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Innovative Hungarian Environmental Company Gets Euro Award
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Biofilter Environmental Inc. was recognized among the top 10 companies of Europe by European Business Awards. 600 firms from 29 countries competed for the prize. Biofilter built an effective national network to collect hazardous household waste, primarily used cooking oil, and went on to produce energy using an innovative process. The method is so successful that they have already franchised it ...
Xpat Opinion: Fidesz Still Ahead As Campaign Starts One Year Early In Hungary
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the next election is scheduled for the spring of 2014, most observers believe the campaign is already underway. PM Orbán’s Fidesz-KDNP alliance leads the polls, but analysts do not rule out an opposition victory.Analysing the latest opinion poll statistics in his blog, political scientist Gábor Török argues that Fidesz has managed to halt the sliding trend of the past two years. By ...
Rich History & Huge Dishes At Haxen King Restaurant In Budapest
- 31 Jan 2013 10:35 AM
- food & drink
A good indicator of Budapest’s growth in multiculturalism is the variety of restaurants now available. In addition to exotic Asian delights, American fast-food restaurants, gyros or kebab stands, and as well as hearty Magyar options, surprisingly great German cuisine can be found in the heart of the city - and what's more, for over a century Haxen has been serving a mixture of authentic Bavarian ...
World Trembles As Hungary's Socialist President Promises Coalition Against Orban In Wall Street Journal Interview
- 31 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
What’s going on, you might ask. Well, we’ll never really know as WSJ has become a subscription based “paper,” but based on Hungarian media renditions of the interview it seems MSzP President Attila Mesethazy intends to become Attila the Hun in an effort to unite Hungary’s opposition parties for the 2014 elections.
Xpat Opinion: LMP Splits Over Co-operation With Bajnai & Co. In Hungary
- 28 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading LMP member suggests in a right wing paper that other political forces are at work behind the internal tensions in his party, while a centre-left commentator writes that the LMP’s plans to steer towards the political centre are understandable but unrealistic.
Xpat Opinion: Bajnai Already Beaten By Mesterházy?
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A centre-right commentator says the Socialist Party leader has already won the race for the leadership of a united opposition. A left-wing analyst claims that opposition parties and Together-2014 are running out of time while they try to maximize their individual political gains.
Xpat Opinion: Divisions Among Protesters Aver Agreements With Hungarian Govt
- 24 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the preliminary agreements between the Ministry of Human Resources and protesting teachers’ trade unions and student organisations, Népszabadság believes the government has managed to divide the protest movements which forced it to retreat before the Christmas holidays.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers & Their Students: The Hungarian Situation
- 24 Jan 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
Although the leaders of HÖOK insist that “student unity” is intact, I see it differently. The Orbán government as usual has managed to drive a wedge between the two organizations: HÖOK, the present-day KISZ, and the newly formed HaHa (Hallgatói Hálózat). Just as it managed to divide the trade unions and negotiate only with the ones loyal to the government. And the same thing happened a couple of ...
The French Connection In Hungary
- 23 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- business
French companies in Hungary have tripled in number since 2001 and provide jobs for over 52,000 people. The first large French investors were EDF, GDF Suez, and Sanofi. Later the names Groupama, Auchan, Lafarge, and Bonduelle also appeared, and numerous smaller firms in the environmental protection, energy, construction, industrial, consumer products, commerce, auto, logistics, services, telecom, ...
Innovative Hungarian Environmental Company Gets Euro Award
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- business
Biofilter Environmental Inc. was recognized among the top 10 companies of Europe by European Business Awards. 600 firms from 29 countries competed for the prize. Biofilter built an effective national network to collect hazardous household waste, primarily used cooking oil, and went on to produce energy using an innovative process. The method is so successful that they have already franchised it ...
Xpat Opinion: Fidesz Still Ahead As Campaign Starts One Year Early In Hungary
- 4 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the next election is scheduled for the spring of 2014, most observers believe the campaign is already underway. PM Orbán’s Fidesz-KDNP alliance leads the polls, but analysts do not rule out an opposition victory.Analysing the latest opinion poll statistics in his blog, political scientist Gábor Török argues that Fidesz has managed to halt the sliding trend of the past two years. By ...
Rich History & Huge Dishes At Haxen King Restaurant In Budapest
- 31 Jan 2013 10:35 AM
- food & drink
A good indicator of Budapest’s growth in multiculturalism is the variety of restaurants now available. In addition to exotic Asian delights, American fast-food restaurants, gyros or kebab stands, and as well as hearty Magyar options, surprisingly great German cuisine can be found in the heart of the city - and what's more, for over a century Haxen has been serving a mixture of authentic Bavarian ...
World Trembles As Hungary's Socialist President Promises Coalition Against Orban In Wall Street Journal Interview
- 31 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
What’s going on, you might ask. Well, we’ll never really know as WSJ has become a subscription based “paper,” but based on Hungarian media renditions of the interview it seems MSzP President Attila Mesethazy intends to become Attila the Hun in an effort to unite Hungary’s opposition parties for the 2014 elections.
Xpat Opinion: LMP Splits Over Co-operation With Bajnai & Co. In Hungary
- 28 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading LMP member suggests in a right wing paper that other political forces are at work behind the internal tensions in his party, while a centre-left commentator writes that the LMP’s plans to steer towards the political centre are understandable but unrealistic.
Xpat Opinion: Bajnai Already Beaten By Mesterházy?
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A centre-right commentator says the Socialist Party leader has already won the race for the leadership of a united opposition. A left-wing analyst claims that opposition parties and Together-2014 are running out of time while they try to maximize their individual political gains.
Xpat Opinion: Divisions Among Protesters Aver Agreements With Hungarian Govt
- 24 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the preliminary agreements between the Ministry of Human Resources and protesting teachers’ trade unions and student organisations, Népszabadság believes the government has managed to divide the protest movements which forced it to retreat before the Christmas holidays.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers & Their Students: The Hungarian Situation
- 24 Jan 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
Although the leaders of HÖOK insist that “student unity” is intact, I see it differently. The Orbán government as usual has managed to drive a wedge between the two organizations: HÖOK, the present-day KISZ, and the newly formed HaHa (Hallgatói Hálózat). Just as it managed to divide the trade unions and negotiate only with the ones loyal to the government. And the same thing happened a couple of ...
The French Connection In Hungary
- 23 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- business
French companies in Hungary have tripled in number since 2001 and provide jobs for over 52,000 people. The first large French investors were EDF, GDF Suez, and Sanofi. Later the names Groupama, Auchan, Lafarge, and Bonduelle also appeared, and numerous smaller firms in the environmental protection, energy, construction, industrial, consumer products, commerce, auto, logistics, services, telecom, ...