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Hungary’s PM: Every Value Can And Must Be Open To Debate
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At a press conference in Strasbourg following a European Parliament (EP) debate on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that every value can and must be open to debate. The EP debate centred on two issues: the Hungarian government’s standpoints on migration and the death penalty. A number of speakers accused the Hungarian prime minister of opposing basic European values.
Csepreghy: EC Insists Selection Of Altus For Contract “Clean ”
- 22 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission is trying to "explain away" the 1.5 billion forint (EUR 5m) contract awarded to former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány’s company Altus, insisting the selection process was “clean”, government official Nándor Csepreghy said. In its response to a letter addressed to EC Director-General Walter Deffaa, the Commission “tried to prove that the criteria used in selecting Altus was ...
Budapest Corvinus University Feared To Lose Campus In Alleged Sell -Off
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Students and staff of Budapest Corvinus University (BCE) held a forum at the university’s western Budapest campus, in response to press reports raising fears about the sale of several Corvinus campus buildings. The university said it had no official information about government plans concerning any restructuring at Corvinus, but it would defend the unity of the institution if such plans were ...
Roxette Concert, Budapest Sportaréna, 19 May
- 14 May 2015 1:45 AM
- entertainment
Roxette are embarking on a European tour, with a premiere in Milan, and one gig in Budapest on May 19th. It has been 25 years since Roxette's breakthrough single "The Look" entered the #1 position on the US Billboard Singles Chart (March 1989). "Listen To Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love" and "Joyride" also became #1 songs in the US, which helped establish Roxette as one of the biggest pop ...
Upcoming Expat Theatre: 'Pretext', Müszi Budapest, 20 & 21 May
- 14 May 2015 1:35 AM
- entertainment
Pretext is an original comedy from Budapest English Theatre. A light-hearted look at a serious subject: the war of the sexes as they face their mortality. Written and directed by the company’s Artistic Director, Virginia Proud, she also takes to the stage with Beth Spisljak, Esther Holbrook and Madeleine Damasdi. Asked about juggling so many roles, she said “I won’t deny it, it was challenging! ...
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
There Can Be No Taboos, PM Orbán Tells Top Academics
- 11 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Politics must deal with real-life problems instead of ideological obsessions and the country must develop its own answers to issue of concern to us, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told over 150 leading academics, businessmen and scientists at the Friends of Hungary Foundation’s second international conference in Budapest on Saturday.
Government To Wind Up Toxic Waste Dump Site In Budapest’s 9th District
- 8 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pest county prefect Richárd Tornai told InfoRadio on Monday that the government would remove some 17o tons of toxic waste illegally stored in unsafe conditions in Budapest’s 9th District by the end of May. The remaining 2500 tons of waste are to be removed in the weeks and months to follow. On April 9th Hungarian news site 444.hu broke the story that hundreds of barrels of toxic waste were being ...
Xpat Interview: Alexander Drijver, Former CEO of ComInnex
- 4 May 2015 12:00 PM
Alex describes himself as someone who "works with scientific entrepreneurs to nurture and grow their business, put them on the map in their chosen area and create value".
Hungary’s PM: Every Value Can And Must Be Open To Debate
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At a press conference in Strasbourg following a European Parliament (EP) debate on Tuesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that every value can and must be open to debate. The EP debate centred on two issues: the Hungarian government’s standpoints on migration and the death penalty. A number of speakers accused the Hungarian prime minister of opposing basic European values.
Csepreghy: EC Insists Selection Of Altus For Contract “Clean ”
- 22 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Commission is trying to "explain away" the 1.5 billion forint (EUR 5m) contract awarded to former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány’s company Altus, insisting the selection process was “clean”, government official Nándor Csepreghy said. In its response to a letter addressed to EC Director-General Walter Deffaa, the Commission “tried to prove that the criteria used in selecting Altus was ...
Budapest Corvinus University Feared To Lose Campus In Alleged Sell -Off
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Students and staff of Budapest Corvinus University (BCE) held a forum at the university’s western Budapest campus, in response to press reports raising fears about the sale of several Corvinus campus buildings. The university said it had no official information about government plans concerning any restructuring at Corvinus, but it would defend the unity of the institution if such plans were ...
Roxette Concert, Budapest Sportaréna, 19 May
- 14 May 2015 1:45 AM
- entertainment
Roxette are embarking on a European tour, with a premiere in Milan, and one gig in Budapest on May 19th. It has been 25 years since Roxette's breakthrough single "The Look" entered the #1 position on the US Billboard Singles Chart (March 1989). "Listen To Your Heart", "It Must Have Been Love" and "Joyride" also became #1 songs in the US, which helped establish Roxette as one of the biggest pop ...
Upcoming Expat Theatre: 'Pretext', Müszi Budapest, 20 & 21 May
- 14 May 2015 1:35 AM
- entertainment
Pretext is an original comedy from Budapest English Theatre. A light-hearted look at a serious subject: the war of the sexes as they face their mortality. Written and directed by the company’s Artistic Director, Virginia Proud, she also takes to the stage with Beth Spisljak, Esther Holbrook and Madeleine Damasdi. Asked about juggling so many roles, she said “I won’t deny it, it was challenging! ...
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
There Can Be No Taboos, PM Orbán Tells Top Academics
- 11 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Politics must deal with real-life problems instead of ideological obsessions and the country must develop its own answers to issue of concern to us, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told over 150 leading academics, businessmen and scientists at the Friends of Hungary Foundation’s second international conference in Budapest on Saturday.
Government To Wind Up Toxic Waste Dump Site In Budapest’s 9th District
- 8 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pest county prefect Richárd Tornai told InfoRadio on Monday that the government would remove some 17o tons of toxic waste illegally stored in unsafe conditions in Budapest’s 9th District by the end of May. The remaining 2500 tons of waste are to be removed in the weeks and months to follow. On April 9th Hungarian news site 444.hu broke the story that hundreds of barrels of toxic waste were being ...
Xpat Interview: Alexander Drijver, Former CEO of ComInnex
- 4 May 2015 12:00 PM
Alex describes himself as someone who "works with scientific entrepreneurs to nurture and grow their business, put them on the map in their chosen area and create value".