665 result(s) for opposition rule
Xpat Opinion: Left Wing In Crisis In Hungary Less Than 6 Months Before The Elections
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators concentrate their fire on Bajnai and Gyurcsány, and tend to consider Mesterházy as the victim of the aforementioned. Left wing analysts have begun to voice serious doubts about whether the Socialists and their allies are in a position to even successfully wage a campaign.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Orbán Lucky With His Opposition?
- 11 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A centrist analyst would not rule out the defeat of Fidesz at the next elections, but suggests that the opposition parties have their eyes on 2018 instead, and fight each other in the meantime for control over the Socialist constituency.
Xpat Opinion: Mutual Recriminations Around Baja Video In Hungary
- 22 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal columnist suggests that if Fidesz wins the 2014 Parliamentary elections, its victory cannot be seen as legitimate. A pro-government commentator compares the Socialists to the former Communist Party for staging a video in order to accuse the governing party of electoral fraud.
Details Of Talks Between Hungary’s MOL’s CEO & Sanader
- 10 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- business
Hernadi has revealed details of the contacts between MOL and INA. The publisher of Heti Valasz will publish a book-size interview with Hernadi and Hernadi made a testimony for Croatian prosecutors in Budapest in February 2011. The text of his testimony is in Zagreb but it has not been used. Below we carry excerpts from both documents.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Opposition Stages Anti-Orbán Performance
- 1 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist accuses the left of radicalism, after Together 2014 leader Gordon Bajnai urged PM Orbán to step down and disappear from public life. Centrist pundits find Mr Bajnai’s performance pathetic, while the leading left-wing daily regrets the lack of a meaningful dialogue between the right and the left.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Parliament Speaker Kövér’s ‘Rule By Decree’ Case
- 16 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the Speaker of Parliament’s recent radio interview, left-wing columnists accuse Mr. Kövér of proposing the revival of a rule by decree system. Conservative pundits as well as a group of left- liberal constitutional lawyers say that Mr. Kövér had no undemocratic intentions, and agree that the current legislative practice is far too bureaucratic.
Fidesz-Leaning Oligarch And Aide Missing From The Country’s Top 100 Rich-List
- 11 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Similar to Forbes Magazine, the Hungarian financial newspaper Napi Gazdaság compiles a list of the 100 richest Hungarians, some of whom are businessmen often with close ties to government. The two most prominent figures in Hungarian business life (and in conspiracy theories), who are literally unknown to foreign decision-makers, diplomats or investors, Lajos Simicska and Zsolt Nyerges are ...
Xpat Opinion: László Kövér’s Ideas About The Ideal Democracy: Governance By Decree In Hungary
- 10 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I really didn’t think that László Köver, president/speaker of the Hungarian parliament, could still surprise me. Yet he manages. Here is his latest. By way of preface, I should note that there are some commentators who say that one ought not take Kövér terribly seriously. He is just this kind of a fellow. Perhaps his bark is worse than his bite.
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.
Xpat Opinion: Left Wing In Crisis In Hungary Less Than 6 Months Before The Elections
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators concentrate their fire on Bajnai and Gyurcsány, and tend to consider Mesterházy as the victim of the aforementioned. Left wing analysts have begun to voice serious doubts about whether the Socialists and their allies are in a position to even successfully wage a campaign.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Orbán Lucky With His Opposition?
- 11 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A centrist analyst would not rule out the defeat of Fidesz at the next elections, but suggests that the opposition parties have their eyes on 2018 instead, and fight each other in the meantime for control over the Socialist constituency.
Xpat Opinion: Mutual Recriminations Around Baja Video In Hungary
- 22 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal columnist suggests that if Fidesz wins the 2014 Parliamentary elections, its victory cannot be seen as legitimate. A pro-government commentator compares the Socialists to the former Communist Party for staging a video in order to accuse the governing party of electoral fraud.
Details Of Talks Between Hungary’s MOL’s CEO & Sanader
- 10 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- business
Hernadi has revealed details of the contacts between MOL and INA. The publisher of Heti Valasz will publish a book-size interview with Hernadi and Hernadi made a testimony for Croatian prosecutors in Budapest in February 2011. The text of his testimony is in Zagreb but it has not been used. Below we carry excerpts from both documents.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Opposition Stages Anti-Orbán Performance
- 1 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist accuses the left of radicalism, after Together 2014 leader Gordon Bajnai urged PM Orbán to step down and disappear from public life. Centrist pundits find Mr Bajnai’s performance pathetic, while the leading left-wing daily regrets the lack of a meaningful dialogue between the right and the left.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Parliament Speaker Kövér’s ‘Rule By Decree’ Case
- 16 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the Speaker of Parliament’s recent radio interview, left-wing columnists accuse Mr. Kövér of proposing the revival of a rule by decree system. Conservative pundits as well as a group of left- liberal constitutional lawyers say that Mr. Kövér had no undemocratic intentions, and agree that the current legislative practice is far too bureaucratic.
Fidesz-Leaning Oligarch And Aide Missing From The Country’s Top 100 Rich-List
- 11 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Similar to Forbes Magazine, the Hungarian financial newspaper Napi Gazdaság compiles a list of the 100 richest Hungarians, some of whom are businessmen often with close ties to government. The two most prominent figures in Hungarian business life (and in conspiracy theories), who are literally unknown to foreign decision-makers, diplomats or investors, Lajos Simicska and Zsolt Nyerges are ...
Xpat Opinion: László Kövér’s Ideas About The Ideal Democracy: Governance By Decree In Hungary
- 10 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I really didn’t think that László Köver, president/speaker of the Hungarian parliament, could still surprise me. Yet he manages. Here is his latest. By way of preface, I should note that there are some commentators who say that one ought not take Kövér terribly seriously. He is just this kind of a fellow. Perhaps his bark is worse than his bite.
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.