Hungarian Film Wins First-Ever Golden Globe Award 2016. 01. 15. On Sunday, for the first time in history, a Hungarian production was named best foreign film at the Golden Globe Awards. Son of Saul also took the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and is on the short list for the 88th Academy Awards. [Blog post by Andrea Bocskor]
Focus on the safety of Europe’s external borders 2015. 12. 15. On Tuesday the European Commission will propose a motion to set up an ad-hoc deployable European Border and Coast Guard. The plenary session of the European Parliament has dealt with this matter. At the debate Kinga Gál welcomed the Commission's proposal to focus on the protection of external borders, however, she also drew attention to the sensitive issue regarding State Members sovereignty.
Fidesz Congress Issues Declaration on Europe: “We Need a Strong Europe” 2015. 12. 14. “The time has come for speech, which is open and frank,” begins the declaration issued by the delegates attending the Fidesz party congress on Sunday, where Viktor Orbán was re-elected as president and Ildiko Gáll-Pelcz, member of the European Parliament, was re-elected as a vice-president.
Debate on the special report concerning FRONTEX 2015. 12. 02. Kinga Gál MEP on todays plenary session in Brussels did the following speech on the debate of the "Special report of the European Ombudsman in own-initiative inquiry concerning Frontex"
After Paris, Security is the First Priority 2015. 11. 26. After such a tragedy, the first words are often about shock and sorrow for the victims. Inevitably, what soon follows is a discussion about what should be done to prevent it from happening again. [Blog post by András Gyürk]
Reasonable Accommodation of Deaf and Hard of Hearing People Should Be Seen As an Investment 2015. 11. 25. Hungary has become a leader in enabling deaf and hearing impaired people to communicate without problems, whether they are at the workplace or at home, said MEP Ádám Kósa at a conference organized to identify the needs of deaf and hearing impaired people to live a more complete life.
Hungarian Solidarity: Tents, Beds and Armed Forces to Aid Slovenia 2015. 11. 24. Despite reports to the contrary, we do indeed have a sense of solidarity here among the Member States on the EU’s southeastern frontier. As they say, in hard times you recognize who your friends are—those who try to help. [Blog post by András Gyürk]
Roadmap for Linguistic Diversity unveiled 2015. 11. 19. NPLD network highlights value of all languages for social cohesion and development, calls on EU to actively support vulnerable languages, European Commission recalls linguistic regulation is competency of member states
Another Milestone on Hungary’s Impressive Road to Economic Recovery? 2015. 11. 19. The forecasts for Hungary’s economy have been trending positive for the past couple of years, a demonstration that the Orbán Government’s reforms are working. [Blog post by Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz]
