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Xpat Opinion: Recruiting Terrorists In Budapest Among The Refugees: The Hungarian Version
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Those of you who subscribe to Google Alerts must have noticed that practically all English, German, and French articles on Hungary in the last few days dealt with a trip that Salah Abdeslam, the suspected organizer of the Paris terrorist attacks, made to Budapest. There he picked up two men who later had a role to play in the Paris bloodbath.
Orbán: Hungary Concerned Over Minority Rights Of Hungarians In Romania
- 4 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed concern over investigations the Romanian authorities have launched against Hungarian politicians in Transylvania and said there has been a general “reversal” in minority rights for ethnic kin in Romania. Addressing the MÁÉRT session, Orbán said that the European rights of “our communities” are “being questioned” in terms of the use of minority language.
Hungary’s PM: West On The Wane
- 2 Dec 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The era of western dominance in the global economy and the military as well as the “export of democracy” is over, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a meeting of the Hungarian Diaspora Council in Budapest. The West is continually losing its influence and “we are right in the middle” of a global reshuffle of power, economy and politics, Orbán said. The focus of the global economy is shifting to ...
Hungarian MEP: Democracy Must Be “Cured Of Liberal Dominance”
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Democracy must be “cured of liberal dominance”, Fidesz MEP György Schöpflin said at a conference organised by the European People’s Party group in Budapest. It is time to end the rule of liberal values over Western democracy, Schöpflin said, arguing that the “liberal way of speaking” goes against its own professed set of values by regarding its views as “unquestionable”.
Orbán: Hungarians Masters Of Survival
- 26 Nov 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians are the masters of survival in Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in the Hungarian research centre of the Beijing International Studies University. If a country has been around for as long as China and has a population the size of China’s, then survival is a daily routine.
Hungary’s PM: Communism “Was An Insane Ideology”
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
No one today disputes that Communism, like National Socialism, was an insane ideology, Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, said at a commemoration. At the event held to remember Hungarian political prisoners and forced labourers deported to the Soviet Union, Orbán said that when the insane idea of National Socialism shook the world, and when a crippled western world recognised that its very ...
Xpat Opinion: First Reactions To Paris Massacre In Hungarian Media
- 16 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing columnists believe that the Paris terrorist attacks struck a lethal blow to liberal, pro-migration ideology. Liberal and left-wing pundits, on the other hand, caution against fomenting anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant sentiments and accuse the Right of playing into the hands of terrorist organizations.
Lázár: Hungay Romania Border Will Be Sealed If Necessary
- 13 Nov 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is ready and willing to seal the border between Hungary and Romania quickly if necessary, the government office chief said. János Lázár told a weekly press briefing that Austria and Slovenia were already building border fences and there was a chance that illegal migrants in Serbia would change their route and travel in the direction of the Hungary-Romania border. The Hungarian ...
David Helfgott Concert, Budapest Sportaréna, 10 November
- 4 Nov 2015 8:16 AM
- entertainment
David Helfgott was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1947. He showed extraordinary pianistic ability from an early age, winning the state finals of the ABC’s Instrumental & Vocal Competition six times.
Xpat Opinion: Recruiting Terrorists In Budapest Among The Refugees: The Hungarian Version
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Those of you who subscribe to Google Alerts must have noticed that practically all English, German, and French articles on Hungary in the last few days dealt with a trip that Salah Abdeslam, the suspected organizer of the Paris terrorist attacks, made to Budapest. There he picked up two men who later had a role to play in the Paris bloodbath.
Orbán: Hungary Concerned Over Minority Rights Of Hungarians In Romania
- 4 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán expressed concern over investigations the Romanian authorities have launched against Hungarian politicians in Transylvania and said there has been a general “reversal” in minority rights for ethnic kin in Romania. Addressing the MÁÉRT session, Orbán said that the European rights of “our communities” are “being questioned” in terms of the use of minority language.
Hungary’s PM: West On The Wane
- 2 Dec 2015 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The era of western dominance in the global economy and the military as well as the “export of democracy” is over, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a meeting of the Hungarian Diaspora Council in Budapest. The West is continually losing its influence and “we are right in the middle” of a global reshuffle of power, economy and politics, Orbán said. The focus of the global economy is shifting to ...
Hungarian MEP: Democracy Must Be “Cured Of Liberal Dominance”
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Democracy must be “cured of liberal dominance”, Fidesz MEP György Schöpflin said at a conference organised by the European People’s Party group in Budapest. It is time to end the rule of liberal values over Western democracy, Schöpflin said, arguing that the “liberal way of speaking” goes against its own professed set of values by regarding its views as “unquestionable”.
Orbán: Hungarians Masters Of Survival
- 26 Nov 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarians are the masters of survival in Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in the Hungarian research centre of the Beijing International Studies University. If a country has been around for as long as China and has a population the size of China’s, then survival is a daily routine.
Hungary’s PM: Communism “Was An Insane Ideology”
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
No one today disputes that Communism, like National Socialism, was an insane ideology, Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, said at a commemoration. At the event held to remember Hungarian political prisoners and forced labourers deported to the Soviet Union, Orbán said that when the insane idea of National Socialism shook the world, and when a crippled western world recognised that its very ...
Xpat Opinion: First Reactions To Paris Massacre In Hungarian Media
- 16 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing columnists believe that the Paris terrorist attacks struck a lethal blow to liberal, pro-migration ideology. Liberal and left-wing pundits, on the other hand, caution against fomenting anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant sentiments and accuse the Right of playing into the hands of terrorist organizations.
Lázár: Hungay Romania Border Will Be Sealed If Necessary
- 13 Nov 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is ready and willing to seal the border between Hungary and Romania quickly if necessary, the government office chief said. János Lázár told a weekly press briefing that Austria and Slovenia were already building border fences and there was a chance that illegal migrants in Serbia would change their route and travel in the direction of the Hungary-Romania border. The Hungarian ...
David Helfgott Concert, Budapest Sportaréna, 10 November
- 4 Nov 2015 8:16 AM
- entertainment
David Helfgott was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1947. He showed extraordinary pianistic ability from an early age, winning the state finals of the ABC’s Instrumental & Vocal Competition six times.