Itthon
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Hungary|11/03/2011In the name of God
A torrent of debate has ensued in professional workshops and newspaper columns alike in regard to Hungary’s new Constitution under preparation.
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Hungary|01/03/2011Two yes votes
It appears to have been decided: people who have just received dual citizenship will be granted the right to vote. This means that in 2014 Hungarians living in New York and Csíkszereda with no official domicile in Hungary will be able to vote in the elections.
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Hungary|14/02/2011
The charge: racism
At the centre of the debate is the question of whether or not a member of a minority group can be convicted for the crime of racism if they attack somebody who belongs to the majority. The legal defence team believes that they can be, while the public prosecutor and the courts claim that they cannot. We attended the trial of the Sajóbábony Gypsies.
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Hungary|25/01/2011
The media law: the two sides of the coin
Although it has not completely abated, in comparison to a week ago the debate on the Hungarian media law, which has aroused unusual interest throughout Europe, has turned somewhat in the government’s favour.
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Hungary|25/01/2011
Orbán and the world
A French journalist sought me out before Christmas in order to ask me if the second Orbán government had a philosophy.
Itthon
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Hungary|22/12/2010Viktor Orbán replies
National debt is the only reason for the changes, since a badly designed system has left the country up to its ears in debt.
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Hungary|22/12/2010A clean slate?
The freedom of the press is over again – proclaim left-wing newspapers. For the time being all that has happened is that the new media law proposal would grant previously unprecedented rights to the Media Council led by Annamária Szalai.
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Hungary|13/12/2010
Lendvai Reloaded
Paul Lendvai has not produced a credible refutation in response to Heti Válasz’s article of last week. György Konrád regards it as “very sad” that the journalist, who is of Hungarian origin, supplied information to the Hungarian embassy in Vienna on the 1985 Budapest opposition summit programme.
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Hungary|03/12/2010
The unreluctant henchman
In 1985 the journalist Paul Lendvai reported to the dictatorship’s ministry of the interior as a voluntary informer.
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Hungary|23/11/2010
Orbán not attacked by a furious crowd
The preliminary news announced a major demonstration but in the end a far more modest event was organised. At the same time, the pension issue was still on today’s political agenda.
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