161 result(s) for surveillance
Xpat Opinion: Life Sentences For Serial Killers In Hungary
- 8 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators agree that justice has been done, but the investigation was too slow and the secret services could have prevented some of the racist and murderous attacks. There is no consensus, however, about the reasons behind the authorities’ poor performance.
The Constitutional Court In Hungary Suspends New Surveillance Law
- 17 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended several provisions of a recently passed law allowing surveillance of state officials as an unjustified violation of their right to privacy. The bill submitted by Fidesz MPs Máté Kocsis and Zsolt Csampa would have made it possible to keep senior public servants under surveillance and apply secret service methods to them – such as reading their mail and ...
Xpat Opinion: EP Adopts Critical Resolution On Hungary
- 5 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The main left-wing daily claims the EU cannot do much about Mr Orbán’s domestic policies while the PM reaps applause at home as a champion of independence. Another leftist outlet ridicules Orbán’s notion that the West is in decline and Hungary has brought new solutions to the crisis of advanced societies. A pro-government columnist, on the other hand, points out that members of the EPP defended ...
Carl Bernstein At Hay Festival In Budapest About Obama, Watergate & Journalism
- 26 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On Tuesday, May 21 the Hay Festival of Literature in Budapest featured a discussion with iconic American investigative journalist, Carl Bernstein. The event was held on the last day of the Festival, a grand finale for a week which was kicked off with a discussion featuring world-renowned novelist Nicole Krauss. The event was held in the Petofi Museum of Literature and the moderator for the ...
Xpat Opinion: Echoes Of NSA Leak In Hungary
- 19 Jun 2013 12:30 PM
- current affairs
A centre-right commentator warns Hungarians are not aware of the dangers of the information stored by their favourite internet service providers.
Xpat Opinion: Leading Hungarian Socialists Reject Őszöd Leak Charge
- 28 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading left wing commentator does not dismiss the story that former Prime Minister Gyurcsány’s 2006 “lie speech” was leaked by three leading MSZP politicians, but thinks that regardless of who it was, the speech itself has left an unhealing wound on Hungary’s left wing. A right-wing columnist suggests the story is untrue and the tip-off must have come from Mr Gyurcsány.
Security Cameras Green-Lighted For Budapest Public Transport
- 18 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
With the changes made in Hungarian privacy laws in 2011, Budapest public transport can now fit out its vehicle fleet with much needed security cameras. Because of earlier legal restrictions, security cameras have not been a standard feature of Budapest public transport vehicles. But with legal changes made in late 2011, new vehicles can now be ordered with on-board security cameras and ...
The Missing British Student Never Made It To The Other Side Of The Bridge In Budapest
- 1 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
He hastily got up from his seat, and leaving even his jacket behind, tried to cross the Chain Bridge, but he never reached the Buda side. In the Wednesday Blikk issue it was written that Daniel Gliksen was covered with scars when he got lost on New Year’s Eve. According to Blikk’s information, he was moderately drunk when he suddenly left his friends in Ötkert, where they enjoyed a New Year’s Eve ...
Xpat Opinion: New Reactions To Adjustment Package In Hungary
- 10 Oct 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
The editorial of a pro-government daily describes the package as a necessity under the constraints of the global economic crisis, while a centrist economist dismisses it as yet another unrealistic plan.
Xpat Opinion: Life Sentences For Serial Killers In Hungary
- 8 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators agree that justice has been done, but the investigation was too slow and the secret services could have prevented some of the racist and murderous attacks. There is no consensus, however, about the reasons behind the authorities’ poor performance.
The Constitutional Court In Hungary Suspends New Surveillance Law
- 17 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended several provisions of a recently passed law allowing surveillance of state officials as an unjustified violation of their right to privacy. The bill submitted by Fidesz MPs Máté Kocsis and Zsolt Csampa would have made it possible to keep senior public servants under surveillance and apply secret service methods to them – such as reading their mail and ...
Xpat Opinion: EP Adopts Critical Resolution On Hungary
- 5 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The main left-wing daily claims the EU cannot do much about Mr Orbán’s domestic policies while the PM reaps applause at home as a champion of independence. Another leftist outlet ridicules Orbán’s notion that the West is in decline and Hungary has brought new solutions to the crisis of advanced societies. A pro-government columnist, on the other hand, points out that members of the EPP defended ...
Carl Bernstein At Hay Festival In Budapest About Obama, Watergate & Journalism
- 26 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On Tuesday, May 21 the Hay Festival of Literature in Budapest featured a discussion with iconic American investigative journalist, Carl Bernstein. The event was held on the last day of the Festival, a grand finale for a week which was kicked off with a discussion featuring world-renowned novelist Nicole Krauss. The event was held in the Petofi Museum of Literature and the moderator for the ...
Xpat Opinion: Echoes Of NSA Leak In Hungary
- 19 Jun 2013 12:30 PM
- current affairs
A centre-right commentator warns Hungarians are not aware of the dangers of the information stored by their favourite internet service providers.
Xpat Opinion: Leading Hungarian Socialists Reject Őszöd Leak Charge
- 28 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading left wing commentator does not dismiss the story that former Prime Minister Gyurcsány’s 2006 “lie speech” was leaked by three leading MSZP politicians, but thinks that regardless of who it was, the speech itself has left an unhealing wound on Hungary’s left wing. A right-wing columnist suggests the story is untrue and the tip-off must have come from Mr Gyurcsány.
Security Cameras Green-Lighted For Budapest Public Transport
- 18 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
With the changes made in Hungarian privacy laws in 2011, Budapest public transport can now fit out its vehicle fleet with much needed security cameras. Because of earlier legal restrictions, security cameras have not been a standard feature of Budapest public transport vehicles. But with legal changes made in late 2011, new vehicles can now be ordered with on-board security cameras and ...
The Missing British Student Never Made It To The Other Side Of The Bridge In Budapest
- 1 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
He hastily got up from his seat, and leaving even his jacket behind, tried to cross the Chain Bridge, but he never reached the Buda side. In the Wednesday Blikk issue it was written that Daniel Gliksen was covered with scars when he got lost on New Year’s Eve. According to Blikk’s information, he was moderately drunk when he suddenly left his friends in Ötkert, where they enjoyed a New Year’s Eve ...
Xpat Opinion: New Reactions To Adjustment Package In Hungary
- 10 Oct 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
The editorial of a pro-government daily describes the package as a necessity under the constraints of the global economic crisis, while a centrist economist dismisses it as yet another unrealistic plan.