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Video: Protests Grow In Hungary Over So-Called ’Slave Law’
- 20 Dec 2018 10:49 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian protesters are taking to the streets after the country passed a series of controversial laws, including a so-called "slave law" surrounding extra work hours for employees. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó comes on QMB to defend Hungary's new legislation.
BBC Video: What's Behind Hungary's Street Protests?
- 19 Dec 2018 1:25 PM
- current affairs
Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz government.
CBC News Video: Overtime Law Sparks Protests In Hungary
- 18 Dec 2018 9:08 AM
- current affairs
Police used tear gas against 10,000 pro-democracy protesters in Budapest demonstrating against controversial changes to Hungary's labour laws.
Opposition MP Violently Thrown Out Of Hungarian Public TV HQ
- 18 Dec 2018 7:11 AM
- https://bbj.hu/
- current affairs
Independent opposition MP Ákos Hadházy has been physically thrown out of the headquarters of MTVA (Hungarian public television), after a group of opposition representatives stayed in the building all night in a bid to have five demands to the government read out on air, various independent sources reported.
Video : Protests Hit Hungarian Parliament Over 'Slave Law' Labour Bill
- 13 Dec 2018 1:37 PM
- current affairs
Protesters faced off with police in front of Hungary's Parliament in Budapest on Wednesday evening after lawmakers approved a controversial amendment to labour laws proposed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party.
Work Of Hungary’s Prosecutors ‘Free Of Political Bias, Objective, In Line With Law’
- 5 Dec 2018 6:49 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Chief Public Prosecutor Péter Polt told parliament’s justice committee that the prosecutor’s office had done its job “free of political bias, objectively and in line with the law” last year.
Ukrainian Nationalist Group Claims To Have Stolen Hungarian Citizens’ Identification Documents
- 26 Oct 2018 9:27 AM
- http://hungarytoday.hu/
- current affairs
An Ukrainian nationalist group claims they stole confidential identification documents listing the passport information of hundreds of Hungarian citizens from Russian intelligence.
Local Opinion: Chancellor Merkel In Peril
- 5 Oct 2018 6:53 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A pro-government and a left-wing columnist both think that Chancel Angela Merkel is in a difficult situation, and unless she overcomes the challengers she faces, she may soon lose power.
Local Opinion: Mainstream Media Accused Of Bias
- 4 Sep 2018 8:01 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A conservative commentator suggests that mainstream parties play into the hands of extremist parties by ignoring people’s fears of immigration, and by dismissing critics of immigration as neo-Nazis.
Video: Protests Grow In Hungary Over So-Called ’Slave Law’
- 20 Dec 2018 10:49 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian protesters are taking to the streets after the country passed a series of controversial laws, including a so-called "slave law" surrounding extra work hours for employees. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó comes on QMB to defend Hungary's new legislation.
BBC Video: What's Behind Hungary's Street Protests?
- 19 Dec 2018 1:25 PM
- current affairs
Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz government.
CBC News Video: Overtime Law Sparks Protests In Hungary
- 18 Dec 2018 9:08 AM
- current affairs
Police used tear gas against 10,000 pro-democracy protesters in Budapest demonstrating against controversial changes to Hungary's labour laws.
Opposition MP Violently Thrown Out Of Hungarian Public TV HQ
- 18 Dec 2018 7:11 AM
- https://bbj.hu/
- current affairs
Independent opposition MP Ákos Hadházy has been physically thrown out of the headquarters of MTVA (Hungarian public television), after a group of opposition representatives stayed in the building all night in a bid to have five demands to the government read out on air, various independent sources reported.
Video : Protests Hit Hungarian Parliament Over 'Slave Law' Labour Bill
- 13 Dec 2018 1:37 PM
- current affairs
Protesters faced off with police in front of Hungary's Parliament in Budapest on Wednesday evening after lawmakers approved a controversial amendment to labour laws proposed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party.
Work Of Hungary’s Prosecutors ‘Free Of Political Bias, Objective, In Line With Law’
- 5 Dec 2018 6:49 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Chief Public Prosecutor Péter Polt told parliament’s justice committee that the prosecutor’s office had done its job “free of political bias, objectively and in line with the law” last year.
Ukrainian Nationalist Group Claims To Have Stolen Hungarian Citizens’ Identification Documents
- 26 Oct 2018 9:27 AM
- http://hungarytoday.hu/
- current affairs
An Ukrainian nationalist group claims they stole confidential identification documents listing the passport information of hundreds of Hungarian citizens from Russian intelligence.
Local Opinion: Chancellor Merkel In Peril
- 5 Oct 2018 6:53 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A pro-government and a left-wing columnist both think that Chancel Angela Merkel is in a difficult situation, and unless she overcomes the challengers she faces, she may soon lose power.
Local Opinion: Mainstream Media Accused Of Bias
- 4 Sep 2018 8:01 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A conservative commentator suggests that mainstream parties play into the hands of extremist parties by ignoring people’s fears of immigration, and by dismissing critics of immigration as neo-Nazis.