3,447 result(s) for opposition
Event Report: Tranzit Festival On The Border, In Hungary
- 27 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Tranzit Festival is organised with the aim to help integrate Hungary’s youth into politics and prepare them for participation in public life, Minister of Defence Csaba Hende stated at the festival’s opening yesterday. This year, the festival took place between 21 and 25 August in Kőszeg near the Austrian border.
Talks Break Down Over PM Candidacy Question In Hungary
- 26 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Former prime minister Gordon Bajnai and Socialist Party president Attila Mesterházy went public on Friday with their different ideas on how to choose an opposition candidate for prime minister after failing to reach an agreement in talks earlier in the day.
Xpat Opinion: Opposition Parties In Hungary Lack Stamina
- 22 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The main left-wing daily finds it disappointing that the opposition parties missed the opportunity of St. Stephen’s Day to spread their message at mass public events.
Hungarian Gov Pays Compensation To Families Of 2008-2009 Roma Murders
- 22 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In 2008 and 2009, under the previous socialist Government, a series of nine attacks was committed against people of Roma origin in which six people were murdered, generating deep shock throughout the whole of society and leading to accusations that police had failed to protect a minority group.
Hungary's PM Orbán Choice To Head Media Authority Sparks Outrag
- 15 Aug 2013 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition partiers reacted angrily to yesterday’s announcement that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has nominated media litigation lawyer Mónika Karas to head the media and communications authority NMHH, effective August 19.
Xpat Opinion: Media Strategies 9 Months Before The Elections In Hungary
- 13 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A moderate right-wing weekly suspects that the media multinationals may take the risk of supporting opposition forces in their quest to win next year’s election. Népszabadság, meanwhile, may be bought back by a Socialist foundation.
Xpat Opinion: Head-On Confrontation Rather Than Fair Competition In Hungary
- 13 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing sociologist suggests that intellectuals who ceaselessly complain about the warlike atmosphere which dominates Hungarian politics fail to find a new language that could help society overcome its paralysing divisions.
Xpat Opinion: Racist Killers Brought To Justice In Hungary
- 13 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin: Last week, a Budapest court announced the verdict of the most closely watched Hungarian criminal trial of the year. Four defendants accused of murdering six Hungarian romas were found guilty by the tribunal. The three men who physically committed the killings received the maximum-possible sentence in Hungary – life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The fourth, the ...
Xpat Opinion: Some Hungarian Citizens Are More Equal Than Others
- 12 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I simply can’t understand the Hungarian opposition’s lack of initiative and its sluggish reactions to unacceptable actions that are being taken day in and day out by Fidesz and the Fidesz-ruled parliament. Often, opposition politicians wake up only when a government official reveals by a slip of the tongue the real intention of a piece of legislation.
Event Report: Tranzit Festival On The Border, In Hungary
- 27 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Tranzit Festival is organised with the aim to help integrate Hungary’s youth into politics and prepare them for participation in public life, Minister of Defence Csaba Hende stated at the festival’s opening yesterday. This year, the festival took place between 21 and 25 August in Kőszeg near the Austrian border.
Talks Break Down Over PM Candidacy Question In Hungary
- 26 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Former prime minister Gordon Bajnai and Socialist Party president Attila Mesterházy went public on Friday with their different ideas on how to choose an opposition candidate for prime minister after failing to reach an agreement in talks earlier in the day.
Xpat Opinion: Opposition Parties In Hungary Lack Stamina
- 22 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The main left-wing daily finds it disappointing that the opposition parties missed the opportunity of St. Stephen’s Day to spread their message at mass public events.
Hungarian Gov Pays Compensation To Families Of 2008-2009 Roma Murders
- 22 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In 2008 and 2009, under the previous socialist Government, a series of nine attacks was committed against people of Roma origin in which six people were murdered, generating deep shock throughout the whole of society and leading to accusations that police had failed to protect a minority group.
Hungary's PM Orbán Choice To Head Media Authority Sparks Outrag
- 15 Aug 2013 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition partiers reacted angrily to yesterday’s announcement that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has nominated media litigation lawyer Mónika Karas to head the media and communications authority NMHH, effective August 19.
Xpat Opinion: Media Strategies 9 Months Before The Elections In Hungary
- 13 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A moderate right-wing weekly suspects that the media multinationals may take the risk of supporting opposition forces in their quest to win next year’s election. Népszabadság, meanwhile, may be bought back by a Socialist foundation.
Xpat Opinion: Head-On Confrontation Rather Than Fair Competition In Hungary
- 13 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing sociologist suggests that intellectuals who ceaselessly complain about the warlike atmosphere which dominates Hungarian politics fail to find a new language that could help society overcome its paralysing divisions.
Xpat Opinion: Racist Killers Brought To Justice In Hungary
- 13 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin: Last week, a Budapest court announced the verdict of the most closely watched Hungarian criminal trial of the year. Four defendants accused of murdering six Hungarian romas were found guilty by the tribunal. The three men who physically committed the killings received the maximum-possible sentence in Hungary – life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The fourth, the ...
Xpat Opinion: Some Hungarian Citizens Are More Equal Than Others
- 12 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I simply can’t understand the Hungarian opposition’s lack of initiative and its sluggish reactions to unacceptable actions that are being taken day in and day out by Fidesz and the Fidesz-ruled parliament. Often, opposition politicians wake up only when a government official reveals by a slip of the tongue the real intention of a piece of legislation.