24 result(s) for attacks in Community & Culture
Hungarian Youth Orgs To Light Candles For Christian Victims Of ISIS
- 29 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ruling Fidesz’s youth arm Fidelitas and the Young Christian Democrats (IKSZ) on Friday will light candles in Budapest for the Christians who have fallen victim to brutal attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). Members of the Jihadist organisation have murdered hundreds of people for their citizenship or religion, including US journalist James Foley, with heinous brutality, the ...
Special Award For 'Judgment in Hungary' At Sarajevo Film Festival
- 29 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Judgment in Hungary, a documentary about the trial of the serial murderers of Roma in Hungary from 2008-09, has received two awards at the Sarajevo film festival, writes vs.hu. Besides the award granted by the festival’s jury (chaired this year by the retired Hungarian director Béla Tarr) the film also received the Human Rights Award.
Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, Margaret Island Open Air Stage Budapest, 1 & 3 August
- 29 Jul 2014 9:10 AM
- community & culture
The story of a secret love, an outdoor opera premiere on 1 and 3 August (Friday, Sunday) 2014 8pm on Margaret Island Open-air Stage, a performance of the Hungarian State Opera.
Xpat Opinion: The New Ethics Textbook For Hungarian Fifth Graders
- 13 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- community & culture
What can one say about the newly introduced ethics textbook for Hungarian fifth graders? For starters, it is not, strictly speaking, an ethics text. Ethics is not a branch of religion, and being ethical is not the same as following the law or adhering to societal norms. So a textbook that lauds religious virtues and advocates unquestioning civil obedience doesn’t belong in an ethics class.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Immigrants In Great Britain
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
You may recall György Matolcsy’s infamous CNN interview in which he extolled the economic achievements of the Orbán government, which adopted his “unorthodox” policies. Matolcsy’s English is somewhat halting and while he was madly looking for words to describe the glorious Hungarian situation, he stumbled upon the phrase “fairy tale.” Well, the description of Hungary as a country that lives in ...
Invitation: 9/11 Memorial Blood Drive, By U.S. Embassy Budapest
- 11 Sep 2012 9:04 AM
- community & culture
In commemoration of the National Day of Service and Remembrance and marking the 11th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, the U.S. Embassy and the Hungarian Red Cross will hold a blood drive tomorrow.
Hungarian Youth Orgs To Light Candles For Christian Victims Of ISIS
- 29 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ruling Fidesz’s youth arm Fidelitas and the Young Christian Democrats (IKSZ) on Friday will light candles in Budapest for the Christians who have fallen victim to brutal attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). Members of the Jihadist organisation have murdered hundreds of people for their citizenship or religion, including US journalist James Foley, with heinous brutality, the ...
Special Award For 'Judgment in Hungary' At Sarajevo Film Festival
- 29 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Judgment in Hungary, a documentary about the trial of the serial murderers of Roma in Hungary from 2008-09, has received two awards at the Sarajevo film festival, writes vs.hu. Besides the award granted by the festival’s jury (chaired this year by the retired Hungarian director Béla Tarr) the film also received the Human Rights Award.
Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, Margaret Island Open Air Stage Budapest, 1 & 3 August
- 29 Jul 2014 9:10 AM
- community & culture
The story of a secret love, an outdoor opera premiere on 1 and 3 August (Friday, Sunday) 2014 8pm on Margaret Island Open-air Stage, a performance of the Hungarian State Opera.
Xpat Opinion: The New Ethics Textbook For Hungarian Fifth Graders
- 13 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- community & culture
What can one say about the newly introduced ethics textbook for Hungarian fifth graders? For starters, it is not, strictly speaking, an ethics text. Ethics is not a branch of religion, and being ethical is not the same as following the law or adhering to societal norms. So a textbook that lauds religious virtues and advocates unquestioning civil obedience doesn’t belong in an ethics class.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Immigrants In Great Britain
- 27 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
You may recall György Matolcsy’s infamous CNN interview in which he extolled the economic achievements of the Orbán government, which adopted his “unorthodox” policies. Matolcsy’s English is somewhat halting and while he was madly looking for words to describe the glorious Hungarian situation, he stumbled upon the phrase “fairy tale.” Well, the description of Hungary as a country that lives in ...
Invitation: 9/11 Memorial Blood Drive, By U.S. Embassy Budapest
- 11 Sep 2012 9:04 AM
- community & culture
In commemoration of the National Day of Service and Remembrance and marking the 11th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, the U.S. Embassy and the Hungarian Red Cross will hold a blood drive tomorrow.