746 result(s) for us values
US State Dept Expresses Concern Over Law On Foreign-Funded NGOs
- 21 Jun 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The US State Department expressed concern over legislation Hungary’s parliament recently adopted on foreign-funded NGOs, in a statement released on its website.
Farage Believes Orbán Wants To Leave EU
- 20 Jun 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
British Eurosceptic MEP Nigel Farage, former leader of the UK Independence Party, believes Hungary cannot be a sovereign country while it stays in the European Union and is sure that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán would be happy to leave the bloc, according to an interview he gave pro-government newspaper Magyar Idők.
See What Happened @ BISB Graduation Ceremony, 3 June
- 8 Jun 2017 8:14 AM
- community & culture
The community of The British International School Budapest came together to celebrate the graduation of its Class of 2017 last Saturday at the Intercontinental Budapest. The event was attended by over 250 students, parents, teachers and guests, including Dr Michael Ignatieff PC CM, President and Rector of CEU, and Her Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador Iain Lindsay OBE (pictured below).
Now On: Baselitz. Preview With Review, National Gallery
- 6 Jun 2017 7:20 AM
- community & culture
Now on until 2 July. The exhibition featuring Georg Baselitz, one of the most famous and sought-after contemporary German artists. The show, staged by the Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut in Budapest, will comprise more than eighty works selected from international and Hungarian public and private collections, while eight lesser-known ...
Orbán ‘Shocked’ By US Move To Quit Paris Accord
- 3 Jun 2017 8:04 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the United States decision to quit the Paris Climate Agreement, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he was “shocked” and noted “the Hungarian consensus” that “climate change is a reality, it is a threat and it is of a global nature requiring global-level action”.
Local Opinion: Weeklies On EU Article 7 Procedure
- 30 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Two critics of the government agree that the resolution adopted by the European Parliament to launch a procedure to investigate whether basic European values are systematically transgressed in Hungary is unlikely to cause serious problems to the government.
CEU Hosts Conference On Migration, National Identity
- 30 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Migration and the identity of central and eastern European nations are the focal themes of a conference which began in Budapest on Monday. Addressing the event organised by the Central European University’s Centre for Neighbourhood Studies and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, former foreign minister Péter Balázs said that at present most migrants come from other continents rather than neighbouring ...
Socialists Nominate Botka As PM Candidate
- 30 May 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists officially elected László Botka, the current Mayor of Szeged, as their prime ministerial candidate at their party congress, the party’s chairman announced on Saturday. Botka, who ran for the nomination unopposed, received 280 delegate votes from a total possible 292, Gyula Molnár said. In his address to the party congress, Molnár said next year’s general election was ...
New Far-Right Party On The Horizon?
- 25 May 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
A new far-right party could be on the horizon in Hungary, reports index.hu. According to the online daily, a number of disparate groups are in the process of forming a new extreme-right movement which Hungary’s pro-government media has been eager to laud as a challenger to Jobbik.
US State Dept Expresses Concern Over Law On Foreign-Funded NGOs
- 21 Jun 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The US State Department expressed concern over legislation Hungary’s parliament recently adopted on foreign-funded NGOs, in a statement released on its website.
Farage Believes Orbán Wants To Leave EU
- 20 Jun 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
British Eurosceptic MEP Nigel Farage, former leader of the UK Independence Party, believes Hungary cannot be a sovereign country while it stays in the European Union and is sure that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán would be happy to leave the bloc, according to an interview he gave pro-government newspaper Magyar Idők.
See What Happened @ BISB Graduation Ceremony, 3 June
- 8 Jun 2017 8:14 AM
- community & culture
The community of The British International School Budapest came together to celebrate the graduation of its Class of 2017 last Saturday at the Intercontinental Budapest. The event was attended by over 250 students, parents, teachers and guests, including Dr Michael Ignatieff PC CM, President and Rector of CEU, and Her Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador Iain Lindsay OBE (pictured below).
Now On: Baselitz. Preview With Review, National Gallery
- 6 Jun 2017 7:20 AM
- community & culture
Now on until 2 July. The exhibition featuring Georg Baselitz, one of the most famous and sought-after contemporary German artists. The show, staged by the Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut in Budapest, will comprise more than eighty works selected from international and Hungarian public and private collections, while eight lesser-known ...
Orbán ‘Shocked’ By US Move To Quit Paris Accord
- 3 Jun 2017 8:04 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the United States decision to quit the Paris Climate Agreement, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said he was “shocked” and noted “the Hungarian consensus” that “climate change is a reality, it is a threat and it is of a global nature requiring global-level action”.
Local Opinion: Weeklies On EU Article 7 Procedure
- 30 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Two critics of the government agree that the resolution adopted by the European Parliament to launch a procedure to investigate whether basic European values are systematically transgressed in Hungary is unlikely to cause serious problems to the government.
CEU Hosts Conference On Migration, National Identity
- 30 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Migration and the identity of central and eastern European nations are the focal themes of a conference which began in Budapest on Monday. Addressing the event organised by the Central European University’s Centre for Neighbourhood Studies and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, former foreign minister Péter Balázs said that at present most migrants come from other continents rather than neighbouring ...
Socialists Nominate Botka As PM Candidate
- 30 May 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists officially elected László Botka, the current Mayor of Szeged, as their prime ministerial candidate at their party congress, the party’s chairman announced on Saturday. Botka, who ran for the nomination unopposed, received 280 delegate votes from a total possible 292, Gyula Molnár said. In his address to the party congress, Molnár said next year’s general election was ...
New Far-Right Party On The Horizon?
- 25 May 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
A new far-right party could be on the horizon in Hungary, reports index.hu. According to the online daily, a number of disparate groups are in the process of forming a new extreme-right movement which Hungary’s pro-government media has been eager to laud as a challenger to Jobbik.