142 result(s) for lost world in Current Affairs
Xpat Opinion: Gábor Vona Of Jobbik Cleans House
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Something momentous happened today in Hungarian party politics. Gábor Vona, chairman of Jobbik, got rid of three of his most radical deputies: Előd Novák, István Szávay, and István Apáti. In addition, he made it clear to Mrs. Lóránd Hegedűs, wife of the anti-Semitic, extremist Reformed minister, that she shouldn’t even try to put her name forward as a member of the executive board because he has ...
Xpat Opinion: Spies Allegedly Working For The United States Arrested In Hungary
- 2 Mar 2016 7:59 AM
- current affairs
However bizarre and unlikely this story, I think I should report on the two men who are currently in preventive custody in Hungary. The charge is espionage for the United States, the IMF, and the Swiss-Hungarian Grant.
Orbán: Invasions Of Hungary Brought Suffering
- 20 Jan 2016 2:48 AM
- current affairs
Every invasion of Hungary, whether it was from the west or the east, led to suffering, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said addressing a church commemoration in Budaörs, outside Budapest, to remember Hungary’s ethnic Germans who were expelled from the country after the second world war. Orbán said 20th-century history shows that whenever Hungary lost its independence, the state robbed and cast away ...
Xpat Opinion: 2015 – Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán’s Year
- 5 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In their assessment of last year’s developments, commentators focus on Prime Minister Orbán’s performance – for better or for worse. They recall that the Prime Minister was identified by more than one international outlet as the ‘man of the year’.
WJC Welcomes Hungary’s Decision On Hóman Statue
- 18 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
World Jewish Congress head Ronald S Lauder has welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s recent decision not to use public funds to erect a monument to Horthyera minister Bálint Hóman in Székesfehérvár, in western Hungary. “Orbán’s clear statement on this matter comes very late, but it is nonetheless welcome.
Hungarian MEP: Democracy Must Be “Cured Of Liberal Dominance”
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Democracy must be “cured of liberal dominance”, Fidesz MEP György Schöpflin said at a conference organised by the European People’s Party group in Budapest. It is time to end the rule of liberal values over Western democracy, Schöpflin said, arguing that the “liberal way of speaking” goes against its own professed set of values by regarding its views as “unquestionable”.
Hungary's Former PM Gyurcsány’s Roadmap To Change Orbán's Government
- 26 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Gyurcsány, the former prime minister of Hungary and chairman of the Democratic Coalition (DK), released a 20-page political pamphlet titled "Many for Hungary" (Sokak Magyarországért). "Many people hope that Orbán and his system would collapse under the weight of its own corruption, or be swept away by an international financial or political crisis.
Hungary’s PM On Protecting European Values In Interview To German Weekly
- 19 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The German news magazine Focus published an interview with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán under the title “We are protecting Europe’s values” in its issue to be released on Saturday which was published in digital format on Friday evening.
European Journalists Association Holds Budapest Assembly
- 9 Oct 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The political union that European Union’s founding fathers dreamed of creating is still incomplete, Maria Romana de Gasperi, daughter of the late Alcide de Gasperi, said in her keynote address to the 53rd general assembly of European Journalists Association (EJA) in Budapest. De Gasperi urged the media to help European politics regain its lost wisdom.
Xpat Opinion: Gábor Vona Of Jobbik Cleans House
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Something momentous happened today in Hungarian party politics. Gábor Vona, chairman of Jobbik, got rid of three of his most radical deputies: Előd Novák, István Szávay, and István Apáti. In addition, he made it clear to Mrs. Lóránd Hegedűs, wife of the anti-Semitic, extremist Reformed minister, that she shouldn’t even try to put her name forward as a member of the executive board because he has ...
Xpat Opinion: Spies Allegedly Working For The United States Arrested In Hungary
- 2 Mar 2016 7:59 AM
- current affairs
However bizarre and unlikely this story, I think I should report on the two men who are currently in preventive custody in Hungary. The charge is espionage for the United States, the IMF, and the Swiss-Hungarian Grant.
Orbán: Invasions Of Hungary Brought Suffering
- 20 Jan 2016 2:48 AM
- current affairs
Every invasion of Hungary, whether it was from the west or the east, led to suffering, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said addressing a church commemoration in Budaörs, outside Budapest, to remember Hungary’s ethnic Germans who were expelled from the country after the second world war. Orbán said 20th-century history shows that whenever Hungary lost its independence, the state robbed and cast away ...
Xpat Opinion: 2015 – Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán’s Year
- 5 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In their assessment of last year’s developments, commentators focus on Prime Minister Orbán’s performance – for better or for worse. They recall that the Prime Minister was identified by more than one international outlet as the ‘man of the year’.
WJC Welcomes Hungary’s Decision On Hóman Statue
- 18 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
World Jewish Congress head Ronald S Lauder has welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s recent decision not to use public funds to erect a monument to Horthyera minister Bálint Hóman in Székesfehérvár, in western Hungary. “Orbán’s clear statement on this matter comes very late, but it is nonetheless welcome.
Hungarian MEP: Democracy Must Be “Cured Of Liberal Dominance”
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Democracy must be “cured of liberal dominance”, Fidesz MEP György Schöpflin said at a conference organised by the European People’s Party group in Budapest. It is time to end the rule of liberal values over Western democracy, Schöpflin said, arguing that the “liberal way of speaking” goes against its own professed set of values by regarding its views as “unquestionable”.
Hungary's Former PM Gyurcsány’s Roadmap To Change Orbán's Government
- 26 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Gyurcsány, the former prime minister of Hungary and chairman of the Democratic Coalition (DK), released a 20-page political pamphlet titled "Many for Hungary" (Sokak Magyarországért). "Many people hope that Orbán and his system would collapse under the weight of its own corruption, or be swept away by an international financial or political crisis.
Hungary’s PM On Protecting European Values In Interview To German Weekly
- 19 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The German news magazine Focus published an interview with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán under the title “We are protecting Europe’s values” in its issue to be released on Saturday which was published in digital format on Friday evening.
European Journalists Association Holds Budapest Assembly
- 9 Oct 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The political union that European Union’s founding fathers dreamed of creating is still incomplete, Maria Romana de Gasperi, daughter of the late Alcide de Gasperi, said in her keynote address to the 53rd general assembly of European Journalists Association (EJA) in Budapest. De Gasperi urged the media to help European politics regain its lost wisdom.