The Orban government spent billions on Hungarian football clubs in Serbia, Romania and Slovakia Published: 21 December 2018 Analysis The Hungarian government is financially supporting soccer wherever it can: new stadiums are being built across the country. Besides professional soccer, there is a huge amount of money spent on junior teams and training the new generations of soccer players as well. Oroszi Babett
To whom does the regulation of prostitution serve? Published: 23 June 2014 Analysts believe that the sex market will be very active during the World Cup. In Brazil, prostitution is not a crime, but it is not regulated as a profession either. Nalu Faria
The World Cup Must Be Sustainable – But This Is Mostly Rhetoric Published: 17 June 2014 The Brazilian government has planned a "sustainable World Cup". Great distances for the visitors and participants, and the immense construction works make it difficult to comply with the green agenda. Moreover: civil society actors have been largely ignored by the government initiative. Julia Ziesche
Sporting Homeless Published: 17 June 2014 Brazilian athletes and activists choose sport trainings as a form of creative protest. They want to call attention to the dismal training conditions for the mega-event and they demonstrate: sport is more than a commercial spectacle. Andreas Behn
The Right to the City and Forced Evictions Published: 13 June 2014 In this interview professor Orlando Alves dos Santos Júnior (Research Institute of Urban and Regional Planning at Rio de Janeiro University), talks about the violations against citizen's rights that are happening in Brazil. Manoela Vianna
We were not invited to the party: Women and the World Cup Published: 13 June 2014 Elisangela's story is one among many of women heads of families who live in favelas of Brazilian cities, and who are suffering with the forced removals being carried out give way to World Cup-related construction works. Marilene de Paula tells her story. Marilene de Paula
Removals – Resistance Comes from Residents Published: 11 June 2014 Antonieta Rodriguês is a former resident of Campinho, a community located in Madureira, north of Rio de Janeiro City. The woman lost her home and is now engaging against the removals and the injustices arising from the construction works. Manoela Vianna
Legal Actions or Unlawful Interventions? Published: 6 June 2014 The burden for Brazil's costly stadiums is mainly carried by the habitants of the poorest neighborhoods, the favelas. That the habitants generally had little or no formal education and were insufficiently informed of their rights was exploited by the authorities. Lando Dämmer, Mara Natterer
Dossier: World cup for whom? World cup for what? Published: 6 June 2014 Brazil will host the most expensive World Cup of all time. Around 85 percent of the expenses will be funded with public money. For the first time in history, a multitude of questions are being raised about the real meaning of an international mega-event for the host population. This web dossier was designed to add relevant data regarding the guarantee of people's rights and as offer for critical perspectives about the realities on the ground.
