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US Embassy Hosts Jazz Concert To Mark 1956 Anniversary
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The US embassy in Budapest hosted a jazz concert organised in cooperation with internet portal JazzMa on Thursday evening to mark the anniversary of Hungary’s failed anti- Soviet uprising in 1956. The concert paid tribute to Hungarian jazz musicians Gábor Szabó, Attila Garai, Iván Zágon, Sándor Dobsa and others, who had made an unauthorised recording in the summer of 1956 with help of US ...
Xpat Opinion: Russian Military Intelligence And The Hungarian National Front
- 29 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I’d wager to say that not too many people are familiar with a far-right paramilitary organization called Magyar Nemzeti Arcvonal (Hungarian National Front or MNA), although it is perhaps the most important group of its kind today. It espouses the tenets of Hungarism, the brainchild of Ferenc Szálasi, leader of the Arrowcross party which, in the late 1930s, had, for a short while, one million ...
Torchlight March Held In Budapest To Commemorate Eve Of Revolution
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A torchlight march to commemorate Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising was held in Budapest on Saturday evening. A crowd of several thousand people, many carrying national flags, set out from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the site from where revolutionary marchers departed on October 22 in 1956.
Govt To Equip Military Police With Electroshock Weapons
- 13 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government plans to equip military police with electroshock weapons as part of legal amendments affecting the army, the daily Magyar Nemzet said. T
Bilateral Talks Held On Sidelines Of UN General Assembly
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly session in New York, with delegates of countries including El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Thailand, Angola and Russia. Szijjártó signed a foreign affairs cooperation agreement with his counterpart from El Salvador, aimed at holding consultations between the two ministries and promoting ...
Xpat Opinion: The ‘Soft Power’ Of George Soros
- 10 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conservative columnists agree with the government that George Soros and his network are keeping the Hungarian government under pressure. A liberal and a centrist analyst accuse the government of fomenting hatred and creating conspiracy theories.
Constitution Amended To Create ‘State Of Terror Emergency’
- 8 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government can suspend civil rights and property rights and assume other powers if two-thirds of Parliament agrees that a “state of terror emergency” exists, under a Constitutional amendment passed today. The amendment allows the government to mobilize the army and public administration for up to 15 days, even without parliamentary approval.
Orbán: Cultures Can Stand Side-By-Side
- 6 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“We can live peacefully in proximity to the Muslim world but not mixed with it,” the prime minister said in connection with his recent official visit to Egypt. One who belongs to Christian civilisation must not be anti-Muslim, he told public radio. “We don’t want to take over Muslim rules and accommodate them in our lives ... we have our own principles for living; we respect theirs and expect ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán: European Leaders Are Going Against The People
- 6 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
European leaders are going against the will of the people on the issue of migration and they should completely reconsider their policies, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his regular interview to public radio on Friday.
US Embassy Hosts Jazz Concert To Mark 1956 Anniversary
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The US embassy in Budapest hosted a jazz concert organised in cooperation with internet portal JazzMa on Thursday evening to mark the anniversary of Hungary’s failed anti- Soviet uprising in 1956. The concert paid tribute to Hungarian jazz musicians Gábor Szabó, Attila Garai, Iván Zágon, Sándor Dobsa and others, who had made an unauthorised recording in the summer of 1956 with help of US ...
Xpat Opinion: Russian Military Intelligence And The Hungarian National Front
- 29 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I’d wager to say that not too many people are familiar with a far-right paramilitary organization called Magyar Nemzeti Arcvonal (Hungarian National Front or MNA), although it is perhaps the most important group of its kind today. It espouses the tenets of Hungarism, the brainchild of Ferenc Szálasi, leader of the Arrowcross party which, in the late 1930s, had, for a short while, one million ...
Torchlight March Held In Budapest To Commemorate Eve Of Revolution
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A torchlight march to commemorate Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising was held in Budapest on Saturday evening. A crowd of several thousand people, many carrying national flags, set out from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the site from where revolutionary marchers departed on October 22 in 1956.
Govt To Equip Military Police With Electroshock Weapons
- 13 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government plans to equip military police with electroshock weapons as part of legal amendments affecting the army, the daily Magyar Nemzet said. T
Bilateral Talks Held On Sidelines Of UN General Assembly
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the United Nations general assembly session in New York, with delegates of countries including El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Thailand, Angola and Russia. Szijjártó signed a foreign affairs cooperation agreement with his counterpart from El Salvador, aimed at holding consultations between the two ministries and promoting ...
Xpat Opinion: The ‘Soft Power’ Of George Soros
- 10 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conservative columnists agree with the government that George Soros and his network are keeping the Hungarian government under pressure. A liberal and a centrist analyst accuse the government of fomenting hatred and creating conspiracy theories.
Constitution Amended To Create ‘State Of Terror Emergency’
- 8 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government can suspend civil rights and property rights and assume other powers if two-thirds of Parliament agrees that a “state of terror emergency” exists, under a Constitutional amendment passed today. The amendment allows the government to mobilize the army and public administration for up to 15 days, even without parliamentary approval.
Orbán: Cultures Can Stand Side-By-Side
- 6 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“We can live peacefully in proximity to the Muslim world but not mixed with it,” the prime minister said in connection with his recent official visit to Egypt. One who belongs to Christian civilisation must not be anti-Muslim, he told public radio. “We don’t want to take over Muslim rules and accommodate them in our lives ... we have our own principles for living; we respect theirs and expect ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán: European Leaders Are Going Against The People
- 6 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
European leaders are going against the will of the people on the issue of migration and they should completely reconsider their policies, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in his regular interview to public radio on Friday.