Kilometres long ‘human chain’ of students, in solidarity of their teachers encircling central #Budapest. Teachers are demanding higher wages and better working conditions, protests have been going on for weeks.
Some more photos of the 13-km long human chain of students around Budapest this morning, from our photographer, Viktor Veres of HVG. Students are demonstrating in solidarity with their teachers.
Domestic energy prices have risen by over 60% in Hungary this year so far; food prices are more than 30% higher; overall inflation is 20,1% _by_the_end_of_September_.
And winter is coming. We can only hope it won't be a nuclear one.
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About 16.000 teachers are missing from the over-centralized and underfunded public education of #Hungary, which offers unliveable wages, worsening teaching and learning conditions, and on top of all this, politically silences institutions and pedagogues.
Students, teachers and parents are protesting across and all over #Hungary today, on #InternationalTeachersDay. The govt has virtually stripped teachers of their strike rights earlier this year, and last Friday multiple teachers were fired for engaging in civil disobedience.
Forint, Hungary's currency is in a free fall today. It may not be the last days of the Orbán government - far from it - but certainly seems like a reality check on the failed policies of Orbánomics.
We're following illiberal big brother Turkey into a deepening economic crisis.
According to Reuters, @EU_Commission will recommend the suspension of up to 70% of 22.5 billion euros worth of cohesion funds earmarked for #Hungary from the EU's 2021-27 budget.
That could be a staggering 15,75 billion euros.
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After sacking weather experts they gave orders to hunt down frogs, also transport bears to hibernate in Slovakia this winter & swallows cannot cross the Southern boarder next Spring - they shall apply for entry in Romania or Austria. #Hungary#weather https://t.co/Adia9gcA64
The agony Dom Phillips & Bruno Perreiro's families must be feeling right now. It's unfathomable. Journalists and indigenous rights activists should never be targets. Shout for justice. Support orgs like @Global_Witness@JFJfund@IndexCensorship. Make this the last time it happens
1000s are in jail in #Belarus for protesting a fraudulent election. One is Andrei. He's been there for 500 days today. In that time we've had Covid vaccines, war in Europe, Euro cup, Winter Olympics, return of Taliban rule, 2 Eurovisions-the list goes on
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BREAKING: Environmental activists held protests in front of Hungarian embassies across Europe, from Norway to Ukraine, to demand PM Viktor Orbán stop blocking the EU embargo on Russian oil and support peace.
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In recent days, Orbán amended Hungary's constitution to be able to declare a state of emergency if there's war in a neighbouring country (even if Hungary is not affected). Then instantly triggered the new law. Consequence for journalists: gov't can continue to dodge FOIA requests
Glass breaking and balalaikas: Hollywood portrays #Russia as ethnically homogenous and exclusively Russian speaking. This reaffirms the imperial narrative behind the invasion of #UkraineRussiaWar@rynkrynk via @iwm_vienna https://t.co/zlZsCiMoKt