AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoHungary’s LGBTQ+ policy shift: The Tisza government has submitted a child protection bill to Parliament that would remove the 2021 law’s references to homosexuality and transgender identity, replacing them with rules focused on age-appropriate content and bans on sexual exploitation, harmful sexual content, and related offenses. EU court pressure on adoption rules: Hungary is also moving to scrap Orban-era restrictions on same-sex adoption after an EU court ruling, with the government framing the change as aligning law with children’s best interests. Budapest’s big ideas festival: Brain Bar 2026 returns to Budapest (Sept. 17–18) at the House of Music Hungary, bringing 100+ talks and workshops on the future, with Hungarian public figures and chess icon Judit Polgár involved. Culture & craft abroad: Hungarian folk arts ties continue as American potters Mark and Joyce Nafziger returned from Budapest’s Festival of Folk Arts, highlighting how tradition travels and reshapes makers’ styles. Local arts calendar: A Budapest Contemporary Art Fair is slated for Oct. 2–4 at Bálna, adding another stop for culture-hungry weekend plans.
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