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Armenia Severs All Ties With Hungary
- 3 Sep 2012 9:10 AM
- current affairs
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan announced that Armenia is severing diplomatic and all ties with Hungary, speaking before the ambassadors of UN member states accredited to his country in Yerevan on Friday. Hungary extradited 35-year-old Ramil Sahib Safarov to Azerbaijan earlier on Friday. Safarov, who had been serving a life term in Hungary since 2006, was pardoned by Azeri President Ilham ...
Xpat Opinion: Axe Murderer Released In Azerbaijan After Being Transferred From Hungary
- 3 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators deplore the decision of the Hungarian government to transfer Ramil Shahib Safarov to Azerbaijan to serve his life sentence for the killing of an Armenian man in Budapest in 2004. Analysts believe Hungary should have suspected that despite Azeri assurances to the contrary, the man would be released upon his arrival in Baku.
Ramil Sahib Safarov’s Sentence Will Continue To Be Enforced By Azerbaijan
- 3 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ramil Sahib Safarov, an Azerbaijani national imprisoned in Hungary since 19 February 2004, sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Gurgen Margaryan, an Armenian national, has requested - pursuant to the 1983 Strasbourg Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons - his transfer to Azerbaijan in order to serve his sentence in Azerbaijan. (Communication of the Ministry of Public ...
Press Release Of Hungarian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
- 3 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Zsolt Németh, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asked Vilayat Guliyev, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Hungary, into his office on September 2 to inform Ambassador Guliyev about the position of the Government of Hungary. Hungary considers it unacceptable and expresses utter disapproval at the fact that Ramil Safarov, who was sentenced for manslaughter by Hungarian ...
A Plum Job: Unicum Szilva
- 30 Aug 2012 12:40 PM
- food & drink
The digestif Unicum is either a local treasure or horror, depending on your taste. Despite the varied reactions it provokes, the Hungarian brand is going strong some twenty-five years after being rejuvenated by its founder, the late Péter Zwack.
Now On: Ai Weiwei Exhibition, Ernst Museum Budapest
- 28 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ai Weiwei is probably the most influential contemporary artist of our times. Ernst Museum, which is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding this year, organises an exhibition of the Chinese artist’s photos made during his New York years.
Kidnapped Hungarians Freed In Syria
- 27 Aug 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
The three Hungarians who were kidnapped in Syria on August 13 were released on Friday, Anti-Terrorist Centre (TEK) director János Hajdu announced. All three are in good health, he said. Ibrahim Hassan, one of three Syrian men who were kidnapped along with the Hungarians, said they were kept in wretched conditions, Magyar Nemzet reports.
Xpat Opinion: A “Friendly” Football Match: Hungary-Israel 1-1
- 26 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
Over the past few days the outrageous behavior of a large group of football fans at the Israeli-Hungarian “friendly” match on August 15 has become an international cause célèbre. Initially the behavior of the neo-Nazi fans went unnoticed in Hungary, with the possible exception of the rest of those 10,000 people who attended the match. Although they were screaming “stinking Jews” at the top of ...
Hungarian Rhapsody By Queen At Cinemas From 20th September
- 22 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest ‘86 will be released in cinemas worldwide, with the film is expected to play on screens in over 30 territories worldwide. Originally filmed in 1986, this momentous concert movie has been re-mastered in high definition and 5.1 surround sound for its first–ever cinema screening and opens with a special 25 minute documentary feature following legends of ...
Armenia Severs All Ties With Hungary
- 3 Sep 2012 9:10 AM
- current affairs
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan announced that Armenia is severing diplomatic and all ties with Hungary, speaking before the ambassadors of UN member states accredited to his country in Yerevan on Friday. Hungary extradited 35-year-old Ramil Sahib Safarov to Azerbaijan earlier on Friday. Safarov, who had been serving a life term in Hungary since 2006, was pardoned by Azeri President Ilham ...
Xpat Opinion: Axe Murderer Released In Azerbaijan After Being Transferred From Hungary
- 3 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators deplore the decision of the Hungarian government to transfer Ramil Shahib Safarov to Azerbaijan to serve his life sentence for the killing of an Armenian man in Budapest in 2004. Analysts believe Hungary should have suspected that despite Azeri assurances to the contrary, the man would be released upon his arrival in Baku.
Ramil Sahib Safarov’s Sentence Will Continue To Be Enforced By Azerbaijan
- 3 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ramil Sahib Safarov, an Azerbaijani national imprisoned in Hungary since 19 February 2004, sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Gurgen Margaryan, an Armenian national, has requested - pursuant to the 1983 Strasbourg Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons - his transfer to Azerbaijan in order to serve his sentence in Azerbaijan. (Communication of the Ministry of Public ...
Press Release Of Hungarian Ministry Of Foreign Affairs
- 3 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Zsolt Németh, Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, asked Vilayat Guliyev, Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Hungary, into his office on September 2 to inform Ambassador Guliyev about the position of the Government of Hungary. Hungary considers it unacceptable and expresses utter disapproval at the fact that Ramil Safarov, who was sentenced for manslaughter by Hungarian ...
A Plum Job: Unicum Szilva
- 30 Aug 2012 12:40 PM
- food & drink
The digestif Unicum is either a local treasure or horror, depending on your taste. Despite the varied reactions it provokes, the Hungarian brand is going strong some twenty-five years after being rejuvenated by its founder, the late Péter Zwack.
Now On: Ai Weiwei Exhibition, Ernst Museum Budapest
- 28 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ai Weiwei is probably the most influential contemporary artist of our times. Ernst Museum, which is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding this year, organises an exhibition of the Chinese artist’s photos made during his New York years.
Kidnapped Hungarians Freed In Syria
- 27 Aug 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
The three Hungarians who were kidnapped in Syria on August 13 were released on Friday, Anti-Terrorist Centre (TEK) director János Hajdu announced. All three are in good health, he said. Ibrahim Hassan, one of three Syrian men who were kidnapped along with the Hungarians, said they were kept in wretched conditions, Magyar Nemzet reports.
Xpat Opinion: A “Friendly” Football Match: Hungary-Israel 1-1
- 26 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
Over the past few days the outrageous behavior of a large group of football fans at the Israeli-Hungarian “friendly” match on August 15 has become an international cause célèbre. Initially the behavior of the neo-Nazi fans went unnoticed in Hungary, with the possible exception of the rest of those 10,000 people who attended the match. Although they were screaming “stinking Jews” at the top of ...
Hungarian Rhapsody By Queen At Cinemas From 20th September
- 22 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest ‘86 will be released in cinemas worldwide, with the film is expected to play on screens in over 30 territories worldwide. Originally filmed in 1986, this momentous concert movie has been re-mastered in high definition and 5.1 surround sound for its first–ever cinema screening and opens with a special 25 minute documentary feature following legends of ...