3,245 result(s) for opinion
Tarlós: City Council To Continue Supporting Festival Orchestra
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest city council will in the future continue to support the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the extent that its budget permits, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós said. Last month, the Municipal Assembly voted to cut funding for the orchestra by 200 million forints (EUR 940,000) to 60 million.
Balog: Hungary Not Confusing Migration With Terrorism
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is the terrorists and not the Hungarian government, who confuse migration with terrorism, Zoltán Balog, the human resources minister, told German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. A year ago, Hungary’s rejection of the European Union’s migrant quota scheme may have seemed like a populist policy, but the attacks in Paris and Brussels have demonstrated that there is indeed a link between ...
Xpat Opinion: Socialist Rally Fails To Attract Crowds On Labour Day
- 4 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pro-government Magyar Idők rejoices, while left-wing Népszava worries about the dismal attendance at the Socialist rally in Budapest on Labour Day.
Xpat Opinion: The 10 Most Outrageous Things In 2017 Budget According To 444.Hu
- 2 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian news site 444.hu published an article Thursday entitled “The Top Ten Most Outrageous Things Financed in the 2017 Budget. While one can certainly argue that ridiculous (and superfluous) things are financed by states around the world, it is worth pointing out here that 444‘s list looks especially outrageous when one considers the dismal state of education and health-care.
Xpat Opinion: National Bank President Still Under Fire
- 29 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the debate over the management of the funds of the National Bank (MNB) rolls on, passionate articles abound both in condemnation and in defence of its President.
Parlt Speaker: EU Mandatory Quota System “Unsuitable” For Resolving Migrant Crisis
- 28 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The EU’S mandatory redistribution quota system is not only an unsuitable means for tackling the migrant crisis but would also be an unacceptable move towards the “federalisation” of the European Union, the Hungarian house speaker said in Stirin, near Prague, at a Visegrad Four meeting.
Xpat Opinion: Metro Bribe For Former Socialist PM?
- 27 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Magyar Idők accuses former Socialist Prime inister Péter Medgyessy’s consultancy company of receiving 600 thousand Euros from Alstom. The French company sold a fleet of underground railway carriages to Budapest under the previous, left-liberal administration.
Alstom Paid Former PM’s Company Almost Euro 600,000 In Consulting Fees
- 27 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
French engineering company Alstom transferred more than 597,000 euros to a company owned by the family of Hungary’s former prime minister, Péter Medgyessy, in 2007 and 2008, daily Magyar Idők said. The paper said Alstom transferred 259,000 euros in consulting fees on the basis of a contract with AssistConsult, indirectly owned by Medgyessy and his wife, on March 30, 2007, and another 338,000 ...
Xpat Opinion: Survey On Anti-Semitism In Hungary
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on a recent study on anti-Semitism and xenophobia, a centrist columnist thinks that many Hungarians have misgivings against minority groups in general, rather than Jews in particular.
Tarlós: City Council To Continue Supporting Festival Orchestra
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest city council will in the future continue to support the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the extent that its budget permits, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós said. Last month, the Municipal Assembly voted to cut funding for the orchestra by 200 million forints (EUR 940,000) to 60 million.
Balog: Hungary Not Confusing Migration With Terrorism
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is the terrorists and not the Hungarian government, who confuse migration with terrorism, Zoltán Balog, the human resources minister, told German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. A year ago, Hungary’s rejection of the European Union’s migrant quota scheme may have seemed like a populist policy, but the attacks in Paris and Brussels have demonstrated that there is indeed a link between ...
Xpat Opinion: Socialist Rally Fails To Attract Crowds On Labour Day
- 4 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pro-government Magyar Idők rejoices, while left-wing Népszava worries about the dismal attendance at the Socialist rally in Budapest on Labour Day.
Xpat Opinion: The 10 Most Outrageous Things In 2017 Budget According To 444.Hu
- 2 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian news site 444.hu published an article Thursday entitled “The Top Ten Most Outrageous Things Financed in the 2017 Budget. While one can certainly argue that ridiculous (and superfluous) things are financed by states around the world, it is worth pointing out here that 444‘s list looks especially outrageous when one considers the dismal state of education and health-care.
Xpat Opinion: National Bank President Still Under Fire
- 29 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the debate over the management of the funds of the National Bank (MNB) rolls on, passionate articles abound both in condemnation and in defence of its President.
Parlt Speaker: EU Mandatory Quota System “Unsuitable” For Resolving Migrant Crisis
- 28 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The EU’S mandatory redistribution quota system is not only an unsuitable means for tackling the migrant crisis but would also be an unacceptable move towards the “federalisation” of the European Union, the Hungarian house speaker said in Stirin, near Prague, at a Visegrad Four meeting.
Xpat Opinion: Metro Bribe For Former Socialist PM?
- 27 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Magyar Idők accuses former Socialist Prime inister Péter Medgyessy’s consultancy company of receiving 600 thousand Euros from Alstom. The French company sold a fleet of underground railway carriages to Budapest under the previous, left-liberal administration.
Alstom Paid Former PM’s Company Almost Euro 600,000 In Consulting Fees
- 27 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
French engineering company Alstom transferred more than 597,000 euros to a company owned by the family of Hungary’s former prime minister, Péter Medgyessy, in 2007 and 2008, daily Magyar Idők said. The paper said Alstom transferred 259,000 euros in consulting fees on the basis of a contract with AssistConsult, indirectly owned by Medgyessy and his wife, on March 30, 2007, and another 338,000 ...
Xpat Opinion: Survey On Anti-Semitism In Hungary
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on a recent study on anti-Semitism and xenophobia, a centrist columnist thinks that many Hungarians have misgivings against minority groups in general, rather than Jews in particular.