422 result(s) for political history
Nobel Laureate Author Imre Kertész Dies At 86
- 1 Apr 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Nobel laureate author Imre Kertész died at age 86 after a long and serious illness, the publisher Magvető said. The novelist, essayist and translator was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming a Nobel laureate in 2002.
PM Orbán 15 March Address: Migration ‘Invasive’
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister said in his March 15 address that mass migration is presented as a humanitarian issue, but its real nature is “invasive”. Viktor Orbán said discussions on migrant relocation would begin with talks on resettling “a couple of hundred or a thousand” people but this was sure to lead to the resettlement of tens or hundreds of thousands of migrants.
Balog Hails Roma Culture At Holocaust Remembrance
- 2 Mar 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The human resources minister commended Hungarian Roma culture and history at an event in Budapest held to remember the Roma Holocaust. Zoltán Balog said that it is “our duty to liberate the huge reserves of power” in Roma culture “to serve our common future.” He said Hungarians by now had no excuse not to be aware of the “dreadful tragedy” of the Roma Holocaust.
Now On Open Eyes Exhibition, Hungarian National Museum
- 19 Feb 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Now On until 15 March: The beginnings: “I got tuberculosis as a present for my twentieth birthday”, Hemző recalled ironically in a later interview. It was nothing short of a miracle that he survived in the ruined and looted capital after the war. Nevertheless, he managed to turn even the experience of this lethal illness to his advantage in the course of his long and successful career.
Gyurcsány Names Education, Culture, Health Care As Hungary’s Priorities
- 25 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The most important problems Hungary must address are the need to fix its education and health care systems and the state of its cultural and art life, Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), said. Gyurcsány said in his annual speech assessing the previous year that DK is offering Hungarians a country in which honesty and not crime is the condition of upward mobility.
Smart Business Schools Promise Competitive Revitalization
- 19 Jan 2016 8:02 AM
- business
This is the first column in a series of contributions from professors and other experts at the Central European University Business School.
Xpat Opinion: Polish-Hungarian Friendship In Action
- 14 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The situation in Poland has become a serious concern not only for the politicians of the European Union but for the whole western world. The largest East European country among those that joined the European Union in 2004 is rapidly following Hungary on the road to becoming an “illiberal democracy” while the European Commission is trying to find proper answers to the emasculation of Poland’s ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán Has International Friends On His Side
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left- and right-wing analysts equally recognise that the Hungarian Prime Minister is not isolated any more with his views on immigration in Europe. They differ however on whether he’s right or wrong and whether his position will ultimately prevail.
Inside Look. Film Laboratory, Budapest, 3 - 6 December 2015
- 24 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Europe’s Roma communities face deepening challenges of discrimination, violence and poverty. The US minority rights movement, which has had some notable successes over the past 50 years, also faces continuing problems, including police violence. We believe that a sharing of their struggles would be worthwhile as everyone searches for effective remedies.
Nobel Laureate Author Imre Kertész Dies At 86
- 1 Apr 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Nobel laureate author Imre Kertész died at age 86 after a long and serious illness, the publisher Magvető said. The novelist, essayist and translator was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming a Nobel laureate in 2002.
PM Orbán 15 March Address: Migration ‘Invasive’
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister said in his March 15 address that mass migration is presented as a humanitarian issue, but its real nature is “invasive”. Viktor Orbán said discussions on migrant relocation would begin with talks on resettling “a couple of hundred or a thousand” people but this was sure to lead to the resettlement of tens or hundreds of thousands of migrants.
Balog Hails Roma Culture At Holocaust Remembrance
- 2 Mar 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The human resources minister commended Hungarian Roma culture and history at an event in Budapest held to remember the Roma Holocaust. Zoltán Balog said that it is “our duty to liberate the huge reserves of power” in Roma culture “to serve our common future.” He said Hungarians by now had no excuse not to be aware of the “dreadful tragedy” of the Roma Holocaust.
Now On Open Eyes Exhibition, Hungarian National Museum
- 19 Feb 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Now On until 15 March: The beginnings: “I got tuberculosis as a present for my twentieth birthday”, Hemző recalled ironically in a later interview. It was nothing short of a miracle that he survived in the ruined and looted capital after the war. Nevertheless, he managed to turn even the experience of this lethal illness to his advantage in the course of his long and successful career.
Gyurcsány Names Education, Culture, Health Care As Hungary’s Priorities
- 25 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The most important problems Hungary must address are the need to fix its education and health care systems and the state of its cultural and art life, Ferenc Gyurcsány, leader of the opposition Democratic Coalition (DK), said. Gyurcsány said in his annual speech assessing the previous year that DK is offering Hungarians a country in which honesty and not crime is the condition of upward mobility.
Smart Business Schools Promise Competitive Revitalization
- 19 Jan 2016 8:02 AM
- business
This is the first column in a series of contributions from professors and other experts at the Central European University Business School.
Xpat Opinion: Polish-Hungarian Friendship In Action
- 14 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The situation in Poland has become a serious concern not only for the politicians of the European Union but for the whole western world. The largest East European country among those that joined the European Union in 2004 is rapidly following Hungary on the road to becoming an “illiberal democracy” while the European Commission is trying to find proper answers to the emasculation of Poland’s ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán Has International Friends On His Side
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left- and right-wing analysts equally recognise that the Hungarian Prime Minister is not isolated any more with his views on immigration in Europe. They differ however on whether he’s right or wrong and whether his position will ultimately prevail.
Inside Look. Film Laboratory, Budapest, 3 - 6 December 2015
- 24 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Europe’s Roma communities face deepening challenges of discrimination, violence and poverty. The US minority rights movement, which has had some notable successes over the past 50 years, also faces continuing problems, including police violence. We believe that a sharing of their struggles would be worthwhile as everyone searches for effective remedies.