oszkar molnar

December 21, 2009, 10:49 CET

Controversial mayor receives death threat from "Roma Angels"

The mayor of the northeastern Hungarian town of Edeleny, known for his anti-Roma and anti-Semitic remarks, has received another death threat, the local mayor's office told MTI on Thursday. The mayor received a letter from the Roma-Hungarian Chapter of the... [read complete entry]

December 15, 2009, 09:55 CET

Fidesz publishes final list of candidates for next general election

Hungary's main opposition Fidesz party published a finalised list of its candidates for the next parliament on Monday. The list, presented after a meeting of the party's national board, contains 176 candidates, half of whom are already MPs in the... [read complete entry]

December 07, 2009, 10:34 CET

Mayor accused of racism left off Fidesz electoral list

Conservative opposition party Fidesz has not included Oszkar Molnar -- a mayor from north Hungary who gained notoriety for his anti-Roma and anti-Semitic remarks -- on its list of candidates for the next parliament, the party's spokesman told Monday's Nepszabadsag... [read complete entry]

November 11, 2009, 09:32 CET

Orbán promises big tax cuts, three-year budget if Fidesz returned to power

Viktor Orban, leader of conservative opposition Fidesz, promised big tax cuts and a three-year budget in a television interview late on Tuesday. Orban told commercial ATV that he would not now pin a precise figure to the tax cut in... [read complete entry]

November 04, 2009, 09:05 CET

Polish minority supports countryside mayor accused of xenophobia

The National Polish Minority Self-government of Hungary supports the mayor of Edeleny (NE Hungary) and asks the town's local government not to take sanctions against him, a letter sent by the Polish council's president to the local council of Edeleny... [read complete entry]

November 04, 2009, 08:41 CET

Socialist MP accused of making racist comments about Roma minority

The Socialists have found themselves in the position of denying that recently uncovered comments made by Socialist MP Éva Szabó, the wife of former finance minister János Veres, were racist. According to origo.hu, Socialist-unfriendly television news channel Echo TV learned... [read complete entry]

October 21, 2009, 08:38 CET

Hundreds demonstrate on behalf of mayor accused of racism

Over 500 people gathered on the main square of Edeleny, a town in northern Hungary, on Tuesday for a demonstration organised by the local branch of main conservative opposition Fidesz in support of Oszkar Molnar, the controversial mayor and Fidesz... [read complete entry]

October 15, 2009, 11:36 CET

Civic group to hold candlelight demo against hate speech at Fidesz HQ

Hungary's Democratic Network will hold a quiet, candlelight protest against hate speech in front of headquarters of the main opposition Fidesz party on Thursday, the group told MTI in a letter. The protest, which will also mark the anniversary of... [read complete entry]

October 14, 2009, 09:56 CET

Orbán distances party from MP's bigoted statements

Hungary's main opposition Fidesz leader on Wednesday called anti-Semitic remarks by Fidesz MP Oszkar Molnar "awkward". Orban told commercial television TV2 in an interview that every MP was expected to "carefully consider his choice of words". Molnar, a mayor of... [read complete entry]

October 14, 2009, 09:51 CET

Anti-Semitism, racism marring Hungarian politics, Jewish leader tells CoE

The head of Hungary's federation of Jewish organisations Mazsihisz, Peter Feldmajer, met the Council of Europe's human rights commissioner, Thomas Hammarberg, on Tuesday and briefed him on what he called disturbing signs of racism and anti-Semitism in today's Hungary. Mazsihisz... [read complete entry]

October 12, 2009, 09:06 CET

Calls for stripping of MP's immunity over allegedly anti-Semitic remarks

A deputy of the main opposition Fidesz party has made public remarks evoking the views of Hitler and the Nazis, spokesman of the Socialist Party Istvan Nyako said on Friday, calling for Oszkar Molnar's parliamentary immunity to be suspended. In... [read complete entry]

October 05, 2009, 10:55 CET

Mayor embroiled in furor over Roma claim unrepentant, vows to sue

The local mayor who has accused Roma women in his town of intentionally harming their unborn babies in order to secure extra child benefits told MTI on Sunday that he stood by his view, and vowed to launch a legal... [read complete entry]

September 09, 2009, 10:27 CET

Fidesz under pressure over remarks about unborn Roma children

Instead of a conspiracy of silence in the case of an MP who claimed Roma women deliberately harmed their unborn children in order to receive higher state benefits, the leadership of main opposition Fidesz should take steps which are conversant... [read complete entry]