demonstration

13/02/2016

Thousands of protesting teachers demand systemic changes in education – Photos – Update

Budapest, February 13 (MTI) – Participants in a huge demonstration organised by the strike committee of teachers demanded system-level changes in Hungary’s education, in front of […]
12/02/2016

Teachers fail to strike agreement with ministry ahead of demo

Budapest, February 12 (MTI) – A teachers’ strike committee met ministry representatives on Friday for talks, but no agreement was reached, the head of the teachers’ […]
12/02/2016

Railway unions might hold national strike in first week of March

Budapest, February 12 (MTI) – The trade unions of railway workers will announce a national strike in the first week of March if no agreement is […]
11/02/2016

Hungarian government calls on teachers to negotiate

Budapest, February 11 (MTI) – Representatives of teachers should discuss problems dogging public education with the government and help to resolve them, the government office chief […]
09/02/2016

Public education roundtable meets – UPDATE

Budapest, February 9 (MTI) – The government started a series of consultations on Tuesday, to discuss topical issues of public education with representatives of teachers, national […]
04/02/2016

Local protesters show outrage over red-sludge court ruling

Budapest, February 4 (MTI) – Around fifty people held a demonstration against the court ruling over Hungary’s 2010 red-sludge disaster, in western Hungary, on Thursday. The […]
03/02/2016

Teachers demonstrate for education reform in Hungary – Photos

Budapest, February 3 (MTI) – Teachers, students, parents and civil groups held a demonstration in Miskolc, northeastern Hungary, on Wednesday afternoon against the state of Hungary’s […]
02/02/2016

Civil organisations supported by US financier Soros behind teachers’ protest?

Budapest, February 2 (MTI) – Civil organisations supported by Hungarian-born US financier George Soros stand behind the organisers of recent teachers’ protests, news portal pestisracok.hu said […]
02/02/2016

Government criticises unions for staying away from education roundtable

Budapest, February 2 (MTI) – Bence Rétvári, state secretary at the human resources ministry, on Tuesday voiced incomprehension at the two largest teachers’ trade unions boycotting […]
01/02/2016

Teachers to hold nationwide demo on in mid-February

Budapest, February 1 (MTI) – Teachers are preparing to hold a nationwide demonstration on Feb. 13 with a number of demands for better conditions in the […]
21/01/2016

Taxi drivers end demo – Update

Budapest, January 21 (MTI) – Taxi drivers ended their demonstration against ride-hailing company Uber in downtown Budapest after talks with the development ministry on Thursday afternoon. […]
20/01/2016

Government supports taxi drivers’ call for fair market conditions

Budapest, January 20 (MTI) – The government has adopted the position that the taxi drivers demonstrating in Budapest should be supported in their call for fair […]
20/01/2016

Taxi drivers to continue demonstration until agreement on passenger transport rules

Budapest, January 20 (MTI) – Budapest’s taxi drivers are open to holding talks with the municipality and the government on their demands but will continue their […]
20/01/2016

Taxi drivers continue to obstruct traffic in central Budapest

Budapest, January 20 (MTI) – A continued demonstration of taxi drivers has considerably slowed traffic in the Deak Square area in central Budapest. Similarly to Monday […]
19/01/2016

Taxi organisations demand government apply laws to all transporters

Professional transport organisations and taxi drivers have demanded that the government apply the relevant laws to all transporters, including Uber drivers. Representatives told a press conference […]
19/01/2016

Taxi drivers continue anti-Uber demonstration – Photos

Budapest, January 19 (MTI) – Budapest’s taxi drivers have continued their protest against car-dispatcher Uber, blocking traffic at the junction of Andrassy Avenue, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road and […]
18/01/2016

Protesting taxi drivers partially release Andrassy, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky – Photos

Budapest, January 18 (MTI) – Taxi drivers demonstrating against car dispatcher Uber in central Budapest have opened a lane in Andrassy Avenue and one in Bajcsy […]
18/01/2016

Budapest taxi drivers stage demonstration against Uber

Budapest, January 18 (MTI) – About 100-120 taxi drivers began an unannounced demonstration in protest against car dispatcher Uber in central Budapest on Monday morning. Taxi […]
16/01/2016

People who set themselves on fire for Hungarians

Committing somebody to the flames was a common sentence in several historic eras. But it turned into something more. Setting oneself on fire became a form […]
09/12/2015

Greenpeace protests against sale of Kishantos organic farm

A group of Greenpeace activists held a protest against the sale of lands formerly leased to the organic farm of Kishantos, in Szekesfehervar, central Hungary, on […]