Other people’s lives
The Capital with the Eye of an Expat
There is a growing discontent in the air in Budapest. Something that goes beyond the normal level of human complaint. What I’m hearing now is more systemic, more worrying. A[…]
Tagged: EU
“These countries are way more attractive than their reputation”
Interview with West Balkan expert Attila Galambos
“The West Balkan is still an economically underestimated region.” This is Attila Galambos’ firm belief, and as such it is the foundation for his consulting company Communautrade-Europe Kft., which calls[…]
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Orbán, Cameron ‘want strong Europe’
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said he is hopeful of finding a solution to the UK’s in-work benefits issue with his British counterpart David Cameron that is acceptable to Hungarian[…]
Unwieldy region to get the chop
The government plans to divide the country’s central region because separating less developed Pest County from Budapest would make the former eligible for EU support. The region which now contains[…]
No need for us to be ashamed
There is no place in Budapest and probably anywhere in the country where a conversation can take place without the mention of (illegal) migration. Most debates that I have overheard[…]
Economic wonderland
The sunny and the dark sides of Hungary’s labour market
“We Hungarians are working towards an economy that will provide jobs for all people in this country.” These are the words of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and they sound very[…]
Where will future growth impulses come from?
Macroeconomic prognosis for 2015
The Hungarian model works! Who would have believed that it was possible to tune up the economy and decrease the budget deficit at the same time, and that there are[…]
Sunny prospects in Matolcsy’s eyes
Hungary can realistically expect an upgrade of its sovereign rating this year in view of the predictable and stable path it has taken after a stabilisation and monetary policy turnaround[…]
EU ‘unwieldy beast needing reform’
Interview with communism expert Dr Kelly Hignett
Dr Kelly Hignett is an expert in communist and post-communist Eastern European affairs, a historian and lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK and author of her own blog[…]
Universities wary of Ebola danger
Three major Hungarian universities have taken precautions in light of the Ebola outbreak before the start of the new academic year, daily Népszabadság has reported. Debrecen University, where more than[…]
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