119 result(s) for opinion in Community & Culture
Local Opinion: Government To Reform Primary Education
- 14 Mar 2017 5:48 AM
- community & culture
A conservative Roma rights activist welcomes the government’s proposal to introduce a mandatory pre-school year to help the integration of children from poor families.
Magyar Opinion: ELTE To Launch Gender Studies Program
- 27 Feb 2017 6:04 AM
- community & culture
Conservative commentators fulminate as Eötvös Loránd University announces plans to open a degree program in gender studies. A left-wing pundit, on the other hand, accuses the critics of gender studies of trying to force their ideological vision on Hungarians.
Opinion: PISA Test Scores Decline
- 12 Dec 2016 1:11 PM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- community & culture
A left-wing commentator accuses the government of purposefully impairing public education in Hungary in order to ‘produce obedient citizens’, while his right-wing counterpart thinks that politicising the debate on education makes proper discussion difficult.
State Medal Auction Yields 500 Pairs Of Shoes For Impoverished Children
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Sixteen Hungarian state medals were auctioned off Monday evening for a total of HUF 2.5 million (USD 9,300). The medals were donated to the Protective Charitative Association (Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület) for auction by various Hungarian notables after the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary was bestowed on Fidesz publicist Zsolt Bayer, an outspoken antisemite. The ...
Oscar-Winning Binoche At Miskolc Cinefest
- 12 Sep 2016 9:03 AM
- community & culture
Acting is a tool for expressing the truth, honesty is therefore rather important in this art, Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche said in Miskolc, in northern Hungary, as guest of honour of this year’s CineFest International Film Festival. Binoche is the recipient of the festival’s special award.
Budapest Mayor Visits Montreal To Prepare Twinning
- 9 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós visited Montreal as part of a Hungarian Week organised there. Tarlós prepared plans with the local mayor Denis Coderre to sign a twinning agreement between their cities next year. The mayors attended the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in Montreal for the 1956 anti-Soviet Hungarian revolution and freedom fight.
Xpat Opinion: Exodus Route Deleted From School Map In Hungary
- 25 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A conservative pundit pokes fun at the authorities who wiped Moses’ route to the Promised Land from school maps in order not to offend either Jewish or Palestinian Arab sensitivities.
Tarlós: City Council To Continue Supporting Festival Orchestra
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest city council will in the future continue to support the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the extent that its budget permits, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós said. Last month, the Municipal Assembly voted to cut funding for the orchestra by 200 million forints (EUR 940,000) to 60 million.
Chernobyl Marathon, Budapest, 25 – 26 April
- 25 Apr 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The Blinken Open Society Archives invites you to its two-day series of programs spanning from morning till late at night, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl. Evening programs include film and book launches and literary readings to help discuss the events that happened thirty years ago while also touching upon issues concerning the safety of ...
Local Opinion: Government To Reform Primary Education
- 14 Mar 2017 5:48 AM
- community & culture
A conservative Roma rights activist welcomes the government’s proposal to introduce a mandatory pre-school year to help the integration of children from poor families.
Magyar Opinion: ELTE To Launch Gender Studies Program
- 27 Feb 2017 6:04 AM
- community & culture
Conservative commentators fulminate as Eötvös Loránd University announces plans to open a degree program in gender studies. A left-wing pundit, on the other hand, accuses the critics of gender studies of trying to force their ideological vision on Hungarians.
Opinion: PISA Test Scores Decline
- 12 Dec 2016 1:11 PM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- community & culture
A left-wing commentator accuses the government of purposefully impairing public education in Hungary in order to ‘produce obedient citizens’, while his right-wing counterpart thinks that politicising the debate on education makes proper discussion difficult.
State Medal Auction Yields 500 Pairs Of Shoes For Impoverished Children
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Sixteen Hungarian state medals were auctioned off Monday evening for a total of HUF 2.5 million (USD 9,300). The medals were donated to the Protective Charitative Association (Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület) for auction by various Hungarian notables after the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary was bestowed on Fidesz publicist Zsolt Bayer, an outspoken antisemite. The ...
Oscar-Winning Binoche At Miskolc Cinefest
- 12 Sep 2016 9:03 AM
- community & culture
Acting is a tool for expressing the truth, honesty is therefore rather important in this art, Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche said in Miskolc, in northern Hungary, as guest of honour of this year’s CineFest International Film Festival. Binoche is the recipient of the festival’s special award.
Budapest Mayor Visits Montreal To Prepare Twinning
- 9 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós visited Montreal as part of a Hungarian Week organised there. Tarlós prepared plans with the local mayor Denis Coderre to sign a twinning agreement between their cities next year. The mayors attended the unveiling of a commemorative plaque in Montreal for the 1956 anti-Soviet Hungarian revolution and freedom fight.
Xpat Opinion: Exodus Route Deleted From School Map In Hungary
- 25 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A conservative pundit pokes fun at the authorities who wiped Moses’ route to the Promised Land from school maps in order not to offend either Jewish or Palestinian Arab sensitivities.
Tarlós: City Council To Continue Supporting Festival Orchestra
- 10 May 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest city council will in the future continue to support the Budapest Festival Orchestra to the extent that its budget permits, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós said. Last month, the Municipal Assembly voted to cut funding for the orchestra by 200 million forints (EUR 940,000) to 60 million.
Chernobyl Marathon, Budapest, 25 – 26 April
- 25 Apr 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The Blinken Open Society Archives invites you to its two-day series of programs spanning from morning till late at night, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl. Evening programs include film and book launches and literary readings to help discuss the events that happened thirty years ago while also touching upon issues concerning the safety of ...