246 result(s) for freedom house
Everness Festival In Balatonakarattya, Hungary, 24 - 28 June
- 25 Jun 2015 1:55 AM
- entertainment
Press Release: New ways to the world where you would like to live - Everness Festival 2015 The Everness Festival takes place in Balatonakarattya, Hungary between 24 and 28 June 2015. The event brings life to consciousness trough performances, movements and music. The family-friendly five-day festival will present a wide range of programs and lectures, domestic and foreign musical performances and ...
Hungary Slips In Freedom House Democracy Rankings
- 24 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary slipped in Freedom House’s democracy ratings for last year, according to the US-based human rights watchdog’s Nations in Transit 2015 report. Hungary was ranked among “semi-consolidated democracies”, slipping from being a “consolidated democracy” last year. It scored an overall 3.18 points for various democratic indicators on a scale of 1 to 7, with 1 being the best score. Last year it ...
The Art Of Being Anita Kroo
- 7 May 2015 11:35 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: It’s not easy being an artist. And not due to the challenges perhaps of creating and existing. More so due to the fact that you as an artist may never truly be understood, not even by yourself. And yet it is this search for identity that fuels art as we know it. Perhaps the longer the search, the greater the art becomes.
Kounalakis Writes About Hungary Years
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Former US ambassador Eleni Kounalakis recalls her doubts about Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his government in a newly published book on her years in Budapest.
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.
Everness Festival In Balatonakarattya, Hungary, 24 - 28 June
- 25 Jun 2015 1:55 AM
- entertainment
Press Release: New ways to the world where you would like to live - Everness Festival 2015 The Everness Festival takes place in Balatonakarattya, Hungary between 24 and 28 June 2015. The event brings life to consciousness trough performances, movements and music. The family-friendly five-day festival will present a wide range of programs and lectures, domestic and foreign musical performances and ...
Hungary Slips In Freedom House Democracy Rankings
- 24 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary slipped in Freedom House’s democracy ratings for last year, according to the US-based human rights watchdog’s Nations in Transit 2015 report. Hungary was ranked among “semi-consolidated democracies”, slipping from being a “consolidated democracy” last year. It scored an overall 3.18 points for various democratic indicators on a scale of 1 to 7, with 1 being the best score. Last year it ...
The Art Of Being Anita Kroo
- 7 May 2015 11:35 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: It’s not easy being an artist. And not due to the challenges perhaps of creating and existing. More so due to the fact that you as an artist may never truly be understood, not even by yourself. And yet it is this search for identity that fuels art as we know it. Perhaps the longer the search, the greater the art becomes.
Kounalakis Writes About Hungary Years
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Former US ambassador Eleni Kounalakis recalls her doubts about Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his government in a newly published book on her years in Budapest.
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.