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The following lists events that happened during 2017 in Hungary.
Incumbents
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]
- May – The World Congress of Families holds it 11th World Conferences in Budapest, Hungary with PM Viktor Orbán host.[5]
- May – Former Leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin who was trying to emigrate, was banned from Hungary as he was perceived to be a "national security threat", according to security sources cited in the Hungarian weekly newspaper Magyar Narancs.[6]
- 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.[7][8]
- 14 July–30 July – 2017 World Aquatics Championships are held in
Budapest[9] - 7 August–20 August – 2017 FINA World Masters Championships in Budapest[10]
- 4 November – Renovation of Metro Line 3 begins in the northern section between Újpest-központ and Dózsa György út stations.[11]
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)[12]
- August 30 – Károly Makk, film director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
See also
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.
- ↑ "A Hungarian village declared 'war' on Muslim immigration. Few objected". The Washington Post. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Hungary's prime minister welcomes US 'anti-LGBT hate group'". the Guardian. 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ "Far right leader Nick Griffin banned from Hungary". Shropshire Star. 29 May 2017. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 16 July 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
- ↑ "Novemberben kezdődik a 3-as metró felújítása - Magyar Nemzet". 2018-04-10. Archived from the original on 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Meghalt Schubert Éva". Origo. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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