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Hungarian Parliament Has Passed The New Penal Code
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The New Penal Code will enter into force on 1 July 2013; it was passed by the Hungarian Parliament on 25 June 2012 after several months of wide-ranging social and professional consultations and political debates. The new Penal Code also offers an effective response to the changes in crime patterns that have occurred in the past thirty years, since the entry into force of the Criminal Code ...
VOLT Festival Hungary Caught Up In Red-Tape
- 22 Jun 2012 12:00 PM
- entertainment
Updated: VOLT Festival in Sopron, due to start next Tuesday, will now go ahead for sure say organisers. Yesterday the event still did not have the necessary Hungarian Environmental permits according to Kisalföld, as reported in Népszabadság. Official sources had stated the event is not compatible with, “maintaining the protected Sopron Nature Protection Area”. The application for permits was ...
Amateur Squash Hungary Sports Club Presents: A Friendly Int Squash Cup - For Teams
- 22 Jun 2012 9:01 AM
- sport
Amateur Squash Hungary Sports Club is organizing international squash events for amateur players in Hungary. The programme can last 2 or more days and are available from EUR 50 / person all inclusive (excl: travel and additional programme)
Hagyo Indicted As Budapest Transport Company “Mafia Boss”
- 21 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Former Socialist deputy mayor Miklos Hagyo and Erno Mesterhazy, one-time senior adviser to former mayor Gabor Demszky, used Budapest public transport company BKV for their own goals as “mafia bosses,” under the indictment read out at their trial at Kecskemet Court last week.
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán In His Own Words: An interview With Die Presse
- 19 Jun 2012 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The English-speaking world, mostly because of the language barrier, doesn’t normally follow the German-language media, which is a pity especially for those who are interested in Hungarian affairs. The German and Austrian press spend a great deal more time on Hungary than do the English-language publications although lately, thanks to the Orbán government’s unorthodox economic and political ...
Hungarian PM: Debt Can Destroy A Nation
- 18 Jun 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
Economic growth and welfare built on loans and debt will destroy a nation, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told the economic forum Business and Investment in Kosovo in Budapest on Thursday. Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and other leading Kosovar officials attended.
Rail Closures In Hungary May Be Blamed On IMF
- 11 Jun 2012 9:02 AM
- getting around
Planned closures of railway lines in September will be blamed on the “stinky, filthy IMF,” a senior adviser of state traffic science institute KTI has said in talks with union representatives. The official, Gábor Dóka, is heard making the comments on a secret video taken during negotiations by the railway workers union VDSZSZ and posted on its website.
Hungary Central Bank Vote Delay Will Help IMF Talks, Varga Says
- 8 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s delay of a vote on amendments to a disputed central bank law will help resolve differences blocking talks with the International Monetary Fund, said Mihaly Varga, the country’s chief negotiator.
Report: Hungarians Mark The Day Of National Unity
- 6 Jun 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
On Monday morning the Day of National Unity (also known as the Day of National Cohesion) was commemorated in Kossuth tér in front of the Hungarian Parliament with a ceremonial raising of Hungary’s national flag, accompanied by a guard of honour and the playing of the national anthem.
Hungarian Parliament Has Passed The New Penal Code
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The New Penal Code will enter into force on 1 July 2013; it was passed by the Hungarian Parliament on 25 June 2012 after several months of wide-ranging social and professional consultations and political debates. The new Penal Code also offers an effective response to the changes in crime patterns that have occurred in the past thirty years, since the entry into force of the Criminal Code ...
VOLT Festival Hungary Caught Up In Red-Tape
- 22 Jun 2012 12:00 PM
- entertainment
Updated: VOLT Festival in Sopron, due to start next Tuesday, will now go ahead for sure say organisers. Yesterday the event still did not have the necessary Hungarian Environmental permits according to Kisalföld, as reported in Népszabadság. Official sources had stated the event is not compatible with, “maintaining the protected Sopron Nature Protection Area”. The application for permits was ...
Amateur Squash Hungary Sports Club Presents: A Friendly Int Squash Cup - For Teams
- 22 Jun 2012 9:01 AM
- sport
Amateur Squash Hungary Sports Club is organizing international squash events for amateur players in Hungary. The programme can last 2 or more days and are available from EUR 50 / person all inclusive (excl: travel and additional programme)
Hagyo Indicted As Budapest Transport Company “Mafia Boss”
- 21 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Former Socialist deputy mayor Miklos Hagyo and Erno Mesterhazy, one-time senior adviser to former mayor Gabor Demszky, used Budapest public transport company BKV for their own goals as “mafia bosses,” under the indictment read out at their trial at Kecskemet Court last week.
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán In His Own Words: An interview With Die Presse
- 19 Jun 2012 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The English-speaking world, mostly because of the language barrier, doesn’t normally follow the German-language media, which is a pity especially for those who are interested in Hungarian affairs. The German and Austrian press spend a great deal more time on Hungary than do the English-language publications although lately, thanks to the Orbán government’s unorthodox economic and political ...
Hungarian PM: Debt Can Destroy A Nation
- 18 Jun 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
Economic growth and welfare built on loans and debt will destroy a nation, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told the economic forum Business and Investment in Kosovo in Budapest on Thursday. Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and other leading Kosovar officials attended.
Rail Closures In Hungary May Be Blamed On IMF
- 11 Jun 2012 9:02 AM
- getting around
Planned closures of railway lines in September will be blamed on the “stinky, filthy IMF,” a senior adviser of state traffic science institute KTI has said in talks with union representatives. The official, Gábor Dóka, is heard making the comments on a secret video taken during negotiations by the railway workers union VDSZSZ and posted on its website.
Hungary Central Bank Vote Delay Will Help IMF Talks, Varga Says
- 8 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s delay of a vote on amendments to a disputed central bank law will help resolve differences blocking talks with the International Monetary Fund, said Mihaly Varga, the country’s chief negotiator.
Report: Hungarians Mark The Day Of National Unity
- 6 Jun 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
On Monday morning the Day of National Unity (also known as the Day of National Cohesion) was commemorated in Kossuth tér in front of the Hungarian Parliament with a ceremonial raising of Hungary’s national flag, accompanied by a guard of honour and the playing of the national anthem.















