"Viktor Orbán is the only politician in Hungary – no matter how much he is hated by his enemies – who has genuine popularity... While having a methodical, Germanic outlook in many ways, there’s a streak of the daredevil, the gambler in Orbán. Like a football manager with an unexpected formation or team, it’s about the results. If Orbán pulls Hungary out of its hole, he’ll be the greatest Hungarian politician for 150 years; if not, he’ll find himself back in the crowd."
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"The most in-depth analysis yet of how closely Hungary's new laws comply with EU norms. Hungary fails the test according to Amy Brouillette."
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"Like many, we graduated into a horrible economy in 2008. Bachelor degrees in hand, neither of us even tried looking for jobs. We both hopped on separate planes to Australia to live and work for a year. We met in Sydney, spent four months becoming fast friends, and then separately continued our travels."
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"Hungary’s conservative prime minister, seems an unlikely villain. A firebrand dissident in communist times, he had already served one term as a respectable if somewhat populist prime minister before he led his Fidesz party back into power in 2010."
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"The new constitution bans same-sex marriage, does not protect LGBT people or the aged from discrimination, basically bans abortions by granting rights to foetuses from conception onward, and has removed many of the legal protections designed to prevent rampant economic corruption."
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"The Hungarian capital city Budapest has been named as number one on a ranking of the top 20 places in Europe to invest in property. The chart, by the Global Property Guide, was reported by the UK’s Daily Telegraph and quoted by Bulgarian television station bTV on January 4 2012."
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"Romanian telecom operator RCS&RDS has lost the race for obtaining a telecommunication license in Hungary after the telecom authority in Hungary rejected its offer on the grounds that the operator has some unpaid debts."
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"There’s little to be cheery about the Hungarian forint at the start of 2012 as a series of controversial polices enacted by the Hungarian government hamper sentiment toward the beleaguered currency."
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"The European Union's executive body says it and the International Monetary Fund have no plans yet to resume talks with financially troubled Hungary over multi-billion dollar assistance, amid concerns that new laws will lead to a government take-over of the Central Bank and other previously independent institutions."
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"Opposition activists and civil rights groups say Orban and his center-right Fidesz party, which has a two-thirds parliamentary majority, have passed laws eroding the democratic system of checks and balances by increasing political control over the judiciary, the central bank, religious groups and the media."
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"The Hungarian government has to sort out the economy, find a solution to the indebtedness of both state and folk, and allow its multi-talented people to blossom. It has to do it fast, and against vested interests which are opposing this crusade. But the government will not be swayed from its course. All of which is something foreigners – including journalists – just don’t understand."
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"Hungary's parliament on Friday passed a contested law on religion that radically lowers the number of state-supported faiths, in the face of protests from US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, AFP reported."
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"Hungary will lend 5 billion forint ($21 million) to unprofitable state-owned airline Malev Zrt., according to a government decision signed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban and published in the official gazette yesterday."
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"Critics say the law curbs constitutional court powers, threatens media pluralism and ends judicial independence, while accompanying cardinal laws will limit central bank independence, tilt future elections in Fidesz's favour and perpetuate its tax policy, effectively tying the hands of future governments."
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"Set to make an appreciable impact at the London 2012 Olympics Games, Nigeria’s table tennis star, Aruna Quadri will on the 17th of this month in Budapest, Hungary, be participating in the first International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)-sanctioned first Pro Tour of the year, Hungary Open."
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