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30/08/2018

US ambassador sees no violation of freedom rights in Hungary! – Interview

US ambassador Cornstein had not heard any criticism over corruption at talks he had held with business leaders, either #usa #hungary #hungarian #government
25/08/2018

New Carpathian Lawyers’ Network presents itself in Kolozsvár

The network comprises lawyers and law students who also use Hungarian for their work around the world #hungary #hungarian
24/08/2018

All asylum seekers eligible for care, says Hungarian government

"The Hungarian state spends more than an annual EUR 2,160 per capita on services for asylum seekers" #hungarian #hungary
03/08/2018

Romanian president Iohannis launches an open attack against the linguistic rights of national minorities

#Iohannis argued against such linguistic rights as bilingual street signs, for instance #romania #romanian #hungary #hungarian #language #rigts #minority #erdély #székelyföld
03/08/2018

Hungarian foreign ministry: Ukraine failing on EU, NATO due to its own errors

"We expect #Ukraine to give back #rights taken from its national minorities" #hungary #hungarian #ethnic #kárpátalja #transcarpathia
27/07/2018

Deputy PM urges autonomy for Romania Hungarians

#Trianon #1920 Deputy PM called on #Romania to fulfil pledges the country's first national assembly made in 1918, under which ethnic #Hungarians should be granted autonomy
26/07/2018

Minority-friendly legislative proposals under fire in Romania?

Two legislative proposals containing minority-friendly provisions have recently been passed in the #Romanian #Parliament, but... #romania #hungary #hungarians #szeklerland #székelyföld #minority #rights
15/07/2018

Hungarian foreign minister: Countries against UN migration pact to benefit

The #Hungarian #government might #withdraw from the package's approval #process
12/07/2018

Demonstrators protest imprisonment of ethnic Hungarians in Romania

"The #Romanian Supreme Court's verdict was the state's way of telling #Transylvanian #Hungarians to abandon their #autonomy efforts" #hvim #hungary #rights
27/06/2018

Government proposes new assembly law

"Under the #new #law, an #event attended by at least two #people would qualify as an #assembly"
26/06/2018

Orbán’s cabinet: LIBE report concludes ‘show trial’ against Hungary

"Brussels is not interested in the truth" #Hungary #EU #LIBE #rights #law
22/06/2018

UN commissioner and Venice Commission: Stop Soros laws is xenophobic

The Stop Soros laws are shameful and xenophobic - Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein #hungary #hungarian #parliament #UnitedNations #VeniceCommisson #UN
14/06/2018

Parliament committee approves constitutional amendment proposals on banning homelessness

Constitutional amendment proposals on banning #homelessness #hungary #hungarian #parliament #rights
08/06/2018

EU rights agency criticises Orbán cabinet anti-Soros campaign, anti-Semitism in Hungary

#Fidesz party said in reaction: "George Soros has people everywhere" #hungary #hungarian #antisemitism #government #EU #Agency for #Fundamental #Rights (#FRA)
29/05/2018

Orbán cabinet to submit “Stop Soros” package to parliament

"#Stop #Soros" package criminalises the organisation of #illegal #migration, making it punishable by imprisonment #hungary #hungarian
23/05/2018

Human Rights Watch would expel Fidesz from the European People’s Party

They said it was time for the CDU and the CSU to finally take action and expel #Fidesz #EU #EPP #HRW
23/05/2018

Hungarian government initiates new NATO policy on Ukraine

"#Ukraine has come to pose a #security challenge to its neighbours, including #Hungary" #government #NATO
16/05/2018

Hungary censured by European Parliament’s education committee

The #committee also expressed concerns about the situation of #freedom and #diversity of the #press
15/05/2018

Hungarian MEP: EP Women’s Rights Committee report on Hungary ‘incorrect’

Is family in Hungary's basic law "narrow and outdated"? #Hungary #Hungarian #family #women #humanrights
10/05/2018

Ambassador nominee to promote US business interests, democratic values in Hungary

Businessman David B. Cornstein, will be the next #US ambassador to #Hungary, details: