45 result(s) for threat to resign
Hungarian Opinion: Márky-Zay Wants a Base in Future Parliament
- 23 Oct 2021 6:38 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A conservative columnist believes new fault-lines may appear within the opposition, as their newly elected candidate for Prime Minister asks for civic candidates to be included on the joint opposition electoral list next year.
Hungarian Opinion: Dispute Over University Of Theatre & Film
- 6 Aug 2020 6:55 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- community & culture
A left-wing pundit accuses the government of trying to restructure the leading University of Theatre and Film university along ideological lines. Pro-government commentators, on the other hand, accuse the Left of using the university for propaganda purposes.
Opinion: Editor’s Sacking A Blow To Press Freedom In Hungary
- 24 Jul 2020 10:20 AM
- current affairs
The firing of Szabolcs Dull, the editor-in-chief of Hungary’s biggest independent news website, Index, on July 22, 2020 has political interference written all over it, Human Rights Watch said. The dismissal is a blow to media independence and diversity.
Diplomatic Cable Reveals U.S. Frustrated With Orbán’s Hungary
- 4 Feb 2019 11:55 AM
- current affairs
The political climate had already changed when Hungarian deputy minister of foreign affairs Levente Magyar arrived in Washington DC last December for two days of negotiations reports direkt36.hu.
Hungarian Opposition Calls On FM To Resign Over Gruevski Affair
- 19 Nov 2018 1:02 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Opposition Párbeszéd has called on the Hungarian foreign minister to resign over the case of former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who is seeking asylum in Hungary, the party’s spokesman said.
Xpat Opinion: U.N. Commissioner For Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein On Viktor Orbán
- 7 Mar 2018 3:16 PM
- current affairs
You may recall that Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in his keynote address at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, called Viktor Orbán a xenophobe and a racist because the Hungarian prime minister declared earlier that “we do not want our color … to be mixed in the others.”
Local Opinion: Liberal Writer’s Speculations About PM Orbán’s Eventual Demise
- 10 Jan 2018 7:53 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist suggests that the liberal writer is advocating violence when he projects a future scenario in which the PM may have to choose between quitting or being killed. An alt-left commentator thinks the scenario Mr Konrad sketched is mistaken, but non-threatening.
Local Opinion: Fidesz MP Accused Of Anti-Semitic Mockery
- 14 Dec 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators interpret a Fidesz MP’s joke as anti-Semitic. Pro-government pundits think that the accusations are exaggerated and politically motivated.
How Hungary’s Opposition Leaders Reacted To The Őcsény Fiasco
- 5 Oct 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
Two weeks ago, the village of Őcsény was the scene of a national scandal. Villagers threatened the life of a local guesthouse owner, slashed his tires, and vowed to do what they could to prevent him from providing shelter to bonafide refugee families.
Hungarian Opinion: Márky-Zay Wants a Base in Future Parliament
- 23 Oct 2021 6:38 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A conservative columnist believes new fault-lines may appear within the opposition, as their newly elected candidate for Prime Minister asks for civic candidates to be included on the joint opposition electoral list next year.
Hungarian Opinion: Dispute Over University Of Theatre & Film
- 6 Aug 2020 6:55 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- community & culture
A left-wing pundit accuses the government of trying to restructure the leading University of Theatre and Film university along ideological lines. Pro-government commentators, on the other hand, accuse the Left of using the university for propaganda purposes.
Opinion: Editor’s Sacking A Blow To Press Freedom In Hungary
- 24 Jul 2020 10:20 AM
- current affairs
The firing of Szabolcs Dull, the editor-in-chief of Hungary’s biggest independent news website, Index, on July 22, 2020 has political interference written all over it, Human Rights Watch said. The dismissal is a blow to media independence and diversity.
Diplomatic Cable Reveals U.S. Frustrated With Orbán’s Hungary
- 4 Feb 2019 11:55 AM
- current affairs
The political climate had already changed when Hungarian deputy minister of foreign affairs Levente Magyar arrived in Washington DC last December for two days of negotiations reports direkt36.hu.
Hungarian Opposition Calls On FM To Resign Over Gruevski Affair
- 19 Nov 2018 1:02 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Opposition Párbeszéd has called on the Hungarian foreign minister to resign over the case of former Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, who is seeking asylum in Hungary, the party’s spokesman said.
Xpat Opinion: U.N. Commissioner For Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein On Viktor Orbán
- 7 Mar 2018 3:16 PM
- current affairs
You may recall that Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in his keynote address at the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, called Viktor Orbán a xenophobe and a racist because the Hungarian prime minister declared earlier that “we do not want our color … to be mixed in the others.”
Local Opinion: Liberal Writer’s Speculations About PM Orbán’s Eventual Demise
- 10 Jan 2018 7:53 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government columnist suggests that the liberal writer is advocating violence when he projects a future scenario in which the PM may have to choose between quitting or being killed. An alt-left commentator thinks the scenario Mr Konrad sketched is mistaken, but non-threatening.
Local Opinion: Fidesz MP Accused Of Anti-Semitic Mockery
- 14 Dec 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing commentators interpret a Fidesz MP’s joke as anti-Semitic. Pro-government pundits think that the accusations are exaggerated and politically motivated.
How Hungary’s Opposition Leaders Reacted To The Őcsény Fiasco
- 5 Oct 2017 8:52 AM
- current affairs
Two weeks ago, the village of Őcsény was the scene of a national scandal. Villagers threatened the life of a local guesthouse owner, slashed his tires, and vowed to do what they could to prevent him from providing shelter to bonafide refugee families.