422 result(s) for activist
Hungary’s Constitutional Changes Fuel New Tensions
- 10 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thousands of Hungarians protested in central Budapest on Saturday (9 March) against imminent changes to the country's constitution which they fear would curb democratic rights, echoing worries this week from the European Union and the United States.
Poetry Of Ethelbert Miller In Hungary
- 6 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
American writer, poet and literary activist E. Ethelbert Miller visited Hungary from February 24 to March 1 as part of the Embassy’s commemoration of African American History Month. Miller traveled around the country sharing his poems and discussing the influence African American history on his work.
African American Poet E. Ethelbert Miller In Hungary
- 27 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
As part of the U.S. Embassy’s Speaker Program, and to highlight Black History Month, renowned African American poet and activist E. Ethelbert Miller will be visiting Budapest, Pécs and Balatonalmádi on February 25- 28, 2013.
Xpat Opinion: How Women Are Being Treated In Hungarian Parliament
- 27 Feb 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
In September of 2012 there was an uproar in the Hungarian parliament over the issue of domestic violence; I spent at least two posts on the issue. By popular demand, the House had to consider including domestic violence in the criminal code. It was clear from the beginning that the Fidesz-KDMP caucus was planning to vote against the measure. One member of the government party after the other got ...
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. ...
Hungarian Students Network (HaHa) Admits Receiving US Help
- 31 Jan 2013 10:50 AM
- current affairs
The Students Network (HaHa) admitted to Klubrádió on Monday that it has received American assistance, but said that did not include political influence. Activist Andrea Kóbor told the radio station that an NGO had offered advice, as reported by Magyar Nemzet after the newspaper obtained the movement’s entire internal correspondence.
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. ...
Xpat Opinion: Teachers & Their Students: The Hungarian Situation
- 24 Jan 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
Although the leaders of HÖOK insist that “student unity” is intact, I see it differently. The Orbán government as usual has managed to drive a wedge between the two organizations: HÖOK, the present-day KISZ, and the newly formed HaHa (Hallgatói Hálózat). Just as it managed to divide the trade unions and negotiate only with the ones loyal to the government. And the same thing happened a couple of ...
Xpat Opinion: Teachers & Their Students: The Hungarian Situation
- 21 Jan 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
Although the leaders of HÖOK insist that “student unity” is intact, I see it differently. The Orbán government as usual has managed to drive a wedge between the two organizations: HÖOK, the present-day KISZ, and the newly formed HaHa (Hallgatói Hálózat). Just as it managed to divide the trade unions and negotiate only with the ones loyal to the government. And the same thing happened a couple of ...
Hungary’s Constitutional Changes Fuel New Tensions
- 10 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thousands of Hungarians protested in central Budapest on Saturday (9 March) against imminent changes to the country's constitution which they fear would curb democratic rights, echoing worries this week from the European Union and the United States.
Poetry Of Ethelbert Miller In Hungary
- 6 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
American writer, poet and literary activist E. Ethelbert Miller visited Hungary from February 24 to March 1 as part of the Embassy’s commemoration of African American History Month. Miller traveled around the country sharing his poems and discussing the influence African American history on his work.
African American Poet E. Ethelbert Miller In Hungary
- 27 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
As part of the U.S. Embassy’s Speaker Program, and to highlight Black History Month, renowned African American poet and activist E. Ethelbert Miller will be visiting Budapest, Pécs and Balatonalmádi on February 25- 28, 2013.
Xpat Opinion: How Women Are Being Treated In Hungarian Parliament
- 27 Feb 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
In September of 2012 there was an uproar in the Hungarian parliament over the issue of domestic violence; I spent at least two posts on the issue. By popular demand, the House had to consider including domestic violence in the criminal code. It was clear from the beginning that the Fidesz-KDMP caucus was planning to vote against the measure. One member of the government party after the other got ...
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. ...
Hungarian Students Network (HaHa) Admits Receiving US Help
- 31 Jan 2013 10:50 AM
- current affairs
The Students Network (HaHa) admitted to Klubrádió on Monday that it has received American assistance, but said that did not include political influence. Activist Andrea Kóbor told the radio station that an NGO had offered advice, as reported by Magyar Nemzet after the newspaper obtained the movement’s entire internal correspondence.
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. ...
Xpat Opinion: Teachers & Their Students: The Hungarian Situation
- 24 Jan 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
Although the leaders of HÖOK insist that “student unity” is intact, I see it differently. The Orbán government as usual has managed to drive a wedge between the two organizations: HÖOK, the present-day KISZ, and the newly formed HaHa (Hallgatói Hálózat). Just as it managed to divide the trade unions and negotiate only with the ones loyal to the government. And the same thing happened a couple of ...
Xpat Opinion: Teachers & Their Students: The Hungarian Situation
- 21 Jan 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
Although the leaders of HÖOK insist that “student unity” is intact, I see it differently. The Orbán government as usual has managed to drive a wedge between the two organizations: HÖOK, the present-day KISZ, and the newly formed HaHa (Hallgatói Hálózat). Just as it managed to divide the trade unions and negotiate only with the ones loyal to the government. And the same thing happened a couple of ...