Section: Hungary
Hungarian ambassador summoned in Kyiv
Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Tuesday summoned Hungary’s ambassador and voiced concern over recent remarks by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán about the necessity of autonomy and dual citizenship for ethnic Hungarians in that country, news agency Interfax-Ukraina reported. According to the report, ministry spokesman Yevhen...
The Brief History of the Week
The Budapest Times is unrivalled among English-language print publications in the capital for its coverage of the week’s most important national stories, whether they be economic, political, cultural, sporting or among the hundreds of other happenings that go on daily in a major European city. Here, in one concise package, we present some...
“Our nation needs heroes like Munkácsy“
Imre Pákh: We know where Munkácsy came from and what kind of fame he reached thanks to his God-given talent and perseverance Imre Pákh, a Hungarian-American art collector, has the world’s biggest privately owned collection of some 50 paintings by the great Hungarian artist Mihály Munkácsy (1844-1900). In the context of the unofficial...
Dilemma for Hungary
In respect to the Ukrainian conflict, it can be noticed that the further a nation is situated from the Russian bear, the more willingness it shows to take it on. The USA is in an easy situation. Not even considering that they have a large interest in not letting the case rest, they do not need to worry on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean that...
Conflict in Ukraine is very uncomfortable for Budapest
Natural gasdependence of European countries on Russia (Russian gas as a percentage of total pipelineimports)Countries from top to bottom: Finland, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Greece, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Italy, France, Netherlands, Ireland Even if the European Union is only planning economic sanctions in the third round of...
Joining EU may be a false dream
Gabi is 26 years old, she was born in the Carpathian Ukraine and she grew up there. Even today she calls the territory a “Mecca of tolerance” with love in her voice, because so many ethnic groups are living there that in the end everybody is a minority. “The current territory of Ukraine belonged to five different countries in...
Tsar Putin and his Crimea theft
The Földessy couple on the conflict in Ukraine: “Noeconomic sanctions will stop Putin.” The world had learned only now that the conflict had reached this stage what kind of influence Russia had on Ukraine, she says. Moscow had not been prepared for the friendly resistance that was the right way to react, that was why it had answered...
Gas crisis: 2006, 2009… 2015?
The experts and politicians currently negotiating throughout Europe are sweating not only due to the high summer temperatures. Their worries about the stability of gas supply for next winter is also making them perspire. For now Moscow is tolerating how some European Union countries are helping out Ukraine since Russia stopped supplying the...
