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Dialogue For Hungary Not Ready To Talk To Socialists
- 26 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Dialogue for Hungary MPs Benedek Jávor yesterday politely rejected an invitation from Socialist Party president Attila Mesterházy to join the opposition consultations that have been going on since early January. Mesterházy wrote to Jávor and fellow MP Tímea Szabó, expressing hope that they share the Socialists’ view of the need for the democratic opposition to combine their forces.
Student Council Suspended Over Lists In Hungary
- 21 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
ELTE university rector Barna Mezey on Wednesday suspended the operation of the students council at the faculty of humanities (HÖK) following reports that the organisation had compiled lists of first-year students based on whether they were Jewish or Roma and on their political affiliation and sexual orientation. Reports say the list, including slurs regarding ethnicity and appearance, was ...
Xpat Opinion: Andy Vajna’s Movie-War In Hungary
- 19 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
A conservative commentator rejects the charges levelled against the government’s movie commissioner, whom many filmmakers accuse of ruining Hungary’s world famous film industry.
Xpat Opinion: Will Student Protests In Hingary Regain Momentum?
- 18 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators wonder if after their surprising success late last year, students protesting new austerity measures will be strong enough to keep the government at bay during the spring.
IMF Not Planning To Close Budapest Office
- 15 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
IMF external relations director Gerry Rice firmly rejected reports that the IMF plans to close its Budapest office, at a press briefing in Washington on Thursday. Mihály Varga, the minister without portfolio in charge of IMF negotiations, responded to the rumour by saying the cabinet had not received any official notification from the IMF.
Hungary Wins Lawsuit Regarding Private Pension Funds
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights set a legal precedent in its decision reached in the case related to private pension funds. The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights has recently released its decision in which it declared a Hungarian individual’s petition filed in relation to the reform of the Hungarian private pension system inadmissible. The European Court of Human Rights will in ...
Hungary's PM Met President Of The European Commission
- 1 Feb 2013 8:01 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso on Wednesday in Brussels. After the meeting, the Hungarian Prime Minister stated that for Hungary it is a moral issue, rather than a political or economic one, that the excessive deficit procedure launched against the country since it joined the EU is ended.
Xpat Opinion: LMP Splits Over Co-operation With Bajnai & Co. In Hungary
- 28 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading LMP member suggests in a right wing paper that other political forces are at work behind the internal tensions in his party, while a centre-left commentator writes that the LMP’s plans to steer towards the political centre are understandable but unrealistic.
LMP On The Brink Of Schism In Hungary
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Tension and personal conflicts within LMP have reached such levels that a peaceful resolution of differences at the party congress this weekend is hard to imagine, Népszabadság writes today.
Dialogue For Hungary Not Ready To Talk To Socialists
- 26 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Dialogue for Hungary MPs Benedek Jávor yesterday politely rejected an invitation from Socialist Party president Attila Mesterházy to join the opposition consultations that have been going on since early January. Mesterházy wrote to Jávor and fellow MP Tímea Szabó, expressing hope that they share the Socialists’ view of the need for the democratic opposition to combine their forces.
Student Council Suspended Over Lists In Hungary
- 21 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
ELTE university rector Barna Mezey on Wednesday suspended the operation of the students council at the faculty of humanities (HÖK) following reports that the organisation had compiled lists of first-year students based on whether they were Jewish or Roma and on their political affiliation and sexual orientation. Reports say the list, including slurs regarding ethnicity and appearance, was ...
Xpat Opinion: Andy Vajna’s Movie-War In Hungary
- 19 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
A conservative commentator rejects the charges levelled against the government’s movie commissioner, whom many filmmakers accuse of ruining Hungary’s world famous film industry.
Xpat Opinion: Will Student Protests In Hingary Regain Momentum?
- 18 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators wonder if after their surprising success late last year, students protesting new austerity measures will be strong enough to keep the government at bay during the spring.
IMF Not Planning To Close Budapest Office
- 15 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
IMF external relations director Gerry Rice firmly rejected reports that the IMF plans to close its Budapest office, at a press briefing in Washington on Thursday. Mihály Varga, the minister without portfolio in charge of IMF negotiations, responded to the rumour by saying the cabinet had not received any official notification from the IMF.
Hungary Wins Lawsuit Regarding Private Pension Funds
- 6 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights set a legal precedent in its decision reached in the case related to private pension funds. The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights has recently released its decision in which it declared a Hungarian individual’s petition filed in relation to the reform of the Hungarian private pension system inadmissible. The European Court of Human Rights will in ...
Hungary's PM Met President Of The European Commission
- 1 Feb 2013 8:01 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso on Wednesday in Brussels. After the meeting, the Hungarian Prime Minister stated that for Hungary it is a moral issue, rather than a political or economic one, that the excessive deficit procedure launched against the country since it joined the EU is ended.
Xpat Opinion: LMP Splits Over Co-operation With Bajnai & Co. In Hungary
- 28 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading LMP member suggests in a right wing paper that other political forces are at work behind the internal tensions in his party, while a centre-left commentator writes that the LMP’s plans to steer towards the political centre are understandable but unrealistic.
LMP On The Brink Of Schism In Hungary
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Tension and personal conflicts within LMP have reached such levels that a peaceful resolution of differences at the party congress this weekend is hard to imagine, Népszabadság writes today.