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Hungarian MP: “Ban Homosexual Propaganda from Cinemas”
Hungarian nationalist Jobbik Member of Parliament and deputy delegation leader Dóra Dúró has announced that she would ban homosexual propaganda in cinemas, and opposes homo marriage, civil unions and homo adoption.
Making the comments on her Facebook page after media reports quoted her as saying that if homos wanted to vote for Jobbik, they would be welcome to do so, Dúró said that the media’s...
Hungarian Town Offers Safe Heaven to Native White Europeans Fleeing Multiculturalism
The mayor of the town of Asotthalom, southern Hungary, has become the first European politician to make a public call for Europeans who seek to get away from a “multicultural society” to settle in that country, according to the BBC.
A report on the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire program quotes Mayor Laszlo Toroczkai—already famous for being the person who drove the building of Hungary’s border...
53% of Hungarian Millennials Support Nationalism
Around 53 percent of all millennials—those aged between fifteen and thirty-four years old—support the Jobbik party in Hungary, up from just 9 percent in 2012, a new study has shown.
The report, produced by the far left “Foundation for European Progressive Studies” (FEPS) Millennial Dialogue institute, was based on an online survey of one thousand Hungarian millennials.
The report, which can...
Viktor Orban reelected as Prime Minister of Hungary
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has retained his two-thirds majority at the parliament following last week’s elections.
With over 99 percent of the votes counted, the National Election Office said on Saturday that Orban’s ruling Fidesz party had won 133 seats in the 199-seat legislature.
Fidesz, a right-wing populist party, and its small ally, the Christian Democrats, received 45.1 percent...
Polls open for Hungary's parliamentary elections
Hungarians have begun voting in the country’s parliamentary elections, which are likely to bring another victory for the ruling right-wing Fidesz party.
Voting stations opened at 6:00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) on Sunday and are due to close at 7:00 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), with exit polls expected soon afterwards.
The National Election Office announced that by 0700 GMT some 9.5 percent of voters...
Hungarian MP detained for burning Israeli flag
Hungarian parliamentarian Balazs Lenhardt burns an Israeli flag during an anti-Zionist protest in the capital Budapest on Friday.
Hungarian police have briefly arrested a parliamentarian for torching an Israeli flag during an anti-Zionist protest in the capital Budapest.
The incident took place on Friday when dozens of Hungarians held a demonstration near the Foreign Ministry to protest Israeli’s...
Thousands of Hungarians Hold Anti-EU Demonstration
Protesters trample a burnt European Union flag during a demonstration in front of the EU Parliament and Committee headquarters in downtown Budapest, January 14, 2012.
Thousands of Hungarians have protested against the European Union, urging their country to pull out from the bloc while Budapest seeks EU’s backing to evade insolvency.
People gathered in front of the European Commission offices...
Hungarian police disperse Magyar Gárda protest and arrests Jobbik chairman
Hungarian police used teargas to disperse a protest by a banned far-right group in the centre of Budapest on Saturday and detained close to 200 people, police and witnesses said.
National news agency MTI said police also detained the chairman of the far-right Jobbik party, Gabor Vona. Local website Index said he was detained as part of the protests. Police would not confirm the reports.
A court ruled...