5226 találat erre a kifejezésre: "by third the plum" a(z) ÖSSZES rovatban

2005. szeptember. 14. 16:18 hvg.hu English version

Gyurcsánys nationalities policy

Ferenc Gyurcsány has come up with three new proposals on the nationalities question. Two of them - setting up a parliamentary committee
... Hungarians abroad and enshrining a "sense of responsibility" towards them in the constitution - are of primarily symbolic importance
... "neighbouring country Hungarian" identity card is a watered down version of Fidesz's dual citizenship rhetoric, and is likely to be no more popular
take exception to this. So quibbles Fidesz may have can easily be used against them on both sides of the border. The
... could take such a step. But with the best will in the world, it's hard to see such a poor excuse for a committee inspiring
... since 1989 have made symbolic gestures of support and given money to Hungarians beyond the borders. But in reality, Gyurcsány is laying

2005. szeptember. 08. 08:29 MTI Világ

Rejtélyek Arafat halála körül

Nem meggyőzőek a Jasszer Arafat egykori palesztin elnök halálával kapcsolatos orvosi zárójelentések - írta csütörtöki számában a Háárec című

2005. szeptember. 07. 16:28 hvg.hu English version

THE WORD OF THE PEOPLE, THE WORD OF GOD?

It seems natural for politicians to tar their rivals and their promises with the populist brush in the heat of an election
... isn't true. But the very word populism is problematic, and the accusation of populism can itself be populist if it is just
... arguments. And what is the problem with a democratic politician making an appeal to the
recently it was Ferenc Gyurcsány, the prime minister, who tried to define what populism means in practice. Here at home, he said
... is populism, addressing the people in order to do whatever you like behind their backs, without actually coming up with a serious
... clearly referring to Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party, more particularly to their more recent idea of renationalising former state companies. But

2005. szeptember. 07. 14:59 hvg.hu English version

Demagogues, friends of the people, populists

2005. szeptember. 07. 14:22 hvg.hu English version

The decline of the Constitutional Court

Over the past six years the Constitutional Court (AB) has become a much softer body. It's now paying the price
... body any more. For the first time, the AB has suffered a humiliating defeat in its clash with the Supreme
The first AB, led by László Sólyom was much criticised for its activist profile. The court kept unearthing
... a rigorous examination. But overall, and especially by comparison with what we're seeing now, the first AB had a much more
... Constitution", and ruled in accordance with them. The Court ruled in cases where the its own members believed it had no

2005. szeptember. 06. 18:09 hvg.hu English version

We are more worried about unemployment

Support for joining the euro zone has risen in Hungary, according to Eurobarometer figures released yesterday. The report
moving to lower-cost countries as a result of EU membership (89%) and about difficulties faced by farmers (79%). More than half of
... was unemployment, followed by the general economic situation (49% and 23% respectively). Eighteen percent of Hungarians
... (49%) thinks that the EU has played a negative role in inflation and price rises. One third of respondents said that

2005. szeptember. 06. 17:40 hvg.hu English version

Andor Ladányi: problems with the higher education law

Ferenc Mádl referred the higher education law to the Constitutional Court before signing it into law - parts of it were
.... But there are problems with the law that go beyond his own reservations. Amongst the most important relate to
longer enough to meet the challenge of running today's greatly expanded institutions. The law tries to solve
... a few other people from outside the university. They would be appointed, dismissed and paid by the Education
... a chancellor in charge of university operations. The latter idea featured in a 1993 draft law, but it was opposed by

2005. szeptember. 06. 17:28 hvg.hu English version

"There is talk of up to 50m victims"

Hungary is relatively well prepared for the next global epidemic, according to László Bujdosó, the 45-year-old Chief
... the data protection commissioner, psychology and prudery are the main reasons why few people are prepared to take
you need the egg for. Various biotech methods that seemed promising haven't worked yet in practice. We don't know how long
... HVG: The World Health Organisation has been warning of a major worldwide bird flu epidemic for months now. This summer
...' Service added their voice to the choir. Why is everyone so convinced that millions will fall ill with a disease that has killed 112

2005. szeptember. 06. 17:25 hvg.hu English version

Anti-Islamic activities in Budapest

a website, but recently posters have started appearing around the city, asking whether "Islam is a criminal religion?" or "Allah - a
... Muslims have no recourse against the group. HVG.hu has heard that ITT is planning further
"Our group, ITT [a contrived acronym meaning 'here' and standing for 'Society for Revealing the Indivisibility of Islam and Terrorism]
... organisation of friends whose aim is to examine the links between passages in the Koran that advocate terrorism and
... blog. The group claims to number prominent Hungarian experts on religion, public figures, sportsman, and well-known media

2005. szeptember. 05. 10:17 hvg.hu English version

Millionaires in Eastern Europe

Private fortunes grown astonishingly fast during the 15 years since the regime changes in Central and Eastern Europe and
between them. The richest Czechs have $81bn altogether, the richest Poles $73bn, and the richest Hungarians
... banking services, although this is still very much a fledgling sector by comparison with its western equivalent. According to
... As a result, the richest Russians have a total fortune of $335bn while their fellow tycoons in Central and Eastern Europe have only

2005. szeptember. 01. 19:14 hvg.hu English version

Interview with Klára Dobrev

"I was a pioneer, I even joined the Young Socialists, but I never felt like a child of the party
"I was a pioneer, I even joined the Young Socialists, but I never felt like a child of the party cadres," says
.... She is the child of a Bulgarian engineer, and was born in Sofia. After effortlessly gaining degrees in law and economics, she became
... a legal adviser to his company Altus Investments. She worked in a senior position in the Finance Ministry until 2000 - Fidesz clearly

2005. szeptember. 01. 15:12 hvg.hu English version

The state of the economy before the elections

The Hungarian economy is on a roll: the conditions for growth are in place. The forint is stable
... government is showing a real commitment to slowing budget deficit growth. The real danger to the economy is
be 3.5-4%. That's all that will remain after a RPI increase of less than 2% and a wage increase of at most 5-6%. The effect of this
... to start the year, explaining what and why and how. Furthermore, the population perceives much higher inflation than is
... this. Inflation fell constantly between 2000 and 2004 - and it was the government which overturned this trend by

2005. szeptember. 01. 14:46 hvg.hu English version

Storm over privatisation

The state holding company ÁPV has postponed selling shares in several companies - including Malév - partly, it would seem, because of a
It's quite possible that Malév's privatisation will not be privatised until after next year's elections. Last Friday, the
... for Malév - and then, too, the government left the decision in the hands of its successor. Mészáros
... neither of the two bids (placed by Airbridge Rt. and ASBK Kft.) served the stated goals - that is, neither

2005. szeptember. 01. 14:22 hvg.hu English version

The truth - somewhere out there?

The media storm surrounding the Szatmáris and their alleged spying is causing problems for both the Romanian
... couple were familiar faces in the very highest circles, even after they came into the Hungarian security services'
Romanian intelligence. Cotidianul received the transcript, supposedly created by the security services, in
... strong enough for them to be removed from public administration. A plan drawn up to 'isolate' the Szatmáris was derailed
... "A bit of campaigning, a bit of this, a bit of that," was the way Bálint Magyar, the education minister, described

2005. szeptember. 01. 13:38 hvg.hu English version

Double zero

Recently, Zsigmond Járai - speaking of course as a private individual - called for state debt to be progressively cut and for the budget
The central banker, who was the Fidesz government's finance minister between 1998 and 2001, has until now refrained from
... manifestos, but this work, published as a supplement to the financial daily Világgazdaság, proposes measures so radical that they outdo
... and Lajos Bokros, the wise old men of Hungarian monetarism. At least they never dared to go this far. Bokros has recently being calling

2005. szeptember. 01. 13:35 hvg.hu English version

Sólyom aloft

The upholstery on the new president's chair is barely warm, yet already the press is speculating about
Göncz had the support of the current government parties, and that Ferenc Mádl was backed by the
... many democracies, the post of head of state is a political prize. Where the president is chosen by
... the real novelty. Sólyom's predecessors frequently explored the further limits of their power, sometimes even going beyond

2005. szeptember. 01. 13:24 hvg.hu English version

Parliamentary committee discussed spying affair in May

The National Security Committee of Parliament discussed the Szatmár case as early as June. The main figure in
plan was ruined last week by Magyar Nemzet's revelations of a 'spy scandal'. The story has been going on for some time
... Hungary's anti-espionage team developed a plan to 'isolate' Tibor Szatmári and his wife Ildikó Szatmári, who are both suspected of spying, but
..., a reference to the Szatmáris appeared in a discussion forum on Transindex, a Cluj (Kolozsvár) based Hungarian-language news portal

2005. augusztus. 29. 12:48 MTI Világ

A katolikus egyház tiltaná, homoszexuálisok pappá szentelését

A katolikus egyház kifejezetten megtiltja, hogy homoszexuálisok pappá váljanak - jelentette hétfőn a The

2005. augusztus. 27. 16:19 MTI Világ

Magyar fegyverkereskedőtől vásárolt a brit alvilág

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2005. augusztus. 26. 14:10 HVG English version

Not a mirage, but a symbol

It's a common refrain, in Europe both old and new, that since European integration got going, since the European Commission
... and the WTO started running things, "the rich have got richer, the poorer have got poorer." This line is of
governments have experimented with over the past decades, trying to stem the tide of poverty brought on by
... then forget about it once in power. It was some time ago that Tibor M éray discus s ed the history of the French property
... (super)rich families. The tax authorities calculated that the resultant revenue only amounted to about a