2,213 result(s) for budapest demo
Hungarian Court Upholds Right To Assembly
- 13 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The city of Budapest abused its powers when it reserved all important public areas where large demonstrations and remembrances could have been staged last March 15, the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday.
Xpat Opionion: ’Hunger Marchers’ Reach Budapest
- 13 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An influential right wing pundit claims the demonstration is a joint MSZP-Jobbik attack on the government, while independent bloggers accuse the official parliamentary guard of complicity in setting up a counter-demonstration banner in front of Parliament. A libertarian commentator finds it rather sad that marching people still expect the government to provide them with “work and bread”, instead ...
Hunger Marchers Reach Budapest
- 11 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Over 200 hunger marchers from 11 counties that started out in late January and early February aim to reach Parliament today in time to for the start of the spring session to demand work, fair wages and a decent living.
Death Of Former American Ambassador To Hungary Mark Palmer
- 11 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The U.S. Embassy in Budapest is saddened by the news of the passing of Ambassador Mark Palmer, who served as United States Ambassador to Hungary between 1986 and 1990, following a long struggle with cancer. A champion for freedom, Ambassador Palmer took up his duties in the last years of the Communist era, and played a highly visible role during the regime change.
First Holocaust Denial Conviction In Hungary
- 1 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The first verdict meted out for denial of the Holocaust has become final yesterday as the Budapest Court upheld a lower court ruling. A court last June 12 sentenced the 42-year-old defendant to an 18-month prison term, suspended for three years, and ordered him placed under supervision of a probation officer.
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. ...
Wizz Air Announces Flight Crew Training Centre In Budapest
- 30 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- travel
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost, low-fare airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announced it will open a new crew training centre in Budapest in March 2013. The Wizz Air training centre will feature a modern A320 full flight simulator, aircraft cabin mock up facilities and a fire fighting trainer, representing an investment of €15m over a period of 10 years. The state of the art equipment ...
Now On: 'Research On Sacred Song', Museum Of Ethnography In Budapest
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In Hungarian, songs sung by a religious congregation either in church, or on other liturgical occasions, are known as "népénekek," translated for the purposes of this exhibition as "vernacular sacred songs". These include not only church songs, but also songs associated with various religious folk customs, songs of greeting, and songs sung at wakes. Most vernacular sacred songs were not folk ...
Now On: 'World Models Exhibition', Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
What does the notion of the studio mean today? Is it the locus of artistic creativity, the most natural environment for experimenting and for the creative process? The mysterious place of the creation of the WORK? A refuge and a stage for private rites and rituals? A space consecrated by the artist's presence, and the place of his or her everyday life at the same time? A shell that has grown ...
Hungarian Court Upholds Right To Assembly
- 13 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The city of Budapest abused its powers when it reserved all important public areas where large demonstrations and remembrances could have been staged last March 15, the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday.
Xpat Opionion: ’Hunger Marchers’ Reach Budapest
- 13 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An influential right wing pundit claims the demonstration is a joint MSZP-Jobbik attack on the government, while independent bloggers accuse the official parliamentary guard of complicity in setting up a counter-demonstration banner in front of Parliament. A libertarian commentator finds it rather sad that marching people still expect the government to provide them with “work and bread”, instead ...
Hunger Marchers Reach Budapest
- 11 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Over 200 hunger marchers from 11 counties that started out in late January and early February aim to reach Parliament today in time to for the start of the spring session to demand work, fair wages and a decent living.
Death Of Former American Ambassador To Hungary Mark Palmer
- 11 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The U.S. Embassy in Budapest is saddened by the news of the passing of Ambassador Mark Palmer, who served as United States Ambassador to Hungary between 1986 and 1990, following a long struggle with cancer. A champion for freedom, Ambassador Palmer took up his duties in the last years of the Communist era, and played a highly visible role during the regime change.
First Holocaust Denial Conviction In Hungary
- 1 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The first verdict meted out for denial of the Holocaust has become final yesterday as the Budapest Court upheld a lower court ruling. A court last June 12 sentenced the 42-year-old defendant to an 18-month prison term, suspended for three years, and ordered him placed under supervision of a probation officer.
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. ...
Wizz Air Announces Flight Crew Training Centre In Budapest
- 30 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- travel
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost, low-fare airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announced it will open a new crew training centre in Budapest in March 2013. The Wizz Air training centre will feature a modern A320 full flight simulator, aircraft cabin mock up facilities and a fire fighting trainer, representing an investment of €15m over a period of 10 years. The state of the art equipment ...
Now On: 'Research On Sacred Song', Museum Of Ethnography In Budapest
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In Hungarian, songs sung by a religious congregation either in church, or on other liturgical occasions, are known as "népénekek," translated for the purposes of this exhibition as "vernacular sacred songs". These include not only church songs, but also songs associated with various religious folk customs, songs of greeting, and songs sung at wakes. Most vernacular sacred songs were not folk ...
Now On: 'World Models Exhibition', Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
- 25 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
What does the notion of the studio mean today? Is it the locus of artistic creativity, the most natural environment for experimenting and for the creative process? The mysterious place of the creation of the WORK? A refuge and a stage for private rites and rituals? A space consecrated by the artist's presence, and the place of his or her everyday life at the same time? A shell that has grown ...