Category Archives: EN

Context and Identity in Contemporary Hungarian Art

Posted on August 12, 2013 by ellenpolus

a Prezi – presentation by Linnea West Context & Identity in Contemporary Hungarian Art Reimagining the near past and constructing local identities What is the legacy of critical, socially engaged unofficial art of the Communist period in a newly democratic … Continue reading →

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Vona v Hungary: Freedom of association and assembly can be restricted to protect Minority Rights

Posted on August 7, 2013 by ellenpolus

This guest post was written by Judit Geller and Dezideriu Gergely, European Roma Rights Centre. In the case of Vona v Hungary, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) openly stood up against racism and hatred when it ruled that … Continue reading →

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Amnesty International: Hungary must protect Roma, minority groups

Posted on August 7, 2013 by ellenpolus

UDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. 6 (UPI) — Hungary must do more to protect minority groups, said Amnesty International Tuesday after four people were convicted in the deaths of six Roma. A Budapest court handed down life sentences in prison for Zsolt … Continue reading →

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Hungary: Roma killers imprisoned for life

Posted on August 7, 2013 by ellenpolus

A HUNGARIAN court has handed down life sentences to three far-right gang members convicted of murdering six gypsies, including the gunning down of a father and his four-year-old son as they fled their burning home. Another member of the neo-Nazi … Continue reading →

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Guardian: Hungary’s culture is being crushed or co-opted

Posted on August 6, 2013 by ellenpolus

The UK has culture skirmishes; Hungary has culture wars. In a country where party politics has always sought to control the cultural field, the aim of such war is to wipe out, or at least quarantine, the opposition, its ideology, … Continue reading →

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Xpat Opinion: Political Landscape Ten Months Before Elections In Hungary

Posted on August 1, 2013 by ellenpolus

A centrist political scientist believes that whoever wins next year’s elections, the outcome will be catastrophic, and a catastrophe is perhaps what Hungary needs to find the right path. A moderate conservative columnist suggests it will be extremely difficult to … Continue reading →

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Professional, public consultation on the future of the Ernst Museum!

Posted on August 1, 2013 by ellenpolus

I am honoured that the cultural leadership of Hungary would like to establish an institution bearing my name within the Ernst Museum in Budapest, especially in view of the fact that this would resolve the long uncertain fate of the … Continue reading →

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