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Puskás Academy Stadium Inaugurated In Hungary
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
The Pancho Arena of the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy in the village of Felcsút was inaugurated on Monday. The stadium located in the village near Budapest where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán owns a cottage, and built at a cost of 3.8 billion forints (EUR 12.4m), meets the UEFA 2 standards, making it suitable to host play-off rounds and matches between national teams.
Hungary's PM Orbán Handed Over This Year’s Puskás Award At FIFA Gala
- 15 Jan 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, playing for Paris Saint-Germain, has won the fifth Puskás award handed to him by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the annual FIFA gala in Zürich on Monday.
Hungary's PM Orbán At FIFA Ceremony Tonight
- 14 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- sport
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will attend a gala to be hosted by the International Football Federation (FIFA) in Zürich Monday evening.
Xpat Opinion: Football’s Role In Politics In Hungary
- 21 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
A liberal writer describes Viktor Orbán’s interest in and support for Hungarian football as symbolic elements of a mafia-style leadership, while a libertarian commentator thinks the Premier sincerely believes that his favourite game is an essential part of nation-building which was destroyed by the Communists. A conservative columnist writes that liberal commentators try to discredit Orbán’s ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Failures In Football, Success In Swimming
- 8 Aug 2013 1:50 AM
- sport
Both national left-wing dailies compare PM Orbán’s plans to revive Hungarian football to Goulash-communism, the Hungarian version of Soviet-style socialism. The two pro-government newspapers celebrate the victories achieved by Hungary at the swimming world championship in Barcelona.
Hungary's PM Orbán Aims To Renovate More Stadiums
- 5 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán would like the cabinet to decide this summer on renovating more football stadiums, having already approved plans for stadium upgrades in Mezokövesd, Diósgyor, Székesfehérvár and Szombathely, he said on Sunday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán On Football
- 4 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
This morning I read a lengthy interview with Viktor Orbán on the Ferenc Puskás Academy’s website. Several newspapers summarized the prime minister’s thoughts on the state of Hungarian football. The historian Gábor Egry, whom readers of Hungarian Spectrum know from his occasional comments, wrote on Facebook about this interview: “Compulsory reading. Really. Everything one ought to and must know ...
Budapest To Host 2021 FINA World Aquatics Championships
- 21 Jul 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
Hungary’s sensational presentation did the job! The FINA (the International Swimming Federation) Bureau, which began meeting in Barcelona on July 19, chose Hungary to host the World Aquatics Championships scheduled for 2021.
Cross-Balaton Swim In Hungary, 20 July
- 18 Jul 2013 12:30 PM
- sport
The 2013 Lake Balaton cross swimming competition is planned to take place on Saturday 20 july 2013. By tradition the 5.2-kilometre competition starts at Révfülöp port and finishes at Platan beach in Balatonboglár. Participants are welcome to start swimming anytime between 8 am & 2 pm.
Puskás Academy Stadium Inaugurated In Hungary
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
The Pancho Arena of the Ferenc Puskás Football Academy in the village of Felcsút was inaugurated on Monday. The stadium located in the village near Budapest where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán owns a cottage, and built at a cost of 3.8 billion forints (EUR 12.4m), meets the UEFA 2 standards, making it suitable to host play-off rounds and matches between national teams.
Hungary's PM Orbán Handed Over This Year’s Puskás Award At FIFA Gala
- 15 Jan 2014 9:00 AM
- sport
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, playing for Paris Saint-Germain, has won the fifth Puskás award handed to him by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán at the annual FIFA gala in Zürich on Monday.
Hungary's PM Orbán At FIFA Ceremony Tonight
- 14 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- sport
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will attend a gala to be hosted by the International Football Federation (FIFA) in Zürich Monday evening.
Xpat Opinion: Football’s Role In Politics In Hungary
- 21 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
A liberal writer describes Viktor Orbán’s interest in and support for Hungarian football as symbolic elements of a mafia-style leadership, while a libertarian commentator thinks the Premier sincerely believes that his favourite game is an essential part of nation-building which was destroyed by the Communists. A conservative columnist writes that liberal commentators try to discredit Orbán’s ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Failures In Football, Success In Swimming
- 8 Aug 2013 1:50 AM
- sport
Both national left-wing dailies compare PM Orbán’s plans to revive Hungarian football to Goulash-communism, the Hungarian version of Soviet-style socialism. The two pro-government newspapers celebrate the victories achieved by Hungary at the swimming world championship in Barcelona.
Hungary's PM Orbán Aims To Renovate More Stadiums
- 5 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán would like the cabinet to decide this summer on renovating more football stadiums, having already approved plans for stadium upgrades in Mezokövesd, Diósgyor, Székesfehérvár and Szombathely, he said on Sunday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán On Football
- 4 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
This morning I read a lengthy interview with Viktor Orbán on the Ferenc Puskás Academy’s website. Several newspapers summarized the prime minister’s thoughts on the state of Hungarian football. The historian Gábor Egry, whom readers of Hungarian Spectrum know from his occasional comments, wrote on Facebook about this interview: “Compulsory reading. Really. Everything one ought to and must know ...
Budapest To Host 2021 FINA World Aquatics Championships
- 21 Jul 2013 1:00 AM
- sport
Hungary’s sensational presentation did the job! The FINA (the International Swimming Federation) Bureau, which began meeting in Barcelona on July 19, chose Hungary to host the World Aquatics Championships scheduled for 2021.
Cross-Balaton Swim In Hungary, 20 July
- 18 Jul 2013 12:30 PM
- sport
The 2013 Lake Balaton cross swimming competition is planned to take place on Saturday 20 july 2013. By tradition the 5.2-kilometre competition starts at Révfülöp port and finishes at Platan beach in Balatonboglár. Participants are welcome to start swimming anytime between 8 am & 2 pm.