208 result(s) for homeless people
Hungarian Police Hunt For Human Traffickers
- 5 Jun 2014 11:30 AM
- current affairs
It is thought that the leaders of a human trafficking ring which lured Hungarians, many of them homeless, to Britain with the promise of work, and then treated them as slaves, are currently lying low in Hungary, Magyar Nemzet reports.
LUUKKU* Testing The Boundaries Of Art In Budapest
- 12 May 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
* Luukku (Finnish): window, hatch, trapdoor, lid, but also small apartment, flat. Invited by Finnagora, three of the most acclaimed contemporary Finnish artists, Katja Tukiainen, Jani Leinonen and Teemu Keisteri discuss some of the hottest social issues through their art in a Budapest pop up art space called Luukku. Starting on 16th May, the three artists will participate in this experimental art ...
Zsuzsa Ferge Offers Troubling Insight Into Hungarian Society
- 14 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Renowned Hungarian sociologist Zsuzsa Ferge does not deny that certain quality of life indicators have improved since 2010. She does, however, believe that such indicators have not affected the strong growth of social inequality in Hungary – it’s as if the government has all but forgotten about the bottom 3 million Hungarians. Social mobility is only awarded to those who have demonstrated their ...
Budapest District Told To Compensate Homeless
- 25 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court has ordered 14th District council to apologise in a private letter and pay Ft 500,000 in compensation to each of the six homeless people whose huts were destroyed by the council in October 2011. The ruling is open to appeal.
Demo Against Homelessness Penalty Office In Budapest
- 24 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A group of about 50 activists of the “City Belongs to Everyone” held a demonstration in Budapest against regulations penalising homelessness, demanding regulations that “penalise living permanently in public space” be scrapped.
Nora Berend: The Antisemite Question In Hungary
- 8 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nora Berend is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. She received her B.A. at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, spent a year at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and completed her studies at Columbia University where she received her Ph.D.
Xpat Opinion: The Risk Of Political Christianity: An Interview With Tamás Fabiny, Lutheran Bishop
- 21 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Czene of Népszabadság conducted an interview with Tamás Fabiny, bishop of the northern district of the Hungarian Lutheran Church. Fabiny was ordained in Erlangen, Germany in 1982. He also studied in the United States. In addition to his church activities he worked for Duna TV. Since 2010 he has been the vice chairman of the Lutheran World Federation.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Approach To Homelessness
- 29 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Homelessness in Hungary is back in the news. Recently, the municipal government of Budapest approved a local ordinance that prohibits so-called “habitual living” in certain designated areas of the capital – mostly Budapest’s world heritage sites and parts of downtown.
Hungarian Town Debrecen Bans Homeless From Centre
- 29 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Homeless people are banned from downtown Debrecen and the city’s Nagyerd forest, under a resolution passed by the city council on Thursday.
Hungarian Police Hunt For Human Traffickers
- 5 Jun 2014 11:30 AM
- current affairs
It is thought that the leaders of a human trafficking ring which lured Hungarians, many of them homeless, to Britain with the promise of work, and then treated them as slaves, are currently lying low in Hungary, Magyar Nemzet reports.
LUUKKU* Testing The Boundaries Of Art In Budapest
- 12 May 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
* Luukku (Finnish): window, hatch, trapdoor, lid, but also small apartment, flat. Invited by Finnagora, three of the most acclaimed contemporary Finnish artists, Katja Tukiainen, Jani Leinonen and Teemu Keisteri discuss some of the hottest social issues through their art in a Budapest pop up art space called Luukku. Starting on 16th May, the three artists will participate in this experimental art ...
Zsuzsa Ferge Offers Troubling Insight Into Hungarian Society
- 14 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Renowned Hungarian sociologist Zsuzsa Ferge does not deny that certain quality of life indicators have improved since 2010. She does, however, believe that such indicators have not affected the strong growth of social inequality in Hungary – it’s as if the government has all but forgotten about the bottom 3 million Hungarians. Social mobility is only awarded to those who have demonstrated their ...
Budapest District Told To Compensate Homeless
- 25 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court has ordered 14th District council to apologise in a private letter and pay Ft 500,000 in compensation to each of the six homeless people whose huts were destroyed by the council in October 2011. The ruling is open to appeal.
Demo Against Homelessness Penalty Office In Budapest
- 24 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A group of about 50 activists of the “City Belongs to Everyone” held a demonstration in Budapest against regulations penalising homelessness, demanding regulations that “penalise living permanently in public space” be scrapped.
Nora Berend: The Antisemite Question In Hungary
- 8 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nora Berend is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. She received her B.A. at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, spent a year at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and completed her studies at Columbia University where she received her Ph.D.
Xpat Opinion: The Risk Of Political Christianity: An Interview With Tamás Fabiny, Lutheran Bishop
- 21 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Czene of Népszabadság conducted an interview with Tamás Fabiny, bishop of the northern district of the Hungarian Lutheran Church. Fabiny was ordained in Erlangen, Germany in 1982. He also studied in the United States. In addition to his church activities he worked for Duna TV. Since 2010 he has been the vice chairman of the Lutheran World Federation.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Approach To Homelessness
- 29 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Homelessness in Hungary is back in the news. Recently, the municipal government of Budapest approved a local ordinance that prohibits so-called “habitual living” in certain designated areas of the capital – mostly Budapest’s world heritage sites and parts of downtown.
Hungarian Town Debrecen Bans Homeless From Centre
- 29 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Homeless people are banned from downtown Debrecen and the city’s Nagyerd forest, under a resolution passed by the city council on Thursday.