Opposition candidate for prime minister Péter Márki-Zay poses for a selfie with supporters The conservative small-town mayor Péter Márki-Zay has won the primary of Hungary’s united opposition. And he has a good chance of beating Orbán Small-town mayor Péter Márki-Zay won the run-off election of the first ever Hungarian opposition primary that ended on 17 October. MZP – that is his nickname in Hungarian public discourse – obtained 371,560 votes against Member of European Parliament Klára Dobrev’s 283,677 votes. He will be facing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in next spring’s…
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Flight from Sri Lanka to flag-off Kushinagar airport in India
ECONOMYNEXT – A flight from Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo carrying politicians and monks will be the first to land at Kushinagar International Airport in India, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narenda Modi. Kushinagar is the city where Buddhist believe Lord Buddha passed away known as Mahaparinirvana. The majority of citizens of Sri Lanka, which has an Indianized civilization, are Buddhists. “Kushinagar is considered to be a focal point of the Buddhist Circuit in India and the new international airport is likely to strengthen people to people interactions between…
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