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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.
Budapest Court Sentences Man For Insulting Israeli Consul
- 23 Nov 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
A Budapest court has sentenced a man who insulted the Israeli consul and his son to two years of probation in a final ruling, the Budapest chief prosecutor said. In the incident, the 63-year-old man, who was drunk, stopped the victims in a street in central Budapest in April, and hurled anti-Semitic insults at them, Tibor Ibolya said. The man also shouted “too bad I do not have a Kalashnikov to ...
Hungary’s PM: Communism “Was An Insane Ideology”
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
No one today disputes that Communism, like National Socialism, was an insane ideology, Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, said at a commemoration. At the event held to remember Hungarian political prisoners and forced labourers deported to the Soviet Union, Orbán said that when the insane idea of National Socialism shook the world, and when a crippled western world recognised that its very ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán Vows To Press Ahead With Paks Upgrade
- 20 Nov 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the European Commission’s infringement procedure in connection with the planned expansion of the Paks nuclear power station, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio that it is in Hungary’s basic interest to operate and expand the Paks plant because electricity prices would sharply rise without Paks. “Cheap electricity equals Paks”, he said, adding that “we will continue moving ...
Reactions To Quaestor Compensation Law In Hungary
- 18 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party said the Constitutional Court’s decision to axe parts of a law on compensation for investors of failed brokerage Quaestor served the interests of the banking sector, while opposition parties once again called on the government and central bank to take responsibility for the scandal. Tuesday’s Constitutional Court ruling concerns the law governing a top-up fund which ...
Hungarian Parlt Parties Call For Increased European Security After Paris Attacks
- 17 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s parliamentary parties called for increased security across Europe to prevent terrorist attacks similar to the ones carried out in Paris on Friday from occurring again in the future. Responding to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s statements made ahead of parliament’s plenary session, the ruling Fidesz party said that “the crisis which the European Union has caused with its migration ...
Masses Of Mourners At Budapest French Institute
- 16 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of people gathered together early in the evening on Saturday outside the French Institute in Budapest, at the commemoration held in tribute to the victims of the Friday attacks in Paris. Minister of Justice László Trócsányi reiterated that it was less than a year ago when he attended a similar commemoration here, in January, after the attack on the French satirical weekly magazine ...
Security Measures In Hungary To Be Reinforced
- 16 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On Saturday morning, at a meeting convened as a result of the terrorist attacks in Paris, the National Security Cabinet task force decided that security measures in Hungary will be reinforced. The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. At the Government Spokesperson’s press conference, the Prime Minister’s senior internal security advisor György Bakondi gave an account of the ...
Hungarian Wine Maker Guilty Of Murdering Thief
- 12 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A man who poured anti-freeze into his homemade sour cherry wine to punish thieves has been sentenced to seven years in prison after one of his victims died. The incident occurred in Vácszentlászló in 2013 when the 37-year-old man saw his wine being stolen and decided to teach the thief a lesson. He bought five litres of anti-freeze at a filling station on October 24, of which he poured one or two ...
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.
Budapest Court Sentences Man For Insulting Israeli Consul
- 23 Nov 2015 11:00 AM
- current affairs
A Budapest court has sentenced a man who insulted the Israeli consul and his son to two years of probation in a final ruling, the Budapest chief prosecutor said. In the incident, the 63-year-old man, who was drunk, stopped the victims in a street in central Budapest in April, and hurled anti-Semitic insults at them, Tibor Ibolya said. The man also shouted “too bad I do not have a Kalashnikov to ...
Hungary’s PM: Communism “Was An Insane Ideology”
- 23 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
No one today disputes that Communism, like National Socialism, was an insane ideology, Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, said at a commemoration. At the event held to remember Hungarian political prisoners and forced labourers deported to the Soviet Union, Orbán said that when the insane idea of National Socialism shook the world, and when a crippled western world recognised that its very ...
Hungary’s PM Orbán Vows To Press Ahead With Paks Upgrade
- 20 Nov 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the European Commission’s infringement procedure in connection with the planned expansion of the Paks nuclear power station, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio that it is in Hungary’s basic interest to operate and expand the Paks plant because electricity prices would sharply rise without Paks. “Cheap electricity equals Paks”, he said, adding that “we will continue moving ...
Reactions To Quaestor Compensation Law In Hungary
- 18 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party said the Constitutional Court’s decision to axe parts of a law on compensation for investors of failed brokerage Quaestor served the interests of the banking sector, while opposition parties once again called on the government and central bank to take responsibility for the scandal. Tuesday’s Constitutional Court ruling concerns the law governing a top-up fund which ...
Hungarian Parlt Parties Call For Increased European Security After Paris Attacks
- 17 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s parliamentary parties called for increased security across Europe to prevent terrorist attacks similar to the ones carried out in Paris on Friday from occurring again in the future. Responding to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s statements made ahead of parliament’s plenary session, the ruling Fidesz party said that “the crisis which the European Union has caused with its migration ...
Masses Of Mourners At Budapest French Institute
- 16 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hundreds of people gathered together early in the evening on Saturday outside the French Institute in Budapest, at the commemoration held in tribute to the victims of the Friday attacks in Paris. Minister of Justice László Trócsányi reiterated that it was less than a year ago when he attended a similar commemoration here, in January, after the attack on the French satirical weekly magazine ...
Security Measures In Hungary To Be Reinforced
- 16 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On Saturday morning, at a meeting convened as a result of the terrorist attacks in Paris, the National Security Cabinet task force decided that security measures in Hungary will be reinforced. The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. At the Government Spokesperson’s press conference, the Prime Minister’s senior internal security advisor György Bakondi gave an account of the ...
Hungarian Wine Maker Guilty Of Murdering Thief
- 12 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A man who poured anti-freeze into his homemade sour cherry wine to punish thieves has been sentenced to seven years in prison after one of his victims died. The incident occurred in Vácszentlászló in 2013 when the 37-year-old man saw his wine being stolen and decided to teach the thief a lesson. He bought five litres of anti-freeze at a filling station on October 24, of which he poured one or two ...