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Budapest Pride Festival Organisers Defiant In Response To Mayors
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Organisers of the Budapest Pride festival wrapped 30 trees in rainbow-coloured paper on Andrássy út, not far from Heroes Square, yesterday in protest against recent homophobic remarks by Eighth District mayor Máté Kocsis and Budapest mayor István Tarlós.
Hungarian Political Activists Deface Government Billboards
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian political activists across the country spent much of the weekend defacing or removing controversial billboards on “immigration and terrorism” erected at the national government’s behest last week. The activity is so widespread that undercover police have been ordered to keep watch on the xenophobic billboards.
Anti Corruption Protests Held Across Hungary
- 20 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Anti-corruption protests took place across Hungary today. In Budapest the demonstration started in front of the Eiffel Palace Office Building near the Nyugati (western) train station. A few minutes before the scheduled start of the protest it seemed as though police and members of the press would outnumber the protesters.
Habitat For Humanity: Rebuilding Homes & Communities In Hungary
- 16 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- property
One and a half million Hungarians live in dwellings unfit for human habitation. No bathroom, toilet out in the yard, windows that let in the cold air, walls black from smoke. In Ág, a small village in the southern Hungarian Baranya county, the locals washed themselves in wash tubs. Last year Habitat for Humanity appeared and offered building material for volunteer work.
Hungary’s Jobbik “Breaks Taboo”
- 14 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Political Capital, a think-tank, said Jobbik’s biggest success on Sunday was a critical mass no longer sees the party as extremist. The taboos associated with the party that had kept previously undecided voters away from Jobbik have been broken, the thinktank said.
Fidelitas Plans Database Of Opponents
- 19 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Fidelitas Facebook page was removed yesterday after the youth wing of Fidesz encouraged supporters to send in the names and photographs of “agents provocateurs” at public events. The initiative was announced by president László Böröcz three days after a small group attempted to disrupt the prime minister’s official March 15 speech on Sunday.
Hungarian Hate Group 'Highwayman Army' Seeks 'Fighters', Jobbik Connection?
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
According to Jobbik MP Tamás “Roy” Sneider, extremist hate group Betyársereg (Highwayman army) needs fighters, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s mother is a Gypsy, and it is better to employ a Muslim as a personal secretary than a Jew. Jobbik must “project calm” and “must not appear violent” but at the same time “must divert Hungarian society in a direction which enables it to ‘radicalize itself”.
Political Storm Over High School Name In Hungary
- 24 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Human Resources Ministry has set off a storm of protest by announcing plans to rename the Endre Ságvári high school attached to the University of Szeged.
Veszprém By-Election: Governing Parties Loose Two-Thirds Majority In Parliament
- 23 Feb 2015 8:02 AM
- current affairs
Governing parties have lost their two-thirds majority in Parliament after a by-election held in the Veszprém constituency in western Hungary on Sunday was won by an independent candidate backed by left-wing parties.
Budapest Pride Festival Organisers Defiant In Response To Mayors
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Organisers of the Budapest Pride festival wrapped 30 trees in rainbow-coloured paper on Andrássy út, not far from Heroes Square, yesterday in protest against recent homophobic remarks by Eighth District mayor Máté Kocsis and Budapest mayor István Tarlós.
Hungarian Political Activists Deface Government Billboards
- 9 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian political activists across the country spent much of the weekend defacing or removing controversial billboards on “immigration and terrorism” erected at the national government’s behest last week. The activity is so widespread that undercover police have been ordered to keep watch on the xenophobic billboards.
Anti Corruption Protests Held Across Hungary
- 20 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Anti-corruption protests took place across Hungary today. In Budapest the demonstration started in front of the Eiffel Palace Office Building near the Nyugati (western) train station. A few minutes before the scheduled start of the protest it seemed as though police and members of the press would outnumber the protesters.
Habitat For Humanity: Rebuilding Homes & Communities In Hungary
- 16 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- property
One and a half million Hungarians live in dwellings unfit for human habitation. No bathroom, toilet out in the yard, windows that let in the cold air, walls black from smoke. In Ág, a small village in the southern Hungarian Baranya county, the locals washed themselves in wash tubs. Last year Habitat for Humanity appeared and offered building material for volunteer work.
Hungary’s Jobbik “Breaks Taboo”
- 14 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Political Capital, a think-tank, said Jobbik’s biggest success on Sunday was a critical mass no longer sees the party as extremist. The taboos associated with the party that had kept previously undecided voters away from Jobbik have been broken, the thinktank said.
Fidelitas Plans Database Of Opponents
- 19 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Fidelitas Facebook page was removed yesterday after the youth wing of Fidesz encouraged supporters to send in the names and photographs of “agents provocateurs” at public events. The initiative was announced by president László Böröcz three days after a small group attempted to disrupt the prime minister’s official March 15 speech on Sunday.
Hungarian Hate Group 'Highwayman Army' Seeks 'Fighters', Jobbik Connection?
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
According to Jobbik MP Tamás “Roy” Sneider, extremist hate group Betyársereg (Highwayman army) needs fighters, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s mother is a Gypsy, and it is better to employ a Muslim as a personal secretary than a Jew. Jobbik must “project calm” and “must not appear violent” but at the same time “must divert Hungarian society in a direction which enables it to ‘radicalize itself”.
Political Storm Over High School Name In Hungary
- 24 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Human Resources Ministry has set off a storm of protest by announcing plans to rename the Endre Ságvári high school attached to the University of Szeged.
Veszprém By-Election: Governing Parties Loose Two-Thirds Majority In Parliament
- 23 Feb 2015 8:02 AM
- current affairs
Governing parties have lost their two-thirds majority in Parliament after a by-election held in the Veszprém constituency in western Hungary on Sunday was won by an independent candidate backed by left-wing parties.