424 result(s) for regime change
Xpat Opinion: Constitutional Renewal Must Be Done By Hungarians For Hungarians
- 13 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A conversation between two consitutional legal scholars: Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University and Gábor Halmai, ELTE Budapest and Princeton University.
Hungarian Parliament Has Passed The New Penal Code
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The New Penal Code will enter into force on 1 July 2013; it was passed by the Hungarian Parliament on 25 June 2012 after several months of wide-ranging social and professional consultations and political debates. The new Penal Code also offers an effective response to the changes in crime patterns that have occurred in the past thirty years, since the entry into force of the Criminal Code ...
Xpat Opinion: Land Grabbing Fidesz Style
- 25 Jun 2012 1:00 AM
- property
A few days ago Gáspár Miklós Tamás (TGM, as most people refer to him in Hungarian) was the guest of Olga Kálmán on ATV’s Egyenes beszéd (Straight Talk). The topic was the growing Horthy cult fostered by the Fidesz government. TGM indicated that in his opinion the Orbán government’s sudden attachment to the Horthy regime is nothing but an attempt to draw attention away from the government’s grave ...
LMP: Fidesz Has Disappointed Many In Hungary
- 11 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz has not honoured its election promises and has moved the country’s political system toward a Russian-style centralised democracy, LMP caucus leader Benedek Jávor told reporters during a break in his party’s congress in Szeged on Saturday.
Hungarian Gov's Response To Transparency International’s Report
- 7 Jun 2012 9:08 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian governments in the last twenty years combined have not done as much for preventing and reducing corruption and for achieving accountability as the government currently in office has in the past two years. We acknowledge with regret that this fact has been omitted from the organisation’s report, and we are therefore unable to embrace or agree with most of its findings.
Fulbright Commission In Hungary Celebrated Its Twentieth Anniversary
- 15 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Fulbright Commission in Hungary celebrated its twentieth anniversary on Friday, May 11th with a conference focused on its vision for the future. The “Fulbright: committed to the Future” event was attended by more than 200 Fulbright Alumni, government officials and private sector supporters of the Fulbright program. The many distinguished speakers included Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos ...
9th International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 19 - 22 April
- 19 Apr 2012 11:45 AM
- community & culture
After last year’s special Guest of Honour presence, when in honour of Hungary’s EU presidency, as the first among international book fairs, we invited the other 26 member states of the European Union besides Hungary, their belles-lettres book publishing and one author from each country, this year the Guest of Honour will not be a single country either, but the cultural region of the Scandinavian ...
MEP Szajer Tells Hungarians Never To Give Up Fight
- 19 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Hungarians are again living in a testing period, MEP Jozsef Szajer told a crowd commemorating the 1848-49 Hungarian revolution and war of independence in Kossuth Square in front of Parliament on Thursday.
Kossuth Tér – One Of Budapest’s Most Important City Squares – Is Being Returned To Its Former Glory
- 16 Mar 2012 8:06 AM
- getting around
"The reconstruction of Kossuth tér in Budapest has begun in accordance with the decision made by the National Assembly. More than twenty years on from the change of regime, after the completion of the work in spring 2014, we will be able, finally, to give the nation a square that respects the traditional pre-1944 look of the square, while also meeting the needs of the 21st century. The square ...
Xpat Opinion: Constitutional Renewal Must Be Done By Hungarians For Hungarians
- 13 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A conversation between two consitutional legal scholars: Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University and Gábor Halmai, ELTE Budapest and Princeton University.
Hungarian Parliament Has Passed The New Penal Code
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The New Penal Code will enter into force on 1 July 2013; it was passed by the Hungarian Parliament on 25 June 2012 after several months of wide-ranging social and professional consultations and political debates. The new Penal Code also offers an effective response to the changes in crime patterns that have occurred in the past thirty years, since the entry into force of the Criminal Code ...
Xpat Opinion: Land Grabbing Fidesz Style
- 25 Jun 2012 1:00 AM
- property
A few days ago Gáspár Miklós Tamás (TGM, as most people refer to him in Hungarian) was the guest of Olga Kálmán on ATV’s Egyenes beszéd (Straight Talk). The topic was the growing Horthy cult fostered by the Fidesz government. TGM indicated that in his opinion the Orbán government’s sudden attachment to the Horthy regime is nothing but an attempt to draw attention away from the government’s grave ...
LMP: Fidesz Has Disappointed Many In Hungary
- 11 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz has not honoured its election promises and has moved the country’s political system toward a Russian-style centralised democracy, LMP caucus leader Benedek Jávor told reporters during a break in his party’s congress in Szeged on Saturday.
Hungarian Gov's Response To Transparency International’s Report
- 7 Jun 2012 9:08 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian governments in the last twenty years combined have not done as much for preventing and reducing corruption and for achieving accountability as the government currently in office has in the past two years. We acknowledge with regret that this fact has been omitted from the organisation’s report, and we are therefore unable to embrace or agree with most of its findings.
Fulbright Commission In Hungary Celebrated Its Twentieth Anniversary
- 15 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Fulbright Commission in Hungary celebrated its twentieth anniversary on Friday, May 11th with a conference focused on its vision for the future. The “Fulbright: committed to the Future” event was attended by more than 200 Fulbright Alumni, government officials and private sector supporters of the Fulbright program. The many distinguished speakers included Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos ...
9th International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 19 - 22 April
- 19 Apr 2012 11:45 AM
- community & culture
After last year’s special Guest of Honour presence, when in honour of Hungary’s EU presidency, as the first among international book fairs, we invited the other 26 member states of the European Union besides Hungary, their belles-lettres book publishing and one author from each country, this year the Guest of Honour will not be a single country either, but the cultural region of the Scandinavian ...
MEP Szajer Tells Hungarians Never To Give Up Fight
- 19 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Hungarians are again living in a testing period, MEP Jozsef Szajer told a crowd commemorating the 1848-49 Hungarian revolution and war of independence in Kossuth Square in front of Parliament on Thursday.
Kossuth Tér – One Of Budapest’s Most Important City Squares – Is Being Returned To Its Former Glory
- 16 Mar 2012 8:06 AM
- getting around
"The reconstruction of Kossuth tér in Budapest has begun in accordance with the decision made by the National Assembly. More than twenty years on from the change of regime, after the completion of the work in spring 2014, we will be able, finally, to give the nation a square that respects the traditional pre-1944 look of the square, while also meeting the needs of the 21st century. The square ...