More than ten thousand people have taken part in Gay Pride in Hungary’s capital Budapest. <br /><br />People of all ages came to call for greater tolerance and protest against discrimination, as well as enjoy a party atmosphere.<br /><br />The march passed off peacefully with just a few minor incidents. It comes after recent years when violent far-right demonstrators disrupted the marches.<br /><br />One participant and businessman, Peter Arvai said: “ I feel like there is a big change happening in Budapest. A few years ago there was riots by some protesters. Today more than seven hundred companies in Hungary have come out in support for pride.”<br /><br />Dozens of far-right extremists including neo-Nazis held anti-gay protests but a heavy police presence prevented them from getting near the march.<br /><br />Elsewhere, in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, Gay Pride was cancelled after police said they couldn’t guarantee the safety of those taking part – a decision criticised by Amnesty international.<br /><br />Euronews correspondent in Budapest, Gergely Bartfai says the 19th Budapest Pride Festival was basically peaceful. Although there were some smaller incidents it showed that fundamentally Budapest is a tolerant European city.
