93 result(s) for stadiums
500 Protest Plan To Bulldoze Roma Housing Estate In Miskolc
- 20 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 people protested Miskolc city council’s plan to bulldoze a Roma housing estate to make way for a new football stadium in the north-eastern city on Wednesday. The threatened settlement consists of around a dozen streets – numbered, not named – where Roma families live in 100-year-old, two-storey houses. It skirts the main thoroughfare of Miskolc and at one end is dwarfed by the ...
Half Of Families With Children Report Problems Affording Food In Hungary
- 3 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Almost half of Hungary’s families with children struggle to afford food, a Socialist politician said on Monday, citing a study of OECD member countries. Ildikó Borbély Bangó told a press conference that 47% of the families in the Gallup survey had found it difficult to buy food at some point.
Xpat Opinion: Felcsút Stadium In Hungary Under The Microscope
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Prime Minister is mocked and criticised by left-liberal pundits for having a football stadium built in his native Felcsút. The project is also criticised by a moderate right-wing commentator.Several stadiums are under construction in a project aimed at propping up ailing Hungarian football. The Felcsút pitch is part of a football academy sponsored by a tax rebate programme for enterprises ...
Xpat Opinion: The Risk Of Political Christianity: An Interview With Tamás Fabiny, Lutheran Bishop
- 21 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Czene of Népszabadság conducted an interview with Tamás Fabiny, bishop of the northern district of the Hungarian Lutheran Church. Fabiny was ordained in Erlangen, Germany in 1982. He also studied in the United States. In addition to his church activities he worked for Duna TV. Since 2010 he has been the vice chairman of the Lutheran World Federation.
Hungary’s Socialists To Scrap Government’s “Idiotic” Economic Policy
- 19 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Attila Mesterházy, leader of the opposition Socialist Party, pledged to scrap what he called the Fidesz government’s “idiotic” economic policy and “perverted” social policy if it wins next year’s election.
Hungary's Socialist Party President: Gov’t Is Ignoring The Poor
- 19 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Socialist government would discontinue the present “idiotic” economic policy, as well as the “perverse” social policy, Socialist Party president Attila Mesterházy said yesterday as he presented the Pest county parliamentary candidates of the Socialists and Together-Dialogue.
HUF 12bn For Stadium Projects In Hungary
- 15 Dec 2013 2:00 AM
- sport
Lawmakers earmarked 12 billion forints (EUR 39.9m) for expanding and upgrading 26 stadiums in Hungary late on Monday. Used by first and second-division soccer teams, 22 stadiums concerned are located in the countryside and four in Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Football’s Role In Politics In Hungary
- 21 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
A liberal writer describes Viktor Orbán’s interest in and support for Hungarian football as symbolic elements of a mafia-style leadership, while a libertarian commentator thinks the Premier sincerely believes that his favourite game is an essential part of nation-building which was destroyed by the Communists. A conservative columnist writes that liberal commentators try to discredit Orbán’s ...
Reminder: Roger Waters Concert, Budapest, 25 August
- 12 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Roger Waters, the co-founder and principal songwriter of the archetypal progressive band Pink Floyd, has announced the return of the historic production of “The Wall” to Europe in 2013. His aural and visual masterpiece of alienation and transformation will be performed in its entirety featuring a full band and state-of-the-art production. “The Wall” live has played 192 shows around the world to ...
500 Protest Plan To Bulldoze Roma Housing Estate In Miskolc
- 20 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Around 500 people protested Miskolc city council’s plan to bulldoze a Roma housing estate to make way for a new football stadium in the north-eastern city on Wednesday. The threatened settlement consists of around a dozen streets – numbered, not named – where Roma families live in 100-year-old, two-storey houses. It skirts the main thoroughfare of Miskolc and at one end is dwarfed by the ...
Half Of Families With Children Report Problems Affording Food In Hungary
- 3 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Almost half of Hungary’s families with children struggle to afford food, a Socialist politician said on Monday, citing a study of OECD member countries. Ildikó Borbély Bangó told a press conference that 47% of the families in the Gallup survey had found it difficult to buy food at some point.
Xpat Opinion: Felcsút Stadium In Hungary Under The Microscope
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Prime Minister is mocked and criticised by left-liberal pundits for having a football stadium built in his native Felcsút. The project is also criticised by a moderate right-wing commentator.Several stadiums are under construction in a project aimed at propping up ailing Hungarian football. The Felcsút pitch is part of a football academy sponsored by a tax rebate programme for enterprises ...
Xpat Opinion: The Risk Of Political Christianity: An Interview With Tamás Fabiny, Lutheran Bishop
- 21 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Czene of Népszabadság conducted an interview with Tamás Fabiny, bishop of the northern district of the Hungarian Lutheran Church. Fabiny was ordained in Erlangen, Germany in 1982. He also studied in the United States. In addition to his church activities he worked for Duna TV. Since 2010 he has been the vice chairman of the Lutheran World Federation.
Hungary’s Socialists To Scrap Government’s “Idiotic” Economic Policy
- 19 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Attila Mesterházy, leader of the opposition Socialist Party, pledged to scrap what he called the Fidesz government’s “idiotic” economic policy and “perverted” social policy if it wins next year’s election.
Hungary's Socialist Party President: Gov’t Is Ignoring The Poor
- 19 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Socialist government would discontinue the present “idiotic” economic policy, as well as the “perverse” social policy, Socialist Party president Attila Mesterházy said yesterday as he presented the Pest county parliamentary candidates of the Socialists and Together-Dialogue.
HUF 12bn For Stadium Projects In Hungary
- 15 Dec 2013 2:00 AM
- sport
Lawmakers earmarked 12 billion forints (EUR 39.9m) for expanding and upgrading 26 stadiums in Hungary late on Monday. Used by first and second-division soccer teams, 22 stadiums concerned are located in the countryside and four in Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Football’s Role In Politics In Hungary
- 21 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
A liberal writer describes Viktor Orbán’s interest in and support for Hungarian football as symbolic elements of a mafia-style leadership, while a libertarian commentator thinks the Premier sincerely believes that his favourite game is an essential part of nation-building which was destroyed by the Communists. A conservative columnist writes that liberal commentators try to discredit Orbán’s ...
Reminder: Roger Waters Concert, Budapest, 25 August
- 12 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Roger Waters, the co-founder and principal songwriter of the archetypal progressive band Pink Floyd, has announced the return of the historic production of “The Wall” to Europe in 2013. His aural and visual masterpiece of alienation and transformation will be performed in its entirety featuring a full band and state-of-the-art production. “The Wall” live has played 192 shows around the world to ...