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Hungary’s Leftist Opposition Voices Solidarity With Poland Protesters
- 19 Dec 2016 7:53 AM
- current affairs
Parties of the leftist opposition on Saturday voiced solidarity with protests in Poland against new media rules seen as curbing press freedoms. Socialist deputy group leader László Szakács condemned “populist and demagogue” policies restricting freedom rights.
It’s Official: Hungary’s Daily Népszabadság Is Dead
- 13 Dec 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s biggest and most important broadsheet, Népszabadság, is never again to grace the country’s news-stands. Nor are its extensive digital archives to return to the internet, it seems, meaning that tens of thousands of articles chronicling the past two decades from a leftist point of view have literally vanished into thin air.
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”.
Gays Plan Protest Against Local Decree
- 8 Dec 2016 9:02 AM
- current affairs
Gays and lesbians are organising a Saturday demonstration against a decree issued by the local council of Ásotthalom, run by Jobbik mayor László Toroczkai, that bans the wearing of burqas and the open acceptance of homosexuality.
Hungary To Withdraw From Open Government Partnership
- 8 Dec 2016 8:54 AM
- current affairs
Following Russia’s lead, Hungary announced its intention today to leave the Open Government Partnership. The announcement took place only one day before participating countries were scheduled to attend a three-day meeting in Paris, reports index.hu.
Veronika Harcsa & Bálint Gyémánt, Liszt Academy, 7 December
- 7 Dec 2016 7:10 AM
- entertainment
Chanteuse Veronika Harcsa and guitarist Bálint Gyémánt were once classmates in the Jazz Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. One went on to study in Brussels, the other in Oslo, and yet they ended up becoming each other’s most important music companions.
Hungarian Students Below OECD Average In PISA Test
- 7 Dec 2016 6:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian students scored worse in reading comprehension and in science in a PISA test conducted last year than in a similar test in 2012, according to an OECD report published on Tuesday.
Now On: Gardens & Ateliers, Műcsarnok
- 1 Dec 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Now On Until 8 January 2017. The two pillars of György Szemadám’s artistic attitude are his intensive relationships with organic phenomena – natural habitats, nature and in particular birds – and time. His attitude to the past is rooted in collective memory – past events and the universal lessons of artistic processes – and leads to the creation of subjective imprints of personal experiences, ...
Xpat Opinion: Centennial Of Franz Josef’s Death: Hungarians & Monarchy
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It was one hundred years ago, on November 21, 1916, that Franz Josef I, Austrian emperor and Hungarian king, died. His death couldn’t have been unexpected since he was 86 years old and had been on the throne for 68 years. When he died, Austria-Hungary, his creation, was slowly edging toward military collapse and revolution. His death was interpreted by his subjects as an ominous sign of the end ...
Hungary’s Leftist Opposition Voices Solidarity With Poland Protesters
- 19 Dec 2016 7:53 AM
- current affairs
Parties of the leftist opposition on Saturday voiced solidarity with protests in Poland against new media rules seen as curbing press freedoms. Socialist deputy group leader László Szakács condemned “populist and demagogue” policies restricting freedom rights.
It’s Official: Hungary’s Daily Népszabadság Is Dead
- 13 Dec 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s biggest and most important broadsheet, Népszabadság, is never again to grace the country’s news-stands. Nor are its extensive digital archives to return to the internet, it seems, meaning that tens of thousands of articles chronicling the past two decades from a leftist point of view have literally vanished into thin air.
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”.
Gays Plan Protest Against Local Decree
- 8 Dec 2016 9:02 AM
- current affairs
Gays and lesbians are organising a Saturday demonstration against a decree issued by the local council of Ásotthalom, run by Jobbik mayor László Toroczkai, that bans the wearing of burqas and the open acceptance of homosexuality.
Hungary To Withdraw From Open Government Partnership
- 8 Dec 2016 8:54 AM
- current affairs
Following Russia’s lead, Hungary announced its intention today to leave the Open Government Partnership. The announcement took place only one day before participating countries were scheduled to attend a three-day meeting in Paris, reports index.hu.
Veronika Harcsa & Bálint Gyémánt, Liszt Academy, 7 December
- 7 Dec 2016 7:10 AM
- entertainment
Chanteuse Veronika Harcsa and guitarist Bálint Gyémánt were once classmates in the Jazz Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. One went on to study in Brussels, the other in Oslo, and yet they ended up becoming each other’s most important music companions.
Hungarian Students Below OECD Average In PISA Test
- 7 Dec 2016 6:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian students scored worse in reading comprehension and in science in a PISA test conducted last year than in a similar test in 2012, according to an OECD report published on Tuesday.
Now On: Gardens & Ateliers, Műcsarnok
- 1 Dec 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Now On Until 8 January 2017. The two pillars of György Szemadám’s artistic attitude are his intensive relationships with organic phenomena – natural habitats, nature and in particular birds – and time. His attitude to the past is rooted in collective memory – past events and the universal lessons of artistic processes – and leads to the creation of subjective imprints of personal experiences, ...
Xpat Opinion: Centennial Of Franz Josef’s Death: Hungarians & Monarchy
- 29 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
It was one hundred years ago, on November 21, 1916, that Franz Josef I, Austrian emperor and Hungarian king, died. His death couldn’t have been unexpected since he was 86 years old and had been on the throne for 68 years. When he died, Austria-Hungary, his creation, was slowly edging toward military collapse and revolution. His death was interpreted by his subjects as an ominous sign of the end ...