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Xpat Opinion: Slot Machines Banned In Hungary
- 4 Oct 2012 12:35 PM
- entertainment
In an unusually swift procedure, Parliament banned slot machines with immediate effect, except for those in casinos. Commentators both on the right and the left agree that it was the right decision, although the price is high: the loss of tens of billions in gambling revenues and tens of thousands of jobs.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's MSZP’s Vision Of The Future: “The Left, Hope, And Strength”
- 4 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Now that MSZP’s leaked “working paper” has become available we have a better idea of what the party leaders have in mind as far as strategy is concerned. Although the MSZP politicians I heard speak about the document emphasized that naturally this is not the final word on the strategy the party will follow in the next year and a half, after reading the text I think it is fairly clear where the ...
Xpat Opinion: Contrasting Views On Hungarian PM Orbán’s Turul Statue Speech
- 3 Oct 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság criticizes Prime Minister Orbán for unveiling and praising a Turul-sculpture, which the daily considers a nationalistic symbol. According to a pro-government commentator, that criticism shows that the left cannot tolerate feelings of national belonging.
Xpat Report: Another Small Win For The BKV Defendants
- 2 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ben.T.Hawking, source: Népszava. The trial of the Budapest Public Transport Company (BKV) continued on Thursday at the Kecskemét Court. During the hearing, Mr. Atilla Antal, a
former BKV CEO accused of misappropriation of public funds, continued his testimony which began on Tuesday. According to Antal, Mr. Miklós Hagyó, former Deputy Mayor of Budapest who oversaw the operations of BKV ...
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Judge’s Approach To The Vandalisation Of Horthy’s Statue
- 1 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators are appalled by the statement of a judge who convicted but at the same time praised a protester for damaging a statue recently erected to Hungary’s interwar ruler. Left-wing analysts welcome the judge’s position and disagree with the Vice President of the Supreme Court, who scolded his colleague for expressing a personal opinion when issuing his verdict.
Interest Rate Cut Criticised And Praised In Hungary
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- business
According to Népszabadság ‘the air is getting thinner’ around the President of the National Bank – meaning that he is running out of breathing room – and he should consider resigning. Magyar Nemzet welcomes what it calls a break with old dogmas.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Women And Politics
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Since we seem to be in the swing of things, why don’t we continue with the topic of women? This time women in politics. I’m sure that you’ve all heard complaints about the number of women in the Hungarian parliament. Alas, the numbers haven’t changed in any statistically significant way in the last twenty-two years. In the first freely elected parliament, out of 386 members of the House only 28 ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Immigrants In Great Britain
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
You may recall György Matolcsy’s infamous CNN interview in which he extolled the economic achievements of the Orbán government, which adopted his “unorthodox” policies. Matolcsy’s English is somewhat halting and while he was madly looking for words to describe the glorious Hungarian situation, he stumbled upon the phrase “fairy tale.” Well, the description of Hungary as a country that lives in ...
Xpat Opinion: EU Allowed Czech Republic To Subsidise Its Air Company – Unlike Hungary
- 24 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- travel
Left- and right-wing commentators draw diametrically opposed conclusions from the news that public subsidy for CSA Czech public airlines has been approved by the European Commission.
Xpat Opinion: Slot Machines Banned In Hungary
- 4 Oct 2012 12:35 PM
- entertainment
In an unusually swift procedure, Parliament banned slot machines with immediate effect, except for those in casinos. Commentators both on the right and the left agree that it was the right decision, although the price is high: the loss of tens of billions in gambling revenues and tens of thousands of jobs.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's MSZP’s Vision Of The Future: “The Left, Hope, And Strength”
- 4 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Now that MSZP’s leaked “working paper” has become available we have a better idea of what the party leaders have in mind as far as strategy is concerned. Although the MSZP politicians I heard speak about the document emphasized that naturally this is not the final word on the strategy the party will follow in the next year and a half, after reading the text I think it is fairly clear where the ...
Xpat Opinion: Contrasting Views On Hungarian PM Orbán’s Turul Statue Speech
- 3 Oct 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság criticizes Prime Minister Orbán for unveiling and praising a Turul-sculpture, which the daily considers a nationalistic symbol. According to a pro-government commentator, that criticism shows that the left cannot tolerate feelings of national belonging.
Xpat Report: Another Small Win For The BKV Defendants
- 2 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ben.T.Hawking, source: Népszava. The trial of the Budapest Public Transport Company (BKV) continued on Thursday at the Kecskemét Court. During the hearing, Mr. Atilla Antal, a
former BKV CEO accused of misappropriation of public funds, continued his testimony which began on Tuesday. According to Antal, Mr. Miklós Hagyó, former Deputy Mayor of Budapest who oversaw the operations of BKV ...
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Judge’s Approach To The Vandalisation Of Horthy’s Statue
- 1 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators are appalled by the statement of a judge who convicted but at the same time praised a protester for damaging a statue recently erected to Hungary’s interwar ruler. Left-wing analysts welcome the judge’s position and disagree with the Vice President of the Supreme Court, who scolded his colleague for expressing a personal opinion when issuing his verdict.
Interest Rate Cut Criticised And Praised In Hungary
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- business
According to Népszabadság ‘the air is getting thinner’ around the President of the National Bank – meaning that he is running out of breathing room – and he should consider resigning. Magyar Nemzet welcomes what it calls a break with old dogmas.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Women And Politics
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Since we seem to be in the swing of things, why don’t we continue with the topic of women? This time women in politics. I’m sure that you’ve all heard complaints about the number of women in the Hungarian parliament. Alas, the numbers haven’t changed in any statistically significant way in the last twenty-two years. In the first freely elected parliament, out of 386 members of the House only 28 ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Immigrants In Great Britain
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
You may recall György Matolcsy’s infamous CNN interview in which he extolled the economic achievements of the Orbán government, which adopted his “unorthodox” policies. Matolcsy’s English is somewhat halting and while he was madly looking for words to describe the glorious Hungarian situation, he stumbled upon the phrase “fairy tale.” Well, the description of Hungary as a country that lives in ...
Xpat Opinion: EU Allowed Czech Republic To Subsidise Its Air Company – Unlike Hungary
- 24 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- travel
Left- and right-wing commentators draw diametrically opposed conclusions from the news that public subsidy for CSA Czech public airlines has been approved by the European Commission.