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Xpat Opinion: MAZSIHISZ Asks PM Orbán For Increased Protection For Hungarian Jews
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal columnist accuses a leading Hungarian Jewish organization of helping PM Orbán’s anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim politics by requesting the Prime Minister to increase security measures aimed at protecting Hungarian Jews.
Xpat Opinion: EU Gives Green Light To Citizens’ Initiative Against Hungary
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on a proposed European Citizen’s Initiative to punish Hungary for the alleged violation of basic democratic norms, a conservative columnist thinks that such ‘attacks’ will increase anti-European sentiments in Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: The Hungarian Right & Anti-Americanism
- 27 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative pundit dismisses right-wing accusations which hold the US responsible for the current migration crisis and even the Paris terrorist attack. A pro-government commentator, on the other hand, wonders why the US has failed to inform its European counterparts of the terrorist threat.
Inside Look. Film Laboratory, Budapest, 3 - 6 December 2015
- 24 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Europe’s Roma communities face deepening challenges of discrimination, violence and poverty. The US minority rights movement, which has had some notable successes over the past 50 years, also faces continuing problems, including police violence. We believe that a sharing of their struggles would be worthwhile as everyone searches for effective remedies.
Photos Of Migrants From Bicske Station In Hungary Misleading, Says Austrian Press Council
- 24 Nov 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Photos released by the media depicting police handling of migrants at the railway station in Bicske, in northern Hungary, in early September were misleading, the Austrian Press Council has ruled. The council said that photos covering the migrant crisis must always be released in the right context. The council specifically noted a photo depicting Hungarian police reaching for a migrant and his ...
Xpat Opinion: PM Orbán’s Lonely Stance On Migration Seen As Vindicated
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In the light of the Paris terrorist attacks and statements by several European leaders suggesting that they have no reason to revise their migration policies, conservative analysts, whether pro-government or not, claim that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was right to argue against unfettered immigration from the start. Opinions diverge however on possible solutions to the problem.
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Slams Austria Chancellor For “False” Remarks
- 23 Nov 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Austria’s Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann “continues to make false statements” about Hungary, the Hungarian foreign minister said. Referring to an interview with Faymann published in the daily Österreich, Péter Szijjártó insisted that “just because it is repeated, a lie will not come true”. In the interview he gave last week, Faymann said that on September 4 Hungary had forwarded thousands of ...
Hungary-Austria Parlt Friendship Group Discusses Migration
- 20 Nov 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian and Austrian lawmakers agree that Europe must take into account its fundamental values of democracy, respect of human rights and the rule of law in its handling of the refugee crisis, Fidesz MP Zsolt Csenger-Zalán said in Vienna after talks with his Austrian colleagues.
TEK Chief: No Direct Terror Threat To Hungary
- 19 Nov 2015 8:31 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not face any direct terrorist threat, János Hajdu, the head of the counter-terrorism centre (TEK), told public news channel M1. “TEK has not uncovered any information that would lead it to believe that the Hungarian people are under direct threat from possible terror plots,” Hajdu said, adding, however, that the country is under the same indirect threat as the rest of Europe.
Xpat Opinion: MAZSIHISZ Asks PM Orbán For Increased Protection For Hungarian Jews
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal columnist accuses a leading Hungarian Jewish organization of helping PM Orbán’s anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim politics by requesting the Prime Minister to increase security measures aimed at protecting Hungarian Jews.
Xpat Opinion: EU Gives Green Light To Citizens’ Initiative Against Hungary
- 30 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on a proposed European Citizen’s Initiative to punish Hungary for the alleged violation of basic democratic norms, a conservative columnist thinks that such ‘attacks’ will increase anti-European sentiments in Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: The Hungarian Right & Anti-Americanism
- 27 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative pundit dismisses right-wing accusations which hold the US responsible for the current migration crisis and even the Paris terrorist attack. A pro-government commentator, on the other hand, wonders why the US has failed to inform its European counterparts of the terrorist threat.
Inside Look. Film Laboratory, Budapest, 3 - 6 December 2015
- 24 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Europe’s Roma communities face deepening challenges of discrimination, violence and poverty. The US minority rights movement, which has had some notable successes over the past 50 years, also faces continuing problems, including police violence. We believe that a sharing of their struggles would be worthwhile as everyone searches for effective remedies.
Photos Of Migrants From Bicske Station In Hungary Misleading, Says Austrian Press Council
- 24 Nov 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Photos released by the media depicting police handling of migrants at the railway station in Bicske, in northern Hungary, in early September were misleading, the Austrian Press Council has ruled. The council said that photos covering the migrant crisis must always be released in the right context. The council specifically noted a photo depicting Hungarian police reaching for a migrant and his ...
Xpat Opinion: PM Orbán’s Lonely Stance On Migration Seen As Vindicated
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In the light of the Paris terrorist attacks and statements by several European leaders suggesting that they have no reason to revise their migration policies, conservative analysts, whether pro-government or not, claim that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was right to argue against unfettered immigration from the start. Opinions diverge however on possible solutions to the problem.
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Slams Austria Chancellor For “False” Remarks
- 23 Nov 2015 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Austria’s Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann “continues to make false statements” about Hungary, the Hungarian foreign minister said. Referring to an interview with Faymann published in the daily Österreich, Péter Szijjártó insisted that “just because it is repeated, a lie will not come true”. In the interview he gave last week, Faymann said that on September 4 Hungary had forwarded thousands of ...
Hungary-Austria Parlt Friendship Group Discusses Migration
- 20 Nov 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian and Austrian lawmakers agree that Europe must take into account its fundamental values of democracy, respect of human rights and the rule of law in its handling of the refugee crisis, Fidesz MP Zsolt Csenger-Zalán said in Vienna after talks with his Austrian colleagues.
TEK Chief: No Direct Terror Threat To Hungary
- 19 Nov 2015 8:31 AM
- current affairs
Hungary does not face any direct terrorist threat, János Hajdu, the head of the counter-terrorism centre (TEK), told public news channel M1. “TEK has not uncovered any information that would lead it to believe that the Hungarian people are under direct threat from possible terror plots,” Hajdu said, adding, however, that the country is under the same indirect threat as the rest of Europe.