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Xpat Opinion: Ostriches And The Hungarian Public Work Program
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Since taking office in 2010, the Orbán Government has aimed to get Hungary’s unemployed back to work. A central part of the Government’s program of “Renewal” has been about reducing the huge welfare roles, reaching those who have been out of work for so long that they’ve given up looking. And part of the solution is the Hungarian public work program.
Transparency International: It May Be A Free Election In Hungary, But It’s Not Fair
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Three non-governmental organizations have teamed up in Hungary to determine how public funds are being used by political parties for the 2014 parliamentary election on April 6. International anti-corruption monitor Transparency International, Hungarian investigative journalism web portal Atlatszo.hu and Hungary’s public funds watchdog K-Monitor announced yesterday that they have launched ...
Xpat Opinion: 1848 Commemorations As Campaign Events In Hungary
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The leading left-wing daily excoriates PM Viktor Orbán for drawing a parallel between the 1848 revolution and his government’s achievements. A conservative pundit, on the other hand, criticizes the opposition parties for considering the commemoration a campaign event.
Xpat Opinion: The Hungary ‘Expert’ Discredited On Twitter
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“I have been helping her understand the details of the system for two years,” says Viktor Szigetvári about a certain Princeton professor. She “is using my analyses on numerous points,” says the former campaign manager and veteran of Socialist Party politics and now co-chair of Gordon Bajnai’s opposition political party, Together 2014.
Scandal In Hungary International Press Corps Has Ignored
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"As a Government spokesman, I avoid commenting on political party issues, but I do speak up about media bias, and this story has become much bigger than mere party politics.
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Szigetvári’s Mistaken Notions About Current Hungarian Politics
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Heti Válasz discovered me. As it is clear from the article, the journalists of the magazine know who I am, but only as someone who formerly contributed to Galamus and who appeared a few times on Klubrádió. Both were years ago. For example, the last regular article I wrote for Galamus was in May 2011.
Harmonia Jazz Workshop, Budapest Jazz Club, 21 March
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Calling all English speaking jazz lovers in Budapest to The Harmonia Jazz Workshop at the Budapest Jazz Club with a kick-off at 20.00 on Friday, 21st March 2014 proudly presents the Krisztián Pecek Lakatos Trio
Xpat Opinion: Australian Hungary Report Criticised
- 17 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An independent conservative blogger is outraged by an Australian news report depicting Hungary as a country swarming with Nazi-like far-right militias who enjoy the obvious connivance of the Prime Minister.
Xpat Opinion: Pre-Election Landscape In Hungary
- 17 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators on both the right and left fear that Jobbik may increase its constituency yet further in the 6 April Parliamentary election, after reaping almost 17 per cent of the popular vote four years ago. Left-wing commentators argue against despair, and one lays the blame for the bankruptcy of the Left on the Liberals and personally on Ferenc Gyurcsány.
Xpat Opinion: Ostriches And The Hungarian Public Work Program
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Since taking office in 2010, the Orbán Government has aimed to get Hungary’s unemployed back to work. A central part of the Government’s program of “Renewal” has been about reducing the huge welfare roles, reaching those who have been out of work for so long that they’ve given up looking. And part of the solution is the Hungarian public work program.
Transparency International: It May Be A Free Election In Hungary, But It’s Not Fair
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Three non-governmental organizations have teamed up in Hungary to determine how public funds are being used by political parties for the 2014 parliamentary election on April 6. International anti-corruption monitor Transparency International, Hungarian investigative journalism web portal Atlatszo.hu and Hungary’s public funds watchdog K-Monitor announced yesterday that they have launched ...
Xpat Opinion: 1848 Commemorations As Campaign Events In Hungary
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The leading left-wing daily excoriates PM Viktor Orbán for drawing a parallel between the 1848 revolution and his government’s achievements. A conservative pundit, on the other hand, criticizes the opposition parties for considering the commemoration a campaign event.
Xpat Opinion: The Hungary ‘Expert’ Discredited On Twitter
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“I have been helping her understand the details of the system for two years,” says Viktor Szigetvári about a certain Princeton professor. She “is using my analyses on numerous points,” says the former campaign manager and veteran of Socialist Party politics and now co-chair of Gordon Bajnai’s opposition political party, Together 2014.
Scandal In Hungary International Press Corps Has Ignored
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"As a Government spokesman, I avoid commenting on political party issues, but I do speak up about media bias, and this story has become much bigger than mere party politics.
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Szigetvári’s Mistaken Notions About Current Hungarian Politics
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Heti Válasz discovered me. As it is clear from the article, the journalists of the magazine know who I am, but only as someone who formerly contributed to Galamus and who appeared a few times on Klubrádió. Both were years ago. For example, the last regular article I wrote for Galamus was in May 2011.
Harmonia Jazz Workshop, Budapest Jazz Club, 21 March
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Calling all English speaking jazz lovers in Budapest to The Harmonia Jazz Workshop at the Budapest Jazz Club with a kick-off at 20.00 on Friday, 21st March 2014 proudly presents the Krisztián Pecek Lakatos Trio
Xpat Opinion: Australian Hungary Report Criticised
- 17 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An independent conservative blogger is outraged by an Australian news report depicting Hungary as a country swarming with Nazi-like far-right militias who enjoy the obvious connivance of the Prime Minister.
Xpat Opinion: Pre-Election Landscape In Hungary
- 17 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators on both the right and left fear that Jobbik may increase its constituency yet further in the 6 April Parliamentary election, after reaping almost 17 per cent of the popular vote four years ago. Left-wing commentators argue against despair, and one lays the blame for the bankruptcy of the Left on the Liberals and personally on Ferenc Gyurcsány.