Category Archives: EN

NGOs as threats to the building of Orbán Viktor’s “illiberal democracy”

Posted on July 28, 2014 by ellenpolus

Yesterday while analyzing Viktor Orbán’s latest speech I concentrated on the topic that aroused the greatest outrage in opposition circles, the Hungarian prime minister’s plans to introduce a so-called “illiberal democracy.” Here I would like to talk about a topic that at first … Continue reading →

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FUNDING URBANISM CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Posted on July 23, 2014 by ellenpolus

In the past decade, as an effect of various social movements and the economic crisis, many actors in the architecture and planning fields recognized that traditional funding models lost their capacity to feed small-scale, community-oriented urban projects. While designers elaborated … Continue reading →

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A raging anti-Semite will be Hungary’s ambassador in Rome

Posted on July 22, 2014 by ellenpolus

Late Sunday night the media learned that Péter Szentmihályi Szabó, a mediocre poet and political commentator of the far right, will be Hungary’s next ambassador to Rome. Two opposition parties, Democratic Coalition and Együtt-PM, immediately protested against the appointment, pointing … Continue reading →

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Hungary sets up disputed 1944 memorial

Posted on July 21, 2014 by ellenpolus

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Workers in Budapest have completed the main elements of a disputed memorial to the 1944 occupation of Hungary by Nazi Germany, working in the middle of the night and guarded by police. The memorial has been … Continue reading →

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HUNGARY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 6 April 2014

Posted on July 12, 2014 by ellenpolus

OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission Final Report The legal framework for these elections was amended substantially in recent years. While some changes were positive, a number of key amendments negatively affected the electoral process, including the removal of important checks … Continue reading →

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Statue of Limitations

Posted on July 8, 2014 by ellenpolus

Seventy years after the Holocaust ravaged Hungary, Budapest’s right-wing government is whitewashing the country’s wartime sins by building a garish monument to a past that never existed. BUDAPEST, Hungary — Since late March, an almost daily drama pitting a large … Continue reading →

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The protest against falsification of history by Viktor Orbán’s government

Posted on July 8, 2014 by ellenpolus

Protest of citizens of Budapest against whitewashing the role of Hungary in Holocaust by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz-KDNP party (which has 2/3 majority in Parliament) has started on February, 09 on the Liberty Square (Szabadság Tér) and … Continue reading →

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