638 result(s) for referendum
Opinion: The Hungarian Opposition Shows Signs Of Life
- 20 Feb 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Momentum’s victory
The major news of the day is the overwhelming success of Momentum’s signature drive for a referendum on holding the 2024 Olympic Games in Budapest. They needed 138,000 signatures; they collected 266,151. Although the young leaders of the movement don’t seem to be overly grateful, about 60,000 of these signatures were collected by political parties on the left. LMP and ...
The major news of the day is the overwhelming success of Momentum’s signature drive for a referendum on holding the 2024 Olympic Games in Budapest. They needed 138,000 signatures; they collected 266,151. Although the young leaders of the movement don’t seem to be overly grateful, about 60,000 of these signatures were collected by political parties on the left. LMP and ...
Magyar Opinion: Can Momentum Keep Up The Momentum?
- 20 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators believe that the governing forces will withdraw Budapest’s Olympic bid, after a new political movement collected almost twice as many signatures as necessary to back a referendum on the subject. They also ponder whether Momentum, after this spectacular success, will become a significant opposition force.
Comments On Olympic Referendum Initiative
- 20 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Zsolt Borkai, head of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB), said that the opposition parties had weakened the capital’s chances of staging the 2024 Games. It is now up to the municipal council to decide whether Budapest intends to stay in the running to host the event, he said.
Magyar Opinion: Is The Olympic Bid Doomed?
- 20 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- sport
A centrist analyst believes that the cause of the 2024 Budapest Olympic Games is irrevocably lost, as it has lost popular support in the Hungarian capital. He lays the blame on the promoters themselves.
Anti-Olympics Activist Attacked
- 19 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
An LMP activist collecting signatures for a referendum on whether Budapest should host the Olympics was hit on the head with a wine bottle, the party’s reflektor.blog reported on Thursday.
Government Office Chief ‘Not Optimistic’ About Budapest’s Olympic Chances
- 17 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- sport
Budapest is competing as an underdog against Paris and Los Angeles, government office chief János Lázár told a news briefing, adding that he was “not optimistic” about Budapest’s chances.
LMP: Hungarian Sports Kidnapped By Party Politics
- 15 Feb 2017 9:52 AM
- sport
Hungarian sports has been kidnapped by party politics when Olympians use their social status to promote Budapest’s bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2024, which is a party policy issue, a lawmaker of green opposition LMP said.
Court Fines Man Vandalising Opposition Signature Drive’s Booth
- 15 Feb 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Budapest court has fined a rowdy man 150,000 forints (EUR 487) for vandalising a stall at which signatures were collected to support a referendum on Budapest’s Olympic plans.
Magyar Opinion: Olympics Referendum Lacks Support Of Left
- 15 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- sport
A left-wing commentator lambasts the MSZP and the DK for criticising the initiators of a referendum on Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Olympics, and accuses them of playing into the government’s hands.
Opinion: The Hungarian Opposition Shows Signs Of Life
- 20 Feb 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
Momentum’s victory
The major news of the day is the overwhelming success of Momentum’s signature drive for a referendum on holding the 2024 Olympic Games in Budapest. They needed 138,000 signatures; they collected 266,151. Although the young leaders of the movement don’t seem to be overly grateful, about 60,000 of these signatures were collected by political parties on the left. LMP and ...
The major news of the day is the overwhelming success of Momentum’s signature drive for a referendum on holding the 2024 Olympic Games in Budapest. They needed 138,000 signatures; they collected 266,151. Although the young leaders of the movement don’t seem to be overly grateful, about 60,000 of these signatures were collected by political parties on the left. LMP and ...
Magyar Opinion: Can Momentum Keep Up The Momentum?
- 20 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Most commentators believe that the governing forces will withdraw Budapest’s Olympic bid, after a new political movement collected almost twice as many signatures as necessary to back a referendum on the subject. They also ponder whether Momentum, after this spectacular success, will become a significant opposition force.
Comments On Olympic Referendum Initiative
- 20 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Zsolt Borkai, head of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB), said that the opposition parties had weakened the capital’s chances of staging the 2024 Games. It is now up to the municipal council to decide whether Budapest intends to stay in the running to host the event, he said.
Magyar Opinion: Is The Olympic Bid Doomed?
- 20 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- sport
A centrist analyst believes that the cause of the 2024 Budapest Olympic Games is irrevocably lost, as it has lost popular support in the Hungarian capital. He lays the blame on the promoters themselves.
Anti-Olympics Activist Attacked
- 19 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
An LMP activist collecting signatures for a referendum on whether Budapest should host the Olympics was hit on the head with a wine bottle, the party’s reflektor.blog reported on Thursday.
Government Office Chief ‘Not Optimistic’ About Budapest’s Olympic Chances
- 17 Feb 2017 6:00 AM
- sport
Budapest is competing as an underdog against Paris and Los Angeles, government office chief János Lázár told a news briefing, adding that he was “not optimistic” about Budapest’s chances.
LMP: Hungarian Sports Kidnapped By Party Politics
- 15 Feb 2017 9:52 AM
- sport
Hungarian sports has been kidnapped by party politics when Olympians use their social status to promote Budapest’s bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2024, which is a party policy issue, a lawmaker of green opposition LMP said.
Court Fines Man Vandalising Opposition Signature Drive’s Booth
- 15 Feb 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Budapest court has fined a rowdy man 150,000 forints (EUR 487) for vandalising a stall at which signatures were collected to support a referendum on Budapest’s Olympic plans.
Magyar Opinion: Olympics Referendum Lacks Support Of Left
- 15 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- sport
A left-wing commentator lambasts the MSZP and the DK for criticising the initiators of a referendum on Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Olympics, and accuses them of playing into the government’s hands.















