224 result(s) for freedom house
Hungarian Minsiter: One Cannot Build A Country On Hate
- 14 Apr 2015 1:00 AM
- community & culture
On Sunday at a Holocaust commemoration in front of the House of Terror Museum in Budapest, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said that hate cannot be the foundation for building a country – either in Budapest, Tapolca, the northern Borsod region of Hungary, or anywhere.
Expanding Sziget Festival Program In 2015
- 3 Apr 2015 9:04 AM
- entertainment
More and more names are added to the 2015 line-up of Sziget. The end is still far away as the 7 day long festival holiday hosts around 1000 programs altogether. This time new names have been added to the music section, but Szitizens can expect more venues and programs to be announced in the upcoming weeks. Discounted 'Advance Round 1' tickets are only available until the end of April.
Films In Competition On Titanic International Film Festival
- 31 Mar 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Titanic International Film Festival runs between 10-18 April in five different venues in Budapest. Since 2005 Titanic operates as a Competition Festival: this year 8 films are in competition for the Breaking Waves Award representing 10 nations. Two of the competition films are feature debuts and each of them are extraordinary women stories speaking about contemporary social tensions, motherhood, ...
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 […]
Freedom House Ranks Hungary “Free” Democracy In 2015 Report
- 29 Jan 2015 8:02 AM
- current affairs
Hungary remained to be ranked among “free” countries by Freedom House’s latest democracy survey. According to FH’s Freedom in the World 2015 report, Hungary scored 2 for civil liberties for the third consecutive year.
Hungary's PM Condemns Critical Comments From Abroad As “Destructive”
- 16 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “words spoken out of context” had a destructive effect when they involved accusations of dictatorship concerning another country. At a conference commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Timisoara (Temesvar) revolution held at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Orbán said such accusations were by someone who had not lived amid similar circumstances to a ...
Sziget Festival Budapest : A Strong Kick-Off
- 12 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The Sziget 2014 aftermovie has been released! And the aim is simple: trying to evoke the atmosphere of last August and providing a brief flashback of this year’s festival holiday in Budapest. Eight months before the start of the 2015 Island of Freedom, the Szitizen community is already shaping up, as more than 10% of the available passes have been sold. Sziget Festival takes place on a beautiful ...
Internet Tax Is Just One Of The Political Scandals Hitting Hungary
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By putting his Internet tax plans on the back burner, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also hushed his own internal opposition. Not that he can sit back: he has been making enemies ever since he launched his “freedom fights” in 2010.
Hungarian Government In A Bind
- 12 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will have the toughest period of his career if both the United States administration and the newly installed European Commission maintain their criticism of his government's policies. That is a likely scenario, and the European People's Party is now less eager to back him. At stake is how to ensure funds for the development of the Hungarian economy.
Hungarian Minsiter: One Cannot Build A Country On Hate
- 14 Apr 2015 1:00 AM
- community & culture
On Sunday at a Holocaust commemoration in front of the House of Terror Museum in Budapest, Minister of Human Capacities Zoltán Balog said that hate cannot be the foundation for building a country – either in Budapest, Tapolca, the northern Borsod region of Hungary, or anywhere.
Expanding Sziget Festival Program In 2015
- 3 Apr 2015 9:04 AM
- entertainment
More and more names are added to the 2015 line-up of Sziget. The end is still far away as the 7 day long festival holiday hosts around 1000 programs altogether. This time new names have been added to the music section, but Szitizens can expect more venues and programs to be announced in the upcoming weeks. Discounted 'Advance Round 1' tickets are only available until the end of April.
Films In Competition On Titanic International Film Festival
- 31 Mar 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Titanic International Film Festival runs between 10-18 April in five different venues in Budapest. Since 2005 Titanic operates as a Competition Festival: this year 8 films are in competition for the Breaking Waves Award representing 10 nations. Two of the competition films are feature debuts and each of them are extraordinary women stories speaking about contemporary social tensions, motherhood, ...
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 […]
Freedom House Ranks Hungary “Free” Democracy In 2015 Report
- 29 Jan 2015 8:02 AM
- current affairs
Hungary remained to be ranked among “free” countries by Freedom House’s latest democracy survey. According to FH’s Freedom in the World 2015 report, Hungary scored 2 for civil liberties for the third consecutive year.
Hungary's PM Condemns Critical Comments From Abroad As “Destructive”
- 16 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “words spoken out of context” had a destructive effect when they involved accusations of dictatorship concerning another country. At a conference commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Timisoara (Temesvar) revolution held at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Orbán said such accusations were by someone who had not lived amid similar circumstances to a ...
Sziget Festival Budapest : A Strong Kick-Off
- 12 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The Sziget 2014 aftermovie has been released! And the aim is simple: trying to evoke the atmosphere of last August and providing a brief flashback of this year’s festival holiday in Budapest. Eight months before the start of the 2015 Island of Freedom, the Szitizen community is already shaping up, as more than 10% of the available passes have been sold. Sziget Festival takes place on a beautiful ...
Internet Tax Is Just One Of The Political Scandals Hitting Hungary
- 20 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By putting his Internet tax plans on the back burner, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán also hushed his own internal opposition. Not that he can sit back: he has been making enemies ever since he launched his “freedom fights” in 2010.
Hungarian Government In A Bind
- 12 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will have the toughest period of his career if both the United States administration and the newly installed European Commission maintain their criticism of his government's policies. That is a likely scenario, and the European People's Party is now less eager to back him. At stake is how to ensure funds for the development of the Hungarian economy.