96 result(s) for oligarch
Local Opinion: Election Campaign In Full Swing
- 26 Mar 2018 9:15 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
With just two weeks to go till the Parliamentary election, weeklies and the dailies’ weekend editions discuss corruption scandals and ponder what comes after 8 April.
Video: Orbán Warns Of Migration Invasion In March 15th Speech
- 16 Mar 2018 8:33 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
“Countries that do not stop the wave of migration at their borders will be overrun and lost,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a keynote speech ahead of the April 8 general election.
Oligarchs Indebtedness A Risk To Banking System
- 13 Mar 2018 8:56 AM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- finance
Hungarian oligarchs tied to the governing Fidesz party are so indebted that a change of government, a world economic shock, or even a mild increase in interest rates could cause a banking crisis, according to calculations made by Atlatszo.
Local Opinion: Jobbik As The Central Theme Of Year-End Politics
- 18 Dec 2017 7:56 AM
- current affairs
As the Jobbik party stands accused of illicit campaign financing, columnists on Left and Right ponder the impact of its billboard-financing controversy on party politics and electoral chances.
Activist Groups Occupy Pest-Buda Restaurant In Protest Of Government Corruption
- 21 Nov 2017 7:54 AM
- current affairs
Some 30 activists occupied the Pest-Buda restaurant in Budapest’s exclusive Castle District for some nine hours on Sunday in protest of government corruption and publicly-owned real estate being rented to government-tied business people for well under market value, index.hu reports.
Foreign Affairs Ministry Summons American Chargé d’Affaires Over US Support For Objective Journalism
- 16 Nov 2017 7:50 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has summoned American Chargé d’Affaires David Kostelancik over a decision by the US Department of State to fund a program to support objective journalism in Hungary, particularly in the countryside, RTL Klub reports.
U.S. Department Of State To Promote Media Plurality In Hungary
- 13 Nov 2017 7:50 AM
- current affairs
The U.S. Department of State has issued a call for proposals as part of a USD 700,000 program intended to support fact-based reporting in Hungary, particularly in the countryside.
Hungary Pulls Out Of German-Hungarian Forum After 26 Years
- 7 Nov 2017 3:00 AM
- business
For the past 26 years, an annual conference has brought together the foreign affairs ministers of Hungary and Germany, as well as numerous political, economic, scientific and cultural leaders from the two countries, to discuss their multi-faceted cooperation. The German-Hungarian Forum was, since 1992, an important foreign policy tool through which Hungary was able to regularly meet and negotiate ...
Echo TV Suspended From Parliament
- 31 Oct 2017 7:48 AM
- current affairs
Three members of the crew from Echo TV, a commercial television station owned by oligarch and personal friend of the prime minister Lőrinc Mészáros, have been suspended from the Parliament and from the National Assembly office building for repeated infractions of rules regulating press coverage.
Local Opinion: Election Campaign In Full Swing
- 26 Mar 2018 9:15 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
With just two weeks to go till the Parliamentary election, weeklies and the dailies’ weekend editions discuss corruption scandals and ponder what comes after 8 April.
Video: Orbán Warns Of Migration Invasion In March 15th Speech
- 16 Mar 2018 8:33 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
“Countries that do not stop the wave of migration at their borders will be overrun and lost,” Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in a keynote speech ahead of the April 8 general election.
Oligarchs Indebtedness A Risk To Banking System
- 13 Mar 2018 8:56 AM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- finance
Hungarian oligarchs tied to the governing Fidesz party are so indebted that a change of government, a world economic shock, or even a mild increase in interest rates could cause a banking crisis, according to calculations made by Atlatszo.
Local Opinion: Jobbik As The Central Theme Of Year-End Politics
- 18 Dec 2017 7:56 AM
- current affairs
As the Jobbik party stands accused of illicit campaign financing, columnists on Left and Right ponder the impact of its billboard-financing controversy on party politics and electoral chances.
Activist Groups Occupy Pest-Buda Restaurant In Protest Of Government Corruption
- 21 Nov 2017 7:54 AM
- current affairs
Some 30 activists occupied the Pest-Buda restaurant in Budapest’s exclusive Castle District for some nine hours on Sunday in protest of government corruption and publicly-owned real estate being rented to government-tied business people for well under market value, index.hu reports.
Foreign Affairs Ministry Summons American Chargé d’Affaires Over US Support For Objective Journalism
- 16 Nov 2017 7:50 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has summoned American Chargé d’Affaires David Kostelancik over a decision by the US Department of State to fund a program to support objective journalism in Hungary, particularly in the countryside, RTL Klub reports.
U.S. Department Of State To Promote Media Plurality In Hungary
- 13 Nov 2017 7:50 AM
- current affairs
The U.S. Department of State has issued a call for proposals as part of a USD 700,000 program intended to support fact-based reporting in Hungary, particularly in the countryside.
Hungary Pulls Out Of German-Hungarian Forum After 26 Years
- 7 Nov 2017 3:00 AM
- business
For the past 26 years, an annual conference has brought together the foreign affairs ministers of Hungary and Germany, as well as numerous political, economic, scientific and cultural leaders from the two countries, to discuss their multi-faceted cooperation. The German-Hungarian Forum was, since 1992, an important foreign policy tool through which Hungary was able to regularly meet and negotiate ...
Echo TV Suspended From Parliament
- 31 Oct 2017 7:48 AM
- current affairs
Three members of the crew from Echo TV, a commercial television station owned by oligarch and personal friend of the prime minister Lőrinc Mészáros, have been suspended from the Parliament and from the National Assembly office building for repeated infractions of rules regulating press coverage.

















