126 result(s) for verdi in Current Affairs
Fidesz MEP Slams EC Rule Of Law Report As 'Political Blackmail'
- 21 Jul 2021 9:40 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Balázs Hidvéghi, an MEP of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, on Tuesday slammed the European Commission’s annual rule of law report covering all member states as “political blackmail dressed up in legal garb”.
Hungarian Opinion: EP Condemns Hungary’s Anti-LGBT Law
- 10 Jul 2021 10:56 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Pro-government commentators accuse the EU of endorsing gender and LGBT ideologies which are alien to everyday Europeans. A liberal media outlet thinks that Fidesz is using the anti-LGBT legislation to divert public attention from other issues the governing party is less comfortable with.
Budapest Man Jailed For Knifing Student Protest Movement Supporter In Face On Bus
- 26 Apr 2021 11:11 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
A Budapest man who earlier this year knifed a passenger on a bus for wearing a face mask expressing support for the students of Budapest’s University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) was sentenced to six years in prison in an expedited procedure.
Opinion: Journalist Fined For Offending Hungarians
- 28 Mar 2021 6:28 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Commenting on the verdict of the Kúria (the supreme court), liberal lawyers express outrage, while a representative of the plaintiffs believes it was high time to punish a journalist whom he accuses of ‘regularly offending the dignity of Hungarians’.
Hungary Ready To Support Stricter Regulation Against Child Abuse
- 10 Jul 2020 9:08 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The government is ready to support an amendment to the penal code if stricter punishments are needed “to ensure the healthy physical and moral development of children”, Gergely Gulyás, the head of the prime minister’s office, told a regular press conference.
Hungarian Opinion: Pedophile Ex Diplomat Sentenced
- 6 Jul 2020 7:47 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A left-wing journalist thinks the light sentence carries the message that pro-government offenders can get away with lenient sanctions. A Fidesz MEP also fulminates against the leniency of the verdict but believes it is just one of a series of similarly soft rulings.
Hungarian Opinion: Diametrically Opposed Takes On Roma School Segregation Ruling
- 13 Jan 2020 9:39 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Liberal and left-wing commentators accuse Prime Minister Orbán of racism for publicly criticizing a court ruling granting compensation to Roma families whose children were enrolled in separate classes to non-Roma children. Pro-government columnists agree with the Prime Minister and find the ruling outrageous.
Brits Fined Over Ambulance Damage In Budapest
- 13 Sep 2019 7:53 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
The two British citizens who damaged ambulances while drunk in downtown Budapest last weekend were each fined Ft 450,000 on Thursday in a fast-track procedure.
Four Handed Life Sentences In Hungary For Deaths Of 71 Migrants
- 21 Jun 2019 10:02 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
A Szeged court has handed down life imprisonment sentences to four defendants involved in the deaths of 71 migrants who suffocated in a refrigerated lorry which passed through Hungary and was discovered in Austria in 2015.
Fidesz MEP Slams EC Rule Of Law Report As 'Political Blackmail'
- 21 Jul 2021 9:40 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Balázs Hidvéghi, an MEP of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, on Tuesday slammed the European Commission’s annual rule of law report covering all member states as “political blackmail dressed up in legal garb”.
Hungarian Opinion: EP Condemns Hungary’s Anti-LGBT Law
- 10 Jul 2021 10:56 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Pro-government commentators accuse the EU of endorsing gender and LGBT ideologies which are alien to everyday Europeans. A liberal media outlet thinks that Fidesz is using the anti-LGBT legislation to divert public attention from other issues the governing party is less comfortable with.
Budapest Man Jailed For Knifing Student Protest Movement Supporter In Face On Bus
- 26 Apr 2021 11:11 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
A Budapest man who earlier this year knifed a passenger on a bus for wearing a face mask expressing support for the students of Budapest’s University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) was sentenced to six years in prison in an expedited procedure.
Opinion: Journalist Fined For Offending Hungarians
- 28 Mar 2021 6:28 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Commenting on the verdict of the Kúria (the supreme court), liberal lawyers express outrage, while a representative of the plaintiffs believes it was high time to punish a journalist whom he accuses of ‘regularly offending the dignity of Hungarians’.
Hungary Ready To Support Stricter Regulation Against Child Abuse
- 10 Jul 2020 9:08 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The government is ready to support an amendment to the penal code if stricter punishments are needed “to ensure the healthy physical and moral development of children”, Gergely Gulyás, the head of the prime minister’s office, told a regular press conference.
Hungarian Opinion: Pedophile Ex Diplomat Sentenced
- 6 Jul 2020 7:47 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
A left-wing journalist thinks the light sentence carries the message that pro-government offenders can get away with lenient sanctions. A Fidesz MEP also fulminates against the leniency of the verdict but believes it is just one of a series of similarly soft rulings.
Hungarian Opinion: Diametrically Opposed Takes On Roma School Segregation Ruling
- 13 Jan 2020 9:39 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Liberal and left-wing commentators accuse Prime Minister Orbán of racism for publicly criticizing a court ruling granting compensation to Roma families whose children were enrolled in separate classes to non-Roma children. Pro-government columnists agree with the Prime Minister and find the ruling outrageous.
Brits Fined Over Ambulance Damage In Budapest
- 13 Sep 2019 7:53 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
The two British citizens who damaged ambulances while drunk in downtown Budapest last weekend were each fined Ft 450,000 on Thursday in a fast-track procedure.
Four Handed Life Sentences In Hungary For Deaths Of 71 Migrants
- 21 Jun 2019 10:02 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
A Szeged court has handed down life imprisonment sentences to four defendants involved in the deaths of 71 migrants who suffocated in a refrigerated lorry which passed through Hungary and was discovered in Austria in 2015.