433 result(s) for political debate
Economist Péter Róna On Hungary’s Post Election Austerity Plans
- 26 Sep 2014 5:00 AM
- business
“They need the austerity so that there is something to steal. This is the basic mechanism.” – Péter Róna, Oxford professor of economics and policy advisor to opposition party Politics Can Be Different (LMP)
No Pixellation Needed On Media Images Of Police In Hungary
- 25 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Constitutional Court decision that allows the publication of photographs of police at work without the pixellation of their faces ends a decade-long debate and shows that the freedom of the press cannot be restricted, the Eötvös Károly Institute said on Wednesday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian NGOs Suspected Of Embezzlement
- 10 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-liberal dailies sharply criticise the government after police searched the offices of two NGOs. They believe the authorities are simply out to get civic groups which dare to criticise the government. A leading member of the largest pro-government civic organisation rejects accusations of anti-democratic tendencies against the government.
Xpat Opinion: A Conservative View On Hungary's Virtual “Single Party System”
- 26 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist accuses the Left of provoking its own demise and thus must blame itself for Fidesz’s power monopoly.
'Living Memorial' Arises In Shadow Of Dead One In Budapest
- 22 Aug 2014 8:59 AM
- current affairs
The memorial itself is just a symptom of stupidity, vulgarity and the denial of reasonable thinking. This is the attitude we are protesting against.” – Living Memorial tour guide.
Video Article: Hungary's PM Speech: The Era Of Welfare States Is Over
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At the Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that liberalism is a system of ideals that has a tangible power for social organisation. If people want to change what they don’t like in the world, they must come forward with a similarly mature system of ideals, he added.
Media Freedom Still Under Threat In Hungary Says Kroes
- 29 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Media freedom remains under threat in Hungary, said Neelie Kroes, Vice- President of the European Commission in charge of the digital agenda, in a blog entry about Hungary’s ad tax on Monday. “A free and plural media is the foundation of a free society, and a safeguard of democratic tradition.
German Occupation Memorial In Budapest Completed Under Cover Of Darkness
- 24 Jul 2014 11:40 AM
- current affairs
The controversial German occupation memorial was erected under cover of darkness early Sunday morning. Shortly after midnight some 100 police officers closed off the Szabadság square as workmen installed a timpanum with a bronze eagle, representing Nazi Germany. Below the eagle was erected a bronze statue of the Archangel Gabriel, representing “innocent Hungary”, holding an orb, representing the ...
Banned Midwife Agnes Geréb Faces Retrial In Hungary
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Geréb’s house arrest was terminated by the Capital Court of Appeals in February but she remains forbidden to leave Budapest. The last time Geréb appealed her sentence, a court lengthened her minimum period of incarceration to two-thirds of her two-year sentence and doubled her ban for practising as a midwife to ten years.
Economist Péter Róna On Hungary’s Post Election Austerity Plans
- 26 Sep 2014 5:00 AM
- business
“They need the austerity so that there is something to steal. This is the basic mechanism.” – Péter Róna, Oxford professor of economics and policy advisor to opposition party Politics Can Be Different (LMP)
No Pixellation Needed On Media Images Of Police In Hungary
- 25 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Constitutional Court decision that allows the publication of photographs of police at work without the pixellation of their faces ends a decade-long debate and shows that the freedom of the press cannot be restricted, the Eötvös Károly Institute said on Wednesday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian NGOs Suspected Of Embezzlement
- 10 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-liberal dailies sharply criticise the government after police searched the offices of two NGOs. They believe the authorities are simply out to get civic groups which dare to criticise the government. A leading member of the largest pro-government civic organisation rejects accusations of anti-democratic tendencies against the government.
Xpat Opinion: A Conservative View On Hungary's Virtual “Single Party System”
- 26 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist accuses the Left of provoking its own demise and thus must blame itself for Fidesz’s power monopoly.
'Living Memorial' Arises In Shadow Of Dead One In Budapest
- 22 Aug 2014 8:59 AM
- current affairs
The memorial itself is just a symptom of stupidity, vulgarity and the denial of reasonable thinking. This is the attitude we are protesting against.” – Living Memorial tour guide.
Video Article: Hungary's PM Speech: The Era Of Welfare States Is Over
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At the Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that liberalism is a system of ideals that has a tangible power for social organisation. If people want to change what they don’t like in the world, they must come forward with a similarly mature system of ideals, he added.
Media Freedom Still Under Threat In Hungary Says Kroes
- 29 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Media freedom remains under threat in Hungary, said Neelie Kroes, Vice- President of the European Commission in charge of the digital agenda, in a blog entry about Hungary’s ad tax on Monday. “A free and plural media is the foundation of a free society, and a safeguard of democratic tradition.
German Occupation Memorial In Budapest Completed Under Cover Of Darkness
- 24 Jul 2014 11:40 AM
- current affairs
The controversial German occupation memorial was erected under cover of darkness early Sunday morning. Shortly after midnight some 100 police officers closed off the Szabadság square as workmen installed a timpanum with a bronze eagle, representing Nazi Germany. Below the eagle was erected a bronze statue of the Archangel Gabriel, representing “innocent Hungary”, holding an orb, representing the ...
Banned Midwife Agnes Geréb Faces Retrial In Hungary
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Geréb’s house arrest was terminated by the Capital Court of Appeals in February but she remains forbidden to leave Budapest. The last time Geréb appealed her sentence, a court lengthened her minimum period of incarceration to two-thirds of her two-year sentence and doubled her ban for practising as a midwife to ten years.