632 result(s) for victims
Protests Continue At Occupation Memorial Site In Budapest
- 10 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Demonstrators protesting against the erection of a memorial designed to pay tribute to the victims of the German occupation pulled down the fence erected around the work site yesterday, as they had done when work began on Tuesday.
Jewish Leader In Hungary Resigns Over Monument Row
- 10 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The chief executive of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) has resigned. The federation’s chairman, András Heisler, told commercial ATV that 79-year-old Gusztáv Zoltai had officially cited too much mental strain in connection with his public role for his decision, but it was as much to do with the planned construction of a monument to commemorate the victims of Hungary’s ...
Socialists Launch Local Referendum On Controversial WWII Memorial In Budapest
- 9 Apr 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party has launched a local referendum to decide on whether the local council of Budapest’s 5th district should stop construction of the controversial memorial to the victims of the 1944 German invasion. Pál Steiner, a Socialist lawmaker, told a press conference on Wednesday at the site of the construction in Szabadság Square that until the referendum is held, all building ...
Activists Protest Against German Occupation Victims Statue In Budapest
- 25 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Activists held a demonstration in Budapest at the weekend against the government’s plans for a statue to commemorate the victims of German occupation in the Second World War.
Hungary’s Former Socialist Politician Zuschlag Says Bribed By Socialists In 2006
- 10 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Former Socialist politician János Zuschlag says he was bribed by the Socialist party in 2006 to step down as a parliamentary candidate. On learning that he was planning on running for office again in 2006, the Socialists gave Zuschlag 50 million forints (EUR 161,780) in cash in return for forfeiting his candidacy, Zuschlag, who has spent time behind bars for corruption, told business daily Napi ...
Hungary To React To All Insults At Ukraine’s Hungarian Minority, Says FM
- 3 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Transcarpathia’s troubled ethnic Hungarian minority has to face new dangers but Hungary will not leave any insult at them unanswered, Foreign Minister János Martonyi said in Uzhhorod, western Ukraine, on Saturday.
Hungarian Jewish Fed ’s Boycott Of Gov Holocaust Commemorations “Almost Certain”
- 27 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
It is “almost certain” that Jewish federation Mazsihisz will stay away from the April 16 start of government programmes of the Holocaust Memorial Year, Mazsihisz leader András Heisler told Wednesday’s Népszabadság. The federation, however, may be represented in local government events, he said in an interview.
Hungary’s Socialist Leader Mesterházy Blames Orbán For “Creating Crisis ”
- 26 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán must step down because he has created a crisis in the economy, in society and in democracy, which will hold back Hungary in the long run, Socialist chairman Attila Mesterházy told a public forum in Tiszaújváros, eastern Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Beyond-Border Hungarians And The Ukraine Conflict
- 25 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Correspondents on the sport tend to get carried away by the revolt in the Ukraine, but analysts in Hungary are worried about potential negative conseuqences as to the plight of the Hungarian ethnic minority there.
Protests Continue At Occupation Memorial Site In Budapest
- 10 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Demonstrators protesting against the erection of a memorial designed to pay tribute to the victims of the German occupation pulled down the fence erected around the work site yesterday, as they had done when work began on Tuesday.
Jewish Leader In Hungary Resigns Over Monument Row
- 10 Apr 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The chief executive of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities (Mazsihisz) has resigned. The federation’s chairman, András Heisler, told commercial ATV that 79-year-old Gusztáv Zoltai had officially cited too much mental strain in connection with his public role for his decision, but it was as much to do with the planned construction of a monument to commemorate the victims of Hungary’s ...
Socialists Launch Local Referendum On Controversial WWII Memorial In Budapest
- 9 Apr 2014 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party has launched a local referendum to decide on whether the local council of Budapest’s 5th district should stop construction of the controversial memorial to the victims of the 1944 German invasion. Pál Steiner, a Socialist lawmaker, told a press conference on Wednesday at the site of the construction in Szabadság Square that until the referendum is held, all building ...
Activists Protest Against German Occupation Victims Statue In Budapest
- 25 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Activists held a demonstration in Budapest at the weekend against the government’s plans for a statue to commemorate the victims of German occupation in the Second World War.
Hungary’s Former Socialist Politician Zuschlag Says Bribed By Socialists In 2006
- 10 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Former Socialist politician János Zuschlag says he was bribed by the Socialist party in 2006 to step down as a parliamentary candidate. On learning that he was planning on running for office again in 2006, the Socialists gave Zuschlag 50 million forints (EUR 161,780) in cash in return for forfeiting his candidacy, Zuschlag, who has spent time behind bars for corruption, told business daily Napi ...
Hungary To React To All Insults At Ukraine’s Hungarian Minority, Says FM
- 3 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Transcarpathia’s troubled ethnic Hungarian minority has to face new dangers but Hungary will not leave any insult at them unanswered, Foreign Minister János Martonyi said in Uzhhorod, western Ukraine, on Saturday.
Hungarian Jewish Fed ’s Boycott Of Gov Holocaust Commemorations “Almost Certain”
- 27 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
It is “almost certain” that Jewish federation Mazsihisz will stay away from the April 16 start of government programmes of the Holocaust Memorial Year, Mazsihisz leader András Heisler told Wednesday’s Népszabadság. The federation, however, may be represented in local government events, he said in an interview.
Hungary’s Socialist Leader Mesterházy Blames Orbán For “Creating Crisis ”
- 26 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán must step down because he has created a crisis in the economy, in society and in democracy, which will hold back Hungary in the long run, Socialist chairman Attila Mesterházy told a public forum in Tiszaújváros, eastern Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Beyond-Border Hungarians And The Ukraine Conflict
- 25 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Correspondents on the sport tend to get carried away by the revolt in the Ukraine, but analysts in Hungary are worried about potential negative conseuqences as to the plight of the Hungarian ethnic minority there.