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Hungarian Parliament Bans Totalitarian Names
- 20 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament passed legislation Monday evening stipulating that no company, organisation, media product, public institution or public space may be named after anyone who played a leading part in laying the foundations, building or sustaining totalitarian political regimes in the 20th century.
Hungary's LMP MPs Will Do Public Work
- 14 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
LMP MPs have opted not to pay the Ft 100,000 per person fine following their demonstration in the area of construction company Közgép in Budapest but will do 120 hours of public work instead.
Angry Hungarian Farmers Take Land In Kajászó
- 12 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Farmers in Kajászó, Fejér county “reclaimed” 70 hectares of land on Sunday in protest against the award of numerous state land lease contracts to one person. They ploughed 70 hectares of land leased to Árpád Kiss, a farmer from Kápolnyásnyék, who won 284 hectares at the state land lease tenders in the village, exceeding the limit set by the law on the total value of land lease rights that can be ...
Xpat Opinion: Mandatory Voter Registration In Hungary Under Scrutiny
- 6 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Centrist and left-wing analysts agree that the new system was devised to help Fidesz at the 2014 elections, but may backfire by uniting the opposition and turning away disillusioned Fidesz-voters.
Bill Grants Hungarian Citizenship For €250,000
- 30 Oct 2012 8:02 AM
- current affairs
Antal Rogán and two other Fidesz MPs filed a bill that would allow non-EU immigrants to purchase citizenship by buying €250,000 worth of state bonds. Such individuals would be granted residency status as well as citizenship if they or a company controlled by them were to buy bonds to that amount, under the bill.
Bajnai, Milla, Solidarity Sign Pact In Hungary
- 29 Oct 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Former prime minister Gordon Bajnai, Milla president Péter Juhász and Solidarity Movement leader Péter Kónya signed a co-operation agreement on Friday to prepare a ”change of regime and era” in 2014. “Hungary is ripe for a change in its political era,” Bajnai told reporters as he signed the pact.
Xpat Opinion: The Cooperation Of The Hungarian Opposition In Action
- 18 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Last night’s scandalous interview with three opposition personalities on ATV’s “Szabad szemmel” deserves a post even if it was only three days ago that I wrote an article entitled “Hungarian disunity a barrier to a political solution.”
Xpat Opinion: Budapest Transport Company Trial: Miklós Hagyó Claims His Indictment Is Rubbish
- 18 Oct 2012 5:00 AM
- current affairs
The trial of the Budapest Public Transport Company (BKV) continued on Tuesday, October 16th which included statements from Miklós Hagyó, the former socialist MP and deputy mayor of Budapest who was responsible for the oversight of BKV from 2006 until 2010.
Mesterházy Welcomes The Socialist Victory In Sopron, Hungary
- 9 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist victory in the Sopron local council by-election on Sunday is a psychologically impor-tant one, as it proves that Fidesz can be beaten with a good candidate and a realistic platform, party president Attila Mesterházy told a Monday press conference.
Hungarian Parliament Bans Totalitarian Names
- 20 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament passed legislation Monday evening stipulating that no company, organisation, media product, public institution or public space may be named after anyone who played a leading part in laying the foundations, building or sustaining totalitarian political regimes in the 20th century.
Hungary's LMP MPs Will Do Public Work
- 14 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
LMP MPs have opted not to pay the Ft 100,000 per person fine following their demonstration in the area of construction company Közgép in Budapest but will do 120 hours of public work instead.
Angry Hungarian Farmers Take Land In Kajászó
- 12 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Farmers in Kajászó, Fejér county “reclaimed” 70 hectares of land on Sunday in protest against the award of numerous state land lease contracts to one person. They ploughed 70 hectares of land leased to Árpád Kiss, a farmer from Kápolnyásnyék, who won 284 hectares at the state land lease tenders in the village, exceeding the limit set by the law on the total value of land lease rights that can be ...
Xpat Opinion: Mandatory Voter Registration In Hungary Under Scrutiny
- 6 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Centrist and left-wing analysts agree that the new system was devised to help Fidesz at the 2014 elections, but may backfire by uniting the opposition and turning away disillusioned Fidesz-voters.
Bill Grants Hungarian Citizenship For €250,000
- 30 Oct 2012 8:02 AM
- current affairs
Antal Rogán and two other Fidesz MPs filed a bill that would allow non-EU immigrants to purchase citizenship by buying €250,000 worth of state bonds. Such individuals would be granted residency status as well as citizenship if they or a company controlled by them were to buy bonds to that amount, under the bill.
Bajnai, Milla, Solidarity Sign Pact In Hungary
- 29 Oct 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Former prime minister Gordon Bajnai, Milla president Péter Juhász and Solidarity Movement leader Péter Kónya signed a co-operation agreement on Friday to prepare a ”change of regime and era” in 2014. “Hungary is ripe for a change in its political era,” Bajnai told reporters as he signed the pact.
Xpat Opinion: The Cooperation Of The Hungarian Opposition In Action
- 18 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Last night’s scandalous interview with three opposition personalities on ATV’s “Szabad szemmel” deserves a post even if it was only three days ago that I wrote an article entitled “Hungarian disunity a barrier to a political solution.”
Xpat Opinion: Budapest Transport Company Trial: Miklós Hagyó Claims His Indictment Is Rubbish
- 18 Oct 2012 5:00 AM
- current affairs
The trial of the Budapest Public Transport Company (BKV) continued on Tuesday, October 16th which included statements from Miklós Hagyó, the former socialist MP and deputy mayor of Budapest who was responsible for the oversight of BKV from 2006 until 2010.
Mesterházy Welcomes The Socialist Victory In Sopron, Hungary
- 9 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist victory in the Sopron local council by-election on Sunday is a psychologically impor-tant one, as it proves that Fidesz can be beaten with a good candidate and a realistic platform, party president Attila Mesterházy told a Monday press conference.