Germany marks bloody 1953 East German uprising
Source: Zee News
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-14 12:34:25 -0700 | political-news
Germany's president Friday said an uprising in the former communist east that was suppressed by Soviet tanks 60 years ago should become more anchored in Germans' consciousness. Joachim Gauck, the former East German rights activist who became president last year,...
European rights body says Hungary changes threaten courts
Source: Reuters
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-14 11:58:52 -0700 | political-news
Topics Hungarians attend a demonstration after parliament voted for government-backed constitutional amendments, in Budapest March 11, 2013. A key European rights think-tank, the Venice Commission, sharply criticized Hungary's recent amendments to its constitution on Friday, saying some...
Relay luau nets $90,000
Source: The Corydon Democrat
Ács :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-13 05:59:15 -0700 | political-news
Life this past weekend at the Corydon Central High School football field. The theme of this year's fundraising event was Tidal Waves of Hope, which focused on beach and luau parties. The field was crowded with about 30 tents and...
Hungarian minister blasts EU's 'false conclusions' on civil liberties
Source: United Press International
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-13 11:43:51 -0700 | political-news
European Union critics are drawing "false conclusions" about the state of civil liberties and the rule of law in Hungary, the country's European affairs minister says. Eniko Gyori told Hungarian lawmakers Monday a European Parliament report harshly criticizing what it...
State Department's ambassador ‘charm school' is in
Source: Washington Post
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-12 12:24:44 -0700 | political-news
The Washington Post) If you notice folks around Foggy Bottom practicing their posture by balancing books on their heads, that might be a homework assignment: charm school, the term given to the crash-course program for potential ambassadors, is in session...
Analysis: Divided EU in a bind over Hungary's 'erring' Orban
Source: Reuters
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-12 07:41:41 -0700 | political-news
Topics Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a foundation stone laying ceremony for a new division of the Knorr-Bremse factory in Kecskemet, 90km (56 miles) east of Budapest, April 11, 2013. Europe is in a bind over what to do...
Budapest Jews aiming to build tallest kosher sandwich
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-09 11:23:59 -0700 | political-news
Many dozens of bread slices will be used to construct the tower on Sunday on Kazinczy Street in the Hungarian capital's so-called Jewish Quarter during the sixth Judafest cultural street party, organizers said on Facebook. One of the organizers told...
The Iceman Swimmeth, Chanting 'F Cancer'
Source: National Public Radio
Mád :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-07 14:08:26 -0700 | political-news
Blood drained from his arms and legs to protect the core of his body, and extremities became numb stumps. "A beautiful but profane thing happened at the same time," Tyler wrote. "I started to get mad...real MAD," because cancer was...
Photographer links Hungary's past and present by turning his camera into a virtual time machine
Source: Mail Online UK
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-07 05:47:07 -0700 | political-news
The vehicles are undoubtedly different and many of the clothes might look a little out of place in 21st century Europe, but the locations are much the same and many of the buildings remain unchanged. A collection of photos made...
Africa: Hungarian Foreign Ministry and African Ambassadors in Budapest Welcome Auc Chairperson
Source: All Africa
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-06 07:20:34 -0700 | political-news
Hungarian Deputy State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Szabolcs Takacs and African Ambassadors accredited to Budapest, Hungary, have welcomed the African Union Commission Chairperson, H.E...Janos Martonyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Hungary.For the first...
Hurgarian Jewry Protests anti-Semitic Dedication
Source: Israel National News
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-04 10:45:47 -0700 | political-news
The council of Budapest decided last week that a street should be named after Tormay in upmarket district 2. Politics.hu adds the opposition Socialists and several organizations including the Hungarian Jewish federation Mazsihisz and the World Jewish Congress (WJC) protested...
The Art World Reacts to Bangladesh
Source: The Progressive
Mád :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-04 18:38:57 -0700 | political-news
Rana Plaza April 24 in Savar, a sub-district of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Manhattan's prestigious Museum of Art and Design (known as MAD) and the Museum of Wisconsin Art are summoning the world to West Bend, Wisconsin, starting on...
Anti-Jewish attitudes can 'impact rest of world'
Source: Jerusalum Post
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-02 14:30:15 -0700 | political-news
Sam Sokol Ira Forman, newly appointed State Department Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, says he has a lot to learn. Having only been appointed to his position around a week before speaking with The Jerusalem Post last Wednesday...
Budapest mayor rethinks anti-Semitic street name
Source: Jerusalum Post
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-06-01 17:38:15 -0700 | political-news
Mayor orders city to council to review its decision to name street after anti-Semitic author Cecile Tormay. Istvan Tarlos, the mayor of Budapest, ordered on Thursday a review of the city council's decision to name one of the streets after...
Parents 'abandon' baby to play slot machines
Source: Ansa
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-31 06:48:32 -0700 | political-news
Italian police on Friday cited the parents of a one-year-old girl for leaving her in her buggy for more than half an hour outside an arcade to play on slot machines on an unseasonably cold night in Florence. The 34-year-old...
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