11 result(s) for vad art in Current Affairs
Simicska: Orbán Said He Refused To Enroll As Spy But “Now I Don’t Know What To Think”
- 12 Mar 2015 12:30 AM
- current affairs
Businessman Lajos Simicska has said that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán “reported on him” to the communist authorities with his knowledge during their military service in the 1980s. Simicska told the Mandiner blog in an interview that the authorities had put him under surveillance during the communist era.
Xpat Opinion: Reverberations After Lajos Simicska’s Revelations About Viktor Orbán
- 11 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Lajos Simicska’s revelations about Viktor Orbán’s alleged involvement in the state security apparatus in 1981-1982 have given rise to accusations and counterclaims. And all the larger papers have published timelines of the allegations that surfaced here and there about Viktor Orbán’s possible informer past.
Hungary’s Opposition Slams Orbán For Anti Immigration Remarks
- 13 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Dialogue for Hungary (PM) condemns Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s recent remarks on immigration and asks the premier to withdraw his statements, co-leader Timea Szabó said. On Sunday, after attending a mass rally in Paris, Orbán called for a firm EU response to the terrorist murders in France, and added that “immigration must be stopped”.
Hungary Will Be The Special Guest Of Krakow Book Fair
- 27 Oct 2014 8:02 AM
- current affairs
The Krakow Book Fair, organised this year for the eighteenth time and with Hungary as a special guest, starts on 23 October with an opening speech by István Íjgyártó, State Secretary for Cultural Diplomacy.
Xpat Opinion: Feminism In Hungary
- 14 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central Statistical Office made a surprising announcement today. As a result of car production, a good harvest, and an uptick in the construction industry the Hungarian GDP grew by 1.7% in the third quarter of the year. On the basis of this data the government predicts continuous, sustained growth; a few others expressed fear that the upsurge signals only a short-term improvement. Since I ...
Xpat Opinion: Former Hungarian PM's Officials Convicted Of Espionage
- 14 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to one of the definitions, a “show trial” is “a public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes.” In Hungarian there is a similar word for a show trial, “kirakatper” (kirakat = shop window), but more often than not it is called “koncepciós per,” which in my opinion better describes the nature of such trials. The accusers strive during the investigation ...
Xpat Opinion: The Cooperation Of The Hungarian Opposition In Action
- 18 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Last night’s scandalous interview with three opposition personalities on ATV’s “Szabad szemmel” deserves a post even if it was only three days ago that I wrote an article entitled “Hungarian disunity a barrier to a political solution.”
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Women And Politics
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Since we seem to be in the swing of things, why don’t we continue with the topic of women? This time women in politics. I’m sure that you’ve all heard complaints about the number of women in the Hungarian parliament. Alas, the numbers haven’t changed in any statistically significant way in the last twenty-two years. In the first freely elected parliament, out of 386 members of the House only 28 ...
Former PM Gyurcsány On Week-Long Hunger Strike In Budapest
- 10 Sep 2012 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and three other members of the Democratic Coalition started on a week-long hunger strike in Kossuth tér Sunday night. Vice president Péter Niedermüller, Csaba Molnár, and MP István Kolber are joining Gyurcsány.
Simicska: Orbán Said He Refused To Enroll As Spy But “Now I Don’t Know What To Think”
- 12 Mar 2015 12:30 AM
- current affairs
Businessman Lajos Simicska has said that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán “reported on him” to the communist authorities with his knowledge during their military service in the 1980s. Simicska told the Mandiner blog in an interview that the authorities had put him under surveillance during the communist era.
Xpat Opinion: Reverberations After Lajos Simicska’s Revelations About Viktor Orbán
- 11 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Lajos Simicska’s revelations about Viktor Orbán’s alleged involvement in the state security apparatus in 1981-1982 have given rise to accusations and counterclaims. And all the larger papers have published timelines of the allegations that surfaced here and there about Viktor Orbán’s possible informer past.
Hungary’s Opposition Slams Orbán For Anti Immigration Remarks
- 13 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Dialogue for Hungary (PM) condemns Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s recent remarks on immigration and asks the premier to withdraw his statements, co-leader Timea Szabó said. On Sunday, after attending a mass rally in Paris, Orbán called for a firm EU response to the terrorist murders in France, and added that “immigration must be stopped”.
Hungary Will Be The Special Guest Of Krakow Book Fair
- 27 Oct 2014 8:02 AM
- current affairs
The Krakow Book Fair, organised this year for the eighteenth time and with Hungary as a special guest, starts on 23 October with an opening speech by István Íjgyártó, State Secretary for Cultural Diplomacy.
Xpat Opinion: Feminism In Hungary
- 14 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central Statistical Office made a surprising announcement today. As a result of car production, a good harvest, and an uptick in the construction industry the Hungarian GDP grew by 1.7% in the third quarter of the year. On the basis of this data the government predicts continuous, sustained growth; a few others expressed fear that the upsurge signals only a short-term improvement. Since I ...
Xpat Opinion: Former Hungarian PM's Officials Convicted Of Espionage
- 14 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
According to one of the definitions, a “show trial” is “a public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes.” In Hungarian there is a similar word for a show trial, “kirakatper” (kirakat = shop window), but more often than not it is called “koncepciós per,” which in my opinion better describes the nature of such trials. The accusers strive during the investigation ...
Xpat Opinion: The Cooperation Of The Hungarian Opposition In Action
- 18 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Last night’s scandalous interview with three opposition personalities on ATV’s “Szabad szemmel” deserves a post even if it was only three days ago that I wrote an article entitled “Hungarian disunity a barrier to a political solution.”
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Women And Politics
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Since we seem to be in the swing of things, why don’t we continue with the topic of women? This time women in politics. I’m sure that you’ve all heard complaints about the number of women in the Hungarian parliament. Alas, the numbers haven’t changed in any statistically significant way in the last twenty-two years. In the first freely elected parliament, out of 386 members of the House only 28 ...
Former PM Gyurcsány On Week-Long Hunger Strike In Budapest
- 10 Sep 2012 9:01 AM
- current affairs
Former prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány and three other members of the Democratic Coalition started on a week-long hunger strike in Kossuth tér Sunday night. Vice president Péter Niedermüller, Csaba Molnár, and MP István Kolber are joining Gyurcsány.