175 result(s) for resistance
'Le Vide', Trafó, 26 - 28 May
- 20 May 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Some call it a performance, others call it a show. It is hard to describe this surprising, humorous and thoughtful form which one can see as an extreme physical rendering of Albert Camus’ “Myth of Sisyphus”, or maybe just a questioning on this simple object that is a rope hanging down from the ceiling.
PM Orbán 15 March Address: Migration ‘Invasive’
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister said in his March 15 address that mass migration is presented as a humanitarian issue, but its real nature is “invasive”. Viktor Orbán said discussions on migrant relocation would begin with talks on resettling “a couple of hundred or a thousand” people but this was sure to lead to the resettlement of tens or hundreds of thousands of migrants.
NBH Deputy Governor Says Cutting Key Rate This Year Very Likely
- 11 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- business
It is “very likely” that the central bank will cuts its key rate— currently 1.35%—this year, National Bank of Hungary (NBH) deputy governor Márton Nagy said at a conference of business weekly Figyelő. Nagy said the risk of the NBH missing its CPI target is great under current monetary conditions, Hungary instantly imports low external CPI, inflation expectations have never been this low and risk ...
Curious Minds With Steve Weiss, Brody Studios, 16 March
- 7 Mar 2016 8:02 AM
- entertainment
Dr. Steve Weiss is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies at Kings College London, after being awarded his Masters and PhD in the same subject. He is the author of “Allies in Conflict” as well as a contributor to works on the French Resistance. His own memoirs, “Second Chance” were published in 2011 and his wartime story contributed greatly to Charles Glass’ recent ...
Curious Minds With Steve Weiss, Brody Studios Budapest, 10 March
- 23 Feb 2016 2:10 AM
- entertainment
Former Chief Middle East correspondent for ABC News - 'The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II' author Charles Glass - had long harboured an interest in the subject. But it was only truly ignited by a chance meeting with Steve Weiss - decorated combat veteran of the US 36th Infantry Division and former deserter.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers Organizations Split on Roundtable Talks
- 12 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Where Népszabadság identifies a government attempt to divide and conquer teachers’ organizations, Magyar Idők discovers a measuring stick which shows who is working for a solution and those who want only short-term political gain from the upheaval.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers’ Revolt Brewing In Hungary?
- 21 Jan 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
I have the distinct feeling that something is afoot in Hungary, something the self-satisfied Orbán government is not prepared for. I see the beginnings of a movement that may well overcome the current apathy and resignation of Hungarian society and produce active resistance to the Orbán regime.
Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
Budapest Road Named After Spanish Diplomat Who Saved Jews During Holocaust
- 19 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
A road in Aquincum, in the third district of Budapest, was named at a ceremony after Angel Sanz Briz, a Spanish diplomat who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. Addressing the ceremony, Gergely Gulyás, deputy speaker of parliament, noted that the diplomat saved over 5,000 Hungarians. As such, he was the embodiment of the Spanish saying “Do good, regardless of whom you do it to,” Gulyás ...
'Le Vide', Trafó, 26 - 28 May
- 20 May 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Some call it a performance, others call it a show. It is hard to describe this surprising, humorous and thoughtful form which one can see as an extreme physical rendering of Albert Camus’ “Myth of Sisyphus”, or maybe just a questioning on this simple object that is a rope hanging down from the ceiling.
PM Orbán 15 March Address: Migration ‘Invasive’
- 16 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The prime minister said in his March 15 address that mass migration is presented as a humanitarian issue, but its real nature is “invasive”. Viktor Orbán said discussions on migrant relocation would begin with talks on resettling “a couple of hundred or a thousand” people but this was sure to lead to the resettlement of tens or hundreds of thousands of migrants.
NBH Deputy Governor Says Cutting Key Rate This Year Very Likely
- 11 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- business
It is “very likely” that the central bank will cuts its key rate— currently 1.35%—this year, National Bank of Hungary (NBH) deputy governor Márton Nagy said at a conference of business weekly Figyelő. Nagy said the risk of the NBH missing its CPI target is great under current monetary conditions, Hungary instantly imports low external CPI, inflation expectations have never been this low and risk ...
Curious Minds With Steve Weiss, Brody Studios, 16 March
- 7 Mar 2016 8:02 AM
- entertainment
Dr. Steve Weiss is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies at Kings College London, after being awarded his Masters and PhD in the same subject. He is the author of “Allies in Conflict” as well as a contributor to works on the French Resistance. His own memoirs, “Second Chance” were published in 2011 and his wartime story contributed greatly to Charles Glass’ recent ...
Curious Minds With Steve Weiss, Brody Studios Budapest, 10 March
- 23 Feb 2016 2:10 AM
- entertainment
Former Chief Middle East correspondent for ABC News - 'The Deserters: A Hidden History of World War II' author Charles Glass - had long harboured an interest in the subject. But it was only truly ignited by a chance meeting with Steve Weiss - decorated combat veteran of the US 36th Infantry Division and former deserter.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers Organizations Split on Roundtable Talks
- 12 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Where Népszabadság identifies a government attempt to divide and conquer teachers’ organizations, Magyar Idők discovers a measuring stick which shows who is working for a solution and those who want only short-term political gain from the upheaval.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers’ Revolt Brewing In Hungary?
- 21 Jan 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
I have the distinct feeling that something is afoot in Hungary, something the self-satisfied Orbán government is not prepared for. I see the beginnings of a movement that may well overcome the current apathy and resignation of Hungarian society and produce active resistance to the Orbán regime.
Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
Budapest Road Named After Spanish Diplomat Who Saved Jews During Holocaust
- 19 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
A road in Aquincum, in the third district of Budapest, was named at a ceremony after Angel Sanz Briz, a Spanish diplomat who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. Addressing the ceremony, Gergely Gulyás, deputy speaker of parliament, noted that the diplomat saved over 5,000 Hungarians. As such, he was the embodiment of the Spanish saying “Do good, regardless of whom you do it to,” Gulyás ...