7,163 result(s) for hungarian nation
Liszt Memorial Evening, Festival Theatre Budapest, 21 September
- 21 Sep 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The Liszt Memorial Evening programme presented by the Hungarian National Ballet Foundation features a set of pieces choreographed by Lilla Pártay. The evening's musical guests will likewise perform works by Liszt: while Atilla B. Kiss sings the Petrarch Sonnets, Izabella Simon will play The Bells of Geneva.
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Streaming In Hungary Again From Croatia
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Since Hungary closed its border with Serbia last week, migrants are being bused by Serbia to the Croatian border and from there by Croatia to Slovenia and to Hungary. While the Hungarian authorities are building a border fence along the border with Croatia to stop the inflow, commentators discuss to what extent the attitude of the Hungarian government is morally and legally justified.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's New Border Regime Threatens Asylum Seekers
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Press Release: Hungary’s new border regime denies access to asylum and exposes vulnerable people to violence and prosecution, Human Rights Watch said today. Thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have been trapped in Serbia as a result of the de facto closure of the Hungarian border since September 15, 2015, when a new border regime came into force and a border fence was completed.
Survey: Vast Majority Of Hungarians Believe Rejecting Migrants Not Racism
- 21 Sep 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 84% of Hungarian adults believe that rejecting migrants is not racism, a representative survey made on commission by new online news portal 888.hu showed. Only 13% said that rejecting migrants is racism, 888.hu reported citing the results of the national survey carried out on Sept. 10-15. Some 73% of left-wing voters do not consider rejecting migrants racism, and 81% of centrist voters ...
National Gallop, Heroes Square Budapest, 18 - 20 September
- 20 Sep 2015 11:20 AM
- sport
The biggest equestrian festival in Hungary is arranged every year in Budapest in a most beautiful environment at the majestic Heroes Square. The first National Gallop was arranged in 2008 and it has since then become a popular event with lots of Hungarian culture, crowds of people and action filled horse races at the 6200m2 horse track at the Heroes Square.
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Dismisses UN High Commissioner’s Criticism
- 18 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Recent, critical remarks by the United Nations’ high commissioner for human rights show complete disregard of facts and the real situation in Hungary, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said, adding that Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein’s words were “unacceptable”. Earlier in the day, the high commissioner said that Hungary had violated international laws through its measures taken in the wake of the ...
Ten Migrants Detained For Part In Riots At Hungarian Border Station
- 18 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The police have detained ten people suspected of having participated in violent clashes between migrants and the Hungarian police at Röszke station on the Serbian border on Wednesday. Altogether 15 people have been suspected of involvement in the riots and crossing the border illegally, said a spokesperson for the national police.
Order Restored At Hungary’s Border Crossing Station Röszke
- 17 Sep 2015 9:06 AM
- current affairs
“By yesterday evening, order was restored at the Röszke border crossing station, where a group of armed migrants on the Serbian side of the border damaged the station’s fence and attacked police who were guarding the state border”, the Government Spokesperson announced at the scene on Wednesday night.
Hungary’s PM: We Are Experiencing A Crisis Of Liberal Identity
- 17 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“The whole refugee crisis, this whole migration and the whole problem of economic immigration, if viewed from the right perspective, is nothing more than an identity crisis on the part of liberalism”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán explained in his speech at the annual Civil Picnic in Kötcse on 5 September, the full text of which was published by Hungarian weekly Demokrata on Wednesday.
Liszt Memorial Evening, Festival Theatre Budapest, 21 September
- 21 Sep 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The Liszt Memorial Evening programme presented by the Hungarian National Ballet Foundation features a set of pieces choreographed by Lilla Pártay. The evening's musical guests will likewise perform works by Liszt: while Atilla B. Kiss sings the Petrarch Sonnets, Izabella Simon will play The Bells of Geneva.
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Streaming In Hungary Again From Croatia
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Since Hungary closed its border with Serbia last week, migrants are being bused by Serbia to the Croatian border and from there by Croatia to Slovenia and to Hungary. While the Hungarian authorities are building a border fence along the border with Croatia to stop the inflow, commentators discuss to what extent the attitude of the Hungarian government is morally and legally justified.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's New Border Regime Threatens Asylum Seekers
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Press Release: Hungary’s new border regime denies access to asylum and exposes vulnerable people to violence and prosecution, Human Rights Watch said today. Thousands of asylum seekers and migrants have been trapped in Serbia as a result of the de facto closure of the Hungarian border since September 15, 2015, when a new border regime came into force and a border fence was completed.
Survey: Vast Majority Of Hungarians Believe Rejecting Migrants Not Racism
- 21 Sep 2015 5:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 84% of Hungarian adults believe that rejecting migrants is not racism, a representative survey made on commission by new online news portal 888.hu showed. Only 13% said that rejecting migrants is racism, 888.hu reported citing the results of the national survey carried out on Sept. 10-15. Some 73% of left-wing voters do not consider rejecting migrants racism, and 81% of centrist voters ...
National Gallop, Heroes Square Budapest, 18 - 20 September
- 20 Sep 2015 11:20 AM
- sport
The biggest equestrian festival in Hungary is arranged every year in Budapest in a most beautiful environment at the majestic Heroes Square. The first National Gallop was arranged in 2008 and it has since then become a popular event with lots of Hungarian culture, crowds of people and action filled horse races at the 6200m2 horse track at the Heroes Square.
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Dismisses UN High Commissioner’s Criticism
- 18 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Recent, critical remarks by the United Nations’ high commissioner for human rights show complete disregard of facts and the real situation in Hungary, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said, adding that Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein’s words were “unacceptable”. Earlier in the day, the high commissioner said that Hungary had violated international laws through its measures taken in the wake of the ...
Ten Migrants Detained For Part In Riots At Hungarian Border Station
- 18 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The police have detained ten people suspected of having participated in violent clashes between migrants and the Hungarian police at Röszke station on the Serbian border on Wednesday. Altogether 15 people have been suspected of involvement in the riots and crossing the border illegally, said a spokesperson for the national police.
Order Restored At Hungary’s Border Crossing Station Röszke
- 17 Sep 2015 9:06 AM
- current affairs
“By yesterday evening, order was restored at the Röszke border crossing station, where a group of armed migrants on the Serbian side of the border damaged the station’s fence and attacked police who were guarding the state border”, the Government Spokesperson announced at the scene on Wednesday night.
Hungary’s PM: We Are Experiencing A Crisis Of Liberal Identity
- 17 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“The whole refugee crisis, this whole migration and the whole problem of economic immigration, if viewed from the right perspective, is nothing more than an identity crisis on the part of liberalism”, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán explained in his speech at the annual Civil Picnic in Kötcse on 5 September, the full text of which was published by Hungarian weekly Demokrata on Wednesday.