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Diverse Crowd Marches For Women’s Rights In Budapest
- 23 Jan 2017 8:28 AM
- current affairs
As about half a million people converged for the Women’s March on Washington, DC, on Saturday, dwarfing the turnout for the inauguration of President Donald Trump the day before, sister marches took place across U.S. and foreign cities.
Anti-Olympics Drive Starts Tomorrow
- 18 Jan 2017 7:50 AM
- sport
The Momentum movement will kick off a signature drive on Thursday in hopes of gaining sufficient support from Budapest residents for a referendum on staging the 2024 Olympics.
Momentum Movement Campaigns For Referendum Against Hungary’s Olympic Bid
- 18 Jan 2017 7:00 AM
- sport
“No to the Olympics, yes to our future!” - A political youth organization suddenly appeared in Hungarian headlines last week with a plan to derail government ambitions to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Budapest. The Momentum Mozgalom (Momentum Movement) kicked off a media campaign called “NOlympics” to gain support for its opposition to hosting the games, and on Thursday will begin ...
Magyar Opinion: A Conservative View On Hungary’s Poor PISA Performance
- 11 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative educational philosopher offers explanations for Hungary’s underperformance in the regular international competence test. He lists differences in educational traditions compared to western Europe, and the failure of efforts to improve education levels among the Roma, among the reasons.
Activists Protest Hungarian Village Council Decree
- 12 Dec 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gay rights activists on Saturday afternoon staged a demonstration against what they call the scandalous decree passed by the local council of Ásotthalom, which bans burqas, the construction of mosques and any “act that does not recognise marriage (between man and woman) as the basis of family ties, and which recognises (the traditional) parent-child relationship”.
Protest For Release Of Syrian Migrant
- 5 Dec 2016 12:59 PM
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A few hundred people rallied on Blaha Lujza tér on Saturday afternoon to call for the release of Syrian-Cypriot Ahmed Hamed, who had been sentenced to a ten-year prison term last Wednesday on charges of terrorism.
Protest For Release Of Syrian Migrant
- 5 Dec 2016 6:22 AM
- current affairs
A few hundred people rallied on Blaha Lujza tér on Saturday afternoon to call for the release of Syrian-Cypriot Ahmed Hamed, who had been sentenced to a ten-year prison term last Wednesday on charges of terrorism.
Xpat Opinion: Fidel Castro Remembered
- 30 Nov 2016 7:45 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist sees the controversy over Fidel Castro’s heritage as an expression of contemporary ideological and sectarian disputes over capitalism and human rights.
International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Now On Until 13 November
- 10 Nov 2016 11:55 AM
- entertainment
This is the only human rights documentary film festival in Hungary, organized yearly since 2004. Verzio aims to promote open society, democratic values, rule-of-law, freedom of expression, political and cultural pluralism as well as to expose abuse and human rights violations throughout the world by presenting quality, creative documentaries.
Diverse Crowd Marches For Women’s Rights In Budapest
- 23 Jan 2017 8:28 AM
- current affairs
As about half a million people converged for the Women’s March on Washington, DC, on Saturday, dwarfing the turnout for the inauguration of President Donald Trump the day before, sister marches took place across U.S. and foreign cities.
Anti-Olympics Drive Starts Tomorrow
- 18 Jan 2017 7:50 AM
- sport
The Momentum movement will kick off a signature drive on Thursday in hopes of gaining sufficient support from Budapest residents for a referendum on staging the 2024 Olympics.
Momentum Movement Campaigns For Referendum Against Hungary’s Olympic Bid
- 18 Jan 2017 7:00 AM
- sport
“No to the Olympics, yes to our future!” - A political youth organization suddenly appeared in Hungarian headlines last week with a plan to derail government ambitions to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Budapest. The Momentum Mozgalom (Momentum Movement) kicked off a media campaign called “NOlympics” to gain support for its opposition to hosting the games, and on Thursday will begin ...
Magyar Opinion: A Conservative View On Hungary’s Poor PISA Performance
- 11 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative educational philosopher offers explanations for Hungary’s underperformance in the regular international competence test. He lists differences in educational traditions compared to western Europe, and the failure of efforts to improve education levels among the Roma, among the reasons.
Activists Protest Hungarian Village Council Decree
- 12 Dec 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gay rights activists on Saturday afternoon staged a demonstration against what they call the scandalous decree passed by the local council of Ásotthalom, which bans burqas, the construction of mosques and any “act that does not recognise marriage (between man and woman) as the basis of family ties, and which recognises (the traditional) parent-child relationship”.
Protest For Release Of Syrian Migrant
- 5 Dec 2016 12:59 PM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- ???category.news.pol???
A few hundred people rallied on Blaha Lujza tér on Saturday afternoon to call for the release of Syrian-Cypriot Ahmed Hamed, who had been sentenced to a ten-year prison term last Wednesday on charges of terrorism.
Protest For Release Of Syrian Migrant
- 5 Dec 2016 6:22 AM
- current affairs
A few hundred people rallied on Blaha Lujza tér on Saturday afternoon to call for the release of Syrian-Cypriot Ahmed Hamed, who had been sentenced to a ten-year prison term last Wednesday on charges of terrorism.
Xpat Opinion: Fidel Castro Remembered
- 30 Nov 2016 7:45 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist sees the controversy over Fidel Castro’s heritage as an expression of contemporary ideological and sectarian disputes over capitalism and human rights.
International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Now On Until 13 November
- 10 Nov 2016 11:55 AM
- entertainment
This is the only human rights documentary film festival in Hungary, organized yearly since 2004. Verzio aims to promote open society, democratic values, rule-of-law, freedom of expression, political and cultural pluralism as well as to expose abuse and human rights violations throughout the world by presenting quality, creative documentaries.