115 result(s) for gyöngyös in Articles
Hungarian Foreign Minister: US-Russia Pact Needed To Resolve Syria Conflict
- 7 Apr 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The conflict in Syria cannot be resolved without a US-Russia agreement “but we are currently furthest away from that”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday. Szijjártó was attending the opening ceremony of an Apollo Tyres factory in Gyongyoshalasz, in northern Hungary, and was asked to comment about last night’s US air strikes in Syria.
Top Court Rules Against Police In Roma Discrimination Case
- 4 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on Monday ruled that local police in northern Hungary had discriminated against the local Roma community by failing to protect them against harassment by extremist groups. The Kúria ruled that by failing to protect the Roma population in the village of Gyöngyöspata from abuse in spring 2011, the police themselves had been guilty of harassment against the ...
Supreme Court Rules Against Police In Roma Discrimination Case
- 9 Feb 2017 7:10 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, threw out an earlier ruling and established that local police in northern Hungary had failed to protect a Roma community against harassment by extremist groups. At the same time, the Kúria upheld another ruling, and said that the police were not guilty of discriminatory practices when levying fines on Roma citizens for legal offences.
Index.hu: We Are Not Paid Agents Of Russia, We Do It Out Of Conviction
- 6 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
We have found a Jobbik activist, a young communist, a Russian convicted of vandalism and a neo-Nazi among the anonymous editors of one of the best known Russian propaganda pages of Facebook, which is proof that Moscow has assistants on both the far-right and the far-left. What’s more, their reach extends even higher: one active proponents of the cause had been a diplomat at the Foreign Ministry ...
Opposition Parties Comment Putin-Orbán Talks
- 3 Feb 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian leftist and liberal opposition parties criticised the government for giving up principled resistance to Russia’s assertion of its interests in the region all for the sake of energy deals and economic cooperation, while the radical nationalist Jobbik party slammed it for failing to stand up to the European Union on the issue of sanctions against Russia.
Concerto Budapest, Mupa, 26 January
- 24 Jan 2017 10:00 AM
- community & culture
For years, Concerto Budapest and the Muzsikás Ensemble have been like a long-familiar couple. The guiding principal behind their joint productions has remained constant: to uncover opportunities for and present instances of dialogue between art music, as represented by the sound of a full orchestra, and traditional folk music.
Hungarians Divided Over What 2017 Holds For Their Country
- 5 Jan 2017 2:40 AM
- current affairs
2016 was a tumultuous year for Hungarians. As 2017 begins, we asked a range of public figures across Hungary’s ideological spectrum — from current members of parliament to members of civil society and former politicians — what kind of challenges the nation can expect this year.
Rising Stars. Mupa, 18 – 19 November
- 11 Nov 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Guessing who might go on to become concert hall stars in the coming decades is no easy task. That though is exactly what the European Concert Hall Organisation has undertaken to do since 1995 by introducing youths aspiring to successful careers in music.
Contemporary Arts Festival, Now On Until 23 October
- 14 Oct 2016 5:35 AM
- community & culture
The CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival presents some of the greatest contemporary performers from Hungary and abroad, including Yann Tiersen, Hiromi, Plaid and the Southbank Gamelan Players, Squarepusher’s project band, Shobaleader One, Krzysztof Penderecki, Yellowjackets, the FAMILIE FLÖZ and Krisztián Gergye’s Company.
Hungarian Foreign Minister: US-Russia Pact Needed To Resolve Syria Conflict
- 7 Apr 2017 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The conflict in Syria cannot be resolved without a US-Russia agreement “but we are currently furthest away from that”, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Friday. Szijjártó was attending the opening ceremony of an Apollo Tyres factory in Gyongyoshalasz, in northern Hungary, and was asked to comment about last night’s US air strikes in Syria.
Top Court Rules Against Police In Roma Discrimination Case
- 4 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, on Monday ruled that local police in northern Hungary had discriminated against the local Roma community by failing to protect them against harassment by extremist groups. The Kúria ruled that by failing to protect the Roma population in the village of Gyöngyöspata from abuse in spring 2011, the police themselves had been guilty of harassment against the ...
Supreme Court Rules Against Police In Roma Discrimination Case
- 9 Feb 2017 7:10 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, threw out an earlier ruling and established that local police in northern Hungary had failed to protect a Roma community against harassment by extremist groups. At the same time, the Kúria upheld another ruling, and said that the police were not guilty of discriminatory practices when levying fines on Roma citizens for legal offences.
Index.hu: We Are Not Paid Agents Of Russia, We Do It Out Of Conviction
- 6 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
We have found a Jobbik activist, a young communist, a Russian convicted of vandalism and a neo-Nazi among the anonymous editors of one of the best known Russian propaganda pages of Facebook, which is proof that Moscow has assistants on both the far-right and the far-left. What’s more, their reach extends even higher: one active proponents of the cause had been a diplomat at the Foreign Ministry ...
Opposition Parties Comment Putin-Orbán Talks
- 3 Feb 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian leftist and liberal opposition parties criticised the government for giving up principled resistance to Russia’s assertion of its interests in the region all for the sake of energy deals and economic cooperation, while the radical nationalist Jobbik party slammed it for failing to stand up to the European Union on the issue of sanctions against Russia.
Concerto Budapest, Mupa, 26 January
- 24 Jan 2017 10:00 AM
- community & culture
For years, Concerto Budapest and the Muzsikás Ensemble have been like a long-familiar couple. The guiding principal behind their joint productions has remained constant: to uncover opportunities for and present instances of dialogue between art music, as represented by the sound of a full orchestra, and traditional folk music.
Hungarians Divided Over What 2017 Holds For Their Country
- 5 Jan 2017 2:40 AM
- current affairs
2016 was a tumultuous year for Hungarians. As 2017 begins, we asked a range of public figures across Hungary’s ideological spectrum — from current members of parliament to members of civil society and former politicians — what kind of challenges the nation can expect this year.
Rising Stars. Mupa, 18 – 19 November
- 11 Nov 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Guessing who might go on to become concert hall stars in the coming decades is no easy task. That though is exactly what the European Concert Hall Organisation has undertaken to do since 1995 by introducing youths aspiring to successful careers in music.
Contemporary Arts Festival, Now On Until 23 October
- 14 Oct 2016 5:35 AM
- community & culture
The CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival presents some of the greatest contemporary performers from Hungary and abroad, including Yann Tiersen, Hiromi, Plaid and the Southbank Gamelan Players, Squarepusher’s project band, Shobaleader One, Krzysztof Penderecki, Yellowjackets, the FAMILIE FLÖZ and Krisztián Gergye’s Company.