933 result(s) for independent media
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Counter-Terrorism Unit Criticized
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing and liberal columnists ridicule TEK, Hungary’s top counter-terrorism unit for swooping on ‘memorabilia enthusiasts’ with their horde of weapons and explosives. A pro-government commentator defends TEK’s action, although he finds its communication strategy misleading.
Xpat Opinion: Bill On Hungarian Undercover Agents Criticised
- 9 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Independent conservative commentators reject out of hand the idea that media enterprises could be compelled to employ secret service agents. The bill containing such a passage on ‘content providers’ is part of a 34 page package tabled by the Minister of Home Affairs in Parliament last week.
Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
European Journalists Association Holds Budapest Assembly
- 9 Oct 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The political union that European Union’s founding fathers dreamed of creating is still incomplete, Maria Romana de Gasperi, daughter of the late Alcide de Gasperi, said in her keynote address to the 53rd general assembly of European Journalists Association (EJA) in Budapest. De Gasperi urged the media to help European politics regain its lost wisdom.
News Channel Took Orders From Hungarian Gov’t
- 8 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Government communication officials told HírTV on a weekly basis which politicians could be interviewed and what the topics should be before the channel’s owner Lajos Simicska broke with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in February, according to deputy director Péter Tarr. In an interview with media website Kreatív, Tarr said there was an unwritten rule that Jobbik was banned from HírTV and that few ...
Morrissey Concert, Millenáris Budapest, 12 October, 7 pm
- 29 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Steven Patrick Morrissey commonly known by his last name, Morrissey, or by his nickname, Moz, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the rock band The Smiths.
Xpat Opinion: Migrant Clash - Hungary As A New Israel?
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An independent conservative analyst believes the migrants who clashed with Hungary’s security forces used tactics known from Gaza, where Palestinians deliberately put children at risk in their media war against Israel.
Floating House On Danube In Hungary
- 8 Sep 2015 12:00 PM
- property
According to design.hu, Oszkar Vagi and Csinszka Cserhati dreamed an aquatic lifestyle radically differing from previous in Budapest. Their project called Uszohaz (Floating House) has been at a plan level so far, but hopefully, these cozy residential houses will be built in reality as well.
New Facial Database Of All Hungarian Citizens Planned
- 4 Sep 2015 11:06 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s interior ministry would like to create a central facial database containing a photograph of all Hungarian citizens, reports daily online newspaper Napi.hu. According to the legislative proposal appearing on the ministry website, those state organs will have access to the database which are engaged in law enforcement of any kind, including the Hungarian parliament’s security services.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Counter-Terrorism Unit Criticized
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing and liberal columnists ridicule TEK, Hungary’s top counter-terrorism unit for swooping on ‘memorabilia enthusiasts’ with their horde of weapons and explosives. A pro-government commentator defends TEK’s action, although he finds its communication strategy misleading.
Xpat Opinion: Bill On Hungarian Undercover Agents Criticised
- 9 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Independent conservative commentators reject out of hand the idea that media enterprises could be compelled to employ secret service agents. The bill containing such a passage on ‘content providers’ is part of a 34 page package tabled by the Minister of Home Affairs in Parliament last week.
Video: US Ambassador To Hungary's “We Will Build a Stronger Bridge” Speech
- 31 Oct 2015 8:01 AM
- current affairs
US Ambassador Colleen Bell recently made numerous positive public remarks about Hungary, and also spoke of her country’s concerns - about corruption, a decline of freedom of the press, and xenophobic characterisations of refugees – during her speech on Wednesday 28 October at the Corvinus University in Budapest.
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
She said Hungary was not a place where journalists were jailed or tortured, ...
European Journalists Association Holds Budapest Assembly
- 9 Oct 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The political union that European Union’s founding fathers dreamed of creating is still incomplete, Maria Romana de Gasperi, daughter of the late Alcide de Gasperi, said in her keynote address to the 53rd general assembly of European Journalists Association (EJA) in Budapest. De Gasperi urged the media to help European politics regain its lost wisdom.
News Channel Took Orders From Hungarian Gov’t
- 8 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Government communication officials told HírTV on a weekly basis which politicians could be interviewed and what the topics should be before the channel’s owner Lajos Simicska broke with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in February, according to deputy director Péter Tarr. In an interview with media website Kreatív, Tarr said there was an unwritten rule that Jobbik was banned from HírTV and that few ...
Morrissey Concert, Millenáris Budapest, 12 October, 7 pm
- 29 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Steven Patrick Morrissey commonly known by his last name, Morrissey, or by his nickname, Moz, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the rock band The Smiths.
Xpat Opinion: Migrant Clash - Hungary As A New Israel?
- 21 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An independent conservative analyst believes the migrants who clashed with Hungary’s security forces used tactics known from Gaza, where Palestinians deliberately put children at risk in their media war against Israel.
Floating House On Danube In Hungary
- 8 Sep 2015 12:00 PM
- property
According to design.hu, Oszkar Vagi and Csinszka Cserhati dreamed an aquatic lifestyle radically differing from previous in Budapest. Their project called Uszohaz (Floating House) has been at a plan level so far, but hopefully, these cozy residential houses will be built in reality as well.
New Facial Database Of All Hungarian Citizens Planned
- 4 Sep 2015 11:06 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s interior ministry would like to create a central facial database containing a photograph of all Hungarian citizens, reports daily online newspaper Napi.hu. According to the legislative proposal appearing on the ministry website, those state organs will have access to the database which are engaged in law enforcement of any kind, including the Hungarian parliament’s security services.