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Xpat Opinion: Police Excess In Hungary: Two Recent Stories
- 9 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I said a couple of days ago that I had gained the impression that members of the Hungarian police force have been emboldened in the last three years. They feel that the government believes in strict rules and often opts for punishment as an answer to social ills. Since most of the police force are Jobbik and Fidesz supporters, they believe that Sándor Pintér’s ministry of the interior as well as ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Parliament Speaker Kövér’s ‘Rule By Decree’ Case
- 16 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the Speaker of Parliament’s recent radio interview, left-wing columnists accuse Mr. Kövér of proposing the revival of a rule by decree system. Conservative pundits as well as a group of left- liberal constitutional lawyers say that Mr. Kövér had no undemocratic intentions, and agree that the current legislative practice is far too bureaucratic.
Fidesz-Leaning Oligarch And Aide Missing From The Country’s Top 100 Rich-List
- 11 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Similar to Forbes Magazine, the Hungarian financial newspaper Napi Gazdaság compiles a list of the 100 richest Hungarians, some of whom are businessmen often with close ties to government. The two most prominent figures in Hungarian business life (and in conspiracy theories), who are literally unknown to foreign decision-makers, diplomats or investors, Lajos Simicska and Zsolt Nyerges are ...
Hungary's PM Orbán Choice To Head Media Authority Sparks Outrag
- 15 Aug 2013 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition partiers reacted angrily to yesterday’s announcement that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has nominated media litigation lawyer Mónika Karas to head the media and communications authority NMHH, effective August 19.
Hungary’s President Áder Selects Székely For Ombudsman
- 9 Aug 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has nominated lawyer and university professor László Székely, 55, to the post of civil rights ombudsman, he announced yesterday. Székely has taught at the faculty of law at Eötvös Loránd University since 1982. He became a legal expert with Fidesz’s environmental section in 1992.
CÖF To File Criminal Report On Banks In Hungary
- 7 Aug 2013 11:00 AM
- business
The pro-government Civil Unity Forum (CÖF) will file a criminal report against banks and the Bank Association, its president László Csizmadia announced on Tuesday. The declaration came after Csizmadia had talks at the Administration and Justice Ministry on solving the problems of foreign-currency mortgage debtors.
Xpat Opinion: Racist Serial Killers Face Verdict In Hungary
- 26 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal observer complains that the trial of the far-right gunmen who killed six innocent Roma has not had an edifying impact on the public perception of the Roma issue.
Challenging Disability & Ethnicity Discrimination In Education Across C.E. Europe
- 26 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"Today, the New York Times published a letter by Dezideriu Gergely (Executive Director of the European Roma Rights Centre) and myself. It concerns the discrimination in education faced by Roma children and children with disabilities in central and eastern Europe." By Oliver Lewis, Executive Director, Mental Disability Advocacy Center, Budapest. Oliver tweets @olewis75. This article was first ...
US Lawyers To Question Hungarian War Crimes Suspect Csatáry
- 27 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
American lawyers involved in the Holocaust lawsuit launched in 2010 against state railway company MÁV will travel to Hungary in June to question war crimes suspect László Csatáry at the Buda Central District Court.
Xpat Opinion: Police Excess In Hungary: Two Recent Stories
- 9 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I said a couple of days ago that I had gained the impression that members of the Hungarian police force have been emboldened in the last three years. They feel that the government believes in strict rules and often opts for punishment as an answer to social ills. Since most of the police force are Jobbik and Fidesz supporters, they believe that Sándor Pintér’s ministry of the interior as well as ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Parliament Speaker Kövér’s ‘Rule By Decree’ Case
- 16 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the Speaker of Parliament’s recent radio interview, left-wing columnists accuse Mr. Kövér of proposing the revival of a rule by decree system. Conservative pundits as well as a group of left- liberal constitutional lawyers say that Mr. Kövér had no undemocratic intentions, and agree that the current legislative practice is far too bureaucratic.
Fidesz-Leaning Oligarch And Aide Missing From The Country’s Top 100 Rich-List
- 11 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Similar to Forbes Magazine, the Hungarian financial newspaper Napi Gazdaság compiles a list of the 100 richest Hungarians, some of whom are businessmen often with close ties to government. The two most prominent figures in Hungarian business life (and in conspiracy theories), who are literally unknown to foreign decision-makers, diplomats or investors, Lajos Simicska and Zsolt Nyerges are ...
Hungary's PM Orbán Choice To Head Media Authority Sparks Outrag
- 15 Aug 2013 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition partiers reacted angrily to yesterday’s announcement that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has nominated media litigation lawyer Mónika Karas to head the media and communications authority NMHH, effective August 19.
Hungary’s President Áder Selects Székely For Ombudsman
- 9 Aug 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has nominated lawyer and university professor László Székely, 55, to the post of civil rights ombudsman, he announced yesterday. Székely has taught at the faculty of law at Eötvös Loránd University since 1982. He became a legal expert with Fidesz’s environmental section in 1992.
CÖF To File Criminal Report On Banks In Hungary
- 7 Aug 2013 11:00 AM
- business
The pro-government Civil Unity Forum (CÖF) will file a criminal report against banks and the Bank Association, its president László Csizmadia announced on Tuesday. The declaration came after Csizmadia had talks at the Administration and Justice Ministry on solving the problems of foreign-currency mortgage debtors.
Xpat Opinion: Racist Serial Killers Face Verdict In Hungary
- 26 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal observer complains that the trial of the far-right gunmen who killed six innocent Roma has not had an edifying impact on the public perception of the Roma issue.
Challenging Disability & Ethnicity Discrimination In Education Across C.E. Europe
- 26 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"Today, the New York Times published a letter by Dezideriu Gergely (Executive Director of the European Roma Rights Centre) and myself. It concerns the discrimination in education faced by Roma children and children with disabilities in central and eastern Europe." By Oliver Lewis, Executive Director, Mental Disability Advocacy Center, Budapest. Oliver tweets @olewis75. This article was first ...
US Lawyers To Question Hungarian War Crimes Suspect Csatáry
- 27 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
American lawyers involved in the Holocaust lawsuit launched in 2010 against state railway company MÁV will travel to Hungary in June to question war crimes suspect László Csatáry at the Buda Central District Court.