks and balances of a democratic society is not going unnoticed, writes Guy Verhofstadt.
The European Left Uses Hungary As Campaign Tool
- 9 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe's left wing is using Hungary to criticize the right, more than a year before elections to the European Parliament and five months before Germans go to the polls, Public Administration and Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics said on public radio on Sunday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Government Accused Of Paralysis While PM Under Fire In Brussels
- 18 Mar 2013 8:02 AM
- current affairs
The authorities were at least one day late in reacting to the exceptional snowstorm and a left-wing commentator thinks the reason was that PM Viktor Orbán was busy fending off growing discontent with Hungary’s constitutional amendments among European allies.
International Press's View Of Hungary Has Improved
- 14 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
According to Deputy Secretary of State for International Communications Ferenc Kumin, the image of Hungary in the international press has improved recently and attention is instead centred around how Hungary has managed to achieve such positive changes.
Hungary's Gov’t Launches Anti-IMF Ad Campaign
- 11 Oct 2012 1:03 AM
- current affairs
This week the government placed full-page advertisements on the back pages of major newspapers to declare that it “will not give in to the IMF” in general, nor on specific issues. The ad in Magyar Hírlap is a brief message in large letters reading: “No to reductions in family support. We are not giving in to the IMF”.
A similar ad on the back page of Népszava declares “No to the property tax. We ...
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 ...
Government Disputes Amnesty Report On Hungary
- 25 May 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The government begs to differ with human rights watchdog Amnesty International on the conclusions of its report on Hungary published on Wednesday, the justice ministry said. AI's report failed to cover the major steps Hungary has taken to enforce human rights over the past two years while remaining silent about insults to ethnic Hungarians abroad, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Xpat Opinion: Ukraine And Hungary: The Tymoshenko Affair
- 3 May 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Orbán have more in common than their first name. In February 2010, only a couple of months before Orbán's political triumph, Yanukovych staged a remarkable comeback, recovering from the humiliation and disgrace he suffered in Ukraine's election of 2004. According to yesterday's Economist, since his election to the presidency Yanukovych "has mauled his country's ...