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Support the New University

Posted on February 28, 2015 by ellenpolus

On Friday 13 February, an organization of concerned students calling itself The New University (http://newuni.nl/) occupied the Bungehuis, one of the University of Amsterdam’s buildings and one of the Humanities Faculty’s primary locations. The students are protesting the financialization of … Continue reading →

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Alánok, kovácsok, diplomaták – A Magyar Művészeti Akadémia nemzetközi missziója

Posted on February 23, 2015 by ellenpolus

Bemutatjuk, hogyan szállítja a szinte kormányhivatalként működő MMA a külügynek a hivatalos magyar kultúrát, miközben saját tagjait tolja előtérbe a legtöbbször tisztán protokolláris eseményeken. Az olasz kapcsolatokhoz kötődik az a minden elemében jellemző történet, ahogy az MMA közelebb került néhány … Continue reading →

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Hungary: Little EU Action on Rights Concerns

Posted on February 23, 2015 by ellenpolus

(Budapest) – Brussels has done virtually nothing about Hungary’s problematic laws and practices concerning human rights since the European Commission in March 2014 created a “rule of law” measure to address serious abuses in EU member states, Human Rights Watch … Continue reading →

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Hungary taking aim at NGOs and, critics say, democracy

Posted on February 22, 2015 by ellenpolus

BUDAPEST — Veronika Mora was getting ready for work when her home phone rang. “I’m at your office,” she recalls a policewoman telling her. “Where are you?” Mora, the head of a nonprofit agency that distributed millions of euros in … Continue reading →

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The illiberal democracy and the revanchist city – The spatial and political transformation of Budapest since 2010

Posted on February 20, 2015 by ellenpolus

by Kata Amon “We need to give back public spaces to the citizens” – argued István Tarlós, the mayor of Budapest and a member of the nationalist-conservative Fidesz party when he tried to justify the city’s criminalizing of homelessness in … Continue reading →

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Housing Is for All

Posted on February 6, 2015 by ellenpolus

During the Communist period in East-Central Europe, when people talked about “homelessness,” they were speaking of a spiritual or political condition – of being in exile from their country of origin or feeling homeless in their own country because of … Continue reading →

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Akciócsoporttal igazíttatják helyre a sajtót

Posted on January 15, 2015 by ellenpolus

Több ügyvédi irodát is hadrendbe állított a kormányzat, hogy a jövőben határozottan reagálhassanak a médiában megjelent cikkekre. A bekeményítésre Győri Tibor miniszterelnökségi államtitkár vette rá a tárcákat. Egy sajtófelelősökből álló akciócsoportot is felállítottak. Az elmúlt hetekben a minisztériumok felszólítást kaptak, … Continue reading →

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