10 result(s) for madam budapest in Current Affairs
Shocking Revelations: How Hungarians Are Targeted For Sex Work in Western Europe
- 18 Jul 2024 9:36 AM
- current affairs
Although encouraging prostitution is a criminal offence In Hungary, the authorities say there is nothing wrong with openly advertising foreign sex work to Hungarian women. Direkt36 looked behind the sex work advertisements as part of an international investigative project.
How Viktor Orbán Angered His Closest Friends in Europe
- 18 May 2023 5:47 AM
- current affairs
Newly-elected Hungarian president Katalin Novák tried to put her best foot forward on her first official foreign visit to Warsaw in May 2022.
This is How Orbán Rolls: HUF 5.5 Million Spent on Accommodation for One Night in Vienna
- 24 Mar 2023 8:29 AM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- current affairs
After a long wait, we have finally received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs how much the luxury trip of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his 40-person entourage to Vienna cost to the taxpayers last July. Although the Austrian capital is just a few hours’ drive from Budapest, Orbán and his delegation spent a night out for a brief meeting with the Austrian chancellor.
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Hungarian Protesters To Merkel: We Are Drowning In Corruption
- 3 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Several thousand Hungarian protesters gathered in Budapest’s Kossuth square this evening to demonstrate against the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and to call on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to stand up for European values.
Xpat Opinion: Senator Ben Cardin: Human Rights In Hungary
- 15 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The following remarks by Ben Cardin, senator from Maryland, were delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Friday, December 13, 2013. Senator Cardin is deeply interested in foreign affairs and sits on the Committee on Foreign Relations. He is also the co-chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, otherwise known as the Helsinki Commission. Senator Cardin addressed the ...
'Commissioner Opines On High Marks Given To Hungarian Justice System', By Ferenc Kumin
- 8 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin, Deputy State Secretary For International Communications In Hungary:
Last week, I had a post regarding a rather unfortunate, or, as some would say, inappropriate comment made by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. In brief: Madame Commissioner got confused about the facts in a simple European Arrest Warrant case that has been ...
Last week, I had a post regarding a rather unfortunate, or, as some would say, inappropriate comment made by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. In brief: Madame Commissioner got confused about the facts in a simple European Arrest Warrant case that has been ...
Interview With U.S Ambassador Kounalakis To Hungary For M1 TV’s “Az Este” Program
- 12 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
M1: 2012 was a long and costly (inaudible) campaign and left somehow the country divided. The balance of power has remained unchanged; the re-elected president has to deal with the Republican congress. The first and biggest challenge of the new Obama administration is to strike a deal with the Republican congress to avoid the fiscal cliff. Do you think it is possible to get a compromise soon?
Shocking Revelations: How Hungarians Are Targeted For Sex Work in Western Europe
- 18 Jul 2024 9:36 AM
- current affairs
Although encouraging prostitution is a criminal offence In Hungary, the authorities say there is nothing wrong with openly advertising foreign sex work to Hungarian women. Direkt36 looked behind the sex work advertisements as part of an international investigative project.
How Viktor Orbán Angered His Closest Friends in Europe
- 18 May 2023 5:47 AM
- current affairs
Newly-elected Hungarian president Katalin Novák tried to put her best foot forward on her first official foreign visit to Warsaw in May 2022.
This is How Orbán Rolls: HUF 5.5 Million Spent on Accommodation for One Night in Vienna
- 24 Mar 2023 8:29 AM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- current affairs
After a long wait, we have finally received from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs how much the luxury trip of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his 40-person entourage to Vienna cost to the taxpayers last July. Although the Austrian capital is just a few hours’ drive from Budapest, Orbán and his delegation spent a night out for a brief meeting with the Austrian chancellor.
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Hungarian Protesters To Merkel: We Are Drowning In Corruption
- 3 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Several thousand Hungarian protesters gathered in Budapest’s Kossuth square this evening to demonstrate against the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and to call on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to stand up for European values.
Xpat Opinion: Senator Ben Cardin: Human Rights In Hungary
- 15 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The following remarks by Ben Cardin, senator from Maryland, were delivered on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Friday, December 13, 2013. Senator Cardin is deeply interested in foreign affairs and sits on the Committee on Foreign Relations. He is also the co-chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, otherwise known as the Helsinki Commission. Senator Cardin addressed the ...
'Commissioner Opines On High Marks Given To Hungarian Justice System', By Ferenc Kumin
- 8 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin, Deputy State Secretary For International Communications In Hungary:
Last week, I had a post regarding a rather unfortunate, or, as some would say, inappropriate comment made by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. In brief: Madame Commissioner got confused about the facts in a simple European Arrest Warrant case that has been ...
Last week, I had a post regarding a rather unfortunate, or, as some would say, inappropriate comment made by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. In brief: Madame Commissioner got confused about the facts in a simple European Arrest Warrant case that has been ...
Interview With U.S Ambassador Kounalakis To Hungary For M1 TV’s “Az Este” Program
- 12 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
M1: 2012 was a long and costly (inaudible) campaign and left somehow the country divided. The balance of power has remained unchanged; the re-elected president has to deal with the Republican congress. The first and biggest challenge of the new Obama administration is to strike a deal with the Republican congress to avoid the fiscal cliff. Do you think it is possible to get a compromise soon?