2017 in Hungary
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The following lists events that happened during 2017 in Hungary.
Incumbents[]
- President: János Áder
- Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán
- Speaker of the National Assembly: László Kövér
Events[]
- 21 January – A bus carrying Hungarian students crashes near Verona in northern Italy with 16 people dead and 26 injured.[1]
- 7 February The town of Ásotthalom lead by László Toroczkai bans the Muslim call to prayer, and Muslim clothing,[2][3]
- 13 March – János Áder is elected head of state of Hungary for a second term by the National Assembly.[4]
- 13 June – The Hungarian Parliament Passes a Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs. The law requires civil groups receiving foreign donations above a certain threshold to register as organizations funded from abroad.[5][6]
- 14–30 July – 2017 World Aquatics Championships are held in
Budapest[7] - 7–20 August – 2017 FINA World Masters Championships in Budapest[8]
Deaths[]
- January 22 – József Torgyán, politician (b. 1932)
- February 5 – Kálmán Katona, politician (b. 1948)
- March 8 – George Andrew Olah, chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1927)
- April 29 – Mátyás Usztics, actor (b. 1949)
- May 8 – Imre Földi, weightlifter (b. 1938)
- May 31 – István Szondy, modern pentathlete (b. 1925)
- July 11 – Éva Schubert, actress (b. 1931)[9]
- August 30 – Károly Makk, film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
References[]
- ^ "Italy school bus crash and fire leaves 16 dead". BBC News. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- ^ "The village aiming to create a white utopia". BBC News. 7 February 2017.
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/14/a-hungarian-village-declared-war-on-muslim-immigration-few-objected/
- ^ "A második körben szavazták meg Ádert". Magyar Nemzet (in Hungarian). 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Hungarian Parliament Passes Law Targeting Foreign-Funded NGOs". 14 June 2017.
- ^ "Hungary approves strict regulations on foreign-funded NGOs". BBC News. 13 June 2017.
- ^ "FINA's 2017 World Aquatics Championships Page". Archived from the original on 2016-09-03. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
- ^ 2017 FINA World Masters Championships Website
- ^ "Meghalt Schubert Éva". Origo. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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