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Xpat Opinion: The Abortion Pill In Hungary
- 28 May 2012 8:59 AM
- current affairs
It is truly amazing how much power and influence a nonexistent party can assert on its coalition partner. I’m talking about the Christian Democratic People’s Party or KDNP (Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt). This non-party, which is not even considered to be a full-fledged coalition party by Fidesz, has enormous influence, for example, on education.
Xpat Opinion: Latest Verdict On Freedom Of Press In Hungary
- 4 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On May 1 MTI reported the less than welcome news that Freedom House's 2012 report on the freedom of the press degraded Hungary to the "partially free" category. Hungary received 36 negative points (legal environment 12; political environment 13; economic environment 11).
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: New President Of Hungary: János Áder
- 23 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Someone could nitpick and say that János Áder has not been confirmed as president yet. He was only nominated by Viktor Orbán and endorsed by the Fidesz-KDNP parliamentary caucuses. Let's just wait for the final vote. But we know, don't we, that there won't be any problem with his election on May 2, the date apparently picked for the glorious event. Áder will be elected after the first round of ...
Xpat Interview: Hungarian Expat Musician Is Making Ambient-Folk Sounds in Scotland
- 16 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Tamás Kátai is an avant-garde musician from Hungary, well known for his metal project called Thy Catafalque. At the moment, he lives in Edinburgh, UK, but nevertheless continues writing music in his mother tongue. Over the years he has participated in many other bands, such as Gire and Darklight. In 2006, he released a solo album, named Erika Szobája (Erika's Room), which is described as an ...
Top 10 Reasons to Love Budapest - Part 2
- 10 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
"Budapest is cool, no doubt about it. No matter what is happening, and no matter what has happened in this city, you can’t help but love it. Here are today’s two reasons to love Budapest…
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 ...
U.S. Ambassador Kounalakis Interview With Ildiko Eperjesi, ATV Hungary
- 11 Jan 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Question: Last year took some very unusual turns as far as the contacts between the United States and our country are concerned. First, Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State came to Hungary and she raised some criticism. And then you published some articles where you were very polite, but you also raised some criticism in terms of the operation of the Hungarian government.
Opinion: A Short View For A Country That I Live For More Than Five Years - Hungary
- 11 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Living day to day life in Szekesfehervar with my wife and 2 kids and belonging to a so called “middle class society”, not having any particular trouble regarding financial situation, but of course listening every day from our friends what they tell us about their loans and debts it pressed me to write this short view about this country and my experience in these years from what I observed in ...
Xpat Opinion: The Abortion Pill In Hungary
- 28 May 2012 8:59 AM
- current affairs
It is truly amazing how much power and influence a nonexistent party can assert on its coalition partner. I’m talking about the Christian Democratic People’s Party or KDNP (Kereszténydemokrata Néppárt). This non-party, which is not even considered to be a full-fledged coalition party by Fidesz, has enormous influence, for example, on education.
Xpat Opinion: Latest Verdict On Freedom Of Press In Hungary
- 4 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On May 1 MTI reported the less than welcome news that Freedom House's 2012 report on the freedom of the press degraded Hungary to the "partially free" category. Hungary received 36 negative points (legal environment 12; political environment 13; economic environment 11).
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 ...
Xpat Opinion: New President Of Hungary: János Áder
- 23 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Someone could nitpick and say that János Áder has not been confirmed as president yet. He was only nominated by Viktor Orbán and endorsed by the Fidesz-KDNP parliamentary caucuses. Let's just wait for the final vote. But we know, don't we, that there won't be any problem with his election on May 2, the date apparently picked for the glorious event. Áder will be elected after the first round of ...
Xpat Interview: Hungarian Expat Musician Is Making Ambient-Folk Sounds in Scotland
- 16 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Tamás Kátai is an avant-garde musician from Hungary, well known for his metal project called Thy Catafalque. At the moment, he lives in Edinburgh, UK, but nevertheless continues writing music in his mother tongue. Over the years he has participated in many other bands, such as Gire and Darklight. In 2006, he released a solo album, named Erika Szobája (Erika's Room), which is described as an ...
Top 10 Reasons to Love Budapest - Part 2
- 10 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
"Budapest is cool, no doubt about it. No matter what is happening, and no matter what has happened in this city, you can’t help but love it. Here are today’s two reasons to love Budapest…
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 ...
U.S. Ambassador Kounalakis Interview With Ildiko Eperjesi, ATV Hungary
- 11 Jan 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Question: Last year took some very unusual turns as far as the contacts between the United States and our country are concerned. First, Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State came to Hungary and she raised some criticism. And then you published some articles where you were very polite, but you also raised some criticism in terms of the operation of the Hungarian government.
Opinion: A Short View For A Country That I Live For More Than Five Years - Hungary
- 11 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Living day to day life in Szekesfehervar with my wife and 2 kids and belonging to a so called “middle class society”, not having any particular trouble regarding financial situation, but of course listening every day from our friends what they tell us about their loans and debts it pressed me to write this short view about this country and my experience in these years from what I observed in ...