tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post5962480959071331082..comments2023-11-22T09:11:01.567+00:00Comments on George Szirtes: Hungary, the EU and the international press 2: Fighting backGeorge Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-83983657895272911102012-01-23T15:54:00.950+00:002012-01-23T15:54:00.950+00:00George, I think I'll have to pass on the guest...George, I think I'll have to pass on the guest post idea. Just been asked for some poems. Got to write at least 10. Obviously I'll keep abreast of the Austrian slant and comment here from time to time.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-71097165462547893252012-01-20T13:32:31.774+00:002012-01-20T13:32:31.774+00:00We now learn that Kanzler Faymann has gone to Ber...We now learn that Kanzler Faymann has gone to Berlin to meet Merkel presumably en route to the Alps for the annual Kitzbühel bash. This explains the deputy having to go to the lion's den in Budapest.<br /><br />Today's wall to wall TV coverage of the skiing is naturally cancelled. If the mild weather continues the celebs may soon be folding their tents. <br /><br />A notable absence from the apres-ski, should it go ahead, will be the multi-scandal haunted Austrian ex-finance minister K H "I will fight like a lion to clear my name" Grasser, a man once touted as a potential EU Finance Minister.<br /><br />The tax haven of Lichtenstein is about to release banking and finance info. pertaining to KHG. Don't hold your breath. <br /><br />I will keep you posted on any developments. <br /><br />George, thanks for the invite. I'll see if I can do a guest post as you call it. I think I'm going to have to review the movie J Edgar first though. Get back on all that soonest.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-69056988654415219752012-01-20T09:01:37.394+00:002012-01-20T09:01:37.394+00:00Dear Borsó - I will do my best.Dear Borsó - I will do my best.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-54519988930320997062012-01-20T08:48:16.883+00:002012-01-20T08:48:16.883+00:00Thanks for the updates, Gwilym. Fancy writing a gu...Thanks for the updates, Gwilym. Fancy writing a guest post laying out the Austrian situation? Can do it as yourself, as Anon or any other name. I think it would be a good thing. A few links so people can orientate themselves. Or even a series of short posts if you like.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-57433653427569771322012-01-20T07:35:18.969+00:002012-01-20T07:35:18.969+00:00The man at the centre of the ORF controversy has n...The man at the centre of the ORF controversy has now resigned. So the power of the YouTube video is I think quite something. <br /><br />Today Spindlegger who is the deputy Kanzler in Austria is to go to Budapest to meet Orban and "build golden bridges" between "the old friends" whatever that "golden bridges" expression means. If I'm any judge of character Spindlegger will met with an Orbanesque: What are you doing here? Where's Faymann?!"<br /><br />This Austrian attempt at one-upmanship won't produce much unless there's solid money behind it. <br /><br />To answer Viktor Orban's question, Faymann will be packing and preparing to go to Kitzbuhel tomorrow to sit in the VIP lounge with Armie "I'm gonna clean house" Schwarzenegger and Pres. Heinz Fischer at the Super-G skiing event society party. <br /><br />Global warming may have the last word. It's persistently peeing when it should be snowing. Today's training is cancelled.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-64243980109874140362012-01-19T09:45:02.779+00:002012-01-19T09:45:02.779+00:00In Austria the ORF TV journalists have made a priv...In Austria the ORF TV journalists have made a private video at their own expense to protest about ORF TV being in the control of the SPÖ (Socialist Party) and for independent journalism. The video has gone viral with nearly 500,000 viewers so far. It is very good and might be worth the Hungarians doing a similar one. <br />You can see the video on YouTube at "ZiB Redaktion-Das Protest-Video" and there's a button towards the right of the bottom bar which gives an English version in drop-down translation. <br />The SPÖ control and influence of the TV media has been going on for some years but has got much worse since Faymann became the Bundeskanzler. I don't know if it is coincidence but it has got much worse since he started going to Bilderberg Group meetings. This policy can only play into the hands of the right wing FPÖ in the long run.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4638619958588096610.post-42655723653674102072012-01-18T23:00:31.111+00:002012-01-18T23:00:31.111+00:00Please keep reporting. Thank you for taking time t...Please keep reporting. Thank you for taking time to do this. Nowhere else in the English language sphere is anyone pulling the story together in the way you can, thanks to your background, your sensibility, and your kindness. You've written a post we can all share.Borsóhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546593687761912475noreply@blogger.com