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A new Iron Curtain over the arts in Hungary? by artsHub

Posted on January 29, 2013 by biocsibe

The arts community in Hungary is suffering under conditions reminiscent of the Soviet era, with the right-wing government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban and the Hungarian Academy of Arts (MMA), a private institution that has since become the official state … Continue reading →

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The antidemocratic makeover of the cultural scene in Hungary

Posted on January 28, 2013 by biocsibe

Recent legislative steps in Hungary point towards  the authoritarian transformation of the  institutional structures and funding system of  cultural life, by giving an ultra conservative  artist group close to the rightwing government,  the Hungarian Academy of Arts, an unassailable  position … Continue reading →

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Letter to the Hungarian Government

Posted on January 28, 2013 by ellenpolus

28/01/2013 The Forum of European Roma Young People FERYP and PAKIV European Network, the undersigned Roma youth networks, write to you to express our serious concerns about the newspaper column of the last January 5, written by Zsolt Bayer, founding … Continue reading →

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Divisions among protesters over agreements with the government

Posted on January 25, 2013 by ellenpolus

Commenting on the preliminary agreements between the Ministry of Human Resources and protesting teachers’ trade unions and student organisations, Népszabadság believes the government has managed to divide the protest movements which forced it to retreat before the Christmas holidays. budapost.eu … Continue reading →

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Teachers and their students: the Hungarian situation

Posted on January 25, 2013 by ellenpolus

Although the leaders of HÖOK insist that “student unity” is intact, I see it differently. The Orbán government as usual has managed to drive a wedge between the two organizations: HÖOK, the present-day KISZ, and the newly formed HaHa (Hallgatói … Continue reading →

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E-artnow: The anti-democratic makeover of the cultural scene in Hungary

Posted on January 23, 2013 by ellenpolus

Recent legislative steps in Hungary point towards the authoritarian transformation of the institutional structures and funding system of cultural life, by giving an ultra conservative artist group close to the rightwing government, the Hungarian Academy of Arts (MMA), an unassailable … Continue reading →

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Thirty housing rights activists were arrested in Budapest

Posted on January 21, 2013 by ellenpolus

On the 19th  January 2013, homeless activists and their allies squatted an empty building in the 7th district of Budapest. The squatters demanded the institutionalization of a right to housing and an extensive system of social housing instead of punitive … Continue reading →

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