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Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Nobel Prize Writer Imre Kertész Accuses The New York Times Of Censorship
- 17 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Two conservative columnists accuse The New York Times of bias for deciding not to publish an interview with Imre Kertész Nobel prize winning novelist who dismissed the idea that Hungary was a dictatorship.
Kertész: Talk Of Dictatorship In Hungary “Empty, Ideological”
- 13 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
To call Hungary a dictatorship today is “empty ideological language”, Nobel-prize laureate Imre Kertész has said. In an interview to The Hungarian Quarterly published in April 2014 – a translation of which has recently appeared in the Hungarian press – the Hungarian author said that a journalist from the New York Times (NYT) had come to him last year “with the intention of getting me to say that ...
US Steps In Hungary Under Fire
- 6 Nov 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The American Hungarian Federation has voiced criticism of steps taken to ban certain officials from entering the US, business daily Napi Gazdaság reported. In a letter addressed to Victoria Nuland, the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, the federation said recent actions by the US could increase anti-US and anti-NATO sentiment in Hungary.
Hungary’s State Secretary Alleges Norway-Soros Collusion
- 2 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The existence of overlaps and parallel features between the Norwegian Civil Grants and organisations backed by the Soros Foundation “speaks for itself”, PMO parliamentary state secretary László L. Simon said in an interview with Magyar Hírlap. He said this is a network whose financing is very well planned, and that there are political and ideological considerations behind it.
Xpat Opinion: Learning History In Orbán’s Hungary
- 2 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The new school year began yesterday and with it an entirely new system as far as textbook distribution is concerned. As you most likely know, a couple of years ago all schools were nationalized and put under the authority of one monstrous organization called Klebelsberg Intézményfenntartó Központ (KLIK), named after Kunó Klebelsberg, minister of education between 1922 and 1931.
DK Accuses Hungarian Govt Of Scheme To Quit EU
- 28 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An MEP of the leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the prime minister and the government to drop “preparations to quit the European Union”. Speaking to MTI on Wednesday, Péter Niedermüller, who is also DK’s deputy leader, insisted that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was using every opportunity to criticise European values, which he interpreted as preparations for a shift “to a different ...
Xpat Opinion About PM Orbán’s Speech To Ambassadors In Budapest
- 27 Aug 2014 1:00 AM
- video
"I simply cannot get over the ineptitude of the Hungarian opposition parties. It is hard to pick the biggest loser among them. Here we are before the Budapest municipal elections where the stakes are high since with good candidates and a good campaign the democratic parties have a chance of replacing István Tarlós and perhaps even receiving the majority of the district mayoralties.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.
Mayoral Candidate: Resolving Roma Problem Bound Up With Hungary’s Future
- 18 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Resolving Hungary’s "Roma problem" is bound up with the country’s very future, Albert Pásztor, a candidate for mayor of Miskolc, said in an interview to Népszabadság. "No one should think for a minute this problem’s going to stop at the city limits," said Pásztor, whose recent nomination by the opposition Socialist Party and the Democratic Coalition to head the impoverished north-east Hungarian ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Nobel Prize Writer Imre Kertész Accuses The New York Times Of Censorship
- 17 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Two conservative columnists accuse The New York Times of bias for deciding not to publish an interview with Imre Kertész Nobel prize winning novelist who dismissed the idea that Hungary was a dictatorship.
Kertész: Talk Of Dictatorship In Hungary “Empty, Ideological”
- 13 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
To call Hungary a dictatorship today is “empty ideological language”, Nobel-prize laureate Imre Kertész has said. In an interview to The Hungarian Quarterly published in April 2014 – a translation of which has recently appeared in the Hungarian press – the Hungarian author said that a journalist from the New York Times (NYT) had come to him last year “with the intention of getting me to say that ...
US Steps In Hungary Under Fire
- 6 Nov 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The American Hungarian Federation has voiced criticism of steps taken to ban certain officials from entering the US, business daily Napi Gazdaság reported. In a letter addressed to Victoria Nuland, the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, the federation said recent actions by the US could increase anti-US and anti-NATO sentiment in Hungary.
Hungary’s State Secretary Alleges Norway-Soros Collusion
- 2 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The existence of overlaps and parallel features between the Norwegian Civil Grants and organisations backed by the Soros Foundation “speaks for itself”, PMO parliamentary state secretary László L. Simon said in an interview with Magyar Hírlap. He said this is a network whose financing is very well planned, and that there are political and ideological considerations behind it.
Xpat Opinion: Learning History In Orbán’s Hungary
- 2 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The new school year began yesterday and with it an entirely new system as far as textbook distribution is concerned. As you most likely know, a couple of years ago all schools were nationalized and put under the authority of one monstrous organization called Klebelsberg Intézményfenntartó Központ (KLIK), named after Kunó Klebelsberg, minister of education between 1922 and 1931.
DK Accuses Hungarian Govt Of Scheme To Quit EU
- 28 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An MEP of the leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the prime minister and the government to drop “preparations to quit the European Union”. Speaking to MTI on Wednesday, Péter Niedermüller, who is also DK’s deputy leader, insisted that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was using every opportunity to criticise European values, which he interpreted as preparations for a shift “to a different ...
Xpat Opinion About PM Orbán’s Speech To Ambassadors In Budapest
- 27 Aug 2014 1:00 AM
- video
"I simply cannot get over the ineptitude of the Hungarian opposition parties. It is hard to pick the biggest loser among them. Here we are before the Budapest municipal elections where the stakes are high since with good candidates and a good campaign the democratic parties have a chance of replacing István Tarlós and perhaps even receiving the majority of the district mayoralties.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.
Mayoral Candidate: Resolving Roma Problem Bound Up With Hungary’s Future
- 18 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Resolving Hungary’s "Roma problem" is bound up with the country’s very future, Albert Pásztor, a candidate for mayor of Miskolc, said in an interview to Népszabadság. "No one should think for a minute this problem’s going to stop at the city limits," said Pásztor, whose recent nomination by the opposition Socialist Party and the Democratic Coalition to head the impoverished north-east Hungarian ...