383 result(s) for united opposition
Hungary's Former PM Gyurcsány’s Roadmap To Change Orbán's Government
- 26 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Gyurcsány, the former prime minister of Hungary and chairman of the Democratic Coalition (DK), released a 20-page political pamphlet titled "Many for Hungary" (Sokak Magyarországért). "Many people hope that Orbán and his system would collapse under the weight of its own corruption, or be swept away by an international financial or political crisis.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Public Opinion On Govt’s Handling Refugee Crisis
- 24 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Along the Croatian-Hungarian border not much has changed since yesterday or the day before yesterday, and therefore we can turn to Hungarian sentiment, which has been poisoned by the massive government anti-refugee propaganda. Anita Köműves of Népszabadság, who just returned to Hungary after a year as a journalist intern at the University of Maryland, was astounded by the general lack of ...
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Immigration Infrastructure Strained
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the implications of the latest surge in migrants: on some recent days the Hungarian authorities have had to take care of over three thousand migrants, well beyond what even expanded reception centres and registration offices can cope with. How will the current flow of migrants affect the future of Hungary and of Europe? In a series of articles hosted by Mandiner, political ...
No Hope Of Left-Wing, Liberal Parties Forming Grand Coalition In Hungary
- 6 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The success of populist and partially anti-EU and xenophobic right- and left-wing extremist parties and movements in more an more countries, accompanied by the stagnation, weakening, or collapse of social democracy in Austria, France, and Scandinavian countries, signifies that the economic, financial, and political crisis in Europe will bury the moderate left and right-wing.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán’s Speech At Tusnádfürdő
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators find PM Orbán’s speech focusing on illegal migration at Fidesz’s annual summer university more moderate and cautious than his addresses in previous years. In his address at the Youth Free University at the Carpathian resort town of Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő), in Romania, Viktor Orbán talked about the challenges facing Europe and Hungary. He underlined that the European Union has been ...
Hungary Upgrades Espionage Capabilities
- 17 Jul 2015 12:40 PM
- current affairs
The massive reorganization at Hungary’s “Information Office”, the country’s non-military intelligence gathering agency, is finished. The next big reorganization will take place at the Constitutional Protection Office, Hungary’s counter-intelligence agency.
Republikon Holds Conference On LGBT Rights In Hungary
- 9 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Politicians of several opposition parties told a conference organised by political think-tank Republikon Institute that they support granting equal rights to the LGBTQ community. The conference on LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) rights was attended by politicians of the Socialist Party, LMP, the Democratic Coalition (DK), Dialogue for Hungary (PM), Együtt and the Liberal ...
National Cohesion Day Marked In Hungary On 95th Anniversary Of Trianon Signing
- 8 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians can only leave behind the role of the victim left by Trianon if they can strengthen national cohesion in the 21st century, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér said. Hungarians can use the resources of Christian spiritual roots, the Hungarian language, culture and history to this end, he said addressing an event marking National Cohesion Day in Hatvan, central Hungary.
Hungary's Former PM Gyurcsány’s Roadmap To Change Orbán's Government
- 26 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ferenc Gyurcsány, the former prime minister of Hungary and chairman of the Democratic Coalition (DK), released a 20-page political pamphlet titled "Many for Hungary" (Sokak Magyarországért). "Many people hope that Orbán and his system would collapse under the weight of its own corruption, or be swept away by an international financial or political crisis.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Public Opinion On Govt’s Handling Refugee Crisis
- 24 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Along the Croatian-Hungarian border not much has changed since yesterday or the day before yesterday, and therefore we can turn to Hungarian sentiment, which has been poisoned by the massive government anti-refugee propaganda. Anita Köműves of Népszabadság, who just returned to Hungary after a year as a journalist intern at the University of Maryland, was astounded by the general lack of ...
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Immigration Infrastructure Strained
- 31 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the implications of the latest surge in migrants: on some recent days the Hungarian authorities have had to take care of over three thousand migrants, well beyond what even expanded reception centres and registration offices can cope with. How will the current flow of migrants affect the future of Hungary and of Europe? In a series of articles hosted by Mandiner, political ...
No Hope Of Left-Wing, Liberal Parties Forming Grand Coalition In Hungary
- 6 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The success of populist and partially anti-EU and xenophobic right- and left-wing extremist parties and movements in more an more countries, accompanied by the stagnation, weakening, or collapse of social democracy in Austria, France, and Scandinavian countries, signifies that the economic, financial, and political crisis in Europe will bury the moderate left and right-wing.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán’s Speech At Tusnádfürdő
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators find PM Orbán’s speech focusing on illegal migration at Fidesz’s annual summer university more moderate and cautious than his addresses in previous years. In his address at the Youth Free University at the Carpathian resort town of Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő), in Romania, Viktor Orbán talked about the challenges facing Europe and Hungary. He underlined that the European Union has been ...
Hungary Upgrades Espionage Capabilities
- 17 Jul 2015 12:40 PM
- current affairs
The massive reorganization at Hungary’s “Information Office”, the country’s non-military intelligence gathering agency, is finished. The next big reorganization will take place at the Constitutional Protection Office, Hungary’s counter-intelligence agency.
Republikon Holds Conference On LGBT Rights In Hungary
- 9 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Politicians of several opposition parties told a conference organised by political think-tank Republikon Institute that they support granting equal rights to the LGBTQ community. The conference on LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) rights was attended by politicians of the Socialist Party, LMP, the Democratic Coalition (DK), Dialogue for Hungary (PM), Együtt and the Liberal ...
National Cohesion Day Marked In Hungary On 95th Anniversary Of Trianon Signing
- 8 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians can only leave behind the role of the victim left by Trianon if they can strengthen national cohesion in the 21st century, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér said. Hungarians can use the resources of Christian spiritual roots, the Hungarian language, culture and history to this end, he said addressing an event marking National Cohesion Day in Hatvan, central Hungary.