64 result(s) for voter data
Transparency International: It May Be A Free Election In Hungary, But It’s Not Fair
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Three non-governmental organizations have teamed up in Hungary to determine how public funds are being used by political parties for the 2014 parliamentary election on April 6. International anti-corruption monitor Transparency International, Hungarian investigative journalism web portal Atlatszo.hu and Hungary’s public funds watchdog K-Monitor announced yesterday that they have launched ...
Xpat Opinion: US - Hungarian Friction
- 5 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator believes that the Hungarian government criticizes the US in order to strengthen its anti-Western image before the April elections. Right-wing columnists are displeased with Senator McCain’s comments on Hungarian affairs.
Xpat Opinion: Tax Authority Scandal In Hungary Is Going Nowhere
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Left-wing commentators agree that it is unlikely that the public will ever get to the bottom ofthe alleged tax fraud case. While one commentary writes the alleged misconduct of the Tax Authority does not bother Fidesz voters, the other opposition commentator says the whistleblower botched his revelation and the issue will end in a Parliamentary catfight.
Xpat Opinion: Merkel’s Germany A Source Of Stability And Growth For The Eurozone And Hungary
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On 22 September, the ruling party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, the CDU and its sister party the CSU, won the biggest victory in German federal elections since 1957. Everywhere else in the Eurozone, voters have punished governments, typically throwing the incumbents out of power. But in Germany, voters rewarded Chancellor Merkel handsomely for her managing of the euro and sovereign debt crises.
Xpat Opinion: A Relief Scheme For FX Loan Holders Is A Political Trap For Fidesz In Hungary
- 11 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The problem of the foreing currency mortgage holders has come into the focus of public interest and as a result, into the focus of politics as well. The government has been looking for the narrow path where they are able to intervene both politically and economically. Policy Agenda has examined the problem of how Fidesz can find a solution for the question if the party wants to make political ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Public Opinion On Viktor Orbán’s “War Of Independence”
- 18 Jul 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
It is an open secret that some leading European politicians worry about adopting too stringent a stance toward the Orbán government in case of a backlash. Their fear, which is fed by the Hungarian government itself, is that too sharp a condemnation of Viktor Orbán and his regime might actually strengthen the prime minister’s hand and at the same time turn the majority of the population against ...
Xpat Opinion: MSZP’s Israeli Campaign Guru Is Back In Hungary
- 18 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A right-wing pundit thinks Hungary must prepare for a bitter electoral campaign in 2014, as Ron Werber, “the professional troublemaker” has been contracted again by the Socialist Party.Ron Werber became famous in the “campaign business” as Israeli Prime Minister Yitshak Rabin’s campaign manager in 1992. Six years later he offered his services to the Hungarian Socialist Party, but the MSZP, far ...
Xpat Opinion: Constitutional Renewal Must Be Done By Hungarians For Hungarians
- 13 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A conversation between two consitutional legal scholars: Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University and Gábor Halmai, ELTE Budapest and Princeton University.
Budapest Chain Bridge Gallery
- 28 Jul 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"On the 7 weekends of the festival a photo exhibition linked to cultural life in Budapest can be seen on the north side of the Chain Bridge.
Transparency International: It May Be A Free Election In Hungary, But It’s Not Fair
- 20 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Three non-governmental organizations have teamed up in Hungary to determine how public funds are being used by political parties for the 2014 parliamentary election on April 6. International anti-corruption monitor Transparency International, Hungarian investigative journalism web portal Atlatszo.hu and Hungary’s public funds watchdog K-Monitor announced yesterday that they have launched ...
Xpat Opinion: US - Hungarian Friction
- 5 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator believes that the Hungarian government criticizes the US in order to strengthen its anti-Western image before the April elections. Right-wing columnists are displeased with Senator McCain’s comments on Hungarian affairs.
Xpat Opinion: Tax Authority Scandal In Hungary Is Going Nowhere
- 3 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Left-wing commentators agree that it is unlikely that the public will ever get to the bottom ofthe alleged tax fraud case. While one commentary writes the alleged misconduct of the Tax Authority does not bother Fidesz voters, the other opposition commentator says the whistleblower botched his revelation and the issue will end in a Parliamentary catfight.
Xpat Opinion: Merkel’s Germany A Source Of Stability And Growth For The Eurozone And Hungary
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On 22 September, the ruling party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, the CDU and its sister party the CSU, won the biggest victory in German federal elections since 1957. Everywhere else in the Eurozone, voters have punished governments, typically throwing the incumbents out of power. But in Germany, voters rewarded Chancellor Merkel handsomely for her managing of the euro and sovereign debt crises.
Xpat Opinion: A Relief Scheme For FX Loan Holders Is A Political Trap For Fidesz In Hungary
- 11 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The problem of the foreing currency mortgage holders has come into the focus of public interest and as a result, into the focus of politics as well. The government has been looking for the narrow path where they are able to intervene both politically and economically. Policy Agenda has examined the problem of how Fidesz can find a solution for the question if the party wants to make political ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Public Opinion On Viktor Orbán’s “War Of Independence”
- 18 Jul 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
It is an open secret that some leading European politicians worry about adopting too stringent a stance toward the Orbán government in case of a backlash. Their fear, which is fed by the Hungarian government itself, is that too sharp a condemnation of Viktor Orbán and his regime might actually strengthen the prime minister’s hand and at the same time turn the majority of the population against ...
Xpat Opinion: MSZP’s Israeli Campaign Guru Is Back In Hungary
- 18 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A right-wing pundit thinks Hungary must prepare for a bitter electoral campaign in 2014, as Ron Werber, “the professional troublemaker” has been contracted again by the Socialist Party.Ron Werber became famous in the “campaign business” as Israeli Prime Minister Yitshak Rabin’s campaign manager in 1992. Six years later he offered his services to the Hungarian Socialist Party, but the MSZP, far ...
Xpat Opinion: Constitutional Renewal Must Be Done By Hungarians For Hungarians
- 13 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A conversation between two consitutional legal scholars: Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University and Gábor Halmai, ELTE Budapest and Princeton University.
Budapest Chain Bridge Gallery
- 28 Jul 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"On the 7 weekends of the festival a photo exhibition linked to cultural life in Budapest can be seen on the north side of the Chain Bridge.