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Court Upholds Police Decision Banning Road Blockages In Budapest
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
On Thursday the Budapest Regional Court upheld a police decision prohibiting the obstruction of roads within Budapest and elsewhere in the country planned by Zoltán Büki for March 1. The civil activist plans to turn to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. In the meantime, Büki and fellow organizers are modifying some of the locations and shortening the duration of the planned action ...
Hungary’s Highest Court Says No To Criminalizing Sleeping Rough
- 22 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thanks to Hungary’s highest court, soon this man will no longer be considered a criminal. Hungary’s highest court, the Curia, has nullified a number of Budapest district and city hall ordinances forbidding people from sleeping rough in a variety of public areas. The court found that the legal rationale for the ordinances, adopted over the course of 2013, does not provide sufficient basis for ...
Updated: New US Ambassador Finally In Budapest
- 22 Jan 2015 12:55 AM
- current affairs
Update: Video added below. A year and a half to the day after the departure of Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, the United States’ new ambassador to Hungary arrived at the capital’s Liszt Ferenc airport yesterday. She was greeted there by Levente Magyar, under-secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Magyar reportedly expressed his government’s hope that Bell’s arrival will ...
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Discusses Political Disputes In Washington
- 23 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said that he was in agreement with Victoria Nuland, the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, that bilateral economic and security policy relations were excellent. Political disputes were also discussed at their meeting on Tuesday, he added.
Hungary's Homeless People Win Compensation
- 17 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 14th District acted illegally in dismantling the huts of homeless people in 2011, the Debrecen Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday, upholding a decision by the Capital Court. The ruling is final.
US President’s Speech On September 23 Negatively References Hungary
- 26 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Main part of Barack Obama’s speech of September 23 at Clinton Global Initiative: “From Hungary to Egypt, endless regulations and overt intimidation increasingly target civil society. And around the world, brave men and women who dare raise their voices are harassed and attacked and even killed.”
Hungary's PM Orbán Gives Fidesz Moderate Navracsics Difficult Task
- 4 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Tibor Navracsics (pictured right) will be Hungary’s nominee for European Commissioner, the incumbent Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister announced via Twitter on Tuesday. “Now it is official: I am Hungary’s candidate for the new European Commission. Difficult job. Great honour,” he wrote.
Represent Hungary’s Interests At Bilderberg, Fidesz Tells Bajnai
- 2 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling Fidesz party wants all Hungary’s politicians to represent the country’s interests when they are abroad, group leader Antal Rogán said, commenting on opposition E-PM leader Gordon Bajnai’s invitation to a meeting of the Bilderberg Group in Denmark. In response to a question about Bajnai’s invitation to the meeting, Rogán told a press conference that regardless of political affiliation, ...
Hungarian Court Says Websites Responsible For All Comments
- 29 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Websites are responsible for the content of comments posted on them, regardless of whether the comments are withdrawn in response to objections, the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday.
Court Upholds Police Decision Banning Road Blockages In Budapest
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
On Thursday the Budapest Regional Court upheld a police decision prohibiting the obstruction of roads within Budapest and elsewhere in the country planned by Zoltán Büki for March 1. The civil activist plans to turn to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. In the meantime, Büki and fellow organizers are modifying some of the locations and shortening the duration of the planned action ...
Hungary’s Highest Court Says No To Criminalizing Sleeping Rough
- 22 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thanks to Hungary’s highest court, soon this man will no longer be considered a criminal. Hungary’s highest court, the Curia, has nullified a number of Budapest district and city hall ordinances forbidding people from sleeping rough in a variety of public areas. The court found that the legal rationale for the ordinances, adopted over the course of 2013, does not provide sufficient basis for ...
Updated: New US Ambassador Finally In Budapest
- 22 Jan 2015 12:55 AM
- current affairs
Update: Video added below. A year and a half to the day after the departure of Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, the United States’ new ambassador to Hungary arrived at the capital’s Liszt Ferenc airport yesterday. She was greeted there by Levente Magyar, under-secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Magyar reportedly expressed his government’s hope that Bell’s arrival will ...
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Discusses Political Disputes In Washington
- 23 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said that he was in agreement with Victoria Nuland, the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, that bilateral economic and security policy relations were excellent. Political disputes were also discussed at their meeting on Tuesday, he added.
Hungary's Homeless People Win Compensation
- 17 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 14th District acted illegally in dismantling the huts of homeless people in 2011, the Debrecen Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday, upholding a decision by the Capital Court. The ruling is final.
US President’s Speech On September 23 Negatively References Hungary
- 26 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Main part of Barack Obama’s speech of September 23 at Clinton Global Initiative: “From Hungary to Egypt, endless regulations and overt intimidation increasingly target civil society. And around the world, brave men and women who dare raise their voices are harassed and attacked and even killed.”
Hungary's PM Orbán Gives Fidesz Moderate Navracsics Difficult Task
- 4 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Tibor Navracsics (pictured right) will be Hungary’s nominee for European Commissioner, the incumbent Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister announced via Twitter on Tuesday. “Now it is official: I am Hungary’s candidate for the new European Commission. Difficult job. Great honour,” he wrote.
Represent Hungary’s Interests At Bilderberg, Fidesz Tells Bajnai
- 2 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ruling Fidesz party wants all Hungary’s politicians to represent the country’s interests when they are abroad, group leader Antal Rogán said, commenting on opposition E-PM leader Gordon Bajnai’s invitation to a meeting of the Bilderberg Group in Denmark. In response to a question about Bajnai’s invitation to the meeting, Rogán told a press conference that regardless of political affiliation, ...
Hungarian Court Says Websites Responsible For All Comments
- 29 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Websites are responsible for the content of comments posted on them, regardless of whether the comments are withdrawn in response to objections, the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday.