74 result(s) for tough months
Interview 2: András Szabolcs, Owner, Funky Pho Restaurant - Permanently Closed
- 29 May 2015 12:00 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Habitat For Humanity: Rebuilding Homes & Communities In Hungary
- 16 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- property
One and a half million Hungarians live in dwellings unfit for human habitation. No bathroom, toilet out in the yard, windows that let in the cold air, walls black from smoke. In Ág, a small village in the southern Hungarian Baranya county, the locals washed themselves in wash tubs. Last year Habitat for Humanity appeared and offered building material for volunteer work.
European Commission & Budapest Disagree On Interpretation Of Land Laws
- 16 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is trying to point out the faults in regulations governing the sale of arable land in the European Union-15 to try to escape the legal proceedings initiated against it because of its own restrictive ownership laws.
Interview 2: HMA Jonathan Knott, Former British Ambassador To Hungary
- 11 Mar 2015 11:00 AM
What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Lajos Simicska: I Will Not Be Orban’s Partner In Building A New Dictatorship
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz oligarch and Hungarian media and construction tycoon Lajos Simicska gave yet another interview, this time to Hungarian website Magyar Narancs. Simicska talks about his split with Orban over the latter’s plans to create a new dictatorship.
Photo: Viktor Orban (left) and Lajos Simicska (right) during the first Orban government (2008-2012)
Photo: Viktor Orban (left) and Lajos Simicska (right) during the first Orban government (2008-2012)
Budapest's 'Gift Of The Gab' Final 2014
- 13 Mar 2014 11:00 AM
- Russell Skidmor
Over the years I've enjoyed many stand up/cabaret nights put on by people who have gone on to bigger and greater things.
See What Happened @ 'Gift Of The Gab' Final
- 13 Mar 2014 2:00 AM
- entertainment
Over the years I have enjoyed many stand-up/cabaret nights by people who have gone on to bigger and greater things. What’s fab about Budapest's 'Gift Of The Gab' is that these are everyday people performing on stage. One in particular I met at a previous Irish Hungarian Business Circle trip to Göd orphanage. Quite frankly, I had no idea that this shy person was so expressive and outlandish in ...
Xpat Opinion: Colleen Bell, US Amb Designate To Hungary, Before The Senate
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On September 26, 2013 I wrote about the likelihood that the next ambassador to Hungary will a political appointee, Colleen Bell, producer of the TV soap “The Bold and the Beautiful.” At the time I expressed my dismay over the appointment. Not because I had anything against Ms Bell but because I consider the political situation so serious in Hungary that I think it would behoove US interests to ...
KBC Bank Not Exiting Hungary
- 13 Jan 2014 8:01 AM
- business
Belgian financial group KBC will not exit Hungary despite a tough outlook for profitability and pressure from the authorities for consolidation, the head of KBC’s local business told Reuters. Central bank governor György Matolcsy, a former economy minister who launched Europe’s highest bank levy to stabilise the state budget, said last month four foreign banks could leave Hungary in the next 6-18 ...
Interview 2: András Szabolcs, Owner, Funky Pho Restaurant - Permanently Closed
- 29 May 2015 12:00 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Habitat For Humanity: Rebuilding Homes & Communities In Hungary
- 16 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- property
One and a half million Hungarians live in dwellings unfit for human habitation. No bathroom, toilet out in the yard, windows that let in the cold air, walls black from smoke. In Ág, a small village in the southern Hungarian Baranya county, the locals washed themselves in wash tubs. Last year Habitat for Humanity appeared and offered building material for volunteer work.
European Commission & Budapest Disagree On Interpretation Of Land Laws
- 16 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government is trying to point out the faults in regulations governing the sale of arable land in the European Union-15 to try to escape the legal proceedings initiated against it because of its own restrictive ownership laws.
Interview 2: HMA Jonathan Knott, Former British Ambassador To Hungary
- 11 Mar 2015 11:00 AM
What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Lajos Simicska: I Will Not Be Orban’s Partner In Building A New Dictatorship
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz oligarch and Hungarian media and construction tycoon Lajos Simicska gave yet another interview, this time to Hungarian website Magyar Narancs. Simicska talks about his split with Orban over the latter’s plans to create a new dictatorship.
Photo: Viktor Orban (left) and Lajos Simicska (right) during the first Orban government (2008-2012)
Photo: Viktor Orban (left) and Lajos Simicska (right) during the first Orban government (2008-2012)
Budapest's 'Gift Of The Gab' Final 2014
- 13 Mar 2014 11:00 AM
- Russell Skidmor
Over the years I've enjoyed many stand up/cabaret nights put on by people who have gone on to bigger and greater things.
See What Happened @ 'Gift Of The Gab' Final
- 13 Mar 2014 2:00 AM
- entertainment
Over the years I have enjoyed many stand-up/cabaret nights by people who have gone on to bigger and greater things. What’s fab about Budapest's 'Gift Of The Gab' is that these are everyday people performing on stage. One in particular I met at a previous Irish Hungarian Business Circle trip to Göd orphanage. Quite frankly, I had no idea that this shy person was so expressive and outlandish in ...
Xpat Opinion: Colleen Bell, US Amb Designate To Hungary, Before The Senate
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On September 26, 2013 I wrote about the likelihood that the next ambassador to Hungary will a political appointee, Colleen Bell, producer of the TV soap “The Bold and the Beautiful.” At the time I expressed my dismay over the appointment. Not because I had anything against Ms Bell but because I consider the political situation so serious in Hungary that I think it would behoove US interests to ...
KBC Bank Not Exiting Hungary
- 13 Jan 2014 8:01 AM
- business
Belgian financial group KBC will not exit Hungary despite a tough outlook for profitability and pressure from the authorities for consolidation, the head of KBC’s local business told Reuters. Central bank governor György Matolcsy, a former economy minister who launched Europe’s highest bank levy to stabilise the state budget, said last month four foreign banks could leave Hungary in the next 6-18 ...