3,038 result(s) for xpat opinion
Xpat Opinion: St. Stephen’s Day Ruminations In Hungary
- 22 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators from both right and left use the occasion of the national holiday to impose their political messages on St. Stephen’s historical contribution.
'Living Memorial' Arises In Shadow Of Dead One In Budapest
- 22 Aug 2014 8:59 AM
- current affairs
The memorial itself is just a symptom of stupidity, vulgarity and the denial of reasonable thinking. This is the attitude we are protesting against.” – Living Memorial tour guide.
Xpat Opinion: Call For Compassionate Conservatism In Hungary
- 19 Aug 2014 10:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative analyst suggests that in times of severe social crisis, conservatives should not recoil from increasing state intervention in the economy and reducing poverty in order to strengthen national cohesion.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM Criticises Sanctions Against Russia
- 19 Aug 2014 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators accuse PM Orbán of siding with Putin in the controversy over Ukraine. A right-wing analyst suggests that Hungary has to walk a tightrope in that conflict.
Xpat Opinion: Photo Review Of Iguana Restaurant In Budapest
- 14 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- food & drink
I first came to Budapest twenty years ago, when the city was not as full of international bars and restaurants as it is now. Soon after I arrived Iguana popped up, alive with colour, flavour, and full of fun.
Xpat Opinion: Sövény Aladár Tea House Budapest – Relaxing Teas & Garden
- 12 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- food & drink
Now at least you have one reason to stop for tea on the famous Andrássy street on your way to Heroes’ square, Városliget and Széchenyi spa. Sövény Aladár Teaház is the “tea house” of the so called Zelnik gold museum – a recently inaugurated private museum dedicated to South-East Asian cultures.
Xpat Opinion: The Hungarian Post Office
- 12 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
‘Why don’t you write about the Post Office?’ asked a friend this week, knowing only too well my fraught relationship with that particular institution over the last thirty years. Were I writing this by hand, the tension and frustration evoked in those memories would be discernible in my manuscript.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.
Top Places To Have Breakfast In Budapest
- 31 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- food & drink
By We Love Budapest : Breakfast is the most important meal - goes the old saying. We know it, everyone knows it so we might say it’s a general wisdom. But it’s not only quantity that counts, quality matters just as much when it comes to breakfast.
Xpat Opinion: St. Stephen’s Day Ruminations In Hungary
- 22 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators from both right and left use the occasion of the national holiday to impose their political messages on St. Stephen’s historical contribution.
'Living Memorial' Arises In Shadow Of Dead One In Budapest
- 22 Aug 2014 8:59 AM
- current affairs
The memorial itself is just a symptom of stupidity, vulgarity and the denial of reasonable thinking. This is the attitude we are protesting against.” – Living Memorial tour guide.
Xpat Opinion: Call For Compassionate Conservatism In Hungary
- 19 Aug 2014 10:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative analyst suggests that in times of severe social crisis, conservatives should not recoil from increasing state intervention in the economy and reducing poverty in order to strengthen national cohesion.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian PM Criticises Sanctions Against Russia
- 19 Aug 2014 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators accuse PM Orbán of siding with Putin in the controversy over Ukraine. A right-wing analyst suggests that Hungary has to walk a tightrope in that conflict.
Xpat Opinion: Photo Review Of Iguana Restaurant In Budapest
- 14 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- food & drink
I first came to Budapest twenty years ago, when the city was not as full of international bars and restaurants as it is now. Soon after I arrived Iguana popped up, alive with colour, flavour, and full of fun.
Xpat Opinion: Sövény Aladár Tea House Budapest – Relaxing Teas & Garden
- 12 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- food & drink
Now at least you have one reason to stop for tea on the famous Andrássy street on your way to Heroes’ square, Városliget and Széchenyi spa. Sövény Aladár Teaház is the “tea house” of the so called Zelnik gold museum – a recently inaugurated private museum dedicated to South-East Asian cultures.
Xpat Opinion: The Hungarian Post Office
- 12 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
‘Why don’t you write about the Post Office?’ asked a friend this week, knowing only too well my fraught relationship with that particular institution over the last thirty years. Were I writing this by hand, the tension and frustration evoked in those memories would be discernible in my manuscript.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.
Top Places To Have Breakfast In Budapest
- 31 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- food & drink
By We Love Budapest : Breakfast is the most important meal - goes the old saying. We know it, everyone knows it so we might say it’s a general wisdom. But it’s not only quantity that counts, quality matters just as much when it comes to breakfast.