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Hungary’s Constitutional Changes Fuel New Tensions
- 10 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thousands of Hungarians protested in central Budapest on Saturday (9 March) against imminent changes to the country's constitution which they fear would curb democratic rights, echoing worries this week from the European Union and the United States.
Xpat Opinion: Multilateral Cooperation Urged Against Anti-Gypsy Radicalism In Hungary
- 6 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The leading left-wing daily calls on the mainstream moderate parties to work out strategic welfare plans to lift the Roma out of poverty, and by implication, take the wind out of the sails of the radical right-wing Jobbik.
Xpat Opinion: Romanian PM – A Guest Of The Socialists In Hungary
- 1 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government journalist lists examples of discrimination and arrogance in the record of the left-wing Romanian government and asks how it is possible that such politicians are not rejected by the EU and are even embraced by Hungarian Socialists.
African American Poet E. Ethelbert Miller In Hungary
- 27 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
As part of the U.S. Embassy’s Speaker Program, and to highlight Black History Month, renowned African American poet and activist E. Ethelbert Miller will be visiting Budapest, Pécs and Balatonalmádi on February 25- 28, 2013.
Xpat Opinion: How Women Are Being Treated In Hungarian Parliament
- 27 Feb 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
In September of 2012 there was an uproar in the Hungarian parliament over the issue of domestic violence; I spent at least two posts on the issue. By popular demand, the House had to consider including domestic violence in the criminal code. It was clear from the beginning that the Fidesz-KDMP caucus was planning to vote against the measure. One member of the government party after the other got ...
Hungary's National Flag Banned At Basketball Game
- 22 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Jobbik expressed outrage in a Thursday statement after reporting that Hungarian flags were banned from an international basketball game between Szolnoki Olaj KK and Hapoel Holon of Israel on Tuesday. Fidesz mayor Ferenc Szalay also protested against the ban on the Hungarian flags.
Xpat Opinion: Scandals On Sidelines Of Student Movement In Hungary
- 22 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság understands why the police are concerned about what form spontaneous protests may take. In the same issue it condemns a far-right dominated student body for keeping files on students.
Xpat Opinion: Will Student Protests In Hingary Regain Momentum?
- 18 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators wonder if after their surprising success late last year, students protesting new austerity measures will be strong enough to keep the government at bay during the spring.
Xpat Opinion: Former Budapest Police-Chief Indicted
- 14 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator welcomes a decision by the Prosecutor’s Office to prosecute former Budapest police chief Péter Gergényi for his involvement in the 2006 riots, but finds it problematic that it took more than six years to bring the case to court.
Hungary’s Constitutional Changes Fuel New Tensions
- 10 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thousands of Hungarians protested in central Budapest on Saturday (9 March) against imminent changes to the country's constitution which they fear would curb democratic rights, echoing worries this week from the European Union and the United States.
Xpat Opinion: Multilateral Cooperation Urged Against Anti-Gypsy Radicalism In Hungary
- 6 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The leading left-wing daily calls on the mainstream moderate parties to work out strategic welfare plans to lift the Roma out of poverty, and by implication, take the wind out of the sails of the radical right-wing Jobbik.
Xpat Opinion: Romanian PM – A Guest Of The Socialists In Hungary
- 1 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government journalist lists examples of discrimination and arrogance in the record of the left-wing Romanian government and asks how it is possible that such politicians are not rejected by the EU and are even embraced by Hungarian Socialists.
African American Poet E. Ethelbert Miller In Hungary
- 27 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
As part of the U.S. Embassy’s Speaker Program, and to highlight Black History Month, renowned African American poet and activist E. Ethelbert Miller will be visiting Budapest, Pécs and Balatonalmádi on February 25- 28, 2013.
Xpat Opinion: How Women Are Being Treated In Hungarian Parliament
- 27 Feb 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
In September of 2012 there was an uproar in the Hungarian parliament over the issue of domestic violence; I spent at least two posts on the issue. By popular demand, the House had to consider including domestic violence in the criminal code. It was clear from the beginning that the Fidesz-KDMP caucus was planning to vote against the measure. One member of the government party after the other got ...
Hungary's National Flag Banned At Basketball Game
- 22 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Jobbik expressed outrage in a Thursday statement after reporting that Hungarian flags were banned from an international basketball game between Szolnoki Olaj KK and Hapoel Holon of Israel on Tuesday. Fidesz mayor Ferenc Szalay also protested against the ban on the Hungarian flags.
Xpat Opinion: Scandals On Sidelines Of Student Movement In Hungary
- 22 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság understands why the police are concerned about what form spontaneous protests may take. In the same issue it condemns a far-right dominated student body for keeping files on students.
Xpat Opinion: Will Student Protests In Hingary Regain Momentum?
- 18 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators wonder if after their surprising success late last year, students protesting new austerity measures will be strong enough to keep the government at bay during the spring.
Xpat Opinion: Former Budapest Police-Chief Indicted
- 14 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator welcomes a decision by the Prosecutor’s Office to prosecute former Budapest police chief Péter Gergényi for his involvement in the 2006 riots, but finds it problematic that it took more than six years to bring the case to court.