Category Archives: EN

EU Threatens Hungary with Action over Constitution

Posted on April 12, 2013 by ellenpolus

The European Union said Friday it could start legal proceedings against Hungary if concerns about the country’s latest constitutional amendments aren’t addressed. The changes have been widely criticized by local and international rights groups for barring the Constitutional Court from … Continue reading →

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March for Life and the anti-Semitic Patriotic Bikers of Hungary

Posted on April 12, 2013 by ellenpolus

A group of right-wing bikers planned to stage a demonstration all across Budapest, including zooming by the famous synagogue on Dohány utca. The slogan for the demonstration was “Give Gas! Hands off our homeland and our homes!” The demonstration was … Continue reading →

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HaHa on the 4th Constitutional Amendment of Hungary

Posted on April 11, 2013 by ellenpolus

The representative of Hallgatói Hálózat (G. Szabó Dániel) talks about how the 4th constitutional amendment effects students in Hungary. The two topics are the student contract and the chancellor system. According to the student contract, graduated students must work in … Continue reading →

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EC ready to check Hungary’s compliance with ruling of the European Court of Justice

Posted on April 10, 2013 by ellenpolus

The European Commission and the European Parliament is likely to complete their scrutiny of Hungary’s implementing a ruling by the European Court of Justice, under which judges forced into retirement should be restored to their former positions, EC Vice-President Viviane … Continue reading →

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The Czech Visual Art Fund’s legacy is only destruction and decay!

Posted on April 9, 2013 by ellenpolus

During the past twenty years, the Mánes’ building administered by the Czech Visual Art Fund (former Visual Art Fund) has become the symbol of the negative consequences of privatization of culture. Lawsuits regarding its ownership in the 1990s resulted in … Continue reading →

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Hungary Bans Anti-Semitic Rally on Holocaust Memorial Day

Posted on April 9, 2013 by ellenpolus

Hungary banned a rally organized under the slogan “Give Gas” that was planned to coincide with a Holocaust memorial march after a Jewish group complained that it amounted to a call for genocide. Budapest police will deploy “all legal means” … Continue reading →

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Bitte unterschreibt zahlreich diese Petition! / Petition: The Hungarian Neo-Nazi Party Jobbik

Posted on April 9, 2013 by ellenpolus

The Capital City Court found that László Karsai violated Jobbik’s right to the protection of reputation as in a TV show called the party neo-Nazi. According to the verdict the historian – beside the payment of legal costs and fees … Continue reading →

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