280 result(s) for show trial
Hungarian Socialists: Fidesz Using ‘Show Trials’ To Increase Popularity
- 29 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party on Thursday said the ruling Fidesz party is organising “show trials” reminiscent of methods used in Hungary’s “darkest dictatorship” to increase its popularity. Gergely Bárándy, the Socialist deputy head of parliament’s legislative committee, told a press conference that the embezzlement trial of Miklós Hagyó, in which the former Socialist deputy mayor of Budapest was given ...
Romanticism Day & Night, Mupa Budapest, 31 January
- 21 Jan 2016 8:10 AM
- community & culture
On Sunday 31 January, Müpa and the Budapest Festival Orchestra will be presenting their ninth music Marathon; the concerts start early and will fill Müpa’s concert halls non-stop into the evening. For the first time, the Marathon will feature not one but two composers: the great romantics, Mendelssohn and Schumann.
Hungarian State TV Shows Misleading Footage
- 13 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
State television news channel M1 yesterday presented video footage from Cairo in 2013 as a recording of sexual assaults by migrants in Cologne on New Year’s Eve, website 444 reported. M1 news stressed repeatedly that “migrants” had surrounded and raped a woman in the footage. However, the recording shows a Dutch woman raped on Tahrir Square in Cairo. It has been available online since August ...
Hungarian Prisoners Awarded Compensation
- 8 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Almost 40 inmates may receive state compensation because the conditions in Hungarian prisons constitute a violation of human dignity, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in Strasbourg on Thursday. The Hungarian state must pay a total of €541,000 in compensation to the 39 convicts within three months. The plaintiffs had sued Hungary mainly because of the circumstances of detention and lack of ...
Netflix Now Available In Hungary
- 7 Jan 2016 12:50 AM
- tech
Online video streamer Netflix launched its service in Hungary and 129 other countries simultaneously as of January 6, co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings announced at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Netflix was present in 60 countries prior to this expansion.
Hungarian Directed Son Of Saul Wins American Awards
- 3 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Son of Saul, directed by Hungary’s László Jeles Nemes, won the best first film award for 2015 from the New York Film Critics Circle on Wednesday. The awards ceremony will be held in New York on January 4. One day earlier, the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures named Son of Saul the best foreign film of the year. The story of one concentration camp inmate’s experience will be on show in ...
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.
Hungary’s Defence Minister Simicskó Calls Off Kecskemét Air Show
- 18 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Defence Minister István Simicskó decided yesterday to cancel next year’s International Aviation Day at Kecskemét, citing changed security circumstances. “Nothing is more important than defending the country, and we must concentrate on that with all our might,” Simicskó said.
Hungarian Film Son Of Saul Listed For British Award
- 4 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Son of Saul, the Holocaust movie directed by László Jeles Nemes, has been nominated for the British Independent Film Prize in the best foreign-language film category. This is the first Hungarian film to be nominated for the British prize. Son of Saul won the Jury Grand Prize at this year’s Cannes festival.
Hungarian Socialists: Fidesz Using ‘Show Trials’ To Increase Popularity
- 29 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party on Thursday said the ruling Fidesz party is organising “show trials” reminiscent of methods used in Hungary’s “darkest dictatorship” to increase its popularity. Gergely Bárándy, the Socialist deputy head of parliament’s legislative committee, told a press conference that the embezzlement trial of Miklós Hagyó, in which the former Socialist deputy mayor of Budapest was given ...
Romanticism Day & Night, Mupa Budapest, 31 January
- 21 Jan 2016 8:10 AM
- community & culture
On Sunday 31 January, Müpa and the Budapest Festival Orchestra will be presenting their ninth music Marathon; the concerts start early and will fill Müpa’s concert halls non-stop into the evening. For the first time, the Marathon will feature not one but two composers: the great romantics, Mendelssohn and Schumann.
Hungarian State TV Shows Misleading Footage
- 13 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
State television news channel M1 yesterday presented video footage from Cairo in 2013 as a recording of sexual assaults by migrants in Cologne on New Year’s Eve, website 444 reported. M1 news stressed repeatedly that “migrants” had surrounded and raped a woman in the footage. However, the recording shows a Dutch woman raped on Tahrir Square in Cairo. It has been available online since August ...
Hungarian Prisoners Awarded Compensation
- 8 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Almost 40 inmates may receive state compensation because the conditions in Hungarian prisons constitute a violation of human dignity, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in Strasbourg on Thursday. The Hungarian state must pay a total of €541,000 in compensation to the 39 convicts within three months. The plaintiffs had sued Hungary mainly because of the circumstances of detention and lack of ...
Netflix Now Available In Hungary
- 7 Jan 2016 12:50 AM
- tech
Online video streamer Netflix launched its service in Hungary and 129 other countries simultaneously as of January 6, co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings announced at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Netflix was present in 60 countries prior to this expansion.
Hungarian Directed Son Of Saul Wins American Awards
- 3 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Son of Saul, directed by Hungary’s László Jeles Nemes, won the best first film award for 2015 from the New York Film Critics Circle on Wednesday. The awards ceremony will be held in New York on January 4. One day earlier, the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures named Son of Saul the best foreign film of the year. The story of one concentration camp inmate’s experience will be on show in ...
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.
Hungary’s Defence Minister Simicskó Calls Off Kecskemét Air Show
- 18 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Defence Minister István Simicskó decided yesterday to cancel next year’s International Aviation Day at Kecskemét, citing changed security circumstances. “Nothing is more important than defending the country, and we must concentrate on that with all our might,” Simicskó said.
Hungarian Film Son Of Saul Listed For British Award
- 4 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Son of Saul, the Holocaust movie directed by László Jeles Nemes, has been nominated for the British Independent Film Prize in the best foreign-language film category. This is the first Hungarian film to be nominated for the British prize. Son of Saul won the Jury Grand Prize at this year’s Cannes festival.