88 result(s) for hungarian opinion in Community & Culture
Budapest Mayor Visits Montreal To Prepare Twinning
- 9 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós visited Montreal as part of a Hungarian Week organised there. Tarlós prepared plans with the local mayor Denis Coderre to sign a twinning agreement between their cities next year. The mayors attended the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in Montreal for the 1956 anti-Soviet Hungarian revolution and freedom fight.
Xpat Opinion: Exodus Route Deleted From School Map In Hungary
- 25 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A conservative pundit pokes fun at the authorities who wiped Moses’ route to the Promised Land from school maps in order not to offend either Jewish or Palestinian Arab sensitivities.
Chernobyl Marathon, Budapest, 25 – 26 April
- 25 Apr 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The Blinken Open Society Archives invites you to its two-day series of programs spanning from morning till late at night, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl. Evening programs include film and book launches and literary readings to help discuss the events that happened thirty years ago while also touching upon issues concerning the safety of ...
See What Happened @ St. Patrick’s Day Parade
- 23 Mar 2016 11:35 AM
- community & culture
Winter had gone, spring in the air, and Irish eyes, Hungarian eyes, expats eyes, and everyone else’s eyes - including a lot of tourists - were smiling. Expats from the Emerald Isle - where it's said the little green fellows come from (leprechauns that is, not aliens) - gathered together with friendly locals to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Budapest once again: it was all very colourful, charming ...
Xpat Opinion: Statue Strife Nr 2: György Donáth
- 1 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Commenting on a foiled initiative to unveil the bust of a pre-war right-wing politician, left-wing commentators accuse the government of indulging in a cult of racist personalities. Their pro-government counterpart denies the allegation that György Donáth was an anti-Semite, while an independent conservative author calls on the opposing sides to show more tolerance towards each other.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers’ Revolt Brewing In Hungary?
- 21 Jan 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
I have the distinct feeling that something is afoot in Hungary, something the self-satisfied Orbán government is not prepared for. I see the beginnings of a movement that may well overcome the current apathy and resignation of Hungarian society and produce active resistance to the Orbán regime.
More Than Half Of Hungarians Below 40 Pro-Marriage
- 14 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
More than half of Hungarians below the age of 40 support marriage, according to a survey by Kód Market, Opinion and Media Research Institute commissioned by online news portal 888.hu. Fully 56% of the survey’s respondents agreed with the statement that “marriage forms the basis of a regular family life”, the website said.
Rogán: Hungarian Govt Response To MT’s Contract Cancellation ‘Symbolic’
- 21 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Magyar Telekom abused its powers as a large company with lots of money and influence by voiding its sponsorship of pop singer Ákos, cabinet chief Antal Rogán said. On Thursday, the government has instructed its ministries to cancel their mobile internet contracts with Magyar Telekom which objected the singer’s comments in a television interview in which he said: “The role of women is to belong to ...
Four Hungarian Universities Among The World’s Best
- 16 Sep 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Four Hungarian universities have been listed among the world’s best on Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)’s world rankings for 2015/2016, published in the early hours of Tuesday. Among Hungarian higher education institutions, the University of Szeged, ranked in the 501-550 bracket, achieved the best result, somewhat improving its score for the previous year.
Budapest Mayor Visits Montreal To Prepare Twinning
- 9 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós visited Montreal as part of a Hungarian Week organised there. Tarlós prepared plans with the local mayor Denis Coderre to sign a twinning agreement between their cities next year. The mayors attended the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in Montreal for the 1956 anti-Soviet Hungarian revolution and freedom fight.
Xpat Opinion: Exodus Route Deleted From School Map In Hungary
- 25 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A conservative pundit pokes fun at the authorities who wiped Moses’ route to the Promised Land from school maps in order not to offend either Jewish or Palestinian Arab sensitivities.
Chernobyl Marathon, Budapest, 25 – 26 April
- 25 Apr 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The Blinken Open Society Archives invites you to its two-day series of programs spanning from morning till late at night, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl. Evening programs include film and book launches and literary readings to help discuss the events that happened thirty years ago while also touching upon issues concerning the safety of ...
See What Happened @ St. Patrick’s Day Parade
- 23 Mar 2016 11:35 AM
- community & culture
Winter had gone, spring in the air, and Irish eyes, Hungarian eyes, expats eyes, and everyone else’s eyes - including a lot of tourists - were smiling. Expats from the Emerald Isle - where it's said the little green fellows come from (leprechauns that is, not aliens) - gathered together with friendly locals to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Budapest once again: it was all very colourful, charming ...
Xpat Opinion: Statue Strife Nr 2: György Donáth
- 1 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Commenting on a foiled initiative to unveil the bust of a pre-war right-wing politician, left-wing commentators accuse the government of indulging in a cult of racist personalities. Their pro-government counterpart denies the allegation that György Donáth was an anti-Semite, while an independent conservative author calls on the opposing sides to show more tolerance towards each other.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers’ Revolt Brewing In Hungary?
- 21 Jan 2016 7:00 AM
- community & culture
I have the distinct feeling that something is afoot in Hungary, something the self-satisfied Orbán government is not prepared for. I see the beginnings of a movement that may well overcome the current apathy and resignation of Hungarian society and produce active resistance to the Orbán regime.
More Than Half Of Hungarians Below 40 Pro-Marriage
- 14 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
More than half of Hungarians below the age of 40 support marriage, according to a survey by Kód Market, Opinion and Media Research Institute commissioned by online news portal 888.hu. Fully 56% of the survey’s respondents agreed with the statement that “marriage forms the basis of a regular family life”, the website said.
Rogán: Hungarian Govt Response To MT’s Contract Cancellation ‘Symbolic’
- 21 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Magyar Telekom abused its powers as a large company with lots of money and influence by voiding its sponsorship of pop singer Ákos, cabinet chief Antal Rogán said. On Thursday, the government has instructed its ministries to cancel their mobile internet contracts with Magyar Telekom which objected the singer’s comments in a television interview in which he said: “The role of women is to belong to ...
Four Hungarian Universities Among The World’s Best
- 16 Sep 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Four Hungarian universities have been listed among the world’s best on Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)’s world rankings for 2015/2016, published in the early hours of Tuesday. Among Hungarian higher education institutions, the University of Szeged, ranked in the 501-550 bracket, achieved the best result, somewhat improving its score for the previous year.