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EU Money To Fund Motorway Projects In Hungary, Says Lázár
- 24 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- getting around
Motorways in Hungary until 2020 have to reach the country’s borders, to bring closer ethnic Hungarians living in neighbouring countries, the cabinet chief said on Friday.
National Philharmonic Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 24 March
- 23 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
“The world is what it is, it will not be better or more attractive, it will not adjust itself to our beautiful dreams"-and this is painful." This could be a somewhat malicious summary of the world-weariness of early Romanticism, whose greatest bard was Lord Byron, a man of adventure. One of his most inspiring characters is Manfred, who is weighed down by a guilt whose origins are lost in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Ostriches And The Hungarian Public Work Program
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Since taking office in 2010, the Orbán Government has aimed to get Hungary’s unemployed back to work. A central part of the Government’s program of “Renewal” has been about reducing the huge welfare roles, reaching those who have been out of work for so long that they’ve given up looking. And part of the solution is the Hungarian public work program.
Hungary’s President Visits Memorial Sites Of 1848 Revolution In Transylvania
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s President János Áder visited memorial sites of the 1848-49 Hungarian revolution and freedom fight in Szekler Land, in central Romania, on Tuesday. Áder, who arrived in Transylvania for a three-day unofficial visit on Monday, viewed the collection of the Szekler National Museum in Sfantu Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyörgy), including the only surviving cannon out of around 70 produced by ...
Bucharest Bans Hungarian Extremists
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Romania announced today it has banned Hungary’s Gabor Vona, leader of the extremist Hungarian party Jobbik, from entering the country. Several other Hungarians will also be banned when a full list of names is issued this week. The decision follows a call by the President of Romania, Traian Basescu, for the Romanian parliament to act after Hungarians participated in a demonstration in Romania on ...
’Sport In Politics & Throughout History’ Conference In Hungary
- 12 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- sport
Sport, sometimes exploited for political purposes: how can it become an instrument of peace and social and political integration? The international conference will present the social, political and international political aspects of sport in contemporary world, considering the consequences of the two world wars and of the growing influence of the media upon sport.
Socialists Pledge Not To Withdraw Rights Of Ethnic Hungarians
- 12 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party, if it wins the election, will not withdraw the rights which have been afforded to Hungarian citizens living beyond the border, a Socialist lawmaker said after talks with officials of the ethnic Hungarian RMDSZ party and the Transylvanian Hungarian National Council (EMNT) in Cluj (Kolozsvár), Romania.
Hungary To Intervene In Support Of Szekler Council
- 7 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has decided to intervene in support of the Szekler National Council in its case at the Luxembourg court, appealing against a recent European Commission decision to reject its request for ethnically and culturally different regions to receive special treatment. The Szekler council was hoping to collect one million signatures in support of its fight against Romanian plans to change the ...
Number Of Hungarians In The Carpathian Basin Is Decreasing
- 6 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Data of the latest censuses have helped us draw the present demographic map of the Carpathian Basin. In 1990 József Antall could consider himself, spiritually at least, prime minister of 15 million Hungarians but today Viktor Orbán can only refer to between 12 to 13 million. There are eight states in the Carpathian Basin of 285 000 sq km with a total population of 26 million.
EU Money To Fund Motorway Projects In Hungary, Says Lázár
- 24 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- getting around
Motorways in Hungary until 2020 have to reach the country’s borders, to bring closer ethnic Hungarians living in neighbouring countries, the cabinet chief said on Friday.
National Philharmonic Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 24 March
- 23 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
“The world is what it is, it will not be better or more attractive, it will not adjust itself to our beautiful dreams"-and this is painful." This could be a somewhat malicious summary of the world-weariness of early Romanticism, whose greatest bard was Lord Byron, a man of adventure. One of his most inspiring characters is Manfred, who is weighed down by a guilt whose origins are lost in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Ostriches And The Hungarian Public Work Program
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Since taking office in 2010, the Orbán Government has aimed to get Hungary’s unemployed back to work. A central part of the Government’s program of “Renewal” has been about reducing the huge welfare roles, reaching those who have been out of work for so long that they’ve given up looking. And part of the solution is the Hungarian public work program.
Hungary’s President Visits Memorial Sites Of 1848 Revolution In Transylvania
- 19 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s President János Áder visited memorial sites of the 1848-49 Hungarian revolution and freedom fight in Szekler Land, in central Romania, on Tuesday. Áder, who arrived in Transylvania for a three-day unofficial visit on Monday, viewed the collection of the Szekler National Museum in Sfantu Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyörgy), including the only surviving cannon out of around 70 produced by ...
Bucharest Bans Hungarian Extremists
- 18 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Romania announced today it has banned Hungary’s Gabor Vona, leader of the extremist Hungarian party Jobbik, from entering the country. Several other Hungarians will also be banned when a full list of names is issued this week. The decision follows a call by the President of Romania, Traian Basescu, for the Romanian parliament to act after Hungarians participated in a demonstration in Romania on ...
’Sport In Politics & Throughout History’ Conference In Hungary
- 12 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- sport
Sport, sometimes exploited for political purposes: how can it become an instrument of peace and social and political integration? The international conference will present the social, political and international political aspects of sport in contemporary world, considering the consequences of the two world wars and of the growing influence of the media upon sport.
Socialists Pledge Not To Withdraw Rights Of Ethnic Hungarians
- 12 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party, if it wins the election, will not withdraw the rights which have been afforded to Hungarian citizens living beyond the border, a Socialist lawmaker said after talks with officials of the ethnic Hungarian RMDSZ party and the Transylvanian Hungarian National Council (EMNT) in Cluj (Kolozsvár), Romania.
Hungary To Intervene In Support Of Szekler Council
- 7 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has decided to intervene in support of the Szekler National Council in its case at the Luxembourg court, appealing against a recent European Commission decision to reject its request for ethnically and culturally different regions to receive special treatment. The Szekler council was hoping to collect one million signatures in support of its fight against Romanian plans to change the ...
Number Of Hungarians In The Carpathian Basin Is Decreasing
- 6 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Data of the latest censuses have helped us draw the present demographic map of the Carpathian Basin. In 1990 József Antall could consider himself, spiritually at least, prime minister of 15 million Hungarians but today Viktor Orbán can only refer to between 12 to 13 million. There are eight states in the Carpathian Basin of 285 000 sq km with a total population of 26 million.