96 result(s) for intervention in Current Affairs
Hungarian State To Grant HUF 10 Million Aid To Couples Agreeing To Have Three Children
- 21 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The State will grant HUF 10 million non-repayable aid for the purchase of new homes to young couples who agree to have three children within ten years, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office announced at the press conference Governmentinfo 35 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.
Photos Of Migrants From Bicske Station In Hungary Misleading, Says Austrian Press Council
- 24 Nov 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Photos released by the media depicting police handling of migrants at the railway station in Bicske, in northern Hungary, in early September were misleading, the Austrian Press Council has ruled. The council said that photos covering the migrant crisis must always be released in the right context. The council specifically noted a photo depicting Hungarian police reaching for a migrant and his ...
Xpat Opinion: Political Background Of The Refugee Crisis In Hungary
- 3 Sep 2015 10:50 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz and the ‘average Hungarian’ - There is no politician in Hungary with such an amazing knack for what the Hungarian public wants – or is at least willing to tolerate – as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He might have narrowly lost two winnable elections in 2002 and 2006, but at the same time he built a marginal and culturally ill-fitting party into one that is fundamentally attuned to the ...
Authorities Not Allowing Migrants Into Budapest’s Main Intl Railway Station
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The authorities are continuing to prevent migrants from entering Budapest’s Keleti railway station, MTI’s correspondent at the site said on Wednesday morning. All entry points to the station are manned by police. Train services are running, however, and ordinary passengers are being allowed onto platforms. The sunken plaza in front of the station and areas surrounding the station are full of ...
'Not In My Name', Demonstration Organised By Migration Aid Budapest, 2 September
- 1 Sep 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Press release: Migration Aid has been doing its job quietly, solving problems on the ground every day. Now it is time to speak up.
We are organizing a silent demonstration on Wednesday 2 September, starting at 7pm, in order to put pressure on the Government regarding the issues listed below.
The route of the demonstration: Nyugati Railway Station, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Alkotmány ...
We are organizing a silent demonstration on Wednesday 2 September, starting at 7pm, in order to put pressure on the Government regarding the issues listed below.
The route of the demonstration: Nyugati Railway Station, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Alkotmány ...
Xpat Opinion: First Border Fence Stretch In Place In Hungary
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the government tries to divert the current massive migration wave from Hungary, commentators tend to agree that Europe cannot take more migrants without seriously jeopardising its way of life. Opinions differ solely on whether that is inevitable or not.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Xpat Opinion: Opening Anti-Government Demonstration Of The New Year
- 5 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing bloggers wonder if the demonstrations continuing into the New Year carry messages meaningful enough to eventually produce a new political majority, while conservative commentators suggest that the organisers have yet to offer constructive proposals for Hungary, beyond the desire to rid the country of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Xpat Opinion: US Chargé D’Affaires Accused Of Interference
- 29 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist accuses Andre Goodfriend of openly siding with the anti-Fidesz opposition and interfering in Hungarian internal affairs by attending a foreign policy conference organized by the Democratic Coalition.
Hungarian State To Grant HUF 10 Million Aid To Couples Agreeing To Have Three Children
- 21 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The State will grant HUF 10 million non-repayable aid for the purchase of new homes to young couples who agree to have three children within ten years, the Minister heading the Prime Minister’s Office announced at the press conference Governmentinfo 35 which he held jointly with Government Spokesperson Zoltán Kovács.
Photos Of Migrants From Bicske Station In Hungary Misleading, Says Austrian Press Council
- 24 Nov 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Photos released by the media depicting police handling of migrants at the railway station in Bicske, in northern Hungary, in early September were misleading, the Austrian Press Council has ruled. The council said that photos covering the migrant crisis must always be released in the right context. The council specifically noted a photo depicting Hungarian police reaching for a migrant and his ...
Xpat Opinion: Political Background Of The Refugee Crisis In Hungary
- 3 Sep 2015 10:50 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz and the ‘average Hungarian’ - There is no politician in Hungary with such an amazing knack for what the Hungarian public wants – or is at least willing to tolerate – as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He might have narrowly lost two winnable elections in 2002 and 2006, but at the same time he built a marginal and culturally ill-fitting party into one that is fundamentally attuned to the ...
Authorities Not Allowing Migrants Into Budapest’s Main Intl Railway Station
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The authorities are continuing to prevent migrants from entering Budapest’s Keleti railway station, MTI’s correspondent at the site said on Wednesday morning. All entry points to the station are manned by police. Train services are running, however, and ordinary passengers are being allowed onto platforms. The sunken plaza in front of the station and areas surrounding the station are full of ...
'Not In My Name', Demonstration Organised By Migration Aid Budapest, 2 September
- 1 Sep 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Press release: Migration Aid has been doing its job quietly, solving problems on the ground every day. Now it is time to speak up.
We are organizing a silent demonstration on Wednesday 2 September, starting at 7pm, in order to put pressure on the Government regarding the issues listed below.
The route of the demonstration: Nyugati Railway Station, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Alkotmány ...
We are organizing a silent demonstration on Wednesday 2 September, starting at 7pm, in order to put pressure on the Government regarding the issues listed below.
The route of the demonstration: Nyugati Railway Station, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út, Alkotmány ...
Xpat Opinion: First Border Fence Stretch In Place In Hungary
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the government tries to divert the current massive migration wave from Hungary, commentators tend to agree that Europe cannot take more migrants without seriously jeopardising its way of life. Opinions differ solely on whether that is inevitable or not.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Xpat Opinion: Opening Anti-Government Demonstration Of The New Year
- 5 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing bloggers wonder if the demonstrations continuing into the New Year carry messages meaningful enough to eventually produce a new political majority, while conservative commentators suggest that the organisers have yet to offer constructive proposals for Hungary, beyond the desire to rid the country of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Xpat Opinion: US Chargé D’Affaires Accused Of Interference
- 29 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist accuses Andre Goodfriend of openly siding with the anti-Fidesz opposition and interfering in Hungarian internal affairs by attending a foreign policy conference organized by the Democratic Coalition.