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Agreement On Energy Cooperation Between Hungary & Russia
- 1 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It is in Hungary's fundamental interest to pursue good relations and close cooperation with Russia, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said when he met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday. The Prime Minister stressed Russia’s importance and apart from its economic power, he also praised the richness of Russian culture. He pointed out that Hungary has always regarded Russia as a great nation ...
European Figure Skating Championships, Budapest, 13 - 19 January
- 2 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- sport
The bests of the sport are preparing to the Olympic Games in Sochi with great efforts, which is the main event of the season. For the European skaters the last station of the road to the Games is the European Championships held in Budapest, 13-19th January.
Xpat Opinion: Not Only The University Students Are Unhappy In Hungary
- 12 Dec 2012 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Already yesterday news leaked out from government circles that taking on the university students might not have been the brightest idea. Even Zsolt Bayer warned the government that it must take the students seriously because otherwise “we might be swept away.” Orbán and his old college friends who run the country nowadays should know the strength of a student revolt, he warned. It’s enough to ...
Xpat Opinion: Rolling Into War, Rolling Into Art
- 19 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In the late 1930s, Europe teetered on the verge of what would soon become The 1939-1945 War, or to Americans, the Second World War. Out in Hungary, one newspaper editor was frustrated. He wasted far too much time filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages. He was annoyed that the sharp tip of his fountain pen often tore the paper.
Xpat Opinion: Ukraine And Hungary: The Tymoshenko Affair
- 3 May 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Orbán have more in common than their first name. In February 2010, only a couple of months before Orbán's political triumph, Yanukovych staged a remarkable comeback, recovering from the humiliation and disgrace he suffered in Ukraine's election of 2004. According to yesterday's Economist, since his election to the presidency Yanukovych "has mauled his country's ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán Didn't Give Up On Chinese Hungarian Alliance
- 2 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As I'm looking through my files it seems as if almost nothing has happened in Chinese-Hungarian relations in the last six months or so. It was in mid-November 2011 that Tamás Fellegi made his last trip to China where he negotiated with Chinese businessmen and bank presidents. After that not much could be heard about major Chinese investments in Hungary. The only things I can recall are the ...
Thirty -Two Churches Recognised By Hungarian Parliament To Date
- 8 Mar 2012 8:04 AM
- current affairs
"The number of churches recognised by Parliament has risen to thirty-two. Parliament decided on the amendment of Act CCVI of 2011 on the Freedom of Conscience and Religion and the Status of Churches, Religious Denominations and Religious Communities on 27 February.
Speech By Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán At The London School Of Economics
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speech made on 10 November 2011 at LSE, UK: "Thank you very much and good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. My elaboration today is about Central Europe and its future in a wider context, may I say in a European context. Thank you for the invitation, because it is always a joy to explain Central Europe to the Westerners, which is not an easy job anyway. The difficulty of that kind of lecture is ...
Xpat Interview: HE Mr Alexander John Brooking, Former Diplomat, Australian Embassy
- 10 May 2011 12:00 PM
Alex Brooking is a career diplomat in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with over 38 years of experience in foreign, strategic and trade policy and with a focus for much of this time on European affairs.
Agreement On Energy Cooperation Between Hungary & Russia
- 1 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It is in Hungary's fundamental interest to pursue good relations and close cooperation with Russia, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said when he met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday. The Prime Minister stressed Russia’s importance and apart from its economic power, he also praised the richness of Russian culture. He pointed out that Hungary has always regarded Russia as a great nation ...
European Figure Skating Championships, Budapest, 13 - 19 January
- 2 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- sport
The bests of the sport are preparing to the Olympic Games in Sochi with great efforts, which is the main event of the season. For the European skaters the last station of the road to the Games is the European Championships held in Budapest, 13-19th January.
Xpat Opinion: Not Only The University Students Are Unhappy In Hungary
- 12 Dec 2012 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Already yesterday news leaked out from government circles that taking on the university students might not have been the brightest idea. Even Zsolt Bayer warned the government that it must take the students seriously because otherwise “we might be swept away.” Orbán and his old college friends who run the country nowadays should know the strength of a student revolt, he warned. It’s enough to ...
Xpat Opinion: Rolling Into War, Rolling Into Art
- 19 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In the late 1930s, Europe teetered on the verge of what would soon become The 1939-1945 War, or to Americans, the Second World War. Out in Hungary, one newspaper editor was frustrated. He wasted far too much time filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages. He was annoyed that the sharp tip of his fountain pen often tore the paper.
Xpat Opinion: Ukraine And Hungary: The Tymoshenko Affair
- 3 May 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Orbán have more in common than their first name. In February 2010, only a couple of months before Orbán's political triumph, Yanukovych staged a remarkable comeback, recovering from the humiliation and disgrace he suffered in Ukraine's election of 2004. According to yesterday's Economist, since his election to the presidency Yanukovych "has mauled his country's ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán Didn't Give Up On Chinese Hungarian Alliance
- 2 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As I'm looking through my files it seems as if almost nothing has happened in Chinese-Hungarian relations in the last six months or so. It was in mid-November 2011 that Tamás Fellegi made his last trip to China where he negotiated with Chinese businessmen and bank presidents. After that not much could be heard about major Chinese investments in Hungary. The only things I can recall are the ...
Thirty -Two Churches Recognised By Hungarian Parliament To Date
- 8 Mar 2012 8:04 AM
- current affairs
"The number of churches recognised by Parliament has risen to thirty-two. Parliament decided on the amendment of Act CCVI of 2011 on the Freedom of Conscience and Religion and the Status of Churches, Religious Denominations and Religious Communities on 27 February.
Speech By Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán At The London School Of Economics
- 17 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Speech made on 10 November 2011 at LSE, UK: "Thank you very much and good afternoon, Ladies and Gentlemen. My elaboration today is about Central Europe and its future in a wider context, may I say in a European context. Thank you for the invitation, because it is always a joy to explain Central Europe to the Westerners, which is not an easy job anyway. The difficulty of that kind of lecture is ...
Xpat Interview: HE Mr Alexander John Brooking, Former Diplomat, Australian Embassy
- 10 May 2011 12:00 PM
Alex Brooking is a career diplomat in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with over 38 years of experience in foreign, strategic and trade policy and with a focus for much of this time on European affairs.