A Migrant’s Perspective Being a migrant – specifically being a refugee – is when a person or people move from one place to another to escape danger and look for a better life. From the beginning until today, migration has always been a habit for humans. It will stay that way as dictated by human nature…
Tag: Hungary
Milán Rózsa, activist and beloved friend died
Photo of Milan Rozsa taken by Fekete Hajnal. The Hungarian activist community is mourning: one of our leading figures, a dominant fighter of the LGBTI equality movement has died in an apparent suicide aged just 26. He had been struggling with depression for some time. Milan Rozsa was one of the most…
Green Check-in: Hungary
From Serbia to Norway, the Ecosprinter has done a quick check in with some of our Greens and Young Green friends around Europe to see what they are doing and what we should look out for! Makádi Balázs, Hungarian Greens “The Greens are chaining themselves to trees and want to save the whales and these…
Three Green Parties – Zero Votes
Nothing new under the Hungarian Sun… Reporting about green results at elections in Hungary traditionally consists of explaining why not. Therefore I will skip this part of the story. It is hardly likely that I would find any excuse or factor that hasn’t been cited yet. The Hungarian green voters could find themselves in a…
How to survive in the most pessimistic country
-A short introduction to the Life of the Hungarian Young Greens- In Hungary, if you belong to a green NGO, your going into politics is considered to be something strange and uncommon, partly because politics is seen by most people in the green movement as something rotten, something which makes you fall into discredit if…
Beyond the eyes
Referendum in Hungary, April 12 The referendum on the accession in Hungary did not bring a surprising result: more than 80% of the voters were in favour, just as predicted according to the polls. Several other aspects of the voting and the preparations however remain obscure. First of all, there was an unexpectedly low rate…