238 result(s) for optimistic
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian-IMF/EU Negotiations: News Blackout? Not Really
- 20 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
On Monday, July 17, Thanos Arvanitis, head of the IMF delegation, and Barbara Kauffman, head of the EU Commission’s delegation, accompanied by Iryna Ivashchenko, the IMF’s Budapest representative, paid a visit to Mihály Varga, the minister without portfolio in charge of the long-awaited negotiations for a stand-by loan for the financially hard-pressed Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Constitutional Renewal Must Be Done By Hungarians For Hungarians
- 13 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A conversation between two consitutional legal scholars: Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University and Gábor Halmai, ELTE Budapest and Princeton University.
Hungarian Party MSZP’s Self-Confidence May Backfire
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By BudaPost: A popular analyst suggests Fidesz may profit from the self-assurance Socialist leaders have been exhibiting lately as a result of recent trends in party preferences.
The Unbending Trees: Hungarian Pop Makes Good
- 9 Jun 2012 10:55 AM
- entertainment
Though there has been a turn in local tastes for homegrown music, sang in Hungarian, here in Budapest, pubs and clubs still resonate with songs in English, imported from abroad. Rare is occasion when Hungary has the opportunity to export some of its on songs in the form of pop music (classical is another story). But recently the sophisticated Hungarian pop band The Unbending Trees have become ...
Ethanol Europe’s Grand Opening In Hungary
- 31 May 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Remarks by Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis at the opening ceremony in Dunaföldvár on May 25, 2012
Hungarian PM Orban Offers Assurances In WSJ Interview
- 31 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Prime Minister Viktor Orban exuded optimism about the possibility of reaching a quick agreement with the IMF on a loan in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. “We have clarified all issues. There are at the same time some differences of opinion, but I am very optimistic. I think we are very near to our goals,” Orban said regarding his Tuesday talks with European Commission President Jose ...
Speech By Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán At The London School Of Economics
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speech made on 10 November 2011 at LSE, UK: "Thank you very much and good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. My elaboration today is about Central Europe and its future in a wider context, may I say in a European context. Thank you for the invitation, because it is always a joy to explain Central Europe to the Westerners, which is not an easy job anyway. The difficulty of that kind of lecture is ...
U.S. Ambassador Kounalakis Interview With Ildiko Eperjesi, ATV Hungary
- 11 Jan 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Question: Last year took some very unusual turns as far as the contacts between the United States and our country are concerned. First, Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State came to Hungary and she raised some criticism. And then you published some articles where you were very polite, but you also raised some criticism in terms of the operation of the Hungarian government.
Hungarian Retailers Optimistic About Christmas
- 15 Dec 2010 7:40 AM
- shopping
"This Christmas season appears to be a successful one for retailers, based on turnover recorded last Sunday, the second Sunday before Christmas, Népszabadság reports. Turnover at Media Markt on Sunday was up 10% from one year earlier. Demand for LCD TV sets, intelligent telephones, laptop computers, washing machines and coffee machines was above average, said sales manager Balázs Szánthó. Tesco ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian-IMF/EU Negotiations: News Blackout? Not Really
- 20 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
On Monday, July 17, Thanos Arvanitis, head of the IMF delegation, and Barbara Kauffman, head of the EU Commission’s delegation, accompanied by Iryna Ivashchenko, the IMF’s Budapest representative, paid a visit to Mihály Varga, the minister without portfolio in charge of the long-awaited negotiations for a stand-by loan for the financially hard-pressed Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Constitutional Renewal Must Be Done By Hungarians For Hungarians
- 13 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A conversation between two consitutional legal scholars: Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University and Gábor Halmai, ELTE Budapest and Princeton University.
Hungarian Party MSZP’s Self-Confidence May Backfire
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By BudaPost: A popular analyst suggests Fidesz may profit from the self-assurance Socialist leaders have been exhibiting lately as a result of recent trends in party preferences.
The Unbending Trees: Hungarian Pop Makes Good
- 9 Jun 2012 10:55 AM
- entertainment
Though there has been a turn in local tastes for homegrown music, sang in Hungarian, here in Budapest, pubs and clubs still resonate with songs in English, imported from abroad. Rare is occasion when Hungary has the opportunity to export some of its on songs in the form of pop music (classical is another story). But recently the sophisticated Hungarian pop band The Unbending Trees have become ...
Ethanol Europe’s Grand Opening In Hungary
- 31 May 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Remarks by Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis at the opening ceremony in Dunaföldvár on May 25, 2012
Hungarian PM Orban Offers Assurances In WSJ Interview
- 31 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Prime Minister Viktor Orban exuded optimism about the possibility of reaching a quick agreement with the IMF on a loan in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. “We have clarified all issues. There are at the same time some differences of opinion, but I am very optimistic. I think we are very near to our goals,” Orban said regarding his Tuesday talks with European Commission President Jose ...
Speech By Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán At The London School Of Economics
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speech made on 10 November 2011 at LSE, UK: "Thank you very much and good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. My elaboration today is about Central Europe and its future in a wider context, may I say in a European context. Thank you for the invitation, because it is always a joy to explain Central Europe to the Westerners, which is not an easy job anyway. The difficulty of that kind of lecture is ...
U.S. Ambassador Kounalakis Interview With Ildiko Eperjesi, ATV Hungary
- 11 Jan 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Question: Last year took some very unusual turns as far as the contacts between the United States and our country are concerned. First, Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State came to Hungary and she raised some criticism. And then you published some articles where you were very polite, but you also raised some criticism in terms of the operation of the Hungarian government.
Hungarian Retailers Optimistic About Christmas
- 15 Dec 2010 7:40 AM
- shopping
"This Christmas season appears to be a successful one for retailers, based on turnover recorded last Sunday, the second Sunday before Christmas, Népszabadság reports. Turnover at Media Markt on Sunday was up 10% from one year earlier. Demand for LCD TV sets, intelligent telephones, laptop computers, washing machines and coffee machines was above average, said sales manager Balázs Szánthó. Tesco ...