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Interviews: How Expats Coped With The Covid-19 Shutdown In Hungary - Part 2
- 14 Jul 2020 4:02 PM
- community & culture
By Alexandra Ivanoff for XpatLoop. March 16th 2020: None of us will ever forget it. Hungary’s theatres, mozis, bars, schools, churches, and restaurants, all closed their doors that day. Everyone marooned themselves at home, with no idea how long self-isolation from the approaching Covid-19 would last.
U.S. Still Trying To Push Out The Russian-Led Bank From Hungary
- 20 Jan 2020 9:08 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s government agreed to limit the number of people who could receive diplomatic immunity in Hungary as staff or guests of the International Investment Bank (IIB). Only one or two dozen of them would receive immunity, Direkt36 has learned. The bank relocated its headquarters from Moscow to Budapest this summer.
Opinion: PM Orbán Promises U.S. Counterintelligence Measures Against Russian-Led Bank In Budapest
- 15 Aug 2019 11:14 AM
- current affairs
One after another, Russian names hang on the white doors of the International Investment Bank’s (IIB) temporary offices in the outskirts of Budapest. The nameplates on the rooms of the bank’s Hungarian, Slovak and Czech leaders were also out. The Russian-led, Russia-dominated IIB is currently moving its headquarters from Moscow to Budapest reports direkt36.hu.
PM Orbánʼs Private Jet Scandal Takes Off
- 8 Oct 2018 6:58 AM
- https://bbj.hu/
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has admitted in Parliament he often uses a luxury jet to travel to events such as matches of Hungarian football team Videoton, raising ethical questions about his relationship to businessman István Garancsi, who footed the bills as gifts, and whose companies have won numerous state tenders. The PM denies any wrongdoing.
EP Lifts Immunity From Prosecution Of Jobbik MEP 'KGBéla' Kovács
- 1 Jun 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The Legal Committee of the European Parliament voted to lift immunity from prosecution of Jobbik MEP Béla Kovács (pictured), who has been accused of collaborating with Russian intelligence and spying on the European Parliament, reports Magyar Idők.
Hungarian Secret Agent Reveals Seriousness Of Russian Threat
- 21 Mar 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
By Szabolcs Panyi: Secret agents, counter-intelligence officers do not give interviews to the media very often and it is even more unique when they do so under their real name and with their own face. Ferenc Katrein worked for the Hungarian civilian counter-intelligence agency for 13 years, including a stint as an executive head of operations, and dealt with sensitive cases such as the Roma ...
Interview – Orbán Hopes Referendum Ensures “Strong Sword” Against Brussels
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s upcoming quota referendum will determine “how strong a sword voters can forge” to use in their fight against “Brussels bureaucrats”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview to news portal Origo on Thursday. In his interview, Orbán said should the European Union “force upon us” mandatory migrant quotas, “it would impact each Hungarian municipality”.
Prosecutor Calls For Fidesz MP’s Immunity To Be Lifted
- 19 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s chief prosecutor has asked parliament to lift the immunity of ruling party lawmaker Roland Mengyi on suspicion of corruption involving public funds, a prosecution spokesman said on Thursday.
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]
Interviews: How Expats Coped With The Covid-19 Shutdown In Hungary - Part 2
- 14 Jul 2020 4:02 PM
- community & culture
By Alexandra Ivanoff for XpatLoop. March 16th 2020: None of us will ever forget it. Hungary’s theatres, mozis, bars, schools, churches, and restaurants, all closed their doors that day. Everyone marooned themselves at home, with no idea how long self-isolation from the approaching Covid-19 would last.
U.S. Still Trying To Push Out The Russian-Led Bank From Hungary
- 20 Jan 2020 9:08 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s government agreed to limit the number of people who could receive diplomatic immunity in Hungary as staff or guests of the International Investment Bank (IIB). Only one or two dozen of them would receive immunity, Direkt36 has learned. The bank relocated its headquarters from Moscow to Budapest this summer.
Opinion: PM Orbán Promises U.S. Counterintelligence Measures Against Russian-Led Bank In Budapest
- 15 Aug 2019 11:14 AM
- current affairs
One after another, Russian names hang on the white doors of the International Investment Bank’s (IIB) temporary offices in the outskirts of Budapest. The nameplates on the rooms of the bank’s Hungarian, Slovak and Czech leaders were also out. The Russian-led, Russia-dominated IIB is currently moving its headquarters from Moscow to Budapest reports direkt36.hu.
PM Orbánʼs Private Jet Scandal Takes Off
- 8 Oct 2018 6:58 AM
- https://bbj.hu/
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has admitted in Parliament he often uses a luxury jet to travel to events such as matches of Hungarian football team Videoton, raising ethical questions about his relationship to businessman István Garancsi, who footed the bills as gifts, and whose companies have won numerous state tenders. The PM denies any wrongdoing.
EP Lifts Immunity From Prosecution Of Jobbik MEP 'KGBéla' Kovács
- 1 Jun 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The Legal Committee of the European Parliament voted to lift immunity from prosecution of Jobbik MEP Béla Kovács (pictured), who has been accused of collaborating with Russian intelligence and spying on the European Parliament, reports Magyar Idők.
Hungarian Secret Agent Reveals Seriousness Of Russian Threat
- 21 Mar 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
By Szabolcs Panyi: Secret agents, counter-intelligence officers do not give interviews to the media very often and it is even more unique when they do so under their real name and with their own face. Ferenc Katrein worked for the Hungarian civilian counter-intelligence agency for 13 years, including a stint as an executive head of operations, and dealt with sensitive cases such as the Roma ...
Interview – Orbán Hopes Referendum Ensures “Strong Sword” Against Brussels
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s upcoming quota referendum will determine “how strong a sword voters can forge” to use in their fight against “Brussels bureaucrats”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview to news portal Origo on Thursday. In his interview, Orbán said should the European Union “force upon us” mandatory migrant quotas, “it would impact each Hungarian municipality”.
Prosecutor Calls For Fidesz MP’s Immunity To Be Lifted
- 19 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s chief prosecutor has asked parliament to lift the immunity of ruling party lawmaker Roland Mengyi on suspicion of corruption involving public funds, a prosecution spokesman said on Thursday.
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]