1,132 result(s) for protest
Momentum Movement Organises Pro-Europe Demonstration In Budapest
- 2 May 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration with the slogan “We belong to Europe”, organised by the Momentum Movement, was held in the capital on Monday evening, on the 13th anniversary of Hungary’s EU accession. Momentum Movement leader András Fekete-Győr told the crowd assembled in Heroes’ Square that his party would run in the 2018 general election.
Civil Unity Forum Stages Demo In Brussels Against Soros Visit
- 28 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Some 60 activists of Hungary’s pro-government Civil Unity Forum (CÖF) staged a demonstration in Brussels on Thursday to protest against Hungarian born US financier George Soros having talks with European leaders. CÖF leader László Csizmadia told participants that “Sorosism, together with migrants, should not be allowed to enter”.
CEU Refutes Orban’s Remarks At EP
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central European University (CEU) has refuted remarks that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made at Wednesday’s European Parliament plenary session. CEU said in a statement that Orbán had claimed, referring to a letter written by CEU President-Rector Michael Ignatieff to the students and teachers, that Ignatieff is not worried that CEU, operating in Budapest, may be closed down.
Trio Assaulted For Pro-CEU Views
- 25 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Three men were attacked at a club in Budapest’s Seventh District on Saturday evening, apparently because one of them wore a badge expressing support for the CEU.
Demo Against Growing Russian Influence In Hungary
- 25 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Demonstrators gathered near the Russian embassy in Budapest on Monday evening and speakers said the increase in Moscow’s influence over Hungary in the past few years was reason for concern. Writer and philosopher András Lányi said the government was gradually moving closer to dictatorships where opponents are killed off or imprisoned.
Local Opinion: Dispute Over ‘Open Society’ – And Its Critics
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
As Parliament begins to debate a bill on NGOs which receive foreign funding, pundits across the political spectrum discuss the idea of an ‘open society’, an ideal frequently evoked by George Soros, and assess the status and political role of NGOs in Hungary.
Satirical Party Stages Mock-Protest In Budapest
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The satirical Kétfarkú Kutya (Two-tailed Dog) party staged a “March of Peace for the government and Russia... and against everything else” in central Budapest on Saturday. Participants in the demo walked across the Inner City behind a banner of the Russian national colours that read “We will not be a colony” in Hungarian and Russian.
Opposition LMP Files Constitutional Complaint Over Higher Education Law
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Green opposition party LMP filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court on Friday “to counter [ruling] Fidesz’s attack on Hungarian education”, party leaders told a presser on Friday.
Orbán Confirms Not Moving To Buda Castle
- 24 Apr 2017 3:10 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s prime minister will not move to the Buda Castle as he has a family home of his own and does not use a residence either, the prime minister’s press chief told MTI on Friday.
Momentum Movement Organises Pro-Europe Demonstration In Budapest
- 2 May 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A demonstration with the slogan “We belong to Europe”, organised by the Momentum Movement, was held in the capital on Monday evening, on the 13th anniversary of Hungary’s EU accession. Momentum Movement leader András Fekete-Győr told the crowd assembled in Heroes’ Square that his party would run in the 2018 general election.
Civil Unity Forum Stages Demo In Brussels Against Soros Visit
- 28 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Some 60 activists of Hungary’s pro-government Civil Unity Forum (CÖF) staged a demonstration in Brussels on Thursday to protest against Hungarian born US financier George Soros having talks with European leaders. CÖF leader László Csizmadia told participants that “Sorosism, together with migrants, should not be allowed to enter”.
CEU Refutes Orban’s Remarks At EP
- 27 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central European University (CEU) has refuted remarks that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made at Wednesday’s European Parliament plenary session. CEU said in a statement that Orbán had claimed, referring to a letter written by CEU President-Rector Michael Ignatieff to the students and teachers, that Ignatieff is not worried that CEU, operating in Budapest, may be closed down.
Trio Assaulted For Pro-CEU Views
- 25 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Three men were attacked at a club in Budapest’s Seventh District on Saturday evening, apparently because one of them wore a badge expressing support for the CEU.
Demo Against Growing Russian Influence In Hungary
- 25 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Demonstrators gathered near the Russian embassy in Budapest on Monday evening and speakers said the increase in Moscow’s influence over Hungary in the past few years was reason for concern. Writer and philosopher András Lányi said the government was gradually moving closer to dictatorships where opponents are killed off or imprisoned.
Local Opinion: Dispute Over ‘Open Society’ – And Its Critics
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
As Parliament begins to debate a bill on NGOs which receive foreign funding, pundits across the political spectrum discuss the idea of an ‘open society’, an ideal frequently evoked by George Soros, and assess the status and political role of NGOs in Hungary.
Satirical Party Stages Mock-Protest In Budapest
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The satirical Kétfarkú Kutya (Two-tailed Dog) party staged a “March of Peace for the government and Russia... and against everything else” in central Budapest on Saturday. Participants in the demo walked across the Inner City behind a banner of the Russian national colours that read “We will not be a colony” in Hungarian and Russian.
Opposition LMP Files Constitutional Complaint Over Higher Education Law
- 24 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Green opposition party LMP filed a complaint with the Constitutional Court on Friday “to counter [ruling] Fidesz’s attack on Hungarian education”, party leaders told a presser on Friday.
Orbán Confirms Not Moving To Buda Castle
- 24 Apr 2017 3:10 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s prime minister will not move to the Buda Castle as he has a family home of his own and does not use a residence either, the prime minister’s press chief told MTI on Friday.