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Xpat Interview 2: Linda Kondor, Artfully Living in the Hungarian Countryside
- 10 Apr 2018 12:30 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
I left my museum-mania life in Budapest, retired and moved to beautiful Kapolcs Village in the Arts Valley in Northern Balaton. Was initially busy renovating and restoring an old ruin on a vineyard estate. Sometimes questioning my sanity, wearing wellies and knee deep in compost!
Video: Orbán's International Media Profile
- 10 Apr 2018 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Around the time of the most recent general election various profiles were published in the international media, all with varying perspectives. Here's an overview of five of them, preceded by quick Q&A quotes and a brief bio, followed up with a profile video.
Local Opinion: A Campaign-Tainted Easter Week-End
- 4 Apr 2018 8:56 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
In their last pre-electoral weekend issues, the weeklies only see a slim chance for the divided opposition to defeat the incumbent government, but agree that the election will be decided in the individual constituencies where the fate of more than half the parliamentary seats is sealed.
Xpat Opinion: Ineptitude Of Hungarian Left-Of-Center Opposition
- 26 Mar 2018 5:34 PM
- current affairs
I’m afraid that, despite the many signs of renewed interest in the election and a widely perceptible desire to remove Viktor Orbán from power, the members of the opposition are not helping the electorate make a clear and easy choice.
Covert Threats Present The Greatest Challenge In Hungary
- 13 Mar 2018 10:36 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Speaking at the ceremonial staff meeting of the Military National Security Service (MNSS) in Budapest on Monday, Minister of Defence István Simicskó stated that covert threats present the greatest challenge.
Oligarchs Indebtedness A Risk To Banking System
- 13 Mar 2018 8:56 AM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- finance
Hungarian oligarchs tied to the governing Fidesz party are so indebted that a change of government, a world economic shock, or even a mild increase in interest rates could cause a banking crisis, according to calculations made by Atlatszo.
Xpat Opinion: U.N. Commissioner For Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein On Viktor Orbán
- 7 Mar 2018 3:16 PM
- current affairs
You may recall that Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in his keynote address at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, called Viktor Orbán a xenophobe and a racist because the Hungarian prime minister declared earlier that “we do not want our color … to be mixed in the others.”
Hungarian FM Calls On UN High Commissioner To Resign
- 27 Feb 2018 7:47 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein to resign after the high commissioner accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of xenophobia and racism during a speech at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.
Local Opinion: George Soros Accuses Fidesz Of ’Buying Up’ The MSZP
- 29 Jan 2018 8:06 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing blogger dismisses and sharply criticizes remarks by George Soros that Prime Minister Orbán has ‘bought up’ the opposition parties, and for suggesting that the Left has little chance of winning the April election.
Xpat Interview 2: Linda Kondor, Artfully Living in the Hungarian Countryside
- 10 Apr 2018 12:30 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
I left my museum-mania life in Budapest, retired and moved to beautiful Kapolcs Village in the Arts Valley in Northern Balaton. Was initially busy renovating and restoring an old ruin on a vineyard estate. Sometimes questioning my sanity, wearing wellies and knee deep in compost!
Video: Orbán's International Media Profile
- 10 Apr 2018 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Around the time of the most recent general election various profiles were published in the international media, all with varying perspectives. Here's an overview of five of them, preceded by quick Q&A quotes and a brief bio, followed up with a profile video.
Local Opinion: A Campaign-Tainted Easter Week-End
- 4 Apr 2018 8:56 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
In their last pre-electoral weekend issues, the weeklies only see a slim chance for the divided opposition to defeat the incumbent government, but agree that the election will be decided in the individual constituencies where the fate of more than half the parliamentary seats is sealed.
Xpat Opinion: Ineptitude Of Hungarian Left-Of-Center Opposition
- 26 Mar 2018 5:34 PM
- current affairs
I’m afraid that, despite the many signs of renewed interest in the election and a widely perceptible desire to remove Viktor Orbán from power, the members of the opposition are not helping the electorate make a clear and easy choice.
Covert Threats Present The Greatest Challenge In Hungary
- 13 Mar 2018 10:36 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Speaking at the ceremonial staff meeting of the Military National Security Service (MNSS) in Budapest on Monday, Minister of Defence István Simicskó stated that covert threats present the greatest challenge.
Oligarchs Indebtedness A Risk To Banking System
- 13 Mar 2018 8:56 AM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- finance
Hungarian oligarchs tied to the governing Fidesz party are so indebted that a change of government, a world economic shock, or even a mild increase in interest rates could cause a banking crisis, according to calculations made by Atlatszo.
Xpat Opinion: U.N. Commissioner For Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein On Viktor Orbán
- 7 Mar 2018 3:16 PM
- current affairs
You may recall that Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in his keynote address at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, called Viktor Orbán a xenophobe and a racist because the Hungarian prime minister declared earlier that “we do not want our color … to be mixed in the others.”
Hungarian FM Calls On UN High Commissioner To Resign
- 27 Feb 2018 7:47 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein to resign after the high commissioner accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of xenophobia and racism during a speech at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday.
Local Opinion: George Soros Accuses Fidesz Of ’Buying Up’ The MSZP
- 29 Jan 2018 8:06 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing blogger dismisses and sharply criticizes remarks by George Soros that Prime Minister Orbán has ‘bought up’ the opposition parties, and for suggesting that the Left has little chance of winning the April election.