67 result(s) for pál schmitt
Former Hungarian President To Head EU’s Sports Diplomacy Advisory Group
- 12 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Former Hungarian President and one-time head of the Hungarian Olympic Committee Pál Schmitt has been appointed to lead a high-level group of experts commissioned with evaluating the role of sport in the European Union’s foreign affairs and provide advice on how sport could contribute to reach the EU’s foreign policy goals.
Hungarian Award Rejected By Finnish Writer
- 10 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Finnish writer and translator Hannu Launonen has refused to accept a prize financed by the Hungarian government, on the grounds that Hungarian government policies regarding human rights and freedom of opinion are irreconcilable with basic principles of the international writers group PEN.
MOB Backs Budapest’s Bid For Hosting 2024 Olympcs
- 12 Sep 2014 9:01 AM
- sport
The Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) wholeheartedly supports the idea of the city of Budapest submitting a bid to host the Olympic Summer Games in 2024, HOC leader Zsolt Borkai said.
Hungary To Replace 24 Ambassadors
- 26 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s consul general to Shanghai Pál Péter Schmitt has been recalled after less than a year in the role, as part of a huge shake-up of the diplomatic corps that includes 24 ambassadorial changes, origo.hu learned. The nephew of the disgraced former president Pál Schmitt took the role in September 2013. Pál Schmitt was forced to relinquish his doctorate in 2013, after the plagiarism scandal ...
Hungary’s Best-Selling Weekly HVG Faces Uncertain Future
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The publisher of the weekly Hungarian news magazine hvg (short for Weekly World Economy) has denied reports appearing in pro-government Heti Valasz yesterday that its German owner WAZ was pulling out and its entire staff would be sacked. Hvg Zrt., which owns both the print and on-line editions of what is arguably Hungary’s most important independent news publication, promised a detailed statement ...
Banned Midwife Agnes Geréb Faces Retrial In Hungary
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Geréb’s house arrest was terminated by the Capital Court of Appeals in February but she remains forbidden to leave Budapest. The last time Geréb appealed her sentence, a court lengthened her minimum period of incarceration to two-thirds of her two-year sentence and doubled her ban for practising as a midwife to ten years.
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.
Xpat Opinion: Randolph L. Braham’s Open Letter To Holocaust Memorial Center In Budapest
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Anyone who has ever studied the history of the Hungarian Holocaust is familiar with the name of Randolph L. Braham, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of over 60 books and co-authored or wrote chapters in 50 others.
Hungarian Scientists On US West Coast Establish Club
- 12 Dec 2013 3:00 AM
- community & culture
Scientists, engineers and inventors of Hungarian origin have established a Hungarian Scientists’ Club on the West Coast of the United States. The club was officially founded at a conference attended by 14 scientists on Tuesday, Hungary’s consul-general in Los Angeles, László Kálmán, the idea’s proponent, told MTI.
Former Hungarian President To Head EU’s Sports Diplomacy Advisory Group
- 12 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Former Hungarian President and one-time head of the Hungarian Olympic Committee Pál Schmitt has been appointed to lead a high-level group of experts commissioned with evaluating the role of sport in the European Union’s foreign affairs and provide advice on how sport could contribute to reach the EU’s foreign policy goals.
Hungarian Award Rejected By Finnish Writer
- 10 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Finnish writer and translator Hannu Launonen has refused to accept a prize financed by the Hungarian government, on the grounds that Hungarian government policies regarding human rights and freedom of opinion are irreconcilable with basic principles of the international writers group PEN.
MOB Backs Budapest’s Bid For Hosting 2024 Olympcs
- 12 Sep 2014 9:01 AM
- sport
The Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) wholeheartedly supports the idea of the city of Budapest submitting a bid to host the Olympic Summer Games in 2024, HOC leader Zsolt Borkai said.
Hungary To Replace 24 Ambassadors
- 26 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s consul general to Shanghai Pál Péter Schmitt has been recalled after less than a year in the role, as part of a huge shake-up of the diplomatic corps that includes 24 ambassadorial changes, origo.hu learned. The nephew of the disgraced former president Pál Schmitt took the role in September 2013. Pál Schmitt was forced to relinquish his doctorate in 2013, after the plagiarism scandal ...
Hungary’s Best-Selling Weekly HVG Faces Uncertain Future
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The publisher of the weekly Hungarian news magazine hvg (short for Weekly World Economy) has denied reports appearing in pro-government Heti Valasz yesterday that its German owner WAZ was pulling out and its entire staff would be sacked. Hvg Zrt., which owns both the print and on-line editions of what is arguably Hungary’s most important independent news publication, promised a detailed statement ...
Banned Midwife Agnes Geréb Faces Retrial In Hungary
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Geréb’s house arrest was terminated by the Capital Court of Appeals in February but she remains forbidden to leave Budapest. The last time Geréb appealed her sentence, a court lengthened her minimum period of incarceration to two-thirds of her two-year sentence and doubled her ban for practising as a midwife to ten years.
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.
Xpat Opinion: Randolph L. Braham’s Open Letter To Holocaust Memorial Center In Budapest
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Anyone who has ever studied the history of the Hungarian Holocaust is familiar with the name of Randolph L. Braham, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of over 60 books and co-authored or wrote chapters in 50 others.
Hungarian Scientists On US West Coast Establish Club
- 12 Dec 2013 3:00 AM
- community & culture
Scientists, engineers and inventors of Hungarian origin have established a Hungarian Scientists’ Club on the West Coast of the United States. The club was officially founded at a conference attended by 14 scientists on Tuesday, Hungary’s consul-general in Los Angeles, László Kálmán, the idea’s proponent, told MTI.