246 result(s) for freedom house
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 MEP Jávor Appeals To Strasbourg Court
- 17 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian MEP Benedek Jávor has decided to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg over the refusal of house speaker László Kövér to let him speak about the Paks expansion in the Hungarian assembly. Kövér did not allow Jávor, a member of the E-PM opposition alliance, to address the chamber on the ground that he is a representative in the European Parliament and should only ...
AI Hungary Calls On Government To Stop Harassment Of NGOs
- 11 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Amnesty International Hungary has called on the government to respect the right to freedom of speech and assembly in connection with the police mounting house raids at the offices of civil organisations earlier in the week. The police are investigating against Ökotárs, the foundation which coordinates the disbursal of funding from the Norway Civil Support Fund, suspecting the office of a misuse ...
Video Article: Freedom OperaGala, Opera House Budapest, 6 September
- 6 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Exactly 25 years have passed since Hungary opened its borders and allowed tens of thousands of East German tourists to escape to the West. Many people consider this not only to be the first blow in bringing down the Berlin Wall, but as a crucial moment in our shared European identity and a milestone along the path to the pan-European value system and unified continent officially embodied by the ...
Freedom Express To Arrive In Budapest
- 3 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
An international social and educational trip dubbed Freedom Express, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of Communism in Europe, is to arrive in Budapest on Wednesday. The project is travelling through Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany, and after stops in Gdansk and Warsaw, it will be in Budapest for two days.
415 000 Szitizens At Sziget Festival In Budapest – Together!
- 18 Aug 2014 3:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival has attracted a record weekly crowd of 415 000 this year. Passes were sold out already before the start of the event and on Thursday there was full house with 85 000 fans on the island. The festival keeps on using the ‘Island of Freedom’ as its slogan and even more efforts were put into the improvement of the visual experience around the festival site.
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 MEP Jávor Appeals To Strasbourg Court
- 17 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian MEP Benedek Jávor has decided to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg over the refusal of house speaker László Kövér to let him speak about the Paks expansion in the Hungarian assembly. Kövér did not allow Jávor, a member of the E-PM opposition alliance, to address the chamber on the ground that he is a representative in the European Parliament and should only ...
AI Hungary Calls On Government To Stop Harassment Of NGOs
- 11 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Amnesty International Hungary has called on the government to respect the right to freedom of speech and assembly in connection with the police mounting house raids at the offices of civil organisations earlier in the week. The police are investigating against Ökotárs, the foundation which coordinates the disbursal of funding from the Norway Civil Support Fund, suspecting the office of a misuse ...
Video Article: Freedom OperaGala, Opera House Budapest, 6 September
- 6 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Exactly 25 years have passed since Hungary opened its borders and allowed tens of thousands of East German tourists to escape to the West. Many people consider this not only to be the first blow in bringing down the Berlin Wall, but as a crucial moment in our shared European identity and a milestone along the path to the pan-European value system and unified continent officially embodied by the ...
Freedom Express To Arrive In Budapest
- 3 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
An international social and educational trip dubbed Freedom Express, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the fall of Communism in Europe, is to arrive in Budapest on Wednesday. The project is travelling through Poland, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany, and after stops in Gdansk and Warsaw, it will be in Budapest for two days.
415 000 Szitizens At Sziget Festival In Budapest – Together!
- 18 Aug 2014 3:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Festival has attracted a record weekly crowd of 415 000 this year. Passes were sold out already before the start of the event and on Thursday there was full house with 85 000 fans on the island. The festival keeps on using the ‘Island of Freedom’ as its slogan and even more efforts were put into the improvement of the visual experience around the festival site.