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Fashion Of Cost Effective ’Home Boutiques’ Spreading In Hungary
- 26 Nov 2013 3:02 AM
- shopping
Second-hand clothes retailers who cannot pay the costs of running a shop are increasingly opting to sell their wares from their homes, setting up “home boutiques”, daily Magyar Nemzet said. The new form of costeffective marketing has become popular all over Hungary, triggered by the need for belt-tightening, and such sales are widely advertised on the internet, the paper said.
Press Release: Drugs Leave Hundreds Of Brits Behind Bars Overseas
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of British nationals are currently locked up in prisons across the globe for drug-related offences, often detained for months without trial and facing distressing living conditions. Now the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), in conjunction with the charity Prisoners Abroad, is launching a campaign to highlight the consequences of the use, possession and smuggling of drugs in Hungary ...
Xpat Opinion: Left Wing In Crisis In Hungary Less Than 6 Months Before The Elections
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators concentrate their fire on Bajnai and Gyurcsány, and tend to consider Mesterházy as the victim of the aforementioned. Left wing analysts have begun to voice serious doubts about whether the Socialists and their allies are in a position to even successfully wage a campaign.
Socialists In Hungary Swing Into Campaign Mode
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party is now in campaign mode, president Attila Mesterházy told reporters after the national council approved an election committee on Saturday. Mesterházy said the council can only follow a strategy aimed at increasing the number of opposition voters, rather than re-distributing the existing left-wing support.
XVII International NATO Conference In Budapest
- 22 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The XVII International NATO Conference was held in Budapest on 21 November 2013. Deputy Secretary-General of NATO Alexander Vershbow gave a courtesy visit to Hungarian Minister of Defence Csaba Hende before speaking at the conference and the parties discussed the preparation for next year’s NATO Summit, which will be held in Newport, South Wales. The issues of Smart Defence, the future of the ...
Hungarian Treasure: The Secret Soda Shop in Budapest
- 21 Nov 2013 12:40 AM
- shopping
You won’t find the place on the first try, or even the second. In fact, when you’re in the neighborhood, you’ll probably have to ask someone for directions like I did. But once you step inside, you’ll feel like you just discovered a hidden treasure. And that’s because you did. Tucked away in a courtyard just off Budapest’s Hunyadi tér stands one of the oldest soda shops in the city. The faded ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Just Announced His Government’s Motto: Glory To God Alone
- 18 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
We all know about Viktor Orbán’s infatuation with the spiritual in the last few years. Maybe I just don’t remember properly, but I can’t recall much piety in his speeches during his first premiership between 1998 and 2002. Today, by contrast, his speeches are teeming with Biblical quotations and Latin religious phrases. And his generosity toward the “established” churches, especially the Catholic ...
Xpat Opinion: Inflation Hits Record Low In Hungary
- 15 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
As the inflation rate slows to a 39 year low, a left-wing commentator warns of the dangers of prices kept artificially low. A conservative columnist, on the other hand, believes that price stability and the increase in disposable incomes adds up to good news for the economy.
See What Happened @ Masaaki Miyasako Exhibition In Budapest
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In the West now, for some time, there has been a great fascination and resurgence of the East, and with Japan comes this beautiful understated style. This is more apparent in everyday life from food, music, clothing and art. And it is beginning to influence not just what we do, but how we do it.
Fashion Of Cost Effective ’Home Boutiques’ Spreading In Hungary
- 26 Nov 2013 3:02 AM
- shopping
Second-hand clothes retailers who cannot pay the costs of running a shop are increasingly opting to sell their wares from their homes, setting up “home boutiques”, daily Magyar Nemzet said. The new form of costeffective marketing has become popular all over Hungary, triggered by the need for belt-tightening, and such sales are widely advertised on the internet, the paper said.
Press Release: Drugs Leave Hundreds Of Brits Behind Bars Overseas
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of British nationals are currently locked up in prisons across the globe for drug-related offences, often detained for months without trial and facing distressing living conditions. Now the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), in conjunction with the charity Prisoners Abroad, is launching a campaign to highlight the consequences of the use, possession and smuggling of drugs in Hungary ...
Xpat Opinion: Left Wing In Crisis In Hungary Less Than 6 Months Before The Elections
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators concentrate their fire on Bajnai and Gyurcsány, and tend to consider Mesterházy as the victim of the aforementioned. Left wing analysts have begun to voice serious doubts about whether the Socialists and their allies are in a position to even successfully wage a campaign.
Socialists In Hungary Swing Into Campaign Mode
- 25 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party is now in campaign mode, president Attila Mesterházy told reporters after the national council approved an election committee on Saturday. Mesterházy said the council can only follow a strategy aimed at increasing the number of opposition voters, rather than re-distributing the existing left-wing support.
XVII International NATO Conference In Budapest
- 22 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The XVII International NATO Conference was held in Budapest on 21 November 2013. Deputy Secretary-General of NATO Alexander Vershbow gave a courtesy visit to Hungarian Minister of Defence Csaba Hende before speaking at the conference and the parties discussed the preparation for next year’s NATO Summit, which will be held in Newport, South Wales. The issues of Smart Defence, the future of the ...
Hungarian Treasure: The Secret Soda Shop in Budapest
- 21 Nov 2013 12:40 AM
- shopping
You won’t find the place on the first try, or even the second. In fact, when you’re in the neighborhood, you’ll probably have to ask someone for directions like I did. But once you step inside, you’ll feel like you just discovered a hidden treasure. And that’s because you did. Tucked away in a courtyard just off Budapest’s Hunyadi tér stands one of the oldest soda shops in the city. The faded ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Just Announced His Government’s Motto: Glory To God Alone
- 18 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
We all know about Viktor Orbán’s infatuation with the spiritual in the last few years. Maybe I just don’t remember properly, but I can’t recall much piety in his speeches during his first premiership between 1998 and 2002. Today, by contrast, his speeches are teeming with Biblical quotations and Latin religious phrases. And his generosity toward the “established” churches, especially the Catholic ...
Xpat Opinion: Inflation Hits Record Low In Hungary
- 15 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- business
As the inflation rate slows to a 39 year low, a left-wing commentator warns of the dangers of prices kept artificially low. A conservative columnist, on the other hand, believes that price stability and the increase in disposable incomes adds up to good news for the economy.
See What Happened @ Masaaki Miyasako Exhibition In Budapest
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In the West now, for some time, there has been a great fascination and resurgence of the East, and with Japan comes this beautiful understated style. This is more apparent in everyday life from food, music, clothing and art. And it is beginning to influence not just what we do, but how we do it.