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Áder, Orbán To Address Hungary’s Founding Parlt Session
- 6 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder will open the founding session of the new 199-member parliament today at 10am. He will propose that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán should retain his post. Orbán will also address the session. The parliamentary speaker will be elected in a secret vote and he will then take his oath. This will be followed by the election of five deputy speakers and ten notaries.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary - A Decade In The European Union
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ten years ago, May 1, 2004 – following a referendum April 12, 2003 in which 84 percent of voters expressed their support for accession – Hungary joined the European Union along with nine other former Soviet bloc countries. Hungary had established diplomatic relations with the European Community (predecessor to the EU) in 1988, the first country in the region to do so, then submitted its ...
German Occupation Monument “Morally Exact”, Says Hungary’s PM
- 30 Apr 2014 3:59 AM
- current affairs
The erection of a monument to commemorate the victims of German occupation is “morally exact and immaculate”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday. The prime minister said the Hungarian leadership of the time should be held responsible for the events.
Xpat Opinion: About Time To Upgrade Hungary’s Credit Rating
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- business
“The time has come for rating agencies to upgrade Hungary,” said Hendrik Scheerlinck, the CEO of K&H Bank, the Hungarian branch of Belgian KBC. According to portfolio.hu, Scheerlinck said in an interview on Tuesday that he anticipates a stable, economic policy as the country returns to the path of more economic growth.
Xpat Opinion: Training Skilled Workers & Teaching Foreign Languages In Hungary
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
My post today deals with two aspects of Hungarian education. One is the training of skilled workers and the other, the still sorry state of foreign language education.
Xpat Opinion: American Embassy In Budapest On The Nazi Occupation Memorial
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A leftist daily describes a statement issued by the US Embassy as another clear warning to the government, while its right-wing counterpart finds it strange that the US Embassy takes a view of a Hungarian issue.
Hungarian Leaders Attend Double Canonisation
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian delegation led by President János Áder was present at the canonisation of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II at a mass in Rome on Sunday. Áder, together with other heads of state, exchanged a few words with Pope Francis after the celebration of the mass.
Fountain On Margaret Island In Budapest Starts Operating With A Refreshed Musical Repertoire
- 25 Apr 2014 9:01 AM
- getting around
The fountain on Margaret Island will play melodies again. The rebuilt and enlarged fountain was inaugurated last year by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Budapest Mayor István Tarlós. The musical repertoire of the fountain is refreshed and extended as follows:
Hungarian FM Calls Putin's Conduct “Historical Mistake”
- 25 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The French daily Le Monde has interviewed outgoing Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán government's policy of opening to the East.
Áder, Orbán To Address Hungary’s Founding Parlt Session
- 6 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder will open the founding session of the new 199-member parliament today at 10am. He will propose that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán should retain his post. Orbán will also address the session. The parliamentary speaker will be elected in a secret vote and he will then take his oath. This will be followed by the election of five deputy speakers and ten notaries.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary - A Decade In The European Union
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ten years ago, May 1, 2004 – following a referendum April 12, 2003 in which 84 percent of voters expressed their support for accession – Hungary joined the European Union along with nine other former Soviet bloc countries. Hungary had established diplomatic relations with the European Community (predecessor to the EU) in 1988, the first country in the region to do so, then submitted its ...
German Occupation Monument “Morally Exact”, Says Hungary’s PM
- 30 Apr 2014 3:59 AM
- current affairs
The erection of a monument to commemorate the victims of German occupation is “morally exact and immaculate”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday. The prime minister said the Hungarian leadership of the time should be held responsible for the events.
Xpat Opinion: About Time To Upgrade Hungary’s Credit Rating
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- business
“The time has come for rating agencies to upgrade Hungary,” said Hendrik Scheerlinck, the CEO of K&H Bank, the Hungarian branch of Belgian KBC. According to portfolio.hu, Scheerlinck said in an interview on Tuesday that he anticipates a stable, economic policy as the country returns to the path of more economic growth.
Xpat Opinion: Training Skilled Workers & Teaching Foreign Languages In Hungary
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
My post today deals with two aspects of Hungarian education. One is the training of skilled workers and the other, the still sorry state of foreign language education.
Xpat Opinion: American Embassy In Budapest On The Nazi Occupation Memorial
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A leftist daily describes a statement issued by the US Embassy as another clear warning to the government, while its right-wing counterpart finds it strange that the US Embassy takes a view of a Hungarian issue.
Hungarian Leaders Attend Double Canonisation
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian delegation led by President János Áder was present at the canonisation of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II at a mass in Rome on Sunday. Áder, together with other heads of state, exchanged a few words with Pope Francis after the celebration of the mass.
Fountain On Margaret Island In Budapest Starts Operating With A Refreshed Musical Repertoire
- 25 Apr 2014 9:01 AM
- getting around
The fountain on Margaret Island will play melodies again. The rebuilt and enlarged fountain was inaugurated last year by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Budapest Mayor István Tarlós. The musical repertoire of the fountain is refreshed and extended as follows:
Hungarian FM Calls Putin's Conduct “Historical Mistake”
- 25 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The French daily Le Monde has interviewed outgoing Hungarian Foreign Minister János Martonyi of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán government's policy of opening to the East.