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Simicska Wins Public Funds “Prize” In Hungary
- 25 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
LMP has awarded a “Golden Wheelbarrow” prize to businessman Lajos Simicska as “the most successful collector of public funds,” the party announced.
Xpat Opinion: New Hungarian Education System: Model Was France
- 25 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me before. Rózsa Hoffmann, the Francophile, most likely turned to the French system when under her stewardship the whole Hungarian primary and secondary education system was turned upside down. Among other things, she wanted children to start their language education with a romance language (clearly she had French in mind) and wanted to discourage the study of ...
Xpat Report: U.S. Embassy Budapest Screens Lincoln
- 25 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy with the assistance of InterCom Marketing screened Steven Spielberg’s movie Lincoln to a selected audience in the Puskin Cinema on January 24, a week before its nationwide release in Hungary. The movie focuses on a critical moment of conscience in America’s democratic and constitutional history – President Lincoln’s struggle to pass the 13th Amendment, thereby abolishing slavery. ...
Hungary's National Flag Banned At Basketball Game
- 22 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Jobbik expressed outrage in a Thursday statement after reporting that Hungarian flags were banned from an international basketball game between Szolnoki Olaj KK and Hapoel Holon of Israel on Tuesday. Fidesz mayor Ferenc Szalay also protested against the ban on the Hungarian flags.
Student Council Suspended Over Lists In Hungary
- 21 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
ELTE university rector Barna Mezey on Wednesday suspended the operation of the students council at the faculty of humanities (HÖK) following reports that the organisation had compiled lists of first-year students based on whether they were Jewish or Roma and on their political affiliation and sexual orientation. Reports say the list, including slurs regarding ethnicity and appearance, was ...
Tensions Rise Between State Audit Office & Hungarian National Bank
- 19 Feb 2013 8:01 AM
- current affairs
The National Bank overstepped its authority by handing over confidential data to the IMF, the State Audit Office (ASZ) said, firing the latest shot in a recent dispute between the two institutions. In response, MNB governor Andras Simor said on ATV Wednesday that the central bank had not violated any rules in handing over the data at the request of the IMF.
Hungary's Fidesz Caucus Leader Rogán Attacks Bajnai
- 19 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Former prime minister Gordon Bajnai is “clearly a man of the past” whose dispute is not with the governing parties but with ordinary people who voted against his style of governing in 2010, Fidesz caucus leader Antal Rogán told reporters on Monday.
Xpat Opinion: Banner War, Round Two: Szekler Flag Aflutter On Hungarian Parliament
- 18 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government journalist calls the Romanian response to Hungary’s innocent symbolic gesture aggressive and unreasonable. A left-wing daily on the other hand accuses the government of insensitivity to the delicate problems of beyond-border Hungarian minorities in Romania.
Erkel Theatre Re-Opens In Budapest In Two Weeks
- 15 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Erkel Theatre will re-open for a trial run in early March as its Ft 1.8 billion renovation is still under way, culture state secretary László L. Simon told reporters on Thursday. The theatre will not be officially dedicated until November 7, the birthday of composer Ferenc Erkel, and Hungarian Opera Day.
Simicska Wins Public Funds “Prize” In Hungary
- 25 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
LMP has awarded a “Golden Wheelbarrow” prize to businessman Lajos Simicska as “the most successful collector of public funds,” the party announced.
Xpat Opinion: New Hungarian Education System: Model Was France
- 25 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me before. Rózsa Hoffmann, the Francophile, most likely turned to the French system when under her stewardship the whole Hungarian primary and secondary education system was turned upside down. Among other things, she wanted children to start their language education with a romance language (clearly she had French in mind) and wanted to discourage the study of ...
Xpat Report: U.S. Embassy Budapest Screens Lincoln
- 25 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy with the assistance of InterCom Marketing screened Steven Spielberg’s movie Lincoln to a selected audience in the Puskin Cinema on January 24, a week before its nationwide release in Hungary. The movie focuses on a critical moment of conscience in America’s democratic and constitutional history – President Lincoln’s struggle to pass the 13th Amendment, thereby abolishing slavery. ...
Hungary's National Flag Banned At Basketball Game
- 22 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Jobbik expressed outrage in a Thursday statement after reporting that Hungarian flags were banned from an international basketball game between Szolnoki Olaj KK and Hapoel Holon of Israel on Tuesday. Fidesz mayor Ferenc Szalay also protested against the ban on the Hungarian flags.
Student Council Suspended Over Lists In Hungary
- 21 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
ELTE university rector Barna Mezey on Wednesday suspended the operation of the students council at the faculty of humanities (HÖK) following reports that the organisation had compiled lists of first-year students based on whether they were Jewish or Roma and on their political affiliation and sexual orientation. Reports say the list, including slurs regarding ethnicity and appearance, was ...
Tensions Rise Between State Audit Office & Hungarian National Bank
- 19 Feb 2013 8:01 AM
- current affairs
The National Bank overstepped its authority by handing over confidential data to the IMF, the State Audit Office (ASZ) said, firing the latest shot in a recent dispute between the two institutions. In response, MNB governor Andras Simor said on ATV Wednesday that the central bank had not violated any rules in handing over the data at the request of the IMF.
Hungary's Fidesz Caucus Leader Rogán Attacks Bajnai
- 19 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Former prime minister Gordon Bajnai is “clearly a man of the past” whose dispute is not with the governing parties but with ordinary people who voted against his style of governing in 2010, Fidesz caucus leader Antal Rogán told reporters on Monday.
Xpat Opinion: Banner War, Round Two: Szekler Flag Aflutter On Hungarian Parliament
- 18 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government journalist calls the Romanian response to Hungary’s innocent symbolic gesture aggressive and unreasonable. A left-wing daily on the other hand accuses the government of insensitivity to the delicate problems of beyond-border Hungarian minorities in Romania.
Erkel Theatre Re-Opens In Budapest In Two Weeks
- 15 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Erkel Theatre will re-open for a trial run in early March as its Ft 1.8 billion renovation is still under way, culture state secretary László L. Simon told reporters on Thursday. The theatre will not be officially dedicated until November 7, the birthday of composer Ferenc Erkel, and Hungarian Opera Day.