3,447 result(s) for opposition
Invalid Votes To Be Recounted In Budapest Ward
- 22 Apr 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on Tuesday ordered a recount of votes cast at an election ward in Budapest where the ruling Fidesz candidate narrowly beat the opposition candidate on April 6, news website index.hu said.
Hungary’s Former PM Bajnai & Jávor Top E-PM List
- 18 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gordon Bajnai will top the opposition E-PM party alliance’s list of candidates for the European parliamentary elections, the party’s officials told a press conference. Benedek Jávor, co-chairman of the opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM), will be second on the list, but Bajnai would not take a seat in the EP, Jávor would be the first to become an MEP, if elected.
Socialists Call On Hungary’s Central Bank To Stop “Outrageous Spending”
- 18 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists on Thursday called on the governor of the National Bank of Hungary to drop an “outrageous” policy of spending over a hundred billion forints on purchasing new properties, as well as a Guarneri violin or a painting by Brueghel. Socialist lawmaker István Józsa referred to a report by news website Index on Wednesday, and said that the central bank was spending 90 billion ...
Vote Recount In Budapest Swing District Makes No Change In Outcome
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Votes were recounted in parts of Budapest’s 15th voting district where the result of the general election was very close, but the outcome has not changed, the National Election Committee said. The Committee ordered a recount at two polling stations of the eastern Budapest district, on grounds that based on testimonies of vote-counting committee members, some invalid votes had been accepted at the ...
Hungarians Must Confront Past Tragedies, Current Threats, Says Mesterházy
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
All Hungarians must sincerely confront the tragedies of the past and the threats of today, opposition Socialist leader Attila Mesterházy said in a statement, to mark the memorial day to Hungary’s Holocaust victims.
Xpat Opinion: Hungay's Post-Election Analyses From Two Different Worlds
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Sometimes, it’s like two different worlds. Hungarian voters re-elected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on April 6th, and over the last several days we’ve been treated to many vivid, post-game analyses.
Xpat Opinion: More Fuzzy Math Re Elections In Hungary
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
She’s doing it again. Using that fuzzy math again. Over the weekend, Paul Krugman’s blog on the New York Times, “The Conscience of a Liberal,” ran the latest dispatch from Kim Lane Scheppele. The subject? The elections in Hungary were “not fair”.
Hungary’s Socialist Party Leader: Harder To Carry On Than To Give Up
- 16 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party started a project to renew itself four years ago and was forced to suspend this to fight in the election, but now it this work can no longer be put off, Attila Mesterházy, the party’s leader, said in an interview to Wednesday’s Népszabadság daily.
Hungary’s Ruling Party Receives Clear Mandate To Carry On
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Having won two-thirds of the seats in the new parliament, the governing parties have received a clear mandate from voters to continue the work started, Fidesz communications officer Máté Kocsis said. Commenting on the election result, Kocsis said after the tight governance of the past years involving many difficult decisions, the government still enjoyed the confidence of the people.
Invalid Votes To Be Recounted In Budapest Ward
- 22 Apr 2014 5:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on Tuesday ordered a recount of votes cast at an election ward in Budapest where the ruling Fidesz candidate narrowly beat the opposition candidate on April 6, news website index.hu said.
Hungary’s Former PM Bajnai & Jávor Top E-PM List
- 18 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gordon Bajnai will top the opposition E-PM party alliance’s list of candidates for the European parliamentary elections, the party’s officials told a press conference. Benedek Jávor, co-chairman of the opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM), will be second on the list, but Bajnai would not take a seat in the EP, Jávor would be the first to become an MEP, if elected.
Socialists Call On Hungary’s Central Bank To Stop “Outrageous Spending”
- 18 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists on Thursday called on the governor of the National Bank of Hungary to drop an “outrageous” policy of spending over a hundred billion forints on purchasing new properties, as well as a Guarneri violin or a painting by Brueghel. Socialist lawmaker István Józsa referred to a report by news website Index on Wednesday, and said that the central bank was spending 90 billion ...
Vote Recount In Budapest Swing District Makes No Change In Outcome
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Votes were recounted in parts of Budapest’s 15th voting district where the result of the general election was very close, but the outcome has not changed, the National Election Committee said. The Committee ordered a recount at two polling stations of the eastern Budapest district, on grounds that based on testimonies of vote-counting committee members, some invalid votes had been accepted at the ...
Hungarians Must Confront Past Tragedies, Current Threats, Says Mesterházy
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
All Hungarians must sincerely confront the tragedies of the past and the threats of today, opposition Socialist leader Attila Mesterházy said in a statement, to mark the memorial day to Hungary’s Holocaust victims.
Xpat Opinion: Hungay's Post-Election Analyses From Two Different Worlds
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Sometimes, it’s like two different worlds. Hungarian voters re-elected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on April 6th, and over the last several days we’ve been treated to many vivid, post-game analyses.
Xpat Opinion: More Fuzzy Math Re Elections In Hungary
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
She’s doing it again. Using that fuzzy math again. Over the weekend, Paul Krugman’s blog on the New York Times, “The Conscience of a Liberal,” ran the latest dispatch from Kim Lane Scheppele. The subject? The elections in Hungary were “not fair”.
Hungary’s Socialist Party Leader: Harder To Carry On Than To Give Up
- 16 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party started a project to renew itself four years ago and was forced to suspend this to fight in the election, but now it this work can no longer be put off, Attila Mesterházy, the party’s leader, said in an interview to Wednesday’s Népszabadság daily.
Hungary’s Ruling Party Receives Clear Mandate To Carry On
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Having won two-thirds of the seats in the new parliament, the governing parties have received a clear mandate from voters to continue the work started, Fidesz communications officer Máté Kocsis said. Commenting on the election result, Kocsis said after the tight governance of the past years involving many difficult decisions, the government still enjoyed the confidence of the people.