Showing posts with label hungary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hungary. Show all posts

Monday, 9 April 2018

OSCE criticism of Hungarian elections get the facts.

Hungarian elections were held recently.
the observation mission from the OSCE has criticised the conduct of the meeting. Find out why by downloading their full report.
they also have reports of earlier missions covering previous elections.


for official information try the Hungarian election commission
the National Parliament website has an English Language version with details of the electoral laws.
background information on the electoral system can be found on the IFES website. It includes results from previous events.


News service
Hungary today English language news had weekly round up of events.
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty.


Hungarian media
24 hr
About Hungary - official blog of Hungarian prime minister government
Magyar Nemzet


Commentary
Hungarian Spectrum features daily analyses of news from Hungary—political, economic, and cultural. Its editor and primary pundit is Eva S. Balogh, who formerly taught East European history at Yale University
Conversation blog.
Europp Blog.













Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Hungary referendum - useful academic resources




A referendum related to the European Union's migrant resettlement plans was held on 2 October 2016. it was commonly referred to as the kvótanépszavazás or kvótareferendum (quota referendum) in the Hungarian media. While an overwhelming majority of voters rejected the EU's migrant quotas, turnout was too low to make the poll valid.

Here are some useful sites for beginning research

The Hungarian National Election office has the results (in English) . It includes nationwide and regional data.
Most news services are offered in Hungarian only. However,
Magyarhirlap newspaper has an English language section where you can look at recent articles.

For background information on Hungarian migration policy.
try these respources: 

About Hungary gives the Hungarian viewpoint for an English speaking audience it includes press releases and background information relating to the recent referendum
The EU immigration portal has links to the key Hungarian government policies and legislation on immigration
IOM has background information and data  on policy and the current trends in Hungary
European Migration Network has data from Department of European Cooperation in the Ministry of Interior. It also has research studies on the impact of specific policies on labour/ integration in different countries

Analysis


compares a number of indicators in different countries giving some insight into experiences of immigrants there

Hungarian Demographic Research Institute has some papers on population trends and immigration.
Migration to the Centre focuses upon the impact of the EU policies of migration and integration in Central European Countries

The European website on integration from the European Commission has details of policy plus links to Hungarian language legislation, policy assessments and papers covering migrants and immigration..












Monday, 5 July 2010

More useful sites for researching hungarian elections and politics

The office of the President website has information in English about the role of the president, recent events and biographies of past presidents from 2000 onwards.
The Hungarian National Election office has background information on the electoral system, legislation . information from 1996-2008 . It doesnt seem to include presidential elections.

The Centre for the Study of Public Policy (CSPP), based at the University of Aberdeen, specialises in comparative public policy research. Since 1991 it has been conducting a unique programme of survey research in 15 post-Communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. Information about Hungarian studies can be found on the website.
Project on Political Transformation and the Electoral Process in Post-Communist Europe based at the University of Essex also has some past data on parliamentary elections in Hungary
OSCE ODIHR has an online collection of information on the electoral system , the text of electoral laws and some election observation reports on its website
Finally
Erik Herrons website has an excellent collection of links to political sites and news resources relating to Hungary. These focus on sites based in Hungary.

Hungary Presidential elections

Presidential elections will take place in Hungary on July 7th
The IFES website has a basic guide to the elections.
It lists the main candidates as
Pál SCHMITT - further information can be found on the Party: Hungarian Civic Union / Magyar Polgári Szövetség (Fidesz)website. information and recent speeches via the European parliament website
Krisztina MORVAI more on the party website The Movement for a Better Hungary / Magyarországért Mozgalom (Jobbik)

András BALOGH Hungarian Socialist Party / Magyar Szocialista Párt (MSZP)
for news information on the elections try Transitions online news stories (subscriptions required to access some stories)
Politics Hungary is a good source of English language political news. from the all Hungary media group