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Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
House Speaker Pays Tribute To Göncz In Hungarian Parliament
- 12 Oct 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér paid tribute to the late Árpád Göncz, Hungary’s first post-communist president between 1990 and 2000, ahead of a plenary session of parliament. The life path of Árpád Göncz coincided with major events in Hungary’s 20th century history, Kövér said. In his tribute, the House speaker quoted the late Ferenc Mádl, Göncz’s successor, as saying that Göncz “made the ...
Hungary’s Former President Árpád Göncz Dies Aged 93
- 7 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Árpád Göncz, Hungary’s first postcommunist president who held office between 1990 and 2000, has died at the age of 93. Parliament observed a minute of silence, while the government paid tribute to Göncz in a statement of condolences, saying that as the first head of state of a free democratic Hungary, Göncz had “served his ten years in office to the best of his ability”.
Xpat Opinion: Toward A Police State In Hungary?
- 8 Sep 2015 1:00 AM
- current affairs
It’s time to take a quick look at the amendments to existing laws on the army and the police that, in Viktor Orbán’s words, will start a new era in Hungary. The projected date of this new beginning is September 15–that is, if Fidesz-KDNP has its way and four-fifths of MPs present vote for the extended use of the army and the police in the border regions and elsewhere.
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Goran Bregovic @ Sziget Budapest, 15 August 9.15 pm
- 13 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Roots in the Balkans where he stems from, head in the 21st Century which he fully inhabits, Goran Bregovic's music marries sounds of a gypsy brass band with traditional Bulgarian polyphonies, those of an electric guitar and traditional percussion with a curious rock accent…. all against a background of a bedevilled string orchestra and deep sonorities of a male choir, creating music that our soul ...
Jobbik Holocaust Denier Found Guilty
- 27 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Jobbik local councillor Tibor Ágoston was fined Ft 750,000 by a Debrecen court on Thursday for denial of the Holocaust. Failure to pay the fine will result in a jail sentence of 300 days.
Now On: Hungaricons Collection In Várkert Bazár (Castle Garden Bazaar)
- 3 Feb 2015 1:45 AM
- community & culture
Barcsay and Aba Novák, Faludy and Petőfi, Iván Darvas and Klári Tolnay, Károly Makk and Miklós Jancsó, Iván Markó and Adél Orosz, Ernő Rubik and John von Neumann, Bartók and Kodály, Kossuth and Széchenyi. The easiest question of any quiz show could well be: What do they have in common? However, if the answer is to be just one word, it becomes more difficult: Hungarians? Geniuses? This collection ...
Hungary's President Áder Sues Website And Journalist
- 30 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder is suing news website Index and journalist and director András B. Vágvölgyi for alleged slander.
Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
House Speaker Pays Tribute To Göncz In Hungarian Parliament
- 12 Oct 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér paid tribute to the late Árpád Göncz, Hungary’s first post-communist president between 1990 and 2000, ahead of a plenary session of parliament. The life path of Árpád Göncz coincided with major events in Hungary’s 20th century history, Kövér said. In his tribute, the House speaker quoted the late Ferenc Mádl, Göncz’s successor, as saying that Göncz “made the ...
Hungary’s Former President Árpád Göncz Dies Aged 93
- 7 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Árpád Göncz, Hungary’s first postcommunist president who held office between 1990 and 2000, has died at the age of 93. Parliament observed a minute of silence, while the government paid tribute to Göncz in a statement of condolences, saying that as the first head of state of a free democratic Hungary, Göncz had “served his ten years in office to the best of his ability”.
Xpat Opinion: Toward A Police State In Hungary?
- 8 Sep 2015 1:00 AM
- current affairs
It’s time to take a quick look at the amendments to existing laws on the army and the police that, in Viktor Orbán’s words, will start a new era in Hungary. The projected date of this new beginning is September 15–that is, if Fidesz-KDNP has its way and four-fifths of MPs present vote for the extended use of the army and the police in the border regions and elsewhere.
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Goran Bregovic @ Sziget Budapest, 15 August 9.15 pm
- 13 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Roots in the Balkans where he stems from, head in the 21st Century which he fully inhabits, Goran Bregovic's music marries sounds of a gypsy brass band with traditional Bulgarian polyphonies, those of an electric guitar and traditional percussion with a curious rock accent…. all against a background of a bedevilled string orchestra and deep sonorities of a male choir, creating music that our soul ...
Jobbik Holocaust Denier Found Guilty
- 27 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Jobbik local councillor Tibor Ágoston was fined Ft 750,000 by a Debrecen court on Thursday for denial of the Holocaust. Failure to pay the fine will result in a jail sentence of 300 days.
Now On: Hungaricons Collection In Várkert Bazár (Castle Garden Bazaar)
- 3 Feb 2015 1:45 AM
- community & culture
Barcsay and Aba Novák, Faludy and Petőfi, Iván Darvas and Klári Tolnay, Károly Makk and Miklós Jancsó, Iván Markó and Adél Orosz, Ernő Rubik and John von Neumann, Bartók and Kodály, Kossuth and Széchenyi. The easiest question of any quiz show could well be: What do they have in common? However, if the answer is to be just one word, it becomes more difficult: Hungarians? Geniuses? This collection ...
Hungary's President Áder Sues Website And Journalist
- 30 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder is suing news website Index and journalist and director András B. Vágvölgyi for alleged slander.