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Category: re: Hungary
Hungary’s ‘Buda-Cash’ Brokerage Crisis: Who what Hungary’s Edward Snowden?
Böröcz, József writes
‘…the regulator–which now says the scheme may have been going on for more than a decade (!)–“fell asleep at the wheel,” [….] the case broke because somebody from the brokerage reported the irregularities to the National Bank–i.e., s/he made it impossible for the regulator “not to notice” them…’
via Global Social Change (book blog): Hungary's Brokerage Crisis: How Far Will It Reach?.
Another TTIP leak
Notice that, again, the only way the public can know about the truth of these ‘free-trade’ deals is from leakers — from criminal good samaritans that expose secret government negotiations. Manning, Assange, Snowden, who ever did this, etc – we all owe them an apology and a hero’s status in any real democracy.
The European Commission has also previously said TTIP would not affect how NHS services are provided, whether in Scotland or the rest of the UK. But the trade union Unite said “real risks” remained because of the dispute resolution mechanism TTIP is expected to include. The union’s Scottish regional secretary, Pat Rafferty said: “Last week Lord Livingston tried to pull the wool over the eyes of the Scottish people. “Now this leaked document has confirmed Unite’s expert legal advice, that NHS services in Scotland and the rest of the UK do fall within the scope of the TTIP. “This means that American investors in NHS services that are privatised now or in the future will be able to use TTIP to sue the government if it tries to bring them back into public hands”. via BBC News – TTIP: Transatlantic trade deal text leaked to BBC.
Est is the best, boo for the Goo
Est.hu is still the best, Google not so much.
Recently I discovered that Google is offering yet another good service – movie listings in Budapest.
Movie listings in a country where you do not fully understand the language is more difficult than you would imagine.
For myself, the first problem is figuring out what the Hungarian title of the film is that you are looking for. ‘Amerikai mesterlövész‘ sounds like it would be a chickflick about an American girl who rides horses — Amerikai = American, mester = master, lövész = horse rider because Lö means horse in Hungarian, oh wait, fuck! That’s Lö, not Ló! gggrr!! O! the frustrations of the Hungarian language and its fucking vowels!!!
At that point you get frustrated and usually give up — and, only later, you might discover after the film had left Budapest’s cinemas that Amerikai mesterlövész was really American Sniper. Not a chickflick, at all.
The second problem is finding a non-english language film with english subtitles. Forget about it! This only rarely occurs, usually it is a bleak human rights themed documentary French film at an international film festival.
The third problem is finding an english language film in english. say what?! Yeah, well, Hungarians love their Hollywood films dubbed. Strangely, this means that the best time to see an english language film in english is immediately after its Budapest release, because these films tend to quickly disappear and leave the dubbed version of the film lingering on in the cinemas for months.
But let’s go back to the beginning. Google now offers movie listings, but this is useless to me. Yes, you can click around and see the listings by cinema and by film title — but not by language or dubbed vs not dubbed.
So, Mr. Google, take my suggestion and change this. Est.hu has been offering this on their website for years.
Est.hu is still the best, Google not so much.
Putin violates Hungarian Law with the help of PM Orbán?
‘…Following Putin’s visit, the Kettős Mérce blog claimed to have reported Putin to the authorities on grounds that he had broken the statute prohibiting the denial of communist crimes.’
via Controversy over Putin visit to “illegal” memorial to 1956 Soviet invaders | Politics.hu.
What exactly does Hungary make, anyway??
I have lived in Hungary for almost a decade now and I still ask myself this question. It is not entirely obvious, actually. If you say ‘Saudi Arabia’ you think oil – If you say China, you might think you latest electronic gadget you bought. But Hungary still draws a black for me.
Two reasons for this, a) I live in the centre of Budapest and do not connect much with the country-side where the ‘real Hungary’ exists, and b) the economy is rather diversified.
Check out this chart and you can see that the Hungarian economy’s biggest chunk is in car manufacturing and auto parts – and this is only about 10% of the economy.
Click here for detailed and interactive info… What did Hungary export in 2012? | The Atlas Of Economic Complexity.
Google Translate defines ‘A Gecik’
Tom Hanks Moves to Budapest Hungary
Another good reason to get away from Budapest for a while…
The famous actor arrives in March, and will live in Hungary during the filming of the new sequel to The Da Vinci Code. [….] Similarly to the previous two films (The Da Vinci Code, and Angels & Demons), the new movie is also likely to be exciting.
via Tom Hanks Moves to Budapest ‹ Daily News Hungary.