1,695 result(s) for freedom
AI Report Notes “Smear Campaign” Against Hungary NGOs
- 26 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Amnesty International said the Hungarian government had run a “smear campaign” against NGOs for alleged funding irregularities and that discrimination against the Roma was apparent in the country.
Michael Patkai, Director, Tower International Kft.
- 23 Feb 2015 11:00 AM
Michael Patkai is the founder and director of Tower International Kft. After completing his studies at Kodolányi College in Székesfehérvár, Michael taught English at various language schools and worked as a professional translator. From 1998, Michael worked for a British and then an Israeli Real Estate Firm, selling properties to international investors in Budapest.
Early Bird Tickets Available To See Stars On Margaret Island Budapest
- 19 Feb 2015 3:30 AM
- community & culture
If you want to take advantage of the best prices for the best venues at the country's most beautiful summer theatre performances, you may want to be “an early bird". In February, tickets can be purchased at a 40% discount to the special productions at the Open-Air Theatre on Margaret Island and the first 400 tickets will include tickets to the Theatre Boat as a gift.
U.S. Embassy Budapest: Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy Budapest is soliciting applications for the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institutes. Two four-week Institutes, offered in summer 2015, will accommodate up to 90 Fellows total. Each Institute, one at Wake Forest University in North Carolina and the other at Purdue University in Indiana, will be designed for 35 European students and 10 Americans, ages 16 to ...
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]
Hungary Press Freedom Ranks 65th Out Of 180
- 12 Feb 2015 3:06 AM
- current affairs
“Democracy has been in retreat in Hungary ever since Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party came to power in 2010, with the result that the country has fallen 42 places in the index in the past four years” writes Reporters Without Borders in the 2015 World Press Freedom Index.
Government Official: Central Europe Serves As Transit Route Both For Immigrants And For Extremists
- 11 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Terrorism and illegal migration are issues that for Hungary, in its particular position, cannot be handled separately, a government official said in Brussels.
EU Socialist Leader Slams Hungarian Government During Visit To Budapest
- 10 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not deserve being in a moral and social crisis arising from “bad government in the past few years”, the Social Democrat group leader of the European Parliament, said in Budapest. Gianni Pittella, who attended a board meeting of the opposition Socialists (MSZP), said it was “childish” to blame the European Union for Hungary’s problems. On the other hand, Europe cannot “stay passive ...
Total Media War? – Senior Pro-Government Media Figures Resign
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian public discourse was rocked today by news of the resignment of the leaders of Hungary’s major right-wing media outlets “on grounds of moral conscience”. Their joint move is a reaction to the latest episode and culmination of a long-standing spite between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his former friend and close associate, businessman Lajos Simicska.
AI Report Notes “Smear Campaign” Against Hungary NGOs
- 26 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Amnesty International said the Hungarian government had run a “smear campaign” against NGOs for alleged funding irregularities and that discrimination against the Roma was apparent in the country.
Michael Patkai, Director, Tower International Kft.
- 23 Feb 2015 11:00 AM
Michael Patkai is the founder and director of Tower International Kft. After completing his studies at Kodolányi College in Székesfehérvár, Michael taught English at various language schools and worked as a professional translator. From 1998, Michael worked for a British and then an Israeli Real Estate Firm, selling properties to international investors in Budapest.
Early Bird Tickets Available To See Stars On Margaret Island Budapest
- 19 Feb 2015 3:30 AM
- community & culture
If you want to take advantage of the best prices for the best venues at the country's most beautiful summer theatre performances, you may want to be “an early bird". In February, tickets can be purchased at a 40% discount to the special productions at the Open-Air Theatre on Margaret Island and the first 400 tickets will include tickets to the Theatre Boat as a gift.
U.S. Embassy Budapest: Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy Budapest is soliciting applications for the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institutes. Two four-week Institutes, offered in summer 2015, will accommodate up to 90 Fellows total. Each Institute, one at Wake Forest University in North Carolina and the other at Purdue University in Indiana, will be designed for 35 European students and 10 Americans, ages 16 to ...
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]
Hungary Press Freedom Ranks 65th Out Of 180
- 12 Feb 2015 3:06 AM
- current affairs
“Democracy has been in retreat in Hungary ever since Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party came to power in 2010, with the result that the country has fallen 42 places in the index in the past four years” writes Reporters Without Borders in the 2015 World Press Freedom Index.
Government Official: Central Europe Serves As Transit Route Both For Immigrants And For Extremists
- 11 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Terrorism and illegal migration are issues that for Hungary, in its particular position, cannot be handled separately, a government official said in Brussels.
EU Socialist Leader Slams Hungarian Government During Visit To Budapest
- 10 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not deserve being in a moral and social crisis arising from “bad government in the past few years”, the Social Democrat group leader of the European Parliament, said in Budapest. Gianni Pittella, who attended a board meeting of the opposition Socialists (MSZP), said it was “childish” to blame the European Union for Hungary’s problems. On the other hand, Europe cannot “stay passive ...
Total Media War? – Senior Pro-Government Media Figures Resign
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian public discourse was rocked today by news of the resignment of the leaders of Hungary’s major right-wing media outlets “on grounds of moral conscience”. Their joint move is a reaction to the latest episode and culmination of a long-standing spite between Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his former friend and close associate, businessman Lajos Simicska.