350 result(s) for community matters
25 Young Roma To Represent Hungary At Varna Forum Of Phiren Amenca
- 18 Aug 2017 8:34 AM
- current affairs
Some 25 young Roma will represent Hungary at a social forum of the Budapest-based Phiren Amenca network of Roma and non-Roma volunteers to be held in Varna in Bulgaria as part of the European Youth Capital program series on August 24- 30, the organisers said.
Jobbik To Start Collecting Signatures For Wage Union Bid On Aug 20
- 17 Aug 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
The leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, Gábor Vona, has called for non-partisan support for the party’s initiative, launching on Aug. 20, to collect signatures for a “wage union” within the EU. Speaking at a press conference in Eger, in north Hungary, Vona called it “outrageous” that the party’s political opponents “are politicising the issue of a wage union”.
Anti-Gypsy Rhetoric Systemic Part Of Hungarian Government Communication, Says Setét
- 10 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“A responsible politician does not talk the way (Minister of Human Resources) Balog talks. We learned from the 1930s and 40s what people are capable of when a group is excluded from the nation.”
Minister Commemorates Roma Holocaust Victims On Roma Holocaust Day
- 3 Aug 2017 8:26 AM
- current affairs
Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog on Wednesday marked the anniversary of the Roma Holocaust and called it an obligation to commemorate and talk about victims and heroes of the events of 1944/45.
Opposition Parties Comment On Orbán’s Speech In Baile Tusnad
- 24 Jul 2017 10:04 AM
- current affairs
At next year’s parliamentary election Hungarian voters will chose “between Viktor Orbán or Europe”, Lászlo Botka, prime minister candidate of the opposition Socialist Party, said on Saturday.
President Áder: Global Water Crisis Becoming ‘Threatening Reality’
- 21 Jul 2017 9:10 AM
- current affairs
The global water crisis has become a “threatening reality”, János Áder, Hungary’s president, said at a high-level UN session on water and disasters in New York on Thursday. Summing up the social, economic, health and welfare consequences of the situation, the president said that the number of water-related disasters and the damage caused by them had increased exponentially over the recent period.
Opposition Parties Comment Orbán - Netanyahu Talks
- 19 Jul 2017 9:20 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s leftist opposition parties criticised Israel’s prime minister for failing to condemn the Hungarian government’s campaign “inciting anti-Semitic sentiment” after his talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, while Jobbik party demanded to know what the two leaders had agreed on “behind the scenes”.
Video & Photos: Orbán Meets Israel’s Netanyahu In Budapest
- 18 Jul 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has zero tolerance for anti-Semitism, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a press conference held jointly with Benjamin Netanyahu, his Israeli counterpart, in Budapest on Tuesday. Orbán also said that Hungary had committed a crime in the second world war by failing to protect its Jewish citizens from the Holocaust.
Video: Budapest Pride 'Gay March' Held Without Incidents
- 13 Jul 2017 2:40 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest Pride march marking the end of Hungary’s week-long festival of the gay (LGBTQ) community was held on Saturday afternoon, with participants gathering near Parliament and later moving across central Budapest without any significant incidents reported.
25 Young Roma To Represent Hungary At Varna Forum Of Phiren Amenca
- 18 Aug 2017 8:34 AM
- current affairs
Some 25 young Roma will represent Hungary at a social forum of the Budapest-based Phiren Amenca network of Roma and non-Roma volunteers to be held in Varna in Bulgaria as part of the European Youth Capital program series on August 24- 30, the organisers said.
Jobbik To Start Collecting Signatures For Wage Union Bid On Aug 20
- 17 Aug 2017 12:00 PM
- current affairs
The leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, Gábor Vona, has called for non-partisan support for the party’s initiative, launching on Aug. 20, to collect signatures for a “wage union” within the EU. Speaking at a press conference in Eger, in north Hungary, Vona called it “outrageous” that the party’s political opponents “are politicising the issue of a wage union”.
Anti-Gypsy Rhetoric Systemic Part Of Hungarian Government Communication, Says Setét
- 10 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
“A responsible politician does not talk the way (Minister of Human Resources) Balog talks. We learned from the 1930s and 40s what people are capable of when a group is excluded from the nation.”
Minister Commemorates Roma Holocaust Victims On Roma Holocaust Day
- 3 Aug 2017 8:26 AM
- current affairs
Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog on Wednesday marked the anniversary of the Roma Holocaust and called it an obligation to commemorate and talk about victims and heroes of the events of 1944/45.
Opposition Parties Comment On Orbán’s Speech In Baile Tusnad
- 24 Jul 2017 10:04 AM
- current affairs
At next year’s parliamentary election Hungarian voters will chose “between Viktor Orbán or Europe”, Lászlo Botka, prime minister candidate of the opposition Socialist Party, said on Saturday.
President Áder: Global Water Crisis Becoming ‘Threatening Reality’
- 21 Jul 2017 9:10 AM
- current affairs
The global water crisis has become a “threatening reality”, János Áder, Hungary’s president, said at a high-level UN session on water and disasters in New York on Thursday. Summing up the social, economic, health and welfare consequences of the situation, the president said that the number of water-related disasters and the damage caused by them had increased exponentially over the recent period.
Opposition Parties Comment Orbán - Netanyahu Talks
- 19 Jul 2017 9:20 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s leftist opposition parties criticised Israel’s prime minister for failing to condemn the Hungarian government’s campaign “inciting anti-Semitic sentiment” after his talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, while Jobbik party demanded to know what the two leaders had agreed on “behind the scenes”.
Video & Photos: Orbán Meets Israel’s Netanyahu In Budapest
- 18 Jul 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has zero tolerance for anti-Semitism, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at a press conference held jointly with Benjamin Netanyahu, his Israeli counterpart, in Budapest on Tuesday. Orbán also said that Hungary had committed a crime in the second world war by failing to protect its Jewish citizens from the Holocaust.
Video: Budapest Pride 'Gay March' Held Without Incidents
- 13 Jul 2017 2:40 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest Pride march marking the end of Hungary’s week-long festival of the gay (LGBTQ) community was held on Saturday afternoon, with participants gathering near Parliament and later moving across central Budapest without any significant incidents reported.