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Xpat Opinion: Further Repercussions Of The Teachers’ Demonstration
- 16 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators on both Left and Right ponder the broader implications of the teachers’ rally against the centralized education administration on Saturday.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers’ Rally In Budapest
- 15 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Following Saturday’s mass demonstration, Népszabadság declares what it calls ‘Orbán’s educational counter-revolution’ a failure, while Magyar Nemzet likens the unshaven protestors to the student movement which gave birth to Fidesz 28 years ago.
Xpat Opinion: Zoltán Balog Dismisses Public Education Undersecretary
- 10 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In a surprise move,the minister in charge of education fired his undersecretary, just days before she was to due to sit down for talks with protesting teachers. Magyar Nemzet and Népszabadság say this will not be enough to defuse the planned mass demonstrations.Magyar Nemzet ‘s op-ed piece calls the move an old-fashioned technique in the game of politics.
Xpat Opinion: Government Announces Plans To Streamline Bureaucracy
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
One left-wing and one conservative columnist welcome plans to cut red tape by restructuring and closing down public offices. They fear, however, that the government’s new plan may not quite fulfil the hopes invested in it.
Brokers Pocket HUF 74 Billion Selling Hungarian Settlement Bonds
- 21 Jan 2016 10:35 AM
- business
1145 foreigners were granted residency permits in Hungary in 2015 after purchasing settlement bonds. Magyar Nemzet reports that offshore companies brokering the sale of the bonds have made between HUF 74 billion (USD 255 million) and HUF 95 billion (USD 328 million) since the program was launched three years ago.
Xpat Opinion: Serious Accusations Fly Over Jobbik’s Russian Connections
- 21 Jan 2016 10:30 AM
- current affairs
An op-ed piece in Magyar Idők crticizes remarks made by Jobbik chairman Gábor Vona and cites last week’s Daily Telegraph report on the possible funding of European radical parties by Russia. Last Saturday the Telegraph reported that ‘American intelligence agencies are to conduct a major investigation into how the Kremlin is infiltrating political parties in Europe’ and that the probe “is likely ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán Scheduled To Visit Putin On February 17, Paper Says
- 18 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is scheduled to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on February 17 to discuss the Paks nuclear plant upgrade and other shared concerns, according to a report published yesterday in mno.hu, the web site of daily Magyar Nemzet. The meeting would take place exactly a year after the Russian leader visited Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Socialists Hesitant Over Anti-Terror Constitutional Amendment
- 15 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An independent conservative pundit cautions the left-wing opposition against boycotting the parliamentary debate over the planned amendment, because it would amount to letting down their voters.
Immigrants In Hungary Over Qualified
- 13 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The proportion of highly qualified young people is much higher among immigrants than among Hungarians in the country, the daily Magyar Nemzet said, citing figures by the Central Statistical Office. The survey was of non-EU immigrants who have settled in Hungary over the past few years. The proportion of graduates among the immigrants surveyed was 2.5-times higher than among Hungarians.
Xpat Opinion: Further Repercussions Of The Teachers’ Demonstration
- 16 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators on both Left and Right ponder the broader implications of the teachers’ rally against the centralized education administration on Saturday.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers’ Rally In Budapest
- 15 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Following Saturday’s mass demonstration, Népszabadság declares what it calls ‘Orbán’s educational counter-revolution’ a failure, while Magyar Nemzet likens the unshaven protestors to the student movement which gave birth to Fidesz 28 years ago.
Xpat Opinion: Zoltán Balog Dismisses Public Education Undersecretary
- 10 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In a surprise move,the minister in charge of education fired his undersecretary, just days before she was to due to sit down for talks with protesting teachers. Magyar Nemzet and Népszabadság say this will not be enough to defuse the planned mass demonstrations.Magyar Nemzet ‘s op-ed piece calls the move an old-fashioned technique in the game of politics.
Xpat Opinion: Government Announces Plans To Streamline Bureaucracy
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
One left-wing and one conservative columnist welcome plans to cut red tape by restructuring and closing down public offices. They fear, however, that the government’s new plan may not quite fulfil the hopes invested in it.
Brokers Pocket HUF 74 Billion Selling Hungarian Settlement Bonds
- 21 Jan 2016 10:35 AM
- business
1145 foreigners were granted residency permits in Hungary in 2015 after purchasing settlement bonds. Magyar Nemzet reports that offshore companies brokering the sale of the bonds have made between HUF 74 billion (USD 255 million) and HUF 95 billion (USD 328 million) since the program was launched three years ago.
Xpat Opinion: Serious Accusations Fly Over Jobbik’s Russian Connections
- 21 Jan 2016 10:30 AM
- current affairs
An op-ed piece in Magyar Idők crticizes remarks made by Jobbik chairman Gábor Vona and cites last week’s Daily Telegraph report on the possible funding of European radical parties by Russia. Last Saturday the Telegraph reported that ‘American intelligence agencies are to conduct a major investigation into how the Kremlin is infiltrating political parties in Europe’ and that the probe “is likely ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán Scheduled To Visit Putin On February 17, Paper Says
- 18 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is scheduled to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on February 17 to discuss the Paks nuclear plant upgrade and other shared concerns, according to a report published yesterday in mno.hu, the web site of daily Magyar Nemzet. The meeting would take place exactly a year after the Russian leader visited Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Socialists Hesitant Over Anti-Terror Constitutional Amendment
- 15 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An independent conservative pundit cautions the left-wing opposition against boycotting the parliamentary debate over the planned amendment, because it would amount to letting down their voters.
Immigrants In Hungary Over Qualified
- 13 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The proportion of highly qualified young people is much higher among immigrants than among Hungarians in the country, the daily Magyar Nemzet said, citing figures by the Central Statistical Office. The survey was of non-EU immigrants who have settled in Hungary over the past few years. The proportion of graduates among the immigrants surveyed was 2.5-times higher than among Hungarians.