Author:

Nikolett Csányi – Zoltán Ká

More than 10,000 people accompanied the students of the University of Theater and Cinematographic Arts on October 23, who had been blocking the institution for 54 days.

There is growing resistance from students and professors to the erosion of the autonomy of the University of Theater and Film Arts (SZFE) due to the government’s decision to continue the university as a foundation under Attila Vidnyánszky. More and more world-famous artists are joining the solidarity movement around SZFE, but the Vidnyánszky family is not expanding. You can follow the latest developments in the SZFE scandal in our article series.

The demonstration “Freedom for all – Commemoration of 56” began on Friday afternoon, as in 1956, in front of the Technical University and ended in Urania.

You can read our minute-by-minute report on the event here and our summary here.


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