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Danube Day 2013: WWF Gets Active For The Sturgeons & More
- 28 Jun 2013 8:30 AM
- current affairs
‘Get active for the sturgeons’ is the slogan of this year’s Danube Day, celebrated by the 14 Danube basin countries on Saturday, 29 June. Under a new EU-funded project, which will go on until September 2015, WWF in Romania and Bulgaria are working to tackle overfishing, the main direct threat to the survival of the endangered Danube sturgeons.
Invitation: Celebrating Baltic & Scandinavian Midsummer Solstice Traditions, Skanzen, Hungary, 29 June
- 27 Jun 2013 11:35 AM
- community & culture
The Lithuanian community in Hungary and Embassy of Lithuania in Budapest would like to invite everybody to celebrate Scandinavian and Baltic Midsummer Solstice Traditions in Skanzen open air museum on 29th of June, this Saturday from 2 pm till 12 pm. We welcome you in Lithuanian Pub with famous Lithuanian beer and cheese.
Ecofin Lifts Excessive Deficit Procedure Against Hungary
- 24 Jun 2013 1:00 AM
- business
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the European Union (Ecofin) has approved the proposal of the European Commission to abrogate the excessive deficit procedure (EDP) against Hungary, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga announced.
WAMP Presents: Budapest, As You Have Never Seen It Before, 23 June
- 21 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- shopping
On June 23 until late at night, there will be a special event held on Erzsébet Square, partly connected to Midsummer Night, the summer solstice. In addition to the design fair, WAMP and WeLoveBudapest are preparing some other exciting events for visitors.
Xpat Opinion: More Signs Of A Recovering Economy In Hungary
- 20 Jun 2013 12:50 PM
- business
By Ferenc Kumin: Late last month, the European Commission announced that it would recommend that Hungary, after nine long years, exit the Excessive Deficit Procedure. The good news , as I wrote at the time, came on the heels of other encouraging reports of promising FDI and consumer skepticism data. Now, yet more hopeful signs that back Prime Minister Orbán’s cautious optimism about a slowly, but ...
Xpat Opinion: Reding Accused Of Plotting Against Hungary
- 20 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator dismisses a report in the leading pro-government daily about an alleged EU-scheme to question the legitimacy of the 2014 election, as a classical conspiracy theory. A conservative pundit, on the other hand, suggests that whatever was actually discussed, meetings of top European politicians and the business elite behind closed doors weaken the democratic image of Europe.
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Of Hungary Rejects Statement By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights
- 20 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary expresses its perplexity and rejects the statement made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay on 18 June 2013. The UN High Commissioner, while welcoming the opinion issued by the Venice Commission regarding the fourth amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary, made several untenable critical remarks with respect to ...
Csatáry Indicted On War Crimes Charges In Budapest
- 19 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest prosecutors yesterday pressed charges against war crimes suspect László Csatáry at the Municipal Court. Under the indictment Csatáry actively collaborated in the deportation of nearly 12,000 people from an internment camp in a brick factory in Kosice, Slovakia from May 1944. He was the head of the camp at the time.
Hungary's Minister Of State Enikő Győri Awarded The French Légion D’Honneur
- 14 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is possible to serve one's country while maintaining friendship with others, and this is an ideal to which I want to remain true; so France may always view me as a friend – declared Enikő Győri, Minister of State in charge of EU Affairs when she made Officer of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour (Légion d’honneur) in Budapest on June 13.
Danube Day 2013: WWF Gets Active For The Sturgeons & More
- 28 Jun 2013 8:30 AM
- current affairs
‘Get active for the sturgeons’ is the slogan of this year’s Danube Day, celebrated by the 14 Danube basin countries on Saturday, 29 June. Under a new EU-funded project, which will go on until September 2015, WWF in Romania and Bulgaria are working to tackle overfishing, the main direct threat to the survival of the endangered Danube sturgeons.
Invitation: Celebrating Baltic & Scandinavian Midsummer Solstice Traditions, Skanzen, Hungary, 29 June
- 27 Jun 2013 11:35 AM
- community & culture
The Lithuanian community in Hungary and Embassy of Lithuania in Budapest would like to invite everybody to celebrate Scandinavian and Baltic Midsummer Solstice Traditions in Skanzen open air museum on 29th of June, this Saturday from 2 pm till 12 pm. We welcome you in Lithuanian Pub with famous Lithuanian beer and cheese.
Ecofin Lifts Excessive Deficit Procedure Against Hungary
- 24 Jun 2013 1:00 AM
- business
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council of the European Union (Ecofin) has approved the proposal of the European Commission to abrogate the excessive deficit procedure (EDP) against Hungary, Minister for National Economy Mihály Varga announced.
WAMP Presents: Budapest, As You Have Never Seen It Before, 23 June
- 21 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- shopping
On June 23 until late at night, there will be a special event held on Erzsébet Square, partly connected to Midsummer Night, the summer solstice. In addition to the design fair, WAMP and WeLoveBudapest are preparing some other exciting events for visitors.
Xpat Opinion: More Signs Of A Recovering Economy In Hungary
- 20 Jun 2013 12:50 PM
- business
By Ferenc Kumin: Late last month, the European Commission announced that it would recommend that Hungary, after nine long years, exit the Excessive Deficit Procedure. The good news , as I wrote at the time, came on the heels of other encouraging reports of promising FDI and consumer skepticism data. Now, yet more hopeful signs that back Prime Minister Orbán’s cautious optimism about a slowly, but ...
Xpat Opinion: Reding Accused Of Plotting Against Hungary
- 20 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator dismisses a report in the leading pro-government daily about an alleged EU-scheme to question the legitimacy of the 2014 election, as a classical conspiracy theory. A conservative pundit, on the other hand, suggests that whatever was actually discussed, meetings of top European politicians and the business elite behind closed doors weaken the democratic image of Europe.
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Of Hungary Rejects Statement By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights
- 20 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary expresses its perplexity and rejects the statement made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay on 18 June 2013. The UN High Commissioner, while welcoming the opinion issued by the Venice Commission regarding the fourth amendment to the Fundamental Law of Hungary, made several untenable critical remarks with respect to ...
Csatáry Indicted On War Crimes Charges In Budapest
- 19 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest prosecutors yesterday pressed charges against war crimes suspect László Csatáry at the Municipal Court. Under the indictment Csatáry actively collaborated in the deportation of nearly 12,000 people from an internment camp in a brick factory in Kosice, Slovakia from May 1944. He was the head of the camp at the time.
Hungary's Minister Of State Enikő Győri Awarded The French Légion D’Honneur
- 14 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is possible to serve one's country while maintaining friendship with others, and this is an ideal to which I want to remain true; so France may always view me as a friend – declared Enikő Győri, Minister of State in charge of EU Affairs when she made Officer of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour (Légion d’honneur) in Budapest on June 13.