488 result(s) for abuse
Human Rights Watch: Hungary: Failing To Protect Vulnerable Refugees
- 20 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is keeping many of the most vulnerable asylum seekers stranded on its border in poor conditions for weeks while they wait to enter the country and file their claims, Human Rights Watch said today. Some said that border officials had used excessive force against them.
State Medal Auction Yields 500 Pairs Of Shoes For Impoverished Children
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Sixteen Hungarian state medals were auctioned off Monday evening for a total of HUF 2.5 million (USD 9,300). The medals were donated to the Protective Charitative Association (Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület) for auction by various Hungarian notables after the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary was bestowed on Fidesz publicist Zsolt Bayer, an outspoken antisemite. The ...
Ministry Orders Investigation Into Alleged Sexual Abuse In Orphanage
- 9 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The human resources ministry has asked the police to investigate the alleged sexual abuse of children at an orphanage, the ministry said. Tabloid Bors reported rights groups and parents as saying that staff at an unnamed orphanage sexually abused children in exchange for small rewards.
Prosecutor Calls For Fidesz MP’s Immunity To Be Lifted
- 19 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s chief prosecutor has asked parliament to lift the immunity of ruling party lawmaker Roland Mengyi on suspicion of corruption involving public funds, a prosecution spokesman said on Thursday.
Transparency International At Sziget Festival Budapest
- 15 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The vast majority of young Hungarians believe that corruption pervades domestic public life, József Péter Martin, executive director of Transparency International Magyarország told reporters, presenting the results of a survey conducted by his organisation at an event held at the Sziget festival.
HR Ministry Rejects Corruption Allegations
- 9 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The human resources ministry rejected allegations by the opposition Socialist Party that it was involved in a scheme to take bribes from social cooperatives in exchange for favours in their bids for EU money. Political weekly 168 Óra said last week that in 2015 Fidesz MP Roland Mengyi had solicited bribes from social cooperatives in exchange for preferential treatment in the bidding process for ...
RIP: Iris Zwack - Novelist & Promoter of Hungarian Modern Art
- 2 Aug 2016 12:00 PM
Iris Masters Zwack has spent her entire adult life living out of a suitcase. From the age of 15, when she moved to Italy to be with her Hungarian father and his wife, Anne when all hell broke loose in terms of travel. She has lived in many cities for long periods of time. From Chicago to New York City, to Florence, then Rome, Boston, Seattle and most importantly Budapest, which she started ...
Two-Thirds View Hungarian Government As Corrupt
- 29 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz is regarded by the general public as just as corrupt since November 2014 as the Socialists that governed the country up until 2010, a poll conducted jointly by HVG and Medián reveals. Two-thirds of the respondents stated that the financial abuses of the present cabinet are typical to a “great” or “very great” extent.
Lázár: Reports Of Abuse Against Migrants ‘Lies’
- 15 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Government office chief János Lázár rejected reports by human rights organisations accusing Hungarian authorities of being violent towards migrants at the border as “lies and slander”. He said authorities handled migrants in a professional manner. Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Wednesday that Hungary’s authorities “summarily force” migrants back to Serbia at the southern border, ...
Human Rights Watch: Hungary: Failing To Protect Vulnerable Refugees
- 20 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is keeping many of the most vulnerable asylum seekers stranded on its border in poor conditions for weeks while they wait to enter the country and file their claims, Human Rights Watch said today. Some said that border officials had used excessive force against them.
State Medal Auction Yields 500 Pairs Of Shoes For Impoverished Children
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Sixteen Hungarian state medals were auctioned off Monday evening for a total of HUF 2.5 million (USD 9,300). The medals were donated to the Protective Charitative Association (Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület) for auction by various Hungarian notables after the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary was bestowed on Fidesz publicist Zsolt Bayer, an outspoken antisemite. The ...
Ministry Orders Investigation Into Alleged Sexual Abuse In Orphanage
- 9 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The human resources ministry has asked the police to investigate the alleged sexual abuse of children at an orphanage, the ministry said. Tabloid Bors reported rights groups and parents as saying that staff at an unnamed orphanage sexually abused children in exchange for small rewards.
Prosecutor Calls For Fidesz MP’s Immunity To Be Lifted
- 19 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s chief prosecutor has asked parliament to lift the immunity of ruling party lawmaker Roland Mengyi on suspicion of corruption involving public funds, a prosecution spokesman said on Thursday.
Transparency International At Sziget Festival Budapest
- 15 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The vast majority of young Hungarians believe that corruption pervades domestic public life, József Péter Martin, executive director of Transparency International Magyarország told reporters, presenting the results of a survey conducted by his organisation at an event held at the Sziget festival.
HR Ministry Rejects Corruption Allegations
- 9 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The human resources ministry rejected allegations by the opposition Socialist Party that it was involved in a scheme to take bribes from social cooperatives in exchange for favours in their bids for EU money. Political weekly 168 Óra said last week that in 2015 Fidesz MP Roland Mengyi had solicited bribes from social cooperatives in exchange for preferential treatment in the bidding process for ...
RIP: Iris Zwack - Novelist & Promoter of Hungarian Modern Art
- 2 Aug 2016 12:00 PM
Iris Masters Zwack has spent her entire adult life living out of a suitcase. From the age of 15, when she moved to Italy to be with her Hungarian father and his wife, Anne when all hell broke loose in terms of travel. She has lived in many cities for long periods of time. From Chicago to New York City, to Florence, then Rome, Boston, Seattle and most importantly Budapest, which she started ...
Two-Thirds View Hungarian Government As Corrupt
- 29 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz is regarded by the general public as just as corrupt since November 2014 as the Socialists that governed the country up until 2010, a poll conducted jointly by HVG and Medián reveals. Two-thirds of the respondents stated that the financial abuses of the present cabinet are typical to a “great” or “very great” extent.
Lázár: Reports Of Abuse Against Migrants ‘Lies’
- 15 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Government office chief János Lázár rejected reports by human rights organisations accusing Hungarian authorities of being violent towards migrants at the border as “lies and slander”. He said authorities handled migrants in a professional manner. Human Rights Watch said in a report published on Wednesday that Hungary’s authorities “summarily force” migrants back to Serbia at the southern border, ...