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2018 In Hungary
The following lists events that happened during 2018 in Hungary. Incumbents *President: János Áder *Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán * Speaker of the National Assembly: László Kövér Events January * January 19 – 2000 students protest the Hungarian education system at Alkotmány utca February * February 23 – Thousands of student protestors march from Deák Ferenc tér to Kossuth tér. After it officially concludes, a smaller group attempts to continue the protest by marching into the city. After a brief chase, they are encircled and checked by police at Vadász utca, near at its intersection with Bank utca. Later many of these protestors are fined to 50 000 HUF for jaywalking. * February 25 – Opposition-leaning independent candidate Péter Márki-Zay is elected as mayor of Hódmezővásárhely against the Fidesz candidate with 57.49% of the vote. He becomes a symbol of opposition co-ordination for the upcoming election. March * March 15 – Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United States and the world; The Yellow vests protests break out in France; The Camp Fire (2018), that burned the town of Paradise, California, is seen from outer space; SpaceX CEO Elon Musk launches his Tesla Roadster (first generation) into outer space; Rescuers assemble to begin search-and-rescue operations during the Tham Luang cave rescue; North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Korean Demilitarized Zone, 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 400 200 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony rect 400 0 800 400 Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi rect 800 0 1200 400 March for Our Lives rect 0 400 600 800 2018 inter-Korean summit rect 600 400 1200 800 Yellow vests protests rect 0 800 400 1200 Tham Luang cave resc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Society Foundations
Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is a Grant (money), grantmaking network founded and chaired by business magnate George Soros. Open Society Foundations financially supports civil society groups around the world, with a stated aim of advancing justice, education, public health and independent media. The group's name was inspired by Karl Popper's 1945 book ''The Open Society and Its Enemies''.. As of 2015, the OSF had branches in 37 countries, encompassing a group of country and regional foundations, such as the Open Society Initiative for West Africa, and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa; its headquarters are at 224 West 57th Street in New York City. In 2018, OSF announced it was closing its European office in Budapest and moving to Berlin, in response to legislation passed by the Hungarian government targeting the foundation's activities. As of 2021, OSF has reported expenditures in excess of $16 billion since its establishment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European University
Central European University (CEU) is a private research university accredited in Austria, Hungary, and the United States, with campuses in Vienna and Budapest. The university is known for its highly intensive programs in the social sciences and humanities, low student-faculty ratio, and international student body. A central tenet of the university's mission is the promotion of open societies, as a result of its close association with the Open Society Foundations. CEU is one of eight members comprising the CIVICA Alliance, a group of European higher education institutions in the social sciences, humanities, business management and public policy, such as Sciences Po (France), The London School of Economics and Political Science (UK), Bocconi University (Italy) and the Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden). CEU was founded in 1991 by hedge fund manager, political activist, and billionaire philanthropist George Soros, who provided it with an $880 million endowment, making the uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
István Apáti
István Apáti (born 23 March 1978) is a Hungarian jurist and politician from the Our Home Movement political party. He left the right-wing radical Jobbik party on 7 November 2018. He is a member of the National Assembly (MP) since 2010. He also served as Vice Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Local Government and Regional Development. Since 22 August 2020, he is the elected vice president in Our Homeland Movement Our Homeland Movement ( Hungarian: ''Mi Hazánk Mozgalom,'' MHM) is a Hungarian far-right political party founded by Ásotthalom mayor and former Jobbik Vice-President László Toroczkai and other Jobbik dissidents that left the organization aft .... Personal life He is married. His wife is Dr Zsuzsanna Apátiné Pál-Katona. They have a daughter, Zselyke. References External links a Jobbik honlapján [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Fülöp
Erik Sándor Fülöp (born in Nyíregyháza, Hungary on July 21, 1982) is a Hungarian lawyer and politician. He was a member of parliament in National Assembly of Hungary (''Országgyűlés)''. He was elected into office in 2018. Between 2010 and 2018 he served as mayor of Tiszavasvár. Early life Fülöp was born on July 21, 1982, in Nyíregyháza. Between 1994 and 2000, he attended the Váci Mihály High School in Tiszavasvár, where he graduated. From 2000 to 2005 he attended University of Miskolc and studied law. He graduated University of Miskolc with a degree in law. Career Fülöp joined Jobbik in 2010. Between 2010 and 2018, he was the mayor of Tiszavasvári, and from 2014 he was as representative of the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County Assembly. In 2018, he gained a parliamentary seat on Jobbik's national list and resigned as Mayor of Tiszavasvári. On October 8, 2018, he left Jobbik and became a member of the Our Homeland Movement. On January 25, 2021, Erik Fü ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
János Volner
János Volner (born 28 September 1969) is a far-right Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly from 2010 to 2022, as a politician of the Jobbik until 2018, then as non-partisan lawmaker. Between 2016 and 2018 he was the parliamentary leader of Jobbik in the National Assembly. On 7 November 2018, he joined the Our Homeland Movement political party. On 19 September 2020 János Volner announced that he had created his own political party, the Volner Party, later known as Huxit Party. Background János Volner was born on 28 September 1969, in Budapest, Hungary. After completing graduation in 1988, he had worked in the Police department and also as a district attorney. He was involved in the field of economics for around 17 years. In 2007, he was present in the newly formed Hungarian Guard Movement, and later worked as its national spokesperson. Since 2009, Volner had been a member of the Jobbik Economic Cabinet. He was elected one of the vice-presidents of the part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent
Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independents (Oporto artist group), a Portuguese artist group historically linked to abstract art and to Fernando Lanhas, the central figure of Portuguese abstractionism Music Groups, labels, and genres * Independent music, a number of genres associated with independent labels * Independent record label, a record label not associated with a major label * Independent Albums, American albums chart Albums * ''Independent'' (Ai album), 2012 * ''Independent'' (Faze album), 2006 * ''Independent'' (Sacred Reich album), 1993 Songs * "Independent" (song), a 2007 song by Webbie * "Independent", a 2002 song by Ayumi Hamasaki from '' H'' News and media organizations * ''The Independent'', a British online newspaper. * '' The Malta Independent'', a Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service consists of channels in English, German, Spanish, and Arabic. The work of DW is regulated by the Deutsche Welle Act, meaning that content is intended to be independent of government influence. DW is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). DW offers regularly updated articles on its news website and runs its own center for international media development, DW Akademie. The broadcaster's stated goals are to produce reliable news coverage, provide access to the German language, and promote understanding between peoples. It is also a provider of live streaming world news which can be viewed via its website, YouTube, and various mobile devices and digital media players. DW has been broadcasting since 1953. It is headquartered in Bonn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gender Studies
Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field now overlaps with queer studies and men's studies. Its rise to prominence, especially in Western universities after 1990, coincided with the rise of deconstruction. Disciplines that frequently contribute to gender studies include the fields of literature, linguistics, human geography, history, political science, archaeology, economics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, cinema, musicology, media studies, human development, law, public health, and medicine. Gender studies also analyzes how race, ethnicity, location, social class, nationality, and disability intersect with the categories of gender and sexuality.Healey, J. F. (2003). ''Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Class: The Sociology of Group Conflict and Change''. In gender studie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Home Movement (Hungary)
Our Homeland Movement ( Hungarian: ''Mi Hazánk Mozgalom,'' MHM) is a Hungarian far-right political party founded by Ásotthalom mayor and former Jobbik Vice-President László Toroczkai and other Jobbik dissidents that left the organization after the party's leadership moved away from its radical beginnings. History On 14 October 2018, the party's politicians announced the party would organize a youth wing. On November 7, 2018, László Toroczkai announced to the media that 3 former Jobbik politicians, István Apáti, Erik Fülöp and János Volner joined his political party. János Volner later left. In early 2019, the party made an alliance with the right-wing Hungarian Justice and Life Party and the agrarian Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party. In May 2019, it was announced the party would be forming the National Legion, a uniformed 'self-defense' group similar to Magyar Gárda, the paramilitary wing Jobbik, which was banned in 2009. In 2019 loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dóra Dúró
Dóra Dúró (born 5 March 1987) is a Hungarian politician of the Our Homeland Movement, formerly spokesperson of the far-right nationalist political party Jobbik. After the 2010 elections, she was elected to the National Assembly of Hungary. Assuming office at the age of 23, she was the youngest member of the Országgyűlés until 2018. Her husband is Előd Novák, the former deputy leader of Jobbik. In 2018, after her expulsion from Jobbik, she joined László Toroczkai's new party Our Home Movement and became the party's single MP. Personal life In 2008, Dúró married fellow politician Előd Novák in the Church of Our Lady of the Hungarians in Gellért Hill Cave. They have a daughter, Hunóra Kincső, and three sons, Bottyán János, Nimród Nándor and Zente Levente. Life She was born in Szentes. Her father was a veterinarian and her mother was a housewife. She studied in Csépa, Döbrököz and Dombóvár. She graduated from the Illyés Gyula Grammar Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Toroczkai
László Toroczkai (born László Tóth, 10 March 1978) is a Hungarian politician, journalist, leader of the Our Homeland Movement political party, and former mayor of Ásotthalom. He is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He is also a founding member of the HVIM youth organization, the ''Hunnia'' national radical movement, and former Vice President of Jobbik. Between 2002 and 2013 he served as editor-in-chief of the '' Magyar Jelen'' newspaper. Family The Treaty of Trianon heavily impacted on his family. Ancestors from his mother's side were expelled from Rimetea and Cluj-Napoca; ancestors from his father's side were expelled from Sombor and Odžaci. As a fearful judge, one of his great-grandfathers, , had a major role in the aftermath of the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and was widely condemned for presiding over some of the notorious show trials. It was he who convicted Mária Wittner among others. Conservative right author Anna Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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