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V4 Conveys Support To Italy Regarding Migration Crisis
- 20 Jul 2017 8:10 AM
- current affairs
The Visegrad Group has sent a letter to Italy’s prime minister assuring him of the V4’s support in connection with the migration crisis. The letter to Paolo Gentiloni released on the V4 website notes that the V4 prime ministers are ready to contribute to European and Italian efforts to stop irregular migration flows to Europe and Italy from Libya and the other countries of north Africa with all ...
Video: Budapest Pride 'Gay March' Held Without Incidents
- 13 Jul 2017 2:40 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest Pride march marking the end of Hungary’s week-long festival of the gay (LGBTQ) community was held on Saturday afternoon, with participants gathering near Parliament and later moving across central Budapest without any significant incidents reported.
EU: Record Number Of Infringement Cases Against Hungary
- 12 Jul 2017 8:10 AM
- current affairs
There were a record number of European Union infringement proceedings against Hungary in 2016, reports Index.hu. According to the EU’s 2016 report, there are 57 ongoing infringement cases against Hungary, a five-year record for the country. Still, Hungary is situated only somewhere in the middle of the playing field of Member States facing infringement proceedings.
Budapest At Night Exhibition, NextArt Gallery
- 9 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Now On Until 29 July. ‘Budapest at Night’ by Gábor Fekete is a photo series depicting the unique relationship of the Swiss-Hungarian artist and his hometown, through a set of calm, nostalgic and sometimes humor-filled night shots. The series, capturing over two years of work, has been disclosed in a form of a book with the title ‘Budapest, when the night falls’, published by Corvina Publishing ...
Nearly One-Fifth Of Hungarians Support Legalising Marijuana
- 7 Jul 2017 9:10 AM
- health & wellness
Nearly one-fifth of Hungarians support the legal, regulated sale of marijuana, according to a fresh survey by the Nézőpont Institute commissioned by the tabloid Blikk.
NGOs Hold Discussion On Civil Disobedience As They Refuse To Comply With New Law
- 6 Jul 2017 9:32 AM
- current affairs
In a crowded hall in Buda Tuesday night, a man stood reading out loud an excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. But this was not a Fourth of July celebration.
Budapest Gay Pride Festival Gets Under Way
- 3 Jul 2017 8:26 AM
- current affairs
The 22nd Budapest Pride festival of the gay (LGBTQ) community opened on Friday night. At the opening ceremony, Szilvia Nagy of the organising Rainbow Mission Foundation said it was “not easy” to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer in Hungary, and recalled that it was in 2007 for the first time that Pride marchers in Budapest were attacked by violent “counter-demonstrators”.
Századvég Survey: Europeans Want Border Security
- 30 Jun 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
The majority of Europeans want more effective protections of the bloc’s external borders, according to a survey of citizens in 28 European Union member states by the Századvég Foundation. Fully 77% believed that the EU should be doing a better job of protecting the external border, Századvég said, adding that the same opinion was represented by 80-90% of centrists in Germany.
Local Opinion: Momentum Embraces Budapest Pride Parade
- 29 Jun 2017 8:10 AM
- current affairs
As the new youthful party issues an appeal in support of the Gay Pride Parade, a conservative commentator regrets that the new opposition movement has ‘gone so far to the left’.
V4 Conveys Support To Italy Regarding Migration Crisis
- 20 Jul 2017 8:10 AM
- current affairs
The Visegrad Group has sent a letter to Italy’s prime minister assuring him of the V4’s support in connection with the migration crisis. The letter to Paolo Gentiloni released on the V4 website notes that the V4 prime ministers are ready to contribute to European and Italian efforts to stop irregular migration flows to Europe and Italy from Libya and the other countries of north Africa with all ...
Video: Budapest Pride 'Gay March' Held Without Incidents
- 13 Jul 2017 2:40 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest Pride march marking the end of Hungary’s week-long festival of the gay (LGBTQ) community was held on Saturday afternoon, with participants gathering near Parliament and later moving across central Budapest without any significant incidents reported.
EU: Record Number Of Infringement Cases Against Hungary
- 12 Jul 2017 8:10 AM
- current affairs
There were a record number of European Union infringement proceedings against Hungary in 2016, reports Index.hu. According to the EU’s 2016 report, there are 57 ongoing infringement cases against Hungary, a five-year record for the country. Still, Hungary is situated only somewhere in the middle of the playing field of Member States facing infringement proceedings.
Budapest At Night Exhibition, NextArt Gallery
- 9 Jul 2017 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Now On Until 29 July. ‘Budapest at Night’ by Gábor Fekete is a photo series depicting the unique relationship of the Swiss-Hungarian artist and his hometown, through a set of calm, nostalgic and sometimes humor-filled night shots. The series, capturing over two years of work, has been disclosed in a form of a book with the title ‘Budapest, when the night falls’, published by Corvina Publishing ...
Nearly One-Fifth Of Hungarians Support Legalising Marijuana
- 7 Jul 2017 9:10 AM
- health & wellness
Nearly one-fifth of Hungarians support the legal, regulated sale of marijuana, according to a fresh survey by the Nézőpont Institute commissioned by the tabloid Blikk.
NGOs Hold Discussion On Civil Disobedience As They Refuse To Comply With New Law
- 6 Jul 2017 9:32 AM
- current affairs
In a crowded hall in Buda Tuesday night, a man stood reading out loud an excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail. But this was not a Fourth of July celebration.
Budapest Gay Pride Festival Gets Under Way
- 3 Jul 2017 8:26 AM
- current affairs
The 22nd Budapest Pride festival of the gay (LGBTQ) community opened on Friday night. At the opening ceremony, Szilvia Nagy of the organising Rainbow Mission Foundation said it was “not easy” to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer in Hungary, and recalled that it was in 2007 for the first time that Pride marchers in Budapest were attacked by violent “counter-demonstrators”.
Századvég Survey: Europeans Want Border Security
- 30 Jun 2017 9:30 AM
- current affairs
The majority of Europeans want more effective protections of the bloc’s external borders, according to a survey of citizens in 28 European Union member states by the Századvég Foundation. Fully 77% believed that the EU should be doing a better job of protecting the external border, Századvég said, adding that the same opinion was represented by 80-90% of centrists in Germany.
Local Opinion: Momentum Embraces Budapest Pride Parade
- 29 Jun 2017 8:10 AM
- current affairs
As the new youthful party issues an appeal in support of the Gay Pride Parade, a conservative commentator regrets that the new opposition movement has ‘gone so far to the left’.