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Hungary's PM Orbán Did Not Tell MPs About Internet Tax
- 28 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speaker László Kövér admitted in a corridor of Parliament on Monday that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán did not inform governing party MPs about the internet tax before the plan was made public, nor was there any preliminary consultation on the matter.
Hungarian Protesters Demand Withdrawal Of Proposed Internet Tax
- 27 Oct 2014 8:02 AM
- current affairs
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in downtown Budapest on Sunday evening to protest against the government’s plan to impose a tax on internet use. Balázs Gulyás, founder of a Hungarian Facebook page “100,000 against the internet tax”, called on the government to withdraw the bill.
Xpat Opinion: The USA’s Own Norwegian Fund Problem
- 27 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Pro-government commentators find it strange that while Washington sees Hungarian moves to investigate Norwegian funded projects as a serious attack on civil society, the United States has its own problems with Norwegian financed think tanks posing as independent research institutions.
168 Óra: A New Hungarian Left-Wing Is Needed
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian liberal weekly news magazine 168 óra asked eight members of Hungary’s liberal establishment their reaction to the Fidesz-KDNP landslide victory in Sunday’s local and county elections. Their responses appear in the article “Új Baldoldal Kell!” (A new left-wing is needed!) appearing in the 16 October 2014 edition (pp. 12-15). Our unabridged translation of the article follows:
All Hungary’s Fidesz Has To Fear Is Itself - Commentators Török & G. Fodor Agree
- 24 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Now that Hungarian voters have been called to the polls for the third time this year (for parliamentary, European Parliament and municipality elections), Heti Válasz has asked two political scientists to evaluate the outcome of weekend's election and offer a forecast. Gábor Török and Gábor G. Fodor agree that PM Viktor Orbán will forge ahead with a reformer's zeal while former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány ...
Hungarian Opposition Parties Criticise Orbán
- 14 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Hungary where the political majority is not related to the larger part of society cannot be strong or successful, the group leader of the opposition Socialists said in response to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s parliamentary address on Monday. József Tóbiás said that in the past four years the government had deprived municipalities of most of their powers. He demanded that the central government ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán, Merkel Discuss Energy Before EU Summit
- 9 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of an EU summit in Milan and discussed current energy and foreign affairs issues. “We mainly talked about foreign policy issues, as it was clear from the start that German- Hungarian bilateral relations are all in order and the relationship is growing,” Orbán said.
Hungarian PM Orbán Campaigns In Socialist Cities
- 8 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Szeged’s Socialist mayor László Botka, who has run the city for 12 years can be defeated at the local elections, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared as he campaigned briefly in the south Hungarian city on Tuesday. Orbán made a ‘secret’ unannounced visit to Szeged, HVG reports, where he went up to the ninth-floor flat of Fidesz mayoral candidate János Kothenz to have a cup of coffee, then spoke ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán: No Austerity Planned
- 7 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is no place in the government’s economic policymaking for austerity, Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, told a local paper in an interview. “We are preparing for an era in which people earn more, retirees preserve the value of their pensions, the burdens of parenthood are eased, schools will be better and our hospitals are going to work well,” he told Vas Népe. “We’re at the gates of a great ...
Hungary's PM Orbán Did Not Tell MPs About Internet Tax
- 28 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speaker László Kövér admitted in a corridor of Parliament on Monday that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán did not inform governing party MPs about the internet tax before the plan was made public, nor was there any preliminary consultation on the matter.
Hungarian Protesters Demand Withdrawal Of Proposed Internet Tax
- 27 Oct 2014 8:02 AM
- current affairs
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in downtown Budapest on Sunday evening to protest against the government’s plan to impose a tax on internet use. Balázs Gulyás, founder of a Hungarian Facebook page “100,000 against the internet tax”, called on the government to withdraw the bill.
Xpat Opinion: The USA’s Own Norwegian Fund Problem
- 27 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Pro-government commentators find it strange that while Washington sees Hungarian moves to investigate Norwegian funded projects as a serious attack on civil society, the United States has its own problems with Norwegian financed think tanks posing as independent research institutions.
168 Óra: A New Hungarian Left-Wing Is Needed
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian liberal weekly news magazine 168 óra asked eight members of Hungary’s liberal establishment their reaction to the Fidesz-KDNP landslide victory in Sunday’s local and county elections. Their responses appear in the article “Új Baldoldal Kell!” (A new left-wing is needed!) appearing in the 16 October 2014 edition (pp. 12-15). Our unabridged translation of the article follows:
All Hungary’s Fidesz Has To Fear Is Itself - Commentators Török & G. Fodor Agree
- 24 Oct 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Now that Hungarian voters have been called to the polls for the third time this year (for parliamentary, European Parliament and municipality elections), Heti Válasz has asked two political scientists to evaluate the outcome of weekend's election and offer a forecast. Gábor Török and Gábor G. Fodor agree that PM Viktor Orbán will forge ahead with a reformer's zeal while former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány ...
Hungarian Opposition Parties Criticise Orbán
- 14 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Hungary where the political majority is not related to the larger part of society cannot be strong or successful, the group leader of the opposition Socialists said in response to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s parliamentary address on Monday. József Tóbiás said that in the past four years the government had deprived municipalities of most of their powers. He demanded that the central government ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán, Merkel Discuss Energy Before EU Summit
- 9 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of an EU summit in Milan and discussed current energy and foreign affairs issues. “We mainly talked about foreign policy issues, as it was clear from the start that German- Hungarian bilateral relations are all in order and the relationship is growing,” Orbán said.
Hungarian PM Orbán Campaigns In Socialist Cities
- 8 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Szeged’s Socialist mayor László Botka, who has run the city for 12 years can be defeated at the local elections, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared as he campaigned briefly in the south Hungarian city on Tuesday. Orbán made a ‘secret’ unannounced visit to Szeged, HVG reports, where he went up to the ninth-floor flat of Fidesz mayoral candidate János Kothenz to have a cup of coffee, then spoke ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán: No Austerity Planned
- 7 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is no place in the government’s economic policymaking for austerity, Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, told a local paper in an interview. “We are preparing for an era in which people earn more, retirees preserve the value of their pensions, the burdens of parenthood are eased, schools will be better and our hospitals are going to work well,” he told Vas Népe. “We’re at the gates of a great ...