153 result(s) for discrimination in Current Affairs
Ruling Fidesz Party: Higher Education Amendment Serves Sector’s Protection
- 5 Apr 2017 8:38 AM
- current affairs
The amendments to the higher education law approved on Tuesday by parliament serve the protection of Hungary’s higher education sector, the ruling Fidesz party’s parliamentary group leader said. The bill approved by lawmakers will require foreign colleges and universities in Hungary to operate under an intergovernmental agreement and to have a campus in the country in which they are based.
Top Court Rules Against Police In Roma Discrimination Case
- 4 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on Monday ruled that local police in northern Hungary had discriminated against the local Roma community by failing to protect them against harassment by extremist groups. The Kúria ruled that by failing to protect the Roma population in the village of Gyöngyöspata from abuse in spring 2011, the police themselves had been guilty of harassment against the ...
Gémesi Announces Center-Right Party To Represent Hungary’s “Silent Majority”
- 21 Mar 2017 5:54 AM
- current affairs
Új Kezdet (New Start) has formally announced it will be stepping into the national political arena as a new party. At a press conference held Saturday morning in Budapest, party chairman and longtime Gödöllő mayor György Gémesi (above, third from left) unveiled the party’s platform and introduced its executive board (pictured).
Hungarian Government Rejects Social Gender Roles On International Women’s Day
- 9 Mar 2017 5:04 AM
- current affairs
On the occasion of International Women’s Day on Wednesday, Hungary’s human resources minister told a conference that the government rejects the idea of social gender roles but approves of flexible social roles.
US State Dept Assesses Hungary In 2016 Country Reports On Human Rights Practices
- 6 Mar 2017 5:44 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is a multiparty parliamentary democracy, but is not without human rights problems, according to the US State Department’s global 2016 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released on Friday local time.
Foreign Minister Addresses UN Human Rights Council
- 1 Mar 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Protecting human rights is a priority task for the United Nations and its Human Rights Council (HRC) is a highly important institution, Hungary’s foreign minister said in Geneva. Addressing the 34th HRC session, Péter Szijjártó called it important that no UN member state should use human rights as a tool of exerting pressure on another state.
Amnesty International Report Critical Of Hungary
- 23 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Human rights organisation Amnesty International (AI) presented a section of its recently published global report, concerning Hungary, at a press conference on Wednesday.
Supreme Court Rules Against Police In Roma Discrimination Case
- 9 Feb 2017 7:10 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, threw out an earlier ruling and established that local police in northern Hungary had failed to protect a Roma community against harassment by extremist groups. At the same time, the Kúria upheld another ruling, and said that the police were not guilty of discriminatory practices when levying fines on Roma citizens for legal offences.
Open Society Foundations Vow To Continue Work In Hungary
- 12 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Open Society Foundations intend to carry on working in Hungary to strengthen democracy, the rule of law and justice by working together with local organisations, Christopher Stone, the organisation’s president, said.
Ruling Fidesz Party: Higher Education Amendment Serves Sector’s Protection
- 5 Apr 2017 8:38 AM
- current affairs
The amendments to the higher education law approved on Tuesday by parliament serve the protection of Hungary’s higher education sector, the ruling Fidesz party’s parliamentary group leader said. The bill approved by lawmakers will require foreign colleges and universities in Hungary to operate under an intergovernmental agreement and to have a campus in the country in which they are based.
Top Court Rules Against Police In Roma Discrimination Case
- 4 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on Monday ruled that local police in northern Hungary had discriminated against the local Roma community by failing to protect them against harassment by extremist groups. The Kúria ruled that by failing to protect the Roma population in the village of Gyöngyöspata from abuse in spring 2011, the police themselves had been guilty of harassment against the ...
Gémesi Announces Center-Right Party To Represent Hungary’s “Silent Majority”
- 21 Mar 2017 5:54 AM
- current affairs
Új Kezdet (New Start) has formally announced it will be stepping into the national political arena as a new party. At a press conference held Saturday morning in Budapest, party chairman and longtime Gödöllő mayor György Gémesi (above, third from left) unveiled the party’s platform and introduced its executive board (pictured).
Hungarian Government Rejects Social Gender Roles On International Women’s Day
- 9 Mar 2017 5:04 AM
- current affairs
On the occasion of International Women’s Day on Wednesday, Hungary’s human resources minister told a conference that the government rejects the idea of social gender roles but approves of flexible social roles.
US State Dept Assesses Hungary In 2016 Country Reports On Human Rights Practices
- 6 Mar 2017 5:44 AM
- current affairs
Hungary is a multiparty parliamentary democracy, but is not without human rights problems, according to the US State Department’s global 2016 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released on Friday local time.
Foreign Minister Addresses UN Human Rights Council
- 1 Mar 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Protecting human rights is a priority task for the United Nations and its Human Rights Council (HRC) is a highly important institution, Hungary’s foreign minister said in Geneva. Addressing the 34th HRC session, Péter Szijjártó called it important that no UN member state should use human rights as a tool of exerting pressure on another state.
Amnesty International Report Critical Of Hungary
- 23 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Human rights organisation Amnesty International (AI) presented a section of its recently published global report, concerning Hungary, at a press conference on Wednesday.
Supreme Court Rules Against Police In Roma Discrimination Case
- 9 Feb 2017 7:10 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, threw out an earlier ruling and established that local police in northern Hungary had failed to protect a Roma community against harassment by extremist groups. At the same time, the Kúria upheld another ruling, and said that the police were not guilty of discriminatory practices when levying fines on Roma citizens for legal offences.
Open Society Foundations Vow To Continue Work In Hungary
- 12 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Open Society Foundations intend to carry on working in Hungary to strengthen democracy, the rule of law and justice by working together with local organisations, Christopher Stone, the organisation’s president, said.