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Gulyás: Transparency Bill Not Aimed At Stigmatising NGOs
- 20 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz’s bill on foreign-funded NGOs does not aim to stigmatise the organisations but to increase their transparency, Fidesz deputy group leader Gergely Gulyás said in parliament. Opening the plenary debate of the bill, Gulyás said that “hysteria notwithstanding”, the proposal “is a simple piece of legislation which seeks similar transparency requirements for NGOs as apply to publicly funded ...
Data Protection Authority: NGO Transparency Bill Should Be Broadened
- 20 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Legislation on the transparency of NGOs should be broadened to include political parties benefiting from foreign funding, organisations receiving business donations and bodies which obtain government financial support, Hungary’s National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH) said.
Local Opinion: Press Ponder Anti-Government Demos
- 19 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
After a week of demonstrations in support of the American-Hungarian Central European University and watchdog NGOs, but before Good Saturday’s rally in Szabadság (freedom) square, Hungarian weeklies ponder if the current wave of protest will fatally wound the governing forces or share the fate of previous ad hoc movements and fade away.
Local Opinion: Prime Minister Orbán’s Easter Interviews
- 19 Apr 2017 8:38 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on PM Orbán’s Easter interviews, a conservative critic of the government thinks that Fidesz has alienated its conservative intellectual supporters. A pro-government commentator shares the PM’s view, when he detects George Soros behind the recent anti-government protests.
"Homeless Jesus” Sculpture Unveiled
- 13 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- getting around
Cardinal Péter Erdõ consecrated the statue of a homeless Jesus laying on a bench near the church on Horváth Mihály tér in Budapest’s Eighth District on Tuesday.
CEU Says Disagrees With Higher Education Law, Plans Immediate Legal Action
- 11 Apr 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
The Central European University said in a statement after the president signed amendments to higher education into law late on Monday that it firmly opposed the decision to sign the legislation and vowed to take immediate legal action.
Vajna To Finance Hungarian Football Star Puskás Film
- 10 Apr 2017 12:00 PM
- entertainment
Andy Vajna will produce a privately funded movie on famed Hungarian football star Ferenc Puskás, he announced on the weekend. The script will be written by his former associate Joe Esterhas, also of Hungarian background, who wrote the screenplays for Basic Instinct and Showgirls, among others.
Local Opinion: The Debate Over CEU Rolls On
- 10 Apr 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
As a new wave of actors in the EU and the US join the dispute over CEU’s future, commentators along the political spectrum ponder the motivations of the parties involved and opinions diverge on whether the university will close down.
Hungary’s Parliament Parties Discuss NGO Transparency Bill
- 6 Apr 2017 9:06 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s five parliamentary parties met on Wednesday to discuss a bill drafted by ruling Fidesz that would require civil groups receiving foreign donations above a certain threshold to register as organisations funded from abroad.
Gulyás: Transparency Bill Not Aimed At Stigmatising NGOs
- 20 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz’s bill on foreign-funded NGOs does not aim to stigmatise the organisations but to increase their transparency, Fidesz deputy group leader Gergely Gulyás said in parliament. Opening the plenary debate of the bill, Gulyás said that “hysteria notwithstanding”, the proposal “is a simple piece of legislation which seeks similar transparency requirements for NGOs as apply to publicly funded ...
Data Protection Authority: NGO Transparency Bill Should Be Broadened
- 20 Apr 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Legislation on the transparency of NGOs should be broadened to include political parties benefiting from foreign funding, organisations receiving business donations and bodies which obtain government financial support, Hungary’s National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH) said.
Local Opinion: Press Ponder Anti-Government Demos
- 19 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
After a week of demonstrations in support of the American-Hungarian Central European University and watchdog NGOs, but before Good Saturday’s rally in Szabadság (freedom) square, Hungarian weeklies ponder if the current wave of protest will fatally wound the governing forces or share the fate of previous ad hoc movements and fade away.
Local Opinion: Prime Minister Orbán’s Easter Interviews
- 19 Apr 2017 8:38 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on PM Orbán’s Easter interviews, a conservative critic of the government thinks that Fidesz has alienated its conservative intellectual supporters. A pro-government commentator shares the PM’s view, when he detects George Soros behind the recent anti-government protests.
"Homeless Jesus” Sculpture Unveiled
- 13 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- getting around
Cardinal Péter Erdõ consecrated the statue of a homeless Jesus laying on a bench near the church on Horváth Mihály tér in Budapest’s Eighth District on Tuesday.
CEU Says Disagrees With Higher Education Law, Plans Immediate Legal Action
- 11 Apr 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
The Central European University said in a statement after the president signed amendments to higher education into law late on Monday that it firmly opposed the decision to sign the legislation and vowed to take immediate legal action.
Vajna To Finance Hungarian Football Star Puskás Film
- 10 Apr 2017 12:00 PM
- entertainment
Andy Vajna will produce a privately funded movie on famed Hungarian football star Ferenc Puskás, he announced on the weekend. The script will be written by his former associate Joe Esterhas, also of Hungarian background, who wrote the screenplays for Basic Instinct and Showgirls, among others.
Local Opinion: The Debate Over CEU Rolls On
- 10 Apr 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
As a new wave of actors in the EU and the US join the dispute over CEU’s future, commentators along the political spectrum ponder the motivations of the parties involved and opinions diverge on whether the university will close down.
Hungary’s Parliament Parties Discuss NGO Transparency Bill
- 6 Apr 2017 9:06 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s five parliamentary parties met on Wednesday to discuss a bill drafted by ruling Fidesz that would require civil groups receiving foreign donations above a certain threshold to register as organisations funded from abroad.