36 result(s) for ride in Current Affairs
Opinion: Governing Alliance Set To Win Again In Hungary
- 6 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian parliamentary election held today looks certain to return the governing Fidesz-KDNP alliance to power according to the three main Hungarian pollsters. Viktor Orban’s government may even retain its two-thirds parliamentary majority which has enabled it to ride roughshod over the political opposition (as well as the judiciary).
New Scandal Alleged In Szombathely, Hungary
- 31 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz local councillors, directors of institutes and a former police officer in Szombathely took drugs and cavorted with prostitutes as gifts from the underworld on pleasure boat rides on Lake Balaton and the Adriatic Sea, a local Socialist politician alleges.
Xpat Opinion: Police Excess In Hungary: Two Recent Stories
- 9 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I said a couple of days ago that I had gained the impression that members of the Hungarian police force have been emboldened in the last three years. They feel that the government believes in strict rules and often opts for punishment as an answer to social ills. Since most of the police force are Jobbik and Fidesz supporters, they believe that Sándor Pintér’s ministry of the interior as well as ...
Xpat Opinion: “Anti-Zionist” Rally On Eve Of World Jewish Congress In Budapest
- 6 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left wing commentator welcomes the Prime Minister’s attempts to prevent anti-Semitic demonstrations, although he would prefer clear-cut legislation to ban racist rallies in general. A right-wing columnist believes the Left needs the danger of racism in order to present itself as the only bulwark against barbarism.
Xpat Opinion: Anti-Semitic Motorbike-Show Banned Twice In Hungary
- 22 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-liberal commentators deplore the way the extreme right-wing motorbike demonstration planned on the day of the annual “March of Life” was banned by the Prime Minister.
Xpat Opinion: Anti-Semitic Motorbike Action To Be Banned In Hungary
- 10 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A leftist daily welcomes the Prime Minister’s decision to have an anti-Semitic demonstration planned on Holocaust Remembrance Day banned.. Other centrist and left-liberal columnists, on the other hand, call for freedom of assembly for all citizens, including those who oppose freedom itself.
Hungarian Parents For Two Children Who Died In Philadelphia Settled Out Of Court
- 10 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Two pleasure boat companies agreed to pay a total $15 million compensation out of court to Hungarian parents for two children who died in a boating accident two years ago in Delaware. The parents of Dóra S. and Szabolcs P. accepted the sum offered by the pleasure boat company Ride the Ducks and K-Sea, which operates the boat that struck the plaintiffs’ children.
Budapest City Council Extends Ft 15bn To BKV
- 31 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Budapest city council on Wednesday voted to extend a Ft 9 billion loan to public transport company BKV with a repayment deadline of April 30. A Ft 9 billion loan to the BKV from MKB bank was due last Friday.
New Mayor Tarlos: Budapest Will Need State Assistance
- 19 Oct 2010 2:00 AM
- current affairs
"Budapest's lack of funds and debts appear to be unmanageable without state help, newly elected mayor Istvan Tarlos told reporters last week. Certain duties will have to be transferred to the state, he said, adding that he will meet Prime Minister Viktor Orban soon. Budapest's day-to-day finances are not in danger, but the fiscal situation is worrisome, and next year's budget is in doubt, he ...
Opinion: Governing Alliance Set To Win Again In Hungary
- 6 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian parliamentary election held today looks certain to return the governing Fidesz-KDNP alliance to power according to the three main Hungarian pollsters. Viktor Orban’s government may even retain its two-thirds parliamentary majority which has enabled it to ride roughshod over the political opposition (as well as the judiciary).
New Scandal Alleged In Szombathely, Hungary
- 31 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz local councillors, directors of institutes and a former police officer in Szombathely took drugs and cavorted with prostitutes as gifts from the underworld on pleasure boat rides on Lake Balaton and the Adriatic Sea, a local Socialist politician alleges.
Xpat Opinion: Police Excess In Hungary: Two Recent Stories
- 9 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I said a couple of days ago that I had gained the impression that members of the Hungarian police force have been emboldened in the last three years. They feel that the government believes in strict rules and often opts for punishment as an answer to social ills. Since most of the police force are Jobbik and Fidesz supporters, they believe that Sándor Pintér’s ministry of the interior as well as ...
Xpat Opinion: “Anti-Zionist” Rally On Eve Of World Jewish Congress In Budapest
- 6 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left wing commentator welcomes the Prime Minister’s attempts to prevent anti-Semitic demonstrations, although he would prefer clear-cut legislation to ban racist rallies in general. A right-wing columnist believes the Left needs the danger of racism in order to present itself as the only bulwark against barbarism.
Xpat Opinion: Anti-Semitic Motorbike-Show Banned Twice In Hungary
- 22 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-liberal commentators deplore the way the extreme right-wing motorbike demonstration planned on the day of the annual “March of Life” was banned by the Prime Minister.
Xpat Opinion: Anti-Semitic Motorbike Action To Be Banned In Hungary
- 10 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A leftist daily welcomes the Prime Minister’s decision to have an anti-Semitic demonstration planned on Holocaust Remembrance Day banned.. Other centrist and left-liberal columnists, on the other hand, call for freedom of assembly for all citizens, including those who oppose freedom itself.
Hungarian Parents For Two Children Who Died In Philadelphia Settled Out Of Court
- 10 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Two pleasure boat companies agreed to pay a total $15 million compensation out of court to Hungarian parents for two children who died in a boating accident two years ago in Delaware. The parents of Dóra S. and Szabolcs P. accepted the sum offered by the pleasure boat company Ride the Ducks and K-Sea, which operates the boat that struck the plaintiffs’ children.
Budapest City Council Extends Ft 15bn To BKV
- 31 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Budapest city council on Wednesday voted to extend a Ft 9 billion loan to public transport company BKV with a repayment deadline of April 30. A Ft 9 billion loan to the BKV from MKB bank was due last Friday.
New Mayor Tarlos: Budapest Will Need State Assistance
- 19 Oct 2010 2:00 AM
- current affairs
"Budapest's lack of funds and debts appear to be unmanageable without state help, newly elected mayor Istvan Tarlos told reporters last week. Certain duties will have to be transferred to the state, he said, adding that he will meet Prime Minister Viktor Orban soon. Budapest's day-to-day finances are not in danger, but the fiscal situation is worrisome, and next year's budget is in doubt, he ...