45 result(s) for humanitarian action in Articles
One World, One Humanity: Promoting Empathy
- 26 Sep 2015 10:00 AM
- community & culture
"This presentation seeks to promote empathy and understanding between groups in conflict. This is based in part on recent research conducted worldwide.
Empathy is defined as: “the capacity to recognise emotions, thoughts and attitudes that are being experienced by others.” It should lead to greater understanding of others whether individuals or in groups. Two types of empathy are distinguished, ...
It Is Hungary’s Historic & Moral Obligation To Protect Europe
- 23 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In his address on urgent and topical matters before the start of daily business in Parliament, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed that it is Hungary’s historic and moral obligation to protect Europe, and when Hungary is protecting its borders, it is also protecting Europe.
Hungarian Government To Discuss Declaring State Of Emergency
- 12 Sep 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
At his press conference on Thursday (“Government Info 22 – Government actions explained”) the Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár said that the Government utterly rejects any proposal for the setting up of a refugee camp in Hungary under the supervision and control of the European Commission. The Government is unable to accept edicts, he said.
Hungary: Abysmal Conditions in Border Detention
- 11 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants and asylum seekers are being held in abysmal conditions in the two Roszke migrant detention centers on the Serbian border, Human Rights Watch said today after obtaining footage from inside the camp and interviewing persons currently and formerly detained there. Hungarian police intercept asylum seekers and migrants entering via Serbia and detain them for days for registration and ...
Christian Democrat’s Leader In Hungary: Self-Defence Cannot Overwrite Need For Humanitarian Aid
- 10 Sep 2015 4:59 AM
- current affairs
Providing humanitarian aid should not be contrasted with Europe’s selfdefence, Péter Harrach, group leader of the co-ruling Christian Democrats, said. “The hungry should be fed now,” and Hungary’s authorities are doing just that, he said. In the long run people seeking asylum from persecution and European citizens worried about their security have a shared interest; peace should be built in the ...
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Toward A Police State In Hungary?
- 8 Sep 2015 1:00 AM
- current affairs
It’s time to take a quick look at the amendments to existing laws on the army and the police that, in Viktor Orbán’s words, will start a new era in Hungary. The projected date of this new beginning is September 15–that is, if Fidesz-KDNP has its way and four-fifths of MPs present vote for the extended use of the army and the police in the border regions and elsewhere.
Dispatches: Stranded In Budapest’s Train Station
- 4 Sep 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
By Lydia Gall: “Why are they lying to us? Why did police tell me that the train will go to Germany when it will really go to [a] camp?” asked Mohammed, 34, from Syria, when I told him that the train he was about to board this morning was not heading to Austria and Germany but to a processing center outside Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Political Background Of The Refugee Crisis In Hungary
- 3 Sep 2015 10:50 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz and the ‘average Hungarian’ - There is no politician in Hungary with such an amazing knack for what the Hungarian public wants – or is at least willing to tolerate – as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He might have narrowly lost two winnable elections in 2002 and 2006, but at the same time he built a marginal and culturally ill-fitting party into one that is fundamentally attuned to the ...
One World, One Humanity: Promoting Empathy
- 26 Sep 2015 10:00 AM
- community & culture
"This presentation seeks to promote empathy and understanding between groups in conflict. This is based in part on recent research conducted worldwide.
Empathy is defined as: “the capacity to recognise emotions, thoughts and attitudes that are being experienced by others.” It should lead to greater understanding of others whether individuals or in groups. Two types of empathy are distinguished, ...
It Is Hungary’s Historic & Moral Obligation To Protect Europe
- 23 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In his address on urgent and topical matters before the start of daily business in Parliament, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stressed that it is Hungary’s historic and moral obligation to protect Europe, and when Hungary is protecting its borders, it is also protecting Europe.
Hungarian Government To Discuss Declaring State Of Emergency
- 12 Sep 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
At his press conference on Thursday (“Government Info 22 – Government actions explained”) the Minister of the Prime Minister’s Office János Lázár said that the Government utterly rejects any proposal for the setting up of a refugee camp in Hungary under the supervision and control of the European Commission. The Government is unable to accept edicts, he said.
Hungary: Abysmal Conditions in Border Detention
- 11 Sep 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Migrants and asylum seekers are being held in abysmal conditions in the two Roszke migrant detention centers on the Serbian border, Human Rights Watch said today after obtaining footage from inside the camp and interviewing persons currently and formerly detained there. Hungarian police intercept asylum seekers and migrants entering via Serbia and detain them for days for registration and ...
Christian Democrat’s Leader In Hungary: Self-Defence Cannot Overwrite Need For Humanitarian Aid
- 10 Sep 2015 4:59 AM
- current affairs
Providing humanitarian aid should not be contrasted with Europe’s selfdefence, Péter Harrach, group leader of the co-ruling Christian Democrats, said. “The hungry should be fed now,” and Hungary’s authorities are doing just that, he said. In the long run people seeking asylum from persecution and European citizens worried about their security have a shared interest; peace should be built in the ...
Eleni Kounalakis: Hungary’s Xenophobic Response
- 8 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Op-ed piece written by former US ambassador to Hungary Eleni Kounalakis published by the New York Times on September 6th, 2015.
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
The scene at Budapest’s Keleti train station is returning to normal. Trains are running again, and most of the thousands of desperate people stranded there last week are on their way to other, more hospitable countries in Europe. Hungary, a country rarely in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Toward A Police State In Hungary?
- 8 Sep 2015 1:00 AM
- current affairs
It’s time to take a quick look at the amendments to existing laws on the army and the police that, in Viktor Orbán’s words, will start a new era in Hungary. The projected date of this new beginning is September 15–that is, if Fidesz-KDNP has its way and four-fifths of MPs present vote for the extended use of the army and the police in the border regions and elsewhere.
Dispatches: Stranded In Budapest’s Train Station
- 4 Sep 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
By Lydia Gall: “Why are they lying to us? Why did police tell me that the train will go to Germany when it will really go to [a] camp?” asked Mohammed, 34, from Syria, when I told him that the train he was about to board this morning was not heading to Austria and Germany but to a processing center outside Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Political Background Of The Refugee Crisis In Hungary
- 3 Sep 2015 10:50 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz and the ‘average Hungarian’ - There is no politician in Hungary with such an amazing knack for what the Hungarian public wants – or is at least willing to tolerate – as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He might have narrowly lost two winnable elections in 2002 and 2006, but at the same time he built a marginal and culturally ill-fitting party into one that is fundamentally attuned to the ...