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Hungary’s Supreme Court Rejects E-PM Request Over Election Law Provision
- 28 Apr 2014 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, has rejected a request by leftist opposition alliance E-PM to examine the results of election lists from the point of view of an election law rule that it is contesting with the Constitutional Court.
Hungary’s Next Parliament To Have 15 Committees
- 25 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s next parliament will have 15 committees under an agreement reached during preparatory talks on Friday. Opposition parties will delegate heads to five committees.
Xpat Opinion: Week-Long Demonstration In Budapest Was Not In Vain
- 24 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many people labeled the dogged effort of a small group of protesters against the erection of the proposed monument to the victims of the German “occupation” of Hungary a waste of time and energy. What will they achieve? Nothing. They dismantled the barricade around the proposed site ten or eleven times, but work on the foundation for the monument continued unabated. The monument showing ...
New Hungarian Parliament To Hold Sessions Until July
- 24 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s new parliament is likely to sit for sessions well into the summer, Gergely Gulyás, a Fidesz lawmaker, said.The founding session of the new 199-seat parliament will be held on May 6 and weekly sessions could last through July, Gulyás told public television. He said a new parliamentary committee for legislation will be set up with 39 members, larger than the other committees.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Left Stands Accused Of Radicalism
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist thinks the Left hasn’t learned the lesson of the elections and sticks to the radical language which, he suggests, caused its crushing defeat on April 6th. He predicts that these tactics will further weaken the left-wing opposition.
Puskás Academy Stadium Inaugurated In Hungary
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
The Pancho Arena of the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy in the village of Felcsút was inaugurated on Monday. The stadium located in the village near Budapest where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán owns a cottage, and built at a cost of 3.8 billion forints (EUR 12.4m), meets the UEFA 2 standards, making it suitable to host play-off rounds and matches between national teams.
Fidesz To Form Parliamentary Group On May 5 In Hungary
- 23 Apr 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Deputies of Hungary’s Fidesz will hold their first meeting on May 5, Antal Rogán said. Hungary’s new parliament will convene for its first session on May 6. Rogán, who has headed the Fidesz parliamentary group for the past four years, noted that his party would have 117 members in the new parliament, while the allied Christian Democrats (KDNP) will be represented by 16 lawmakers.
DK Official Calls For Resistance Against WWII Monument In Budapest
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition has called for resistance against the monument to the victims of the 1944 German occupation being built on Szabadság Square. Tamás Bauer, deputy leader of the Democratic Coalition (DK), told a group of demonstrators at the square on Friday that it was “essential to demonstrate resistance” against “this terrible regime”, which is “oppressive and economically incompetent.”
Xpat Opinion: Is The “Orbán Régime” Here To Stay In Hungary Until 2022?
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their analyses on the causes of the defeat of the Left at the elections on 6th April, commentators across the political spectrum believe that there will be no left-wing alternative to the incumbent government until the far reaching lessons of two consecutive electoral catastrophes are learned. Opinions differ, however about what those lessons are.
Hungary’s Supreme Court Rejects E-PM Request Over Election Law Provision
- 28 Apr 2014 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, has rejected a request by leftist opposition alliance E-PM to examine the results of election lists from the point of view of an election law rule that it is contesting with the Constitutional Court.
Hungary’s Next Parliament To Have 15 Committees
- 25 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s next parliament will have 15 committees under an agreement reached during preparatory talks on Friday. Opposition parties will delegate heads to five committees.
Xpat Opinion: Week-Long Demonstration In Budapest Was Not In Vain
- 24 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many people labeled the dogged effort of a small group of protesters against the erection of the proposed monument to the victims of the German “occupation” of Hungary a waste of time and energy. What will they achieve? Nothing. They dismantled the barricade around the proposed site ten or eleven times, but work on the foundation for the monument continued unabated. The monument showing ...
New Hungarian Parliament To Hold Sessions Until July
- 24 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s new parliament is likely to sit for sessions well into the summer, Gergely Gulyás, a Fidesz lawmaker, said.The founding session of the new 199-seat parliament will be held on May 6 and weekly sessions could last through July, Gulyás told public television. He said a new parliamentary committee for legislation will be set up with 39 members, larger than the other committees.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Left Stands Accused Of Radicalism
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist thinks the Left hasn’t learned the lesson of the elections and sticks to the radical language which, he suggests, caused its crushing defeat on April 6th. He predicts that these tactics will further weaken the left-wing opposition.
Puskás Academy Stadium Inaugurated In Hungary
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
The Pancho Arena of the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy in the village of Felcsút was inaugurated on Monday. The stadium located in the village near Budapest where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán owns a cottage, and built at a cost of 3.8 billion forints (EUR 12.4m), meets the UEFA 2 standards, making it suitable to host play-off rounds and matches between national teams.
Fidesz To Form Parliamentary Group On May 5 In Hungary
- 23 Apr 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Deputies of Hungary’s Fidesz will hold their first meeting on May 5, Antal Rogán said. Hungary’s new parliament will convene for its first session on May 6. Rogán, who has headed the Fidesz parliamentary group for the past four years, noted that his party would have 117 members in the new parliament, while the allied Christian Democrats (KDNP) will be represented by 16 lawmakers.
DK Official Calls For Resistance Against WWII Monument In Budapest
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist opposition has called for resistance against the monument to the victims of the 1944 German occupation being built on Szabadság Square. Tamás Bauer, deputy leader of the Democratic Coalition (DK), told a group of demonstrators at the square on Friday that it was “essential to demonstrate resistance” against “this terrible regime”, which is “oppressive and economically incompetent.”
Xpat Opinion: Is The “Orbán Régime” Here To Stay In Hungary Until 2022?
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their analyses on the causes of the defeat of the Left at the elections on 6th April, commentators across the political spectrum believe that there will be no left-wing alternative to the incumbent government until the far reaching lessons of two consecutive electoral catastrophes are learned. Opinions differ, however about what those lessons are.