3,288 result(s) for power
Hungary Among EU’s Poorest Members
- 18 Jun 2015 2:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is the fourth or fifth poorest member state of the European Union, sets of figures released by Eurostat yesterday reveal. The country’s per capita GDP is 68 per cent of the EU average, putting it on a par with Poland as the fourth or fifth poorest country of the EU. However, Poland’s Gross Domestic Product per capita had been substantially lower in the past, before the country started to ...
Hungarian Politicians Pay Tribute To 1956 Martyr Imre Nagy
- 17 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
After 57 years, the example set by Hungary’s martyred prime minister Imre Nagy “still demands our respect”, parliament’s deputy speaker Gergely Gulyás, of the ruling Fidesz, said. The hanging and dishonourable burial of Nagy and other martyrs, as well as the mass revenge that followed Hungary’s failed 1956 uprising against Soviet rule, made it clear that the practice of power pursued by ...
Socalists Demand Hearing Into Report Of Stolen Paks Data
- 16 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In light of a report in tabloid Blikk that devices containing classified data related to the Paks nuclear power station have been stolen from a car parked in Budapest, the Socialist Party has demanded that the authorities brief parliament’s national security committee on the matter. Zsolt Molnár, the committee’s (Socialist) chairman, said in a statement that if it is indeed the case that the ...
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 ...
U-20 FIFA World Cup: Hungary Says Goodbye
- 11 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Serbia needed extra time and an own goal to overcome a spirited Hungarian side in an enthralling round of 16 match at Otago Stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand. The Serbs, in their first Fifa Under-20 World Cup, advanced to the quarter-finals, where it will meet either the United States or Colombia on Sunday local time, while Hungary has dropped out. It looked like the match was destined to go to ...
First Of Budapest’s New Trolley Bus Fleet Arrives To The Capital
- 10 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) has published images of the first Solaris-Skoda trolley bus that has arrived to the capital, which will be followed by a fleet of further 20 single-unit and 16 articulated vehicles to serve District XIV and the city centre. The increased number of low-floor vehicles is meant to improve accessibility on the routes, BKK writes.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM’s New Rhetoric
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conservatives welcome a promise by the Prime Minister to adopt a new, more conciliatory attitude, while left-wing observers call it a sham.
Xpat Opinion: A Race To The Bottom On Immigration In Hungary
- 5 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: When Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suggested recently that the death penalty should be considered here in a European Union country, he said he was reacting to the shock of the murder of a shopkeeper. He was also probably trying to stay competitive with Jobbik, the far-right party that appears ready to overtake Orbán’s Fidesz party in ...
Brain Bar Budapest, 4 - 6 June
- 4 Jun 2015 9:04 AM
- tech
It may not be obvious, but we live in a day and age where technology controls most of our lives. From cell phones to washing machines, every single device is being improved and challenged daily. Tech giants continue to put benchmarks down for competitors and even nation-states, and arguably, could be considered 'God-like'. Naturally, there are conflicting views on such technology, its power and ...
Hungary Among EU’s Poorest Members
- 18 Jun 2015 2:40 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is the fourth or fifth poorest member state of the European Union, sets of figures released by Eurostat yesterday reveal. The country’s per capita GDP is 68 per cent of the EU average, putting it on a par with Poland as the fourth or fifth poorest country of the EU. However, Poland’s Gross Domestic Product per capita had been substantially lower in the past, before the country started to ...
Hungarian Politicians Pay Tribute To 1956 Martyr Imre Nagy
- 17 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
After 57 years, the example set by Hungary’s martyred prime minister Imre Nagy “still demands our respect”, parliament’s deputy speaker Gergely Gulyás, of the ruling Fidesz, said. The hanging and dishonourable burial of Nagy and other martyrs, as well as the mass revenge that followed Hungary’s failed 1956 uprising against Soviet rule, made it clear that the practice of power pursued by ...
Socalists Demand Hearing Into Report Of Stolen Paks Data
- 16 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In light of a report in tabloid Blikk that devices containing classified data related to the Paks nuclear power station have been stolen from a car parked in Budapest, the Socialist Party has demanded that the authorities brief parliament’s national security committee on the matter. Zsolt Molnár, the committee’s (Socialist) chairman, said in a statement that if it is indeed the case that the ...
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 ...
U-20 FIFA World Cup: Hungary Says Goodbye
- 11 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Serbia needed extra time and an own goal to overcome a spirited Hungarian side in an enthralling round of 16 match at Otago Stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand. The Serbs, in their first Fifa Under-20 World Cup, advanced to the quarter-finals, where it will meet either the United States or Colombia on Sunday local time, while Hungary has dropped out. It looked like the match was destined to go to ...
First Of Budapest’s New Trolley Bus Fleet Arrives To The Capital
- 10 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) has published images of the first Solaris-Skoda trolley bus that has arrived to the capital, which will be followed by a fleet of further 20 single-unit and 16 articulated vehicles to serve District XIV and the city centre. The increased number of low-floor vehicles is meant to improve accessibility on the routes, BKK writes.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM’s New Rhetoric
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conservatives welcome a promise by the Prime Minister to adopt a new, more conciliatory attitude, while left-wing observers call it a sham.
Xpat Opinion: A Race To The Bottom On Immigration In Hungary
- 5 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: When Prime Minister Viktor Orbán suggested recently that the death penalty should be considered here in a European Union country, he said he was reacting to the shock of the murder of a shopkeeper. He was also probably trying to stay competitive with Jobbik, the far-right party that appears ready to overtake Orbán’s Fidesz party in ...
Brain Bar Budapest, 4 - 6 June
- 4 Jun 2015 9:04 AM
- tech
It may not be obvious, but we live in a day and age where technology controls most of our lives. From cell phones to washing machines, every single device is being improved and challenged daily. Tech giants continue to put benchmarks down for competitors and even nation-states, and arguably, could be considered 'God-like'. Naturally, there are conflicting views on such technology, its power and ...