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Xpat Opinion: Happy Birthday, Rubik’s Cube
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Empire State Building in New York will wear an unusual light painting soon. On April 24th, is the 40th anniversary of the famous game that has become a symbol of Hungary’s innovative spirit, the Rubik’s Cube. Since the inventor, Ernő Rubik, designed the toy in 1974, hundreds of millions have been sold. People the world over have been confounded and entertained by the endearing cube puzzle.
Xpat Opinion: About Time To Upgrade Hungary’s Credit Rating
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- business
“The time has come for rating agencies to upgrade Hungary,” said Hendrik Scheerlinck, the CEO of K&H Bank, the Hungarian branch of Belgian KBC. According to portfolio.hu, Scheerlinck said in an interview on Tuesday that he anticipates a stable, economic policy as the country returns to the path of more economic growth.
Xpat Opinion: The Financial Times Acknowledges Mistake Re Hungary
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is a little late and not exactly a correction, but the Financial Times changed the text. Last week, I wrote about an unfortunate incident with the FT. The post entitled, “No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary,” has all the details, but here it is in brief: an FT political correspondent reported that UK Foreign Secretary William Hague referred to central Europe and Hungary in a ...
Xpat Opinion: Here’s What New Hungarian Parliament Would Look Like If Elections Were Held Under Old Rules
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
You’ve heard the critics. They’re questioning how Fidesz could win 44.5 percent of the vote and end up with a 67 percent majority in parliament. It just shows, they argue, how unfair the new system is.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Left Stands Accused Of Radicalism
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist thinks the Left hasn’t learned the lesson of the elections and sticks to the radical language which, he suggests, caused its crushing defeat on April 6th. He predicts that these tactics will further weaken the left-wing opposition.
Xpat Opinion: No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague delivered a speech on Tuesday in London at the Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet, a traditional affair. A Financial Times reporter, Kiran Stacey, gave an account under the headline “William Hague Warns Against Creeping Oligarchisation of the Balkans.”
Xpat Opinion: Is The “Orbán Régime” Here To Stay In Hungary Until 2022?
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their analyses on the causes of the defeat of the Left at the elections on 6th April, commentators across the political spectrum believe that there will be no left-wing alternative to the incumbent government until the far reaching lessons of two consecutive electoral catastrophes are learned. Opinions differ, however about what those lessons are.
Xpat Opinion: Hungay's Post-Election Analyses From Two Different Worlds
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Sometimes, it’s like two different worlds. Hungarian voters re-elected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on April 6th, and over the last several days we’ve been treated to many vivid, post-game analyses.
Xpat Opinion: More Fuzzy Math Re Elections In Hungary
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
She’s doing it again. Using that fuzzy math again. Over the weekend, Paul Krugman’s blog on the New York Times, “The Conscience of a Liberal,” ran the latest dispatch from Kim Lane Scheppele. The subject? The elections in Hungary were “not fair”.
Xpat Opinion: Happy Birthday, Rubik’s Cube
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Empire State Building in New York will wear an unusual light painting soon. On April 24th, is the 40th anniversary of the famous game that has become a symbol of Hungary’s innovative spirit, the Rubik’s Cube. Since the inventor, Ernő Rubik, designed the toy in 1974, hundreds of millions have been sold. People the world over have been confounded and entertained by the endearing cube puzzle.
Xpat Opinion: About Time To Upgrade Hungary’s Credit Rating
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- business
“The time has come for rating agencies to upgrade Hungary,” said Hendrik Scheerlinck, the CEO of K&H Bank, the Hungarian branch of Belgian KBC. According to portfolio.hu, Scheerlinck said in an interview on Tuesday that he anticipates a stable, economic policy as the country returns to the path of more economic growth.
Xpat Opinion: The Financial Times Acknowledges Mistake Re Hungary
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is a little late and not exactly a correction, but the Financial Times changed the text. Last week, I wrote about an unfortunate incident with the FT. The post entitled, “No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary,” has all the details, but here it is in brief: an FT political correspondent reported that UK Foreign Secretary William Hague referred to central Europe and Hungary in a ...
Xpat Opinion: Here’s What New Hungarian Parliament Would Look Like If Elections Were Held Under Old Rules
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
You’ve heard the critics. They’re questioning how Fidesz could win 44.5 percent of the vote and end up with a 67 percent majority in parliament. It just shows, they argue, how unfair the new system is.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Left Stands Accused Of Radicalism
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist thinks the Left hasn’t learned the lesson of the elections and sticks to the radical language which, he suggests, caused its crushing defeat on April 6th. He predicts that these tactics will further weaken the left-wing opposition.
Xpat Opinion: No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague delivered a speech on Tuesday in London at the Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet, a traditional affair. A Financial Times reporter, Kiran Stacey, gave an account under the headline “William Hague Warns Against Creeping Oligarchisation of the Balkans.”
Xpat Opinion: Is The “Orbán Régime” Here To Stay In Hungary Until 2022?
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their analyses on the causes of the defeat of the Left at the elections on 6th April, commentators across the political spectrum believe that there will be no left-wing alternative to the incumbent government until the far reaching lessons of two consecutive electoral catastrophes are learned. Opinions differ, however about what those lessons are.
Xpat Opinion: Hungay's Post-Election Analyses From Two Different Worlds
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Sometimes, it’s like two different worlds. Hungarian voters re-elected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on April 6th, and over the last several days we’ve been treated to many vivid, post-game analyses.
Xpat Opinion: More Fuzzy Math Re Elections In Hungary
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
She’s doing it again. Using that fuzzy math again. Over the weekend, Paul Krugman’s blog on the New York Times, “The Conscience of a Liberal,” ran the latest dispatch from Kim Lane Scheppele. The subject? The elections in Hungary were “not fair”.