16 result(s) for jobbik in Community & Culture
December 24 Holiday Voted Down
- 27 Oct 2017 8:54 AM
- community & culture
Parliament’s enterprise development committee on Thursday voted down a bill submitted by Dialogue politician Tímea Szabó in consultation with the Hungarian Trade Union Alliance, on declaring December 24 as a holiday.
Opinion About Political Events In Budapest On March 15
- 15 Mar 2017 8:00 AM
- community & culture
March 15 is always an eventful day in Hungary as the country celebrates the anniversary of its revolution against the Austrian Empire in 1848. If you’re visiting Budapest, or live here and would like to bear witness, there will be several events in the heart of the city that will give you an idea of the multiple interpretations of March 15 that mark every year’s celebration.
Hungarian Students Below OECD Average In PISA Test
- 7 Dec 2016 6:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian students scored worse in reading comprehension and in science in a PISA test conducted last year than in a similar test in 2012, according to an OECD report published on Tuesday.
Hungary To Host International Eucharistic Congress In 2020
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary will host the next International Eucharistic Congress scheduled for 2020, Pope Francis said in a video message sent to the holy mass concluding the 51st congress in Cebu, Philippines. Hungary will organise the event for the second time.
Hungarian Opposition Mark 1956 Anniversary
- 26 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Vona, leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, said in Corvin Alley, a stronghold of revolutionaries in 1956, that the freedom fighters had drawn their strength from the patriotic interwar regime of Miklós Horthy. He said the 1956 revolution was “the most noble act” in Europe’s postwar history.
Holocaust Memorial Day In Hungary
- 16 Apr 2015 3:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary cannot stand “mute and helpless” over the spreading of “evil ideas”, János Lázár, the head of the prime minister’s office, said, addressing a commemoration marking Hungary’s Holocaust Memorial Day. After what happened at the Danube embankment in the winter of 1944—when Jews were shot into the river—and in Auschwitz “there can be no such thing as innocent anti-Semitism, anti-Gypsy ...
Hungarian National Theatre Ticket Sales Off By A Third
- 25 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Ticket sales at the National Theatre (Nemzeti Szinház) fell one third in the first year of the artistic stewardship of Attila Vidnyánszky, who succeeded Róbert Alföldi in August 2013 as part of the ongoing “culture wars” waged by ruling party Fidesz against left-wing and liberal establishment figures and cultural institutions.
Hungarians Kertész & Rubik To Be Awarded Saint Stephen’s Order
- 19 Aug 2014 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Nobel laureate for literature Imre Kertész and inventor Ernő Rubik will be presented the Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen, the highest state award, this year, the prime minister’s press chief said on Monday. The award is given to personalities with undisputable international recognition, who have further improved Hungary’s reputation in the world, Bertalan Havasi said.
Award For Hungarian Nobel Prize Writer Kertész Sparks Controversy
- 18 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Both Jobbik and some left-wing liberals reacted with dismay to the news that Nobel Prize novelist Imre Kertész will be given the St. Stephen Award, the nation’s highest official honour on August 20.
December 24 Holiday Voted Down
- 27 Oct 2017 8:54 AM
- community & culture
Parliament’s enterprise development committee on Thursday voted down a bill submitted by Dialogue politician Tímea Szabó in consultation with the Hungarian Trade Union Alliance, on declaring December 24 as a holiday.
Opinion About Political Events In Budapest On March 15
- 15 Mar 2017 8:00 AM
- community & culture
March 15 is always an eventful day in Hungary as the country celebrates the anniversary of its revolution against the Austrian Empire in 1848. If you’re visiting Budapest, or live here and would like to bear witness, there will be several events in the heart of the city that will give you an idea of the multiple interpretations of March 15 that mark every year’s celebration.
Hungarian Students Below OECD Average In PISA Test
- 7 Dec 2016 6:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian students scored worse in reading comprehension and in science in a PISA test conducted last year than in a similar test in 2012, according to an OECD report published on Tuesday.
Hungary To Host International Eucharistic Congress In 2020
- 2 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary will host the next International Eucharistic Congress scheduled for 2020, Pope Francis said in a video message sent to the holy mass concluding the 51st congress in Cebu, Philippines. Hungary will organise the event for the second time.
Hungarian Opposition Mark 1956 Anniversary
- 26 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Vona, leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, said in Corvin Alley, a stronghold of revolutionaries in 1956, that the freedom fighters had drawn their strength from the patriotic interwar regime of Miklós Horthy. He said the 1956 revolution was “the most noble act” in Europe’s postwar history.
Holocaust Memorial Day In Hungary
- 16 Apr 2015 3:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary cannot stand “mute and helpless” over the spreading of “evil ideas”, János Lázár, the head of the prime minister’s office, said, addressing a commemoration marking Hungary’s Holocaust Memorial Day. After what happened at the Danube embankment in the winter of 1944—when Jews were shot into the river—and in Auschwitz “there can be no such thing as innocent anti-Semitism, anti-Gypsy ...
Hungarian National Theatre Ticket Sales Off By A Third
- 25 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Ticket sales at the National Theatre (Nemzeti Szinház) fell one third in the first year of the artistic stewardship of Attila Vidnyánszky, who succeeded Róbert Alföldi in August 2013 as part of the ongoing “culture wars” waged by ruling party Fidesz against left-wing and liberal establishment figures and cultural institutions.
Hungarians Kertész & Rubik To Be Awarded Saint Stephen’s Order
- 19 Aug 2014 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Nobel laureate for literature Imre Kertész and inventor Ernő Rubik will be presented the Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen, the highest state award, this year, the prime minister’s press chief said on Monday. The award is given to personalities with undisputable international recognition, who have further improved Hungary’s reputation in the world, Bertalan Havasi said.
Award For Hungarian Nobel Prize Writer Kertész Sparks Controversy
- 18 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Both Jobbik and some left-wing liberals reacted with dismay to the news that Nobel Prize novelist Imre Kertész will be given the St. Stephen Award, the nation’s highest official honour on August 20.