10 result(s) for civil opposition in Community & Culture
Budapest Assembly Debates Pride: Progress or Pushback?
- 27 Feb 2025 4:15 PM
- community & culture
The Budapest Assembly on Wednesday discussed issues regarding the Budapest Pride Festival, the government's plan to put railway stations into private hands and of a proposal aiming to ensure the transparency of the municipality and its companies.
Updated: Opposition Parties Mark International Romani Day in Hungary
- 12 Apr 2023 9:08 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) and LMP parties on Saturday marked International Romani Day, hailing Roma culture and calling for respect for the community.
Roma Holocaust Memorial Day Marked In Budapest
- 3 Aug 2020 8:28 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Roma Holocaust Memorial Day was marked in Budapest on Sunday, 76 years to the day after more than 3,000 Roma and Sinti were killed by the Nazis in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Day Of Hungarian Culture Marked Across Country
- 23 Jan 2018 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Day of Hungarian Culture - the anniversary of poet Ferenc Kölcsey’s completing in 1823 “Himnusz”, the poem which later became the national anthem - was marked by celebrations held countrywide and in the Hungarian diaspora.
Opinion About Political Events In Budapest On March 15
- 15 Mar 2017 8:00 AM
- community & culture
March 15 is always an eventful day in Hungary as the country celebrates the anniversary of its revolution against the Austrian Empire in 1848. If you’re visiting Budapest, or live here and would like to bear witness, there will be several events in the heart of the city that will give you an idea of the multiple interpretations of March 15 that mark every year’s celebration.
Xpat Insights: 1956 Hungarian Revolution, 'Another Hungarian Tragedy'
- 4 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
One month from now, sixty years ago on 4 November 1956, a large Soviet force invaded Budapest and other regions of the country. The Hungarian resistance continued until 10 November, during which time 2,500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet troops were killed in the conflict. Below are key insights into what happened on 4 November 1956, over the next few days, and then afterwards as 200,000 Hungarians ...
Hungarian Opposition Mark 1956 Anniversary
- 26 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Vona, leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, said in Corvin Alley, a stronghold of revolutionaries in 1956, that the freedom fighters had drawn their strength from the patriotic interwar regime of Miklós Horthy. He said the 1956 revolution was “the most noble act” in Europe’s postwar history.
Interview With Richard Field, Managing Editor Of The Budapest Beacon
- 20 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
At the end of 2014 he condemned the government in a number of articles appearing in the columns of the Budapest Beacon. The other paper he operates with journalists who used to work for Origo, abcug.hu, brings home the situation with regard to poverty in Hungary. The American businessman and philanthropist, Richard Field, supported Mária Seres’s movement and then LMP.
Xpat Opinion: The Risk Of Political Christianity: An Interview With Tamás Fabiny, Lutheran Bishop
- 21 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Czene of Népszabadság conducted an interview with Tamás Fabiny, bishop of the northern district of the Hungarian Lutheran Church. Fabiny was ordained in Erlangen, Germany in 1982. He also studied in the United States. In addition to his church activities he worked for Duna TV. Since 2010 he has been the vice chairman of the Lutheran World Federation.
Budapest Assembly Debates Pride: Progress or Pushback?
- 27 Feb 2025 4:15 PM
- community & culture
The Budapest Assembly on Wednesday discussed issues regarding the Budapest Pride Festival, the government's plan to put railway stations into private hands and of a proposal aiming to ensure the transparency of the municipality and its companies.
Updated: Opposition Parties Mark International Romani Day in Hungary
- 12 Apr 2023 9:08 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) and LMP parties on Saturday marked International Romani Day, hailing Roma culture and calling for respect for the community.
Roma Holocaust Memorial Day Marked In Budapest
- 3 Aug 2020 8:28 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- community & culture
Roma Holocaust Memorial Day was marked in Budapest on Sunday, 76 years to the day after more than 3,000 Roma and Sinti were killed by the Nazis in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
Day Of Hungarian Culture Marked Across Country
- 23 Jan 2018 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Day of Hungarian Culture - the anniversary of poet Ferenc Kölcsey’s completing in 1823 “Himnusz”, the poem which later became the national anthem - was marked by celebrations held countrywide and in the Hungarian diaspora.
Opinion About Political Events In Budapest On March 15
- 15 Mar 2017 8:00 AM
- community & culture
March 15 is always an eventful day in Hungary as the country celebrates the anniversary of its revolution against the Austrian Empire in 1848. If you’re visiting Budapest, or live here and would like to bear witness, there will be several events in the heart of the city that will give you an idea of the multiple interpretations of March 15 that mark every year’s celebration.
Xpat Insights: 1956 Hungarian Revolution, 'Another Hungarian Tragedy'
- 4 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
One month from now, sixty years ago on 4 November 1956, a large Soviet force invaded Budapest and other regions of the country. The Hungarian resistance continued until 10 November, during which time 2,500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet troops were killed in the conflict. Below are key insights into what happened on 4 November 1956, over the next few days, and then afterwards as 200,000 Hungarians ...
Hungarian Opposition Mark 1956 Anniversary
- 26 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Vona, leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, said in Corvin Alley, a stronghold of revolutionaries in 1956, that the freedom fighters had drawn their strength from the patriotic interwar regime of Miklós Horthy. He said the 1956 revolution was “the most noble act” in Europe’s postwar history.
Interview With Richard Field, Managing Editor Of The Budapest Beacon
- 20 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
At the end of 2014 he condemned the government in a number of articles appearing in the columns of the Budapest Beacon. The other paper he operates with journalists who used to work for Origo, abcug.hu, brings home the situation with regard to poverty in Hungary. The American businessman and philanthropist, Richard Field, supported Mária Seres’s movement and then LMP.
Xpat Opinion: The Risk Of Political Christianity: An Interview With Tamás Fabiny, Lutheran Bishop
- 21 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Czene of Népszabadság conducted an interview with Tamás Fabiny, bishop of the northern district of the Hungarian Lutheran Church. Fabiny was ordained in Erlangen, Germany in 1982. He also studied in the United States. In addition to his church activities he worked for Duna TV. Since 2010 he has been the vice chairman of the Lutheran World Federation.