3,270 result(s) for opposition
Local Opinion: Ruminations On Increasingly Extreme Political Rhetoric
- 7 Jul 2017 8:08 AM
- current affairs
A centrist commentator thinks that a comment by Lajos Bokros, leader of the conservative liberal Modern Hungary Movement, describing Prime Minister Orbán as a ‘fascist’ is counterproductive, and will help the governing party to mobilize its supporters.
Socialists: Fidesz Cheated With 2010 Billboard Campaign
- 6 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to the opposition Socialists, the Fidesz party paid well below the market rate for outdoor advertising during the 2010 general election campaign. The current ruling party bought space on 4,700 billboards nationwide and spent 98 million forints (EUR 318,000) when the real cost should have been 1 billion forints calculated at current rates, Socialist press chief István Nyakó told a press ...
Number Of Hungarian Babies Born Abroad Grows
- 5 Jul 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
While the number of births fell by 1.4 percent in January-April 2017 in Hungary, the number of Hungarian babies born abroad grew by 12 percent, the opposition LMP party said on Tuesday. According to data obtained from the Budapest Government Office and the Central Statistical Office, 15 percent of Hungarian babies are now born outside the country’s borders, Máté Kanász-Nagy of LMP said. Over ...
DK Slams PM For ‘Petty Revenge’ On Adversaries
- 4 Jul 2017 9:38 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the prime minister not to use public funds to finance his “petty revenge campaign” against his “former allies” US billionaire George Soros and businessman Lajos Simicska.
Opposition Parties Criticise Govt’s Foreign Policy
- 4 Jul 2017 9:34 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist and LMP parties criticised the Hungarian government’s foreign policy for what they see as moving Hungary closer to “military dictators” and regimes that “trample on human rights”.
Govt To Launch Campaign Based On ‘National Consultation’ Survey Results
- 3 Jul 2017 8:14 AM
- current affairs
The government will launch a new campaign based on the topics surveyed in the recently completed “national consultation”, and this will involve posting public billboards, state secretary of the government office Csaba Dömötör told the daily Magyar Idők.
Local Opinion: Momentum Embraces Budapest Pride Parade
- 29 Jun 2017 8:10 AM
- current affairs
As the new youthful party issues an appeal in support of the Gay Pride Parade, a conservative commentator regrets that the new opposition movement has ‘gone so far to the left’.
Kúria Turns Down DK Appeal Concerning Higher Education Law
- 28 Jun 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria turned down an appeal by the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) against the National Election Committee’s (NVB) decision to reject the party’s referendum initiative in connection with the higher education law affecting the Central European University (CEU).
Local Opinion: MSZP Suspected Of Receiving Government Support
- 26 Jun 2017 8:30 AM
- current affairs
A fact-finding journalist discovers examples of surprising albeit indirect financial help from the government side to the MSZP, while an independent commentator dismisses the idea that the MSZP is kept afloat by Fidesz as just one more conspiracy theory. Jobbik’s new moderate strategy may play a role in the strategies of these two parties.
Local Opinion: Ruminations On Increasingly Extreme Political Rhetoric
- 7 Jul 2017 8:08 AM
- current affairs
A centrist commentator thinks that a comment by Lajos Bokros, leader of the conservative liberal Modern Hungary Movement, describing Prime Minister Orbán as a ‘fascist’ is counterproductive, and will help the governing party to mobilize its supporters.
Socialists: Fidesz Cheated With 2010 Billboard Campaign
- 6 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to the opposition Socialists, the Fidesz party paid well below the market rate for outdoor advertising during the 2010 general election campaign. The current ruling party bought space on 4,700 billboards nationwide and spent 98 million forints (EUR 318,000) when the real cost should have been 1 billion forints calculated at current rates, Socialist press chief István Nyakó told a press ...
Number Of Hungarian Babies Born Abroad Grows
- 5 Jul 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
While the number of births fell by 1.4 percent in January-April 2017 in Hungary, the number of Hungarian babies born abroad grew by 12 percent, the opposition LMP party said on Tuesday. According to data obtained from the Budapest Government Office and the Central Statistical Office, 15 percent of Hungarian babies are now born outside the country’s borders, Máté Kanász-Nagy of LMP said. Over ...
DK Slams PM For ‘Petty Revenge’ On Adversaries
- 4 Jul 2017 9:38 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the prime minister not to use public funds to finance his “petty revenge campaign” against his “former allies” US billionaire George Soros and businessman Lajos Simicska.
Opposition Parties Criticise Govt’s Foreign Policy
- 4 Jul 2017 9:34 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist and LMP parties criticised the Hungarian government’s foreign policy for what they see as moving Hungary closer to “military dictators” and regimes that “trample on human rights”.
Govt To Launch Campaign Based On ‘National Consultation’ Survey Results
- 3 Jul 2017 8:14 AM
- current affairs
The government will launch a new campaign based on the topics surveyed in the recently completed “national consultation”, and this will involve posting public billboards, state secretary of the government office Csaba Dömötör told the daily Magyar Idők.
Local Opinion: Momentum Embraces Budapest Pride Parade
- 29 Jun 2017 8:10 AM
- current affairs
As the new youthful party issues an appeal in support of the Gay Pride Parade, a conservative commentator regrets that the new opposition movement has ‘gone so far to the left’.
Kúria Turns Down DK Appeal Concerning Higher Education Law
- 28 Jun 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria turned down an appeal by the leftist opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) against the National Election Committee’s (NVB) decision to reject the party’s referendum initiative in connection with the higher education law affecting the Central European University (CEU).
Local Opinion: MSZP Suspected Of Receiving Government Support
- 26 Jun 2017 8:30 AM
- current affairs
A fact-finding journalist discovers examples of surprising albeit indirect financial help from the government side to the MSZP, while an independent commentator dismisses the idea that the MSZP is kept afloat by Fidesz as just one more conspiracy theory. Jobbik’s new moderate strategy may play a role in the strategies of these two parties.