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Concert In Budapest Marks Roma Holocaust Anniversary
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A concert was held at Budapest’s Holocaust Memorial Centre on Thursday night to mark the 70th anniversary of the Roma Holocaust. The concert featured renowned jazz pianist Béla Szakcsi Lakatos and the chamber orchestra of violinist Lajos Kathy-Horváth.
Socialists Pledge To Improve Budapest Public Safety
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
The opposition Socialists pledge to improve public safety and establish a network to care for pensioners and single mothers in Budapest, the party’s Budapest group leader has said.
Hungary's PM Orbán Gives Fidesz Moderate Navracsics Difficult Task
- 4 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Tibor Navracsics (pictured right) will be Hungary’s nominee for European Commissioner, the incumbent Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister announced via Twitter on Tuesday. “Now it is official: I am Hungary’s candidate for the new European Commission. Difficult job. Great honour,” he wrote.
Xpat Interview: Rev. Dr. Frank Hegedus, Saint Margaret's Anglican Episcopal Church
- 31 Jul 2014 12:00 PM
Saint Margaret’s Anglican Episcopal Church was founded in Hungary in 1992 by the Rev. Canon Denis Moss, a New Zealander with British roots married to a Hungarian. Canon Dennis retired in 2011, and the church has been under the leadership of Father Frank since then.
Hungary To Host World Junior Open Water Championships Instead Of Israel’s Eilat
- 29 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
The 2nd World Junior Open Water Championships will be hosted this year by Hungary’s Balatonfüred instead of Israel’s Eilat. Tamás Gyárfás, the Hungarian deputy president of the international swimming federation FINA told MTI that FINA has decided to cancel the event scheduled for August 28-30 in Eilat “due to the unstable and unpredictable situation in the region,” the federation said in a ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán: Welfare State Thing Of Past
- 28 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The welfare state system has exhausted its reserves and is doomed to failure, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the Bálványos summer university on Saturday. In his address, Orbán insisted that the welfare state, with its amassed debt, is no longer a sustainable model for Western European societies.
Xpat Opinion: The PM’s Son Withdraws, Tired Of Media Attention
- 28 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The stepdaughter of a former Socialist Prime Minister lambasts journalists for “ruining a young man’s dream”, as the media buzzes with comments on the younger Orbán’s presence at his father’s side in the VIP box of the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, watching the World Cup final.
Hungary’s Jobbik Calls On EU To Suspend Agreement With Israel
- 25 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Radical nationalist Jobbik has urged the EU to immediately suspend its association agreement with Israel, and Hungarian buyers to boycott Israeli products, a senior party official said on Thursday. The agreement entered into force in 2000 and serves as a legal basis for the EU’s relations with Israel.
German Occupation Memorial In Budapest Completed Under Cover Of Darkness
- 24 Jul 2014 11:40 AM
- current affairs
The controversial German occupation memorial was erected under cover of darkness early Sunday morning. Shortly after midnight some 100 police officers closed off the Szabadság square as workmen installed a timpanum with a bronze eagle, representing Nazi Germany. Below the eagle was erected a bronze statue of the Archangel Gabriel, representing “innocent Hungary”, holding an orb, representing the ...
Concert In Budapest Marks Roma Holocaust Anniversary
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A concert was held at Budapest’s Holocaust Memorial Centre on Thursday night to mark the 70th anniversary of the Roma Holocaust. The concert featured renowned jazz pianist Béla Szakcsi Lakatos and the chamber orchestra of violinist Lajos Kathy-Horváth.
Socialists Pledge To Improve Budapest Public Safety
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
The opposition Socialists pledge to improve public safety and establish a network to care for pensioners and single mothers in Budapest, the party’s Budapest group leader has said.
Hungary's PM Orbán Gives Fidesz Moderate Navracsics Difficult Task
- 4 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Tibor Navracsics (pictured right) will be Hungary’s nominee for European Commissioner, the incumbent Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister announced via Twitter on Tuesday. “Now it is official: I am Hungary’s candidate for the new European Commission. Difficult job. Great honour,” he wrote.
Xpat Interview: Rev. Dr. Frank Hegedus, Saint Margaret's Anglican Episcopal Church
- 31 Jul 2014 12:00 PM
Saint Margaret’s Anglican Episcopal Church was founded in Hungary in 1992 by the Rev. Canon Denis Moss, a New Zealander with British roots married to a Hungarian. Canon Dennis retired in 2011, and the church has been under the leadership of Father Frank since then.
Hungary To Host World Junior Open Water Championships Instead Of Israel’s Eilat
- 29 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
The 2nd World Junior Open Water Championships will be hosted this year by Hungary’s Balatonfüred instead of Israel’s Eilat. Tamás Gyárfás, the Hungarian deputy president of the international swimming federation FINA told MTI that FINA has decided to cancel the event scheduled for August 28-30 in Eilat “due to the unstable and unpredictable situation in the region,” the federation said in a ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán: Welfare State Thing Of Past
- 28 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The welfare state system has exhausted its reserves and is doomed to failure, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the Bálványos summer university on Saturday. In his address, Orbán insisted that the welfare state, with its amassed debt, is no longer a sustainable model for Western European societies.
Xpat Opinion: The PM’s Son Withdraws, Tired Of Media Attention
- 28 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The stepdaughter of a former Socialist Prime Minister lambasts journalists for “ruining a young man’s dream”, as the media buzzes with comments on the younger Orbán’s presence at his father’s side in the VIP box of the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, watching the World Cup final.
Hungary’s Jobbik Calls On EU To Suspend Agreement With Israel
- 25 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Radical nationalist Jobbik has urged the EU to immediately suspend its association agreement with Israel, and Hungarian buyers to boycott Israeli products, a senior party official said on Thursday. The agreement entered into force in 2000 and serves as a legal basis for the EU’s relations with Israel.
German Occupation Memorial In Budapest Completed Under Cover Of Darkness
- 24 Jul 2014 11:40 AM
- current affairs
The controversial German occupation memorial was erected under cover of darkness early Sunday morning. Shortly after midnight some 100 police officers closed off the Szabadság square as workmen installed a timpanum with a bronze eagle, representing Nazi Germany. Below the eagle was erected a bronze statue of the Archangel Gabriel, representing “innocent Hungary”, holding an orb, representing the ...