Budapest: Police have announced "the protest had lost its peaceful nature." Telling folks to leave. Lots of riot police in the area.
8 month agoProtesters facing the police, firecrackers and tear gas grenades exchanged. -Index.hu
8 month agoAnti-Orban protest tonight in Budapest, Hungary
8 month agoBudapest protests day 3: crowd of approx 2000 maybe more marched through city centre incl Christmas market, at parl again, prominent Jobbik presence, more football chants, but crowd still predom 18-24 yo students, firecracker just been thrown at police
Representative of the Hungarian Prime Minister: we will block the integration of Ukraine
8 month agoProtest enters Budapest's main Christmas market
8 month agoProtesters marching against Orbán's government in Budapest arriving at Liberty Bridge - Index.hu
8 month agoProtest continue tonight in Budapest, after the speeches, the crowd is marching towards Margaret Bridge.
OSCE(ODHIR), Council of Europe and Venice Commission author joint opinion: Hungary must repeal the law imposing a 25% tax on foreign/domestic financial support to immigration-supporting activity: "HU's immigration tax violates free expression and association and should be repealed"
8 month agoThe creation of an administrative court system in Hungary makes a mockery of judicial independence and rule of law. Prez should reject law. Popular protests announced 3rd night in a row: @hrw
Hungarian pro-governmental press on the protests:Soros's activists are destroying Budapest, want to create a chaos like in Ukraine (Maidan). Wonderful to see how much the Orbán government identifies itself with Yanukovich's system,making him a hero and martyr.
Hungary's foreign minister says Cyprus's offshore gas deposits could become an alternative energy source for his country, which is seeking to diversify its natural gas supply beyond Russia in order to bolster its energy security
Escalating Jobbik leader warns Orbán in FB video that if 'slave law' not withdrawn and police not ordered to stop teargassing, then Jobbik's base in the provinces will come defend Budapest protestors
8 month agoRally at Hungary's parliament
Second day of demonstrations planned in Budapest today to protest against the government's "slave law" allowing 400 hours of overwork. Yesterday's protests lasted around 1 am, with riot police dispersing people with tear gas. Photo: Rebeka Csóti/Zoom.hu
8 month agoProtest in Budapest tonight, police several times used pepper spray
8 month agoThe moment police in Budapest use tear gas against anti-government protesters in Kossuth square. Photo under copyright. Credits: Viktor Veres/Zoom.hu
8 month agoProtest moved to the southern entrance of parliament
8 month agoPolice just sprayed the crowd
8 month agoProtest in Budapest
8 month agoProtest in Budapest, Hungary now
8 month agoProtestors on the steps of Parliament.
8 month agoProtesters w EU flag on Fidesz HQ balcony, riot police pushing back
8 month agoProtesters on the street in central Budapest
8 month agoOrbán's TEK (counter terrorism commando brigade) heading downtown.
Hungary to set up courts overseen directly by government
8 month agoAs the National Assembly of Hungary descends into chaos, opposition MP Bence Tordai rolls up on PM Orban and trolls him to his face. This is unprecedented. Orban is visibly uncomfortable. He was not counting on this.
8 month agoHungary finally admitted that the army bought two Dassault Falcon 7x business jets, not one. The Falcons and two recently purchased Airbus A319s make up ~12-13% of the yearly defense budget.
Hungary FM Szijjarto demanded that Ukraine amend the education law and postpone its implementation until 2023, otherwise Budapest will block meetings important for Ukraine at the level of the EU and NATO.
Soros-founded school says it is being forced out of Hungary
