924 result(s) for democracy
Video: Orbán's International Media Profile
- 10 Apr 2018 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Around the time of the most recent general election various profiles were published in the international media, all with varying perspectives. Here's an overview of five of them, preceded by quick Q&A quotes and a brief bio, followed up with a profile video.
Local Opinion: PM Orbán’s Victory Explained
- 10 Apr 2018 9:02 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Commentators agree that the fragmented opposition could only have defeated the incumbent government by uniting its forces, but that scenario was overly optimistic. Opinions diverge on the consequences.
PM Orbán Victoriously Scores Big Win
- 9 Apr 2018 12:50 AM
- current affairs
Hungary's incumbent government secured a sweeping victory in the country's general election on Sunday. The opposition is disintegrating rapidly: Jobbik head, Socialist head, LMP co-head, and Együtt heads all immediately quit.
PM Orbán Urges Voters To Support Fidesz
- 8 Apr 2018 1:35 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called on voters to “make a great, common decision not to allow migrants to enter Hungary, and to protect the country,” in an interview published by news portal Origo on Sunday, the day of Hungary’s parliamentary election.
Karácsony: Orbán Would Not Be PM Today Without EU Funds
- 27 Mar 2018 9:08 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Without EU funds, Viktor Orbán would not be Hungary’s prime minister today, the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition Socialist-Párbeszéd alliance said at a conference organised by the Foundation for a Liberal Hungary.
US Congressmen Commemorate Kossuth In Capitol
- 19 Mar 2018 9:00 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Three US congressmen addressed a commemoration marking Hungary’s 1848/49 revolution and freedom fight in the US Capitol, in Washington, DC. Addressing the event, Steve King, a congressman for Iowa who recently visited Hungary, noted the set of values shared by the United States and Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: U.N. Commissioner For Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein On Viktor Orbán
- 7 Mar 2018 3:16 PM
- current affairs
You may recall that Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in his keynote address at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, called Viktor Orbán a xenophobe and a racist because the Hungarian prime minister declared earlier that “we do not want our color … to be mixed in the others.”
Local Opinion: Bitter Voices With Six Weeks To Go Until The Election
- 28 Feb 2018 9:20 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist likens the opposition to Nazis and Communists. A left-wing columnist accuses the government of introducing dictatorship and ruling by fear.
Local Opinion: Gábor Fodor’s Farewell To Parliament
- 24 Feb 2018 9:14 PM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
As the Socialist Party decided to drop Liberal Party Chairman Gábor Fodor as a well-positioned candidate, a left-wing columnist muses that liberalism’s (but not Fodor’s) only chance to survive in politics is to place itself under the protection of Social Democracy.
Video: Orbán's International Media Profile
- 10 Apr 2018 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Around the time of the most recent general election various profiles were published in the international media, all with varying perspectives. Here's an overview of five of them, preceded by quick Q&A quotes and a brief bio, followed up with a profile video.
Local Opinion: PM Orbán’s Victory Explained
- 10 Apr 2018 9:02 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Commentators agree that the fragmented opposition could only have defeated the incumbent government by uniting its forces, but that scenario was overly optimistic. Opinions diverge on the consequences.
PM Orbán Victoriously Scores Big Win
- 9 Apr 2018 12:50 AM
- current affairs
Hungary's incumbent government secured a sweeping victory in the country's general election on Sunday. The opposition is disintegrating rapidly: Jobbik head, Socialist head, LMP co-head, and Együtt heads all immediately quit.
PM Orbán Urges Voters To Support Fidesz
- 8 Apr 2018 1:35 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called on voters to “make a great, common decision not to allow migrants to enter Hungary, and to protect the country,” in an interview published by news portal Origo on Sunday, the day of Hungary’s parliamentary election.
Karácsony: Orbán Would Not Be PM Today Without EU Funds
- 27 Mar 2018 9:08 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Without EU funds, Viktor Orbán would not be Hungary’s prime minister today, the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition Socialist-Párbeszéd alliance said at a conference organised by the Foundation for a Liberal Hungary.
US Congressmen Commemorate Kossuth In Capitol
- 19 Mar 2018 9:00 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Three US congressmen addressed a commemoration marking Hungary’s 1848/49 revolution and freedom fight in the US Capitol, in Washington, DC. Addressing the event, Steve King, a congressman for Iowa who recently visited Hungary, noted the set of values shared by the United States and Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: U.N. Commissioner For Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein On Viktor Orbán
- 7 Mar 2018 3:16 PM
- current affairs
You may recall that Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in his keynote address at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, called Viktor Orbán a xenophobe and a racist because the Hungarian prime minister declared earlier that “we do not want our color … to be mixed in the others.”
Local Opinion: Bitter Voices With Six Weeks To Go Until The Election
- 28 Feb 2018 9:20 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist likens the opposition to Nazis and Communists. A left-wing columnist accuses the government of introducing dictatorship and ruling by fear.
Local Opinion: Gábor Fodor’s Farewell To Parliament
- 24 Feb 2018 9:14 PM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
As the Socialist Party decided to drop Liberal Party Chairman Gábor Fodor as a well-positioned candidate, a left-wing columnist muses that liberalism’s (but not Fodor’s) only chance to survive in politics is to place itself under the protection of Social Democracy.