35 result(s) for national oligarchs
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
Protest In Budapest Focuses Attention On Corruption
- 5 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A crowd of several thousand gathered at Kossuth tér on Thursday evening demanding an end to corruption under the slogan “It’s our country. It’s our money”.
Advertising Tax Angers Hungarian Media
- 25 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Its advocates call it a remedy to rectify the harm done by commercial television stations but its opponents see it as yet another move to narrow the freedom of the press.
Hungary’s Jobbik Distances Itself From Ex-MP Gaudi-Nagy
- 8 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik has distanced itself from the party’s former deputy Tamás Gaudi- Nagy and condemned a recent demonstration, associated with him, where participants assaulted an ethnic Hungarian leader, Jobbik’s national board told MTI in a statement on Wednesday.
Xpat Opinion: The Plight Of A Hungarian Whistleblower
- 20 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It was a month ago that András Horváth, a former employee of NAV (Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal/National Office of Taxation and Customs), turned to the prosecutor’s office to report a breach of fiduciary duties committed by the top management of this 23,000-employee office. He claimed that large-scale cheating goes on with fictitious VAT reimbursement payments, especially in the case of large ...
Xpat Opinion: Charles Gati On The Orbán Government And Conspiracy Theories
- 16 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
This interview with Charles Gati was conducted by Gábor Horváth, deputy editor-in-chief of Népszabadság and appeared in the July 15th issue of the paper.
Hungary Orbán Names New Ministers
- 6 May 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Viktor Orbán has presented the members of his cabinet to the public. The names match those that have been circulating in the press as the most likely candidates.
Orbán Vows To Rebuild Hungary
- 26 Apr 2010 5:00 AM
- current affairs
"Hungary’s prime minister-elect Viktor Orbán promised to reconstruct a country wrecked by “oligarchs who abused their power and set up a new system” after the Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance scored a 68% win and secured a two-thirds parliamentary majority in the second round of the parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
Protest In Budapest Focuses Attention On Corruption
- 5 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A crowd of several thousand gathered at Kossuth tér on Thursday evening demanding an end to corruption under the slogan “It’s our country. It’s our money”.
Advertising Tax Angers Hungarian Media
- 25 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Its advocates call it a remedy to rectify the harm done by commercial television stations but its opponents see it as yet another move to narrow the freedom of the press.
Hungary’s Jobbik Distances Itself From Ex-MP Gaudi-Nagy
- 8 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik has distanced itself from the party’s former deputy Tamás Gaudi- Nagy and condemned a recent demonstration, associated with him, where participants assaulted an ethnic Hungarian leader, Jobbik’s national board told MTI in a statement on Wednesday.
Xpat Opinion: The Plight Of A Hungarian Whistleblower
- 20 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It was a month ago that András Horváth, a former employee of NAV (Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal/National Office of Taxation and Customs), turned to the prosecutor’s office to report a breach of fiduciary duties committed by the top management of this 23,000-employee office. He claimed that large-scale cheating goes on with fictitious VAT reimbursement payments, especially in the case of large ...
Xpat Opinion: Charles Gati On The Orbán Government And Conspiracy Theories
- 16 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
This interview with Charles Gati was conducted by Gábor Horváth, deputy editor-in-chief of Népszabadság and appeared in the July 15th issue of the paper.
Hungary Orbán Names New Ministers
- 6 May 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Viktor Orbán has presented the members of his cabinet to the public. The names match those that have been circulating in the press as the most likely candidates.
Orbán Vows To Rebuild Hungary
- 26 Apr 2010 5:00 AM
- current affairs
"Hungary’s prime minister-elect Viktor Orbán promised to reconstruct a country wrecked by “oligarchs who abused their power and set up a new system” after the Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance scored a 68% win and secured a two-thirds parliamentary majority in the second round of the parliamentary elections on Sunday.