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Golden Team Football Player Kocsis’ Ashes Returning To Hungary
- 28 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ashes of 1950s Golden Team football player Sándor Kocsis will be returned from Barcelona and laid to rest at the Szent István Basilica on September 21. His ashes will be laid next to those of his team-mate and good friend Ferenc Puskás.
Court Reinstates Judge Forced Into Retirement In Hungary
- 24 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Zalaegerszeg Labour Court on Thursday struck down as unlawful the forced early retirement of a judge by the president of Hungary and the Kaposvár Court. The court reinstated the judge, aged 62, in her position in Kaposvár, after she was dismissed in July because of her age. Her dismissal was to take effect October 1.
Hungarian Rhapsody By Queen At Cinemas From 20th September
- 22 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest ‘86 will be released in cinemas worldwide, with the film is expected to play on screens in over 30 territories worldwide. Originally filmed in 1986, this momentous concert movie has been re-mastered in high definition and 5.1 surround sound for its first–ever cinema screening and opens with a special 25 minute documentary feature following legends of ...
Home Market In Hungary Falls Slightly In July
- 15 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- property
Hungary’s housing market experienced a small seasonal drop in July from June, property agency Duna House reported. Turnover last month was 6% higher than one year earlier.
Hungarian Monetary Council Wary Of Inflation Risks
- 15 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Janos Cinkotai and Gyorgy Kocziszky voted for a quarter-point cut in the base rate at the monetary council’s July 24 meeting, while the five other members voted to keep the rate at 7.0%, according to minutes released last week. The majority view was that inflation will remain above the 3% target in 2012 and 2013 due to higher VAT and excise taxes. Inflation is not likely to fall to 3% until ...
Hungarian Parties Fidesz And Socialists Exchange Barbs
- 15 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has damaged Hungary's reputation with several recent remarks, and the damage can be measured in forints, Socialist MP Istvan Jozsa charged. He said primarily the extension of the financial transaction tax to the MNB damaged Hungary's image but Orban's description of Hungarians as a semi-Asian people and his other July 26 statement ”let us hope that God will help us and ...
Xpat Opinion: From Anti-Semitism To The Olympics, The Culture War Goes On In Hungary
- 14 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Historians’ polemic: In Élet és Irodalom, Eszter Babarczy argues that anti-Semitism became a political factor two decades ago, when liberals and socialists first raised the charge against their conservative opponents.
Meteor Shower On Show This Weekend In Hungary
- 10 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Perseids meteor shower visible since July will reach its peak in Hungary this weekend, specifically on Saturday night. The meteors should be visible all across the night sky. Óbuda’s Polaris Observatory will be open from 9 p.m. Saturday night to visitors hoping to view the spectacle.
Xpat Opinion: Will Hungary's Jobbik Split?
- 9 Aug 2012 12:45 PM
- current affairs
Commentators on both the left and right agree that recent scandals affecting Jobbik indicate grave conflicts and deep rifts within the far-right party. Analysts contend that this could foreshadow either its split or decline .
Golden Team Football Player Kocsis’ Ashes Returning To Hungary
- 28 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ashes of 1950s Golden Team football player Sándor Kocsis will be returned from Barcelona and laid to rest at the Szent István Basilica on September 21. His ashes will be laid next to those of his team-mate and good friend Ferenc Puskás.
Court Reinstates Judge Forced Into Retirement In Hungary
- 24 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Zalaegerszeg Labour Court on Thursday struck down as unlawful the forced early retirement of a judge by the president of Hungary and the Kaposvár Court. The court reinstated the judge, aged 62, in her position in Kaposvár, after she was dismissed in July because of her age. Her dismissal was to take effect October 1.
Hungarian Rhapsody By Queen At Cinemas From 20th September
- 22 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest ‘86 will be released in cinemas worldwide, with the film is expected to play on screens in over 30 territories worldwide. Originally filmed in 1986, this momentous concert movie has been re-mastered in high definition and 5.1 surround sound for its first–ever cinema screening and opens with a special 25 minute documentary feature following legends of ...
Home Market In Hungary Falls Slightly In July
- 15 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- property
Hungary’s housing market experienced a small seasonal drop in July from June, property agency Duna House reported. Turnover last month was 6% higher than one year earlier.
Hungarian Monetary Council Wary Of Inflation Risks
- 15 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Janos Cinkotai and Gyorgy Kocziszky voted for a quarter-point cut in the base rate at the monetary council’s July 24 meeting, while the five other members voted to keep the rate at 7.0%, according to minutes released last week. The majority view was that inflation will remain above the 3% target in 2012 and 2013 due to higher VAT and excise taxes. Inflation is not likely to fall to 3% until ...
Hungarian Parties Fidesz And Socialists Exchange Barbs
- 15 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has damaged Hungary's reputation with several recent remarks, and the damage can be measured in forints, Socialist MP Istvan Jozsa charged. He said primarily the extension of the financial transaction tax to the MNB damaged Hungary's image but Orban's description of Hungarians as a semi-Asian people and his other July 26 statement ”let us hope that God will help us and ...
Xpat Opinion: From Anti-Semitism To The Olympics, The Culture War Goes On In Hungary
- 14 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Historians’ polemic: In Élet és Irodalom, Eszter Babarczy argues that anti-Semitism became a political factor two decades ago, when liberals and socialists first raised the charge against their conservative opponents.
Meteor Shower On Show This Weekend In Hungary
- 10 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Perseids meteor shower visible since July will reach its peak in Hungary this weekend, specifically on Saturday night. The meteors should be visible all across the night sky. Óbuda’s Polaris Observatory will be open from 9 p.m. Saturday night to visitors hoping to view the spectacle.
Xpat Opinion: Will Hungary's Jobbik Split?
- 9 Aug 2012 12:45 PM
- current affairs
Commentators on both the left and right agree that recent scandals affecting Jobbik indicate grave conflicts and deep rifts within the far-right party. Analysts contend that this could foreshadow either its split or decline .