But screenings in france were also met with widespread protests the outrage intensified in january when the season academy and now its the film lead the nominations the academy initially defended its actions saying it could not be expected to take a moral stance. That polanski fled the u. S. To avoid imprisonment after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a 13 Year Old Girl in 1998 and in november 2900. 00 french actress vantine manyi alleged that polanski raped in 1985 when she was 18 and that hes asian he has denied. For the time being the nominations for an officer and the spy i remain in place. And uses on board will be selected after the awards ceremony which takes place on february 28th. When french writer on the toll published his surrealist manifesto in paris in 1924 the movement was gathering momentum as an artistic and cultural revolution of the circle of painters writers and filmmakers that surrounded him reveled in fantastical Free Association works that tapped into the
Release from house arrest more than 2 years after being charged with treason in saudi arabia publishes plans to sell shares in its giant oil company around it a long list of risks. Brazils former leader litter the silver is rallying his supporters against the jailed watson our own government hes condemning the right wing president s policies calling on left leaning parties to take back the presidency in the next election that is about reports. Of i was received as a hero. In the state of help. If there is one place where the former Labor Union Leader is loved it is here that. I want to build this country with the same happiness that we built it when we govern this country my dream isnt to solve my problems today im a guy that doesnt have a job. A president without a pynchon not even a television in my apartment my life is totally blocks the only thing im serious in all of is that i have more courage to fight them before on thursday the Supreme Court said convicted criminals should exha
The life path of the most mysterious secretary general in the ussr. A twentyyearold young man from the province comes to another province 1. 00 km away to drive tugboats along the volga. There are no special ambitions in this. And looking at these volga expanses, where andropov spent his youth, we still cannot fully understand what motivated him in life as a person, which became a symbol of the kgb, the ussr for only 15 months. Stood at the helm of the state, this is the same office that served as a springboard for Yuri Andropov to the highest post of the country, the Central Place of great soviet mythology, the office of the chairman of the kgb of the ussr. These myths were empowering. With oldfashioned telephones with magical power, and the man at this table with inhuman power. But few people realized that this office, full of secret power, was not located somewhere in a deep bunker, literally in front of everyone. Andropovs office is on the third floor, its windows overlook to zerzh
but is he a democrat or has he subverted democracy and undermined the cause of freedom notjust in hungary, but across the eu? well, my guest, zsuzsanna szelenyi, was his ally in the early days of the fidesz party. now she is an arch critic. but has orban found a politicalformula illiberal democracy for which his opponents have no answer? zsuzsanna szelenyi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. when you look at your home country, hungary, today, in terms of its politics, its political culture, what do you see? well, hungary is in trouble. this is what i see first. it is diverting for a track where we entered 30 years ago, the western way of life. the generation of politicians which are characterised by fidesz, viktor orban s party, where i started my political career 32 years ago, we thought we are the party of the west. actually, orban, even 15 years ago, mentioned in a speech that fidesz party is the new western gener
had simply drifted off course. sally is here next. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. viktor 0rban can make a strong claim to be europe s most successful leader. after four consecutive election victories, he s admired by cultural conservatives and nationalists from moscow to washington. he wins elections, yes but is he a democrat or has he subverted democracy and undermined the cause of freedom notjust in hungary, but across the eu? well, my guest, zsuzsanna szelenyi, was his ally in the early days of the fidesz party. now she is an arch critic. but has 0rban found a politicalformula illiberal democracy for which his opponents have no answer? zsuzsanna szelenyi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. when you look at your home country, hungary, today, in terms of its politics, its political culture, what do you see? well, hungary is in trouble. this is what i see first. it