demonstrations

March 11, 2010, 09:38 CET

Over 1,000 stage demo in Bratislava against Slovak act

More than 1,000 people staged a demonstration against the Slovak patriotism act outside the president's palace in Bratislava on Wednesday afternoon. The crowd, mostly comprised of young people, demanded that President Ivan Gasparovic rejects and veto the act that was... [read complete entry]

March 08, 2010, 10:28 CET

Anti-fascist, Roma groups hold demo at Heroes' Square

Anti-fascist groups were joined by Roma representatives and NGOs for a demonstration against discrimination, violence and extremism on Saturday. The event attracted around 5,000 people, the organisers said. Participants including Helmut Scholz, MEP of the Party of the European Left,... [read complete entry]

February 26, 2010, 09:56 CET

Neo-Nazi commemoration on March 6 called off

A neo-Nazi demonstration organised for March 6 will be cancelled, daily Nepszabadsag reported on Friday. Originally planned by the neo-Nazi organisation NS Front, later the demonstration was taken under the wings of the National Revolutionary Party (NFP), which as a... [read complete entry]

February 24, 2010, 09:42 CET

Ethnic Hungarians demonstrate for language rights in Slovakia

Around 500 university students demonstrated on Tuesday in the southern Slovakian town of Komarno in defence of their right to use the mother tongue. Students who spoke at the peaceful demonstration in the town with a large ethnic Hungarian population... [read complete entry]

February 22, 2010, 10:09 CET

Anti-fascist groups to stage demo against neo-Nazi rally in Budapest

Organisers expect thousands to attend an anti-fascist demonstration to be held against a neo-Nazi rally in Budapest on March 6, the organisers told a press conference on Friday. The Green Left, the Hungarian Workers's Party 2006 and the Democratic Network... [read complete entry]

February 15, 2010, 10:26 CET

Two anti-fascist demonstrators in Budapest allegedly assaulted

Two participants of an anti-fascist demonstration in central Budapest were allegedly assaulted at a tram stop after they left a peaceful protest, a Hungarian Jewish organisation told MTI on Sunday. An ambulance was called to the scene and the suspects... [read complete entry]

October 26, 2009, 10:28 CET

Demonstrators demand dissolution of Parliament, new constitution

About 700 supporters of the grassroots movement Alliance of Hungarians (MSZ) gathered in a rally in the Buda Castle on Sunday afternoon. The demonstrators demanded setting up a bicameral, recallable Parliament with MPs elected for seven years and electing a... [read complete entry]

October 12, 2009, 09:19 CET

Municipalities stage protest in Budapest against 2010 budget

Thousands of people gathered on Kossuth tér outside Parliament Saturday morning to protest against cuts in state funding for local governments. Debrecen mayor and Fidesz MP Lajos Kósa, the main speaker, declared “Hungary has become an Absurdistan, local governments have... [read complete entry]

September 30, 2009, 09:08 CET

Government reaches surprise hospital funding deal, heading off protests

Hungarian hospital leaders, who recently mounted protests against government cutbacks, have unexpectedly done a deal with the government to call off their action in exchange for limited top-up funds, Nepszabadsag daily said on Wednesday. Negotiations suddenly ended with an agreement... [read complete entry]

August 14, 2009, 10:59 CET

Ministry drafting new rules for police action against demonstrators

A supplement to the police decree on dispersing crowds, now being drafted at the Justice and Law Enforcement Ministry, proposes that demonstrators who resist police instructions should primarily be stopped and that police may only strike or kick demonstrators as... [read complete entry]

August 13, 2009, 09:58 CET

Minister says police will disperse neo-Nazi demonstrators

Minister of Justice and Law Enforcement Tibor Draskovics confirmed that Hungarian police would disperse neo-Nazi marches planned in the capital city on Saturday. "No one championing the Nazi ideology should be allowed to assemble in Hungary. Police have to prevent... [read complete entry]

August 10, 2009, 10:50 CET

Neo-Nazi march, counter-demonstrations planned in Budapest on August 15

Hungarian neo-Nazi groups plan to hold an international march and concerts in Budapest on August 15 to commemorate the death anniversary of Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, Nepszabadsag daily said on Monday. The Hungarian National Socialist Front (NS Front) and the... [read complete entry]

August 04, 2009, 09:19 CET

Jobbik stages demonstration against banks, "foreign speculative capital"

Hungarian radical nationalist party Jobbik held a demonstration in front of the Finance Ministry in Budapest on Monday. The focus of the demonstration was against foreign speculative capital and in favour of Hungarian banking. The 150 of so protesters were... [read complete entry]

July 31, 2009, 09:29 CET

Jobbik plans protest against banks' treatment of retail borrowers

The radical right-wing party Jobbik will organise a demonstration outside the Finance Ministry and the neighbouring headquarters of the banking federation for Monday evening. The party is angered by banks' unilateral increase in monthly loan payments due from clients. It... [read complete entry]

June 15, 2009, 09:08 CET

Right-wing leader calls for Fidesz-Jobbik alliance

Fidesz and Jobbik are not enemies and should combine their forces in the interests of national goals, Civil Unity Forum spokesman Tamás Fricz said in a speech at a demonstration demanding early elections near Kossuth tér on Sunday afternoon. The... [read complete entry]

March 16, 2009, 08:39 CET

Jobbik holds large rally in Downtown Budapest

Some 4,000-5,000 people attended a rally held by the far right Jobbik party on Deák tér Sunday afternoon, many waving the red-and-white-striped "Árpád flags" as the party launched its European Parliament election campaign.... [read complete entry]

November 06, 2008, 10:25 CET

Hundreds protest in front of Slovak embassy in Budapest

Hundreds of people protested outside the Slovak embassy in Budapest Wednesday evening against the Slovak police action against Hungarian fans in Dunajska Streda last Saturday afternoon. The demonstration was organized by Calvinist pastor Lóránt Hegedűs Jr. of the far-right Jobbik... [read complete entry]

October 01, 2008, 10:08 CET

Amnesty International asks politicians to avoid Saturday demonstration

Amnesty International yesterday advised politicians to stay away from Saturday's demonstration against violence and exclusion entitled Tarka Magyar (Diverse Hungarian). The presence of any politicians would result in this civil initiative becoming involved with political goals, the human rights body... [read complete entry]

May 19, 2008, 09:48 CET

Marijuana demo fizzles out in the rain

Police outnumber demonstrators as drug protest passes without incident. [read complete entry]

May 16, 2008, 10:35 CET

Kossuth tér leader beaten by taxi gang

By way of illustrating the political confusion that currently splits Hungary, or possibly simply the national propensity to get abusive around motor vehicles, known leader and organizer of the "Kossuth tér protesters," László Gonda (pictured sporting a black eye), has... [read complete entry]

May 05, 2008, 09:47 CET

Ministry gives green light to "unannounced" mass gatherings, flashmobs

The law is set to change to allow spontaneous peaceful demonstrations. [read complete entry]

March 13, 2008, 12:03 CET

District V mayor to increase punishments for protest-related vandalism

District V mayor Antal Rogán (Fidesz) would like to see punishments raised for protesters who damage property, Hirszerszo.hu reported based off a piece in Népszabadság. The punishment for destruction of property at the scene of a protest could be raised... [read complete entry]

February 29, 2008, 12:15 CET

Gyurcsány supporters plan sympathy demonstration for Saturday

Leftist online community Kapcsolat.hu is planning a sympathy demonstration for Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány again, six weeks after they were forced to cancel a similar event due to "over-interest." The organizers were afraid of participants becoming the target of insults... [read complete entry]

January 24, 2008, 10:37 CET

National Security Office accused of deceiving public over right to assembly

The National Security Office (Nemzetbiztonsági Hivatal; NBH) overstepped its power and misled citizens when it released a statement in 2006 stating that even passive participation in demonstrations constitutes a crime, Citizen Rights Ombudsman Máté Szabó said.... [read complete entry]

January 18, 2008, 01:32 CET

Portal calls off Gyurcsány sympathy demonstration due to "over-interest"

Organizers posting through leftist online community Kapcsolat.hu have postponed a sympathy demonstration for beleaguered Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány on Budapest's Kossuth tér scheduled for this Saturday, writes news portal Hírszerző.hu. Around 300 people were originally expected to participate, but since... [read complete entry]

November 23, 2007, 09:36 CET

Police apologize for cuffing TV cameraman

Police handcuffed a cameraman from the commercial television station RTL Klub when they dissolved rioters following the union-sponsored protest on Kossuth tér Wednesday night. The man, who had been filming the dispersal of rioters on the square, stumbled and fell... [read complete entry]