22 result(s) for constitutional in Community & Culture
In Memoriam Vilmos Zsigmond: Legendary Cinematographer Remembered In Budapest
- 1 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
“Vilmos Zsigmond remained the person he has always been: a Hungarian revolutionary, a loyal son of Hungary, our American hero”, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán about the recently passed away Oscar-winning cinematographer who has been commemorated at a memorial event held in the Vigadó of Budapest.
Hungary’s New Church Law Amendments
- 30 Sep 2015 2:00 AM
- community & culture
In future churches should be registered by courts based on legal provisions, according to a consultation paper on the church law published online on kormany.hu. The law in effect since January 1, 2012 originally recognised only 14 congregations as established churches but allowed other faiths to apply to parliament for recognition, dependent on the vote of a two-thirds majority.
Justice Minister: "Govt Welcomes Renaissance Of Jewish Life In Hungary"
- 4 Sep 2015 9:26 AM
- community & culture
There is no excuse for discrimination and persecution; to repeat this over and over again is not some sort of mania or an act of self-scolding but merely the act of facing up to our responsibility, Minister of Justice László Trócsányi said on 2 September 2015 in Szeged at the opening ceremony of the 9th Szeged Autumn Jewish Cultural Festival which was also attended by Mór Ilan, Israel’s ...
Grandhouse Gala Event , Basilica, 28 February
- 13 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Dear Members and Guests of the Grandhouse International Club,
With much pleasure the Board of Trustees invites you and your guests for a very special Gala Dinner event on Saturday, February 28, to celebrate three years of Grandhouse activities.
With much pleasure the Board of Trustees invites you and your guests for a very special Gala Dinner event on Saturday, February 28, to celebrate three years of Grandhouse activities.
Xpat Report: U.S. Embassy Budapest Screens Lincoln
- 25 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy with the assistance of InterCom Marketing screened Steven Spielberg’s movie Lincoln to a selected audience in the Puskin Cinema on January 24, a week before its nationwide release in Hungary. The movie focuses on a critical moment of conscience in America’s democratic and constitutional history – President Lincoln’s struggle to pass the 13th Amendment, thereby abolishing slavery. ...
U.S. Embassy In Budapest Screens Lincoln
- 30 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy with the assistance of InterCom Marketing screened Steven Spielberg’s movie Lincoln to a selected audience in the Puskin Cinema on January 24, a week before its nationwide release in Hungary. The movie focuses on a critical moment of conscience in America’s democratic and constitutional history – President Lincoln’s struggle to pass the 13th Amendment, thereby abolishing slavery. ...
Hungarian Court Broadens Definition Of Family
- 18 Dec 2012 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The Constitutional Court struck down provisions on the notion of family and inheritance law in the act on family protection on Monday. The court established that certain provisions contravene the Basic Law. It found that the act on family law defined family too narrowly as the marriage of one man and one woman only.
Gay Teacher Wins Discrimination Case In Hungary
- 18 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Kúria ruled on Monday that a person had lost his job as a result of unlawful discrimination because of his sexual orientation, the first such ruling in Hungary, Népszava reports. The plaintiff, a vocational secondary school teacher in Cegléd, said he will not give his name as he fears he may not find a job elsewhere.
Now On: Ten-Day Jewish Summer Festival In Budapest
- 30 Aug 2012 12:30 PM
- community & culture
Last Sunday saw the start of the 15th Jewish Summer Festival – one of Budapest’s most 'prestigious annual programmes of cultural events'. Every year the festival attracts tens of thousands of local visitors and tourists to the capital and its synagogue, which is said to be one of Europe’s most beautiful. The Hungarian Government has also provided funding for this programme of cultural events.
In Memoriam Vilmos Zsigmond: Legendary Cinematographer Remembered In Budapest
- 1 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
“Vilmos Zsigmond remained the person he has always been: a Hungarian revolutionary, a loyal son of Hungary, our American hero”, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán about the recently passed away Oscar-winning cinematographer who has been commemorated at a memorial event held in the Vigadó of Budapest.
Hungary’s New Church Law Amendments
- 30 Sep 2015 2:00 AM
- community & culture
In future churches should be registered by courts based on legal provisions, according to a consultation paper on the church law published online on kormany.hu. The law in effect since January 1, 2012 originally recognised only 14 congregations as established churches but allowed other faiths to apply to parliament for recognition, dependent on the vote of a two-thirds majority.
Justice Minister: "Govt Welcomes Renaissance Of Jewish Life In Hungary"
- 4 Sep 2015 9:26 AM
- community & culture
There is no excuse for discrimination and persecution; to repeat this over and over again is not some sort of mania or an act of self-scolding but merely the act of facing up to our responsibility, Minister of Justice László Trócsányi said on 2 September 2015 in Szeged at the opening ceremony of the 9th Szeged Autumn Jewish Cultural Festival which was also attended by Mór Ilan, Israel’s ...
Grandhouse Gala Event , Basilica, 28 February
- 13 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Dear Members and Guests of the Grandhouse International Club,
With much pleasure the Board of Trustees invites you and your guests for a very special Gala Dinner event on Saturday, February 28, to celebrate three years of Grandhouse activities.
With much pleasure the Board of Trustees invites you and your guests for a very special Gala Dinner event on Saturday, February 28, to celebrate three years of Grandhouse activities.
Xpat Report: U.S. Embassy Budapest Screens Lincoln
- 25 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy with the assistance of InterCom Marketing screened Steven Spielberg’s movie Lincoln to a selected audience in the Puskin Cinema on January 24, a week before its nationwide release in Hungary. The movie focuses on a critical moment of conscience in America’s democratic and constitutional history – President Lincoln’s struggle to pass the 13th Amendment, thereby abolishing slavery. ...
U.S. Embassy In Budapest Screens Lincoln
- 30 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy with the assistance of InterCom Marketing screened Steven Spielberg’s movie Lincoln to a selected audience in the Puskin Cinema on January 24, a week before its nationwide release in Hungary. The movie focuses on a critical moment of conscience in America’s democratic and constitutional history – President Lincoln’s struggle to pass the 13th Amendment, thereby abolishing slavery. ...
Hungarian Court Broadens Definition Of Family
- 18 Dec 2012 8:04 AM
- community & culture
The Constitutional Court struck down provisions on the notion of family and inheritance law in the act on family protection on Monday. The court established that certain provisions contravene the Basic Law. It found that the act on family law defined family too narrowly as the marriage of one man and one woman only.
Gay Teacher Wins Discrimination Case In Hungary
- 18 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Kúria ruled on Monday that a person had lost his job as a result of unlawful discrimination because of his sexual orientation, the first such ruling in Hungary, Népszava reports. The plaintiff, a vocational secondary school teacher in Cegléd, said he will not give his name as he fears he may not find a job elsewhere.
Now On: Ten-Day Jewish Summer Festival In Budapest
- 30 Aug 2012 12:30 PM
- community & culture
Last Sunday saw the start of the 15th Jewish Summer Festival – one of Budapest’s most 'prestigious annual programmes of cultural events'. Every year the festival attracts tens of thousands of local visitors and tourists to the capital and its synagogue, which is said to be one of Europe’s most beautiful. The Hungarian Government has also provided funding for this programme of cultural events.