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PM Orbán: “If Left-Wing Parties Were In Power, Hungary Would Be Full Of Migrants”
- 15 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán indicated his government’s readiness to take a decision regarding steps on migration after hearing proposals from the interior minister next week. Orbán told public radio on Friday morning that even a complete physical border closure is among all proposals on the table. He also said in his regular Friday interview that the target group of the government’s poster campaign ...
Budapest Pride Festival Organisers Defiant In Response To Mayors
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Organisers of the Budapest Pride festival wrapped 30 trees in rainbow-coloured paper on Andrássy út, not far from Heroes Square, yesterday in protest against recent homophobic remarks by Eighth District mayor Máté Kocsis and Budapest mayor István Tarlós.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM Orbán’s Five-Year Balance Sheet
- 2 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators find no novelties in the Prime Minister’s assessment of his government’s five years in power. A right-wing analyst on the other hand believes that he announced a new era of moderation after the conflicts of the recent past.
Interview 2: Dr. Imre Deák, Former CEO Of Danubius Hotels Group
- 1 Jun 2015 12:00 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Former NY Governor Becomes First-Ever Hungarian American To Launch Presidential Bid
- 29 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
George Pataki, the former Republican governor of the state of New York, has become the first-ever politician of Hungarian heritage to launch a presidential bid in the United States after announcing that he is standing to become the Republican Party’s presidential candidate.
Immigration & Death Penalty: EU Parliament Holds Debate On "Situation In Hungary"
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe should remain a continent of Europeans and Hungary a country of Hungarians, PM Viktor Orbán said in a European parliamentary debate. Addressing the Tuesday debate in Strasbourg on the situation in Hungary, Orbán insisted that the EU treaties in effect should be revised.
José Manuel Barroso Condemns Hungarian PM's Politics
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Last weekend independent Hungarian television broadcasted an exclusive interview with former president of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso. Although the interview was conducted in English, it was overdubbed in Hungarian. Unfortunately, the original, undubbed version has yet to be published. The following is based on the Hungarian version.
Hungarian Town Tata Ready To Take Over Pope Statue From French Town
- 14 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The town of Tata in northern Hungary is prepared to receive and install a statue of Pope John Paul II from Ploërmel, a town in Brittany, if France “rejects the Christian roots of European culture” and decides to demolish it, two politicians of the allied ruling Christian Democrats said. The holy Pope is highly respected in Tata, which has also named a square after him, party leader Zsolt Semjén ...
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
PM Orbán: “If Left-Wing Parties Were In Power, Hungary Would Be Full Of Migrants”
- 15 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán indicated his government’s readiness to take a decision regarding steps on migration after hearing proposals from the interior minister next week. Orbán told public radio on Friday morning that even a complete physical border closure is among all proposals on the table. He also said in his regular Friday interview that the target group of the government’s poster campaign ...
Budapest Pride Festival Organisers Defiant In Response To Mayors
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Organisers of the Budapest Pride festival wrapped 30 trees in rainbow-coloured paper on Andrássy út, not far from Heroes Square, yesterday in protest against recent homophobic remarks by Eighth District mayor Máté Kocsis and Budapest mayor István Tarlós.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM Orbán’s Five-Year Balance Sheet
- 2 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators find no novelties in the Prime Minister’s assessment of his government’s five years in power. A right-wing analyst on the other hand believes that he announced a new era of moderation after the conflicts of the recent past.
Interview 2: Dr. Imre Deák, Former CEO Of Danubius Hotels Group
- 1 Jun 2015 12:00 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Former NY Governor Becomes First-Ever Hungarian American To Launch Presidential Bid
- 29 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
George Pataki, the former Republican governor of the state of New York, has become the first-ever politician of Hungarian heritage to launch a presidential bid in the United States after announcing that he is standing to become the Republican Party’s presidential candidate.
Immigration & Death Penalty: EU Parliament Holds Debate On "Situation In Hungary"
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe should remain a continent of Europeans and Hungary a country of Hungarians, PM Viktor Orbán said in a European parliamentary debate. Addressing the Tuesday debate in Strasbourg on the situation in Hungary, Orbán insisted that the EU treaties in effect should be revised.
José Manuel Barroso Condemns Hungarian PM's Politics
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Last weekend independent Hungarian television broadcasted an exclusive interview with former president of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso. Although the interview was conducted in English, it was overdubbed in Hungarian. Unfortunately, the original, undubbed version has yet to be published. The following is based on the Hungarian version.
Hungarian Town Tata Ready To Take Over Pope Statue From French Town
- 14 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The town of Tata in northern Hungary is prepared to receive and install a statue of Pope John Paul II from Ploërmel, a town in Brittany, if France “rejects the Christian roots of European culture” and decides to demolish it, two politicians of the allied ruling Christian Democrats said. The holy Pope is highly respected in Tata, which has also named a square after him, party leader Zsolt Semjén ...
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...