257 result(s) for demonstrators
Video: Human Chain Demonstrations At CEU
- 7 Apr 2017 10:40 AM
- current affairs
Pictured is a large crowd forming a symbolic human chain in protest against Higher Education amendments passed into law this week, seen as changes aimed at closing Budapest’s Central European University.
Budapest Police Chief Bans Obstruction Of Bridges
- 5 Apr 2017 1:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest’s police chief has banned demonstrators from blocking the city’s bridges, according to a statement on the city police’s website police.hu. In a final ruling citing the law on the right of assembly, Budapest police chief Gábor Bucsek said that such a demonstration would obstruct traffic between the two sides of the city and would therefore breach the rights of the citizens.
Huge Demonstration For CEU Held In Budapest
- 3 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration was held in Budapest on Sunday afternoon to protest against a government bill affecting the Central European University (CEU). The demonstrators gathered at Corvinus University to move under a sign showing “Freedom for Education” in Hungarian and also in English to the CEU headquarters in Nádor street and later to Kossuth Square in front of Parliament.
March 15 - Prime Minister Orbán: Brussels Must Be Halted
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called March 15 an “indisputable proof” of the Hungarian nation’s past, present and future, at a commemoration of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight on Wednesday. Speaking in front of the National Museum, the prime minister said that European nations are in a “state of revolt”, with the “winds of 48 blowing again on the continent”.
Orbán: 1848 ‘Moral Compass’ For Nation
- 16 Mar 2017 8:54 AM
- current affairs
1848 has become a “moral compass” for the Hungarian nation, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a commemoration of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight. It is one that shows who is “loyal, patriotic, dedicated and brave” on the one hand, and exposes “pettiness, perfidy and efforts to kill dreams and destroy the nation” on the other, he said.
Former Budapest Police Chief Sentenced Over 2006 Violence
- 14 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The appeals court of Budapest on Monday fined Peter Gergényi, the former Budapest police chief, 400,000 forints (EUR 1,290) in a case related police handling of violent anti-government riots in autumn 2006.
Putin In Budapest – Opposition Együtt Demonstrates Against Visit
- 3 Feb 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Over 300 demonstrators gathered in Budapest on Thursday evening, called by the opposition Együtt party, to protest against the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The alliance between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Putin “is a blind alley”.
Strasbourg Court Orders Compensation To Two Roma Abuse Victims
- 18 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that the Hungarian state is to pay compensation to two Roma individuals for whom it said police had failed to provide proper protection from racist abuse during an anti-Roma demonstration.
Activists Protest Hungarian Village Council Decree
- 12 Dec 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gay rights activists on Saturday afternoon staged a demonstration against what they call the scandalous decree passed by the local council of Ásotthalom, which bans burqas, the construction of mosques and any “act that does not recognise marriage (between man and woman) as the basis of family ties, and which recognises (the traditional) parent-child relationship”.
Video: Human Chain Demonstrations At CEU
- 7 Apr 2017 10:40 AM
- current affairs
Pictured is a large crowd forming a symbolic human chain in protest against Higher Education amendments passed into law this week, seen as changes aimed at closing Budapest’s Central European University.
Budapest Police Chief Bans Obstruction Of Bridges
- 5 Apr 2017 1:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest’s police chief has banned demonstrators from blocking the city’s bridges, according to a statement on the city police’s website police.hu. In a final ruling citing the law on the right of assembly, Budapest police chief Gábor Bucsek said that such a demonstration would obstruct traffic between the two sides of the city and would therefore breach the rights of the citizens.
Huge Demonstration For CEU Held In Budapest
- 3 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration was held in Budapest on Sunday afternoon to protest against a government bill affecting the Central European University (CEU). The demonstrators gathered at Corvinus University to move under a sign showing “Freedom for Education” in Hungarian and also in English to the CEU headquarters in Nádor street and later to Kossuth Square in front of Parliament.
March 15 - Prime Minister Orbán: Brussels Must Be Halted
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called March 15 an “indisputable proof” of the Hungarian nation’s past, present and future, at a commemoration of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight on Wednesday. Speaking in front of the National Museum, the prime minister said that European nations are in a “state of revolt”, with the “winds of 48 blowing again on the continent”.
Orbán: 1848 ‘Moral Compass’ For Nation
- 16 Mar 2017 8:54 AM
- current affairs
1848 has become a “moral compass” for the Hungarian nation, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a commemoration of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight. It is one that shows who is “loyal, patriotic, dedicated and brave” on the one hand, and exposes “pettiness, perfidy and efforts to kill dreams and destroy the nation” on the other, he said.
Former Budapest Police Chief Sentenced Over 2006 Violence
- 14 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The appeals court of Budapest on Monday fined Peter Gergényi, the former Budapest police chief, 400,000 forints (EUR 1,290) in a case related police handling of violent anti-government riots in autumn 2006.
Putin In Budapest – Opposition Együtt Demonstrates Against Visit
- 3 Feb 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Over 300 demonstrators gathered in Budapest on Thursday evening, called by the opposition Együtt party, to protest against the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The alliance between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Putin “is a blind alley”.
Strasbourg Court Orders Compensation To Two Roma Abuse Victims
- 18 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that the Hungarian state is to pay compensation to two Roma individuals for whom it said police had failed to provide proper protection from racist abuse during an anti-Roma demonstration.
Activists Protest Hungarian Village Council Decree
- 12 Dec 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Gay rights activists on Saturday afternoon staged a demonstration against what they call the scandalous decree passed by the local council of Ásotthalom, which bans burqas, the construction of mosques and any “act that does not recognise marriage (between man and woman) as the basis of family ties, and which recognises (the traditional) parent-child relationship”.