Category Archives: EN

Museum services suffer as unpaid volunteers and interns replace staff

Posted on November 3, 2013 by ellenpolus

Funding cuts have forced museums and galleries to employ more unpaid volunteers and reduce the numbers of museum professionals, affecting education and outreach programmes. (UK) More than a third of museums and galleries were forced to cut their paid staff … Continue reading →

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Bust of Admiral Miklos Horthy to be unveiled on Sunday

Posted on November 3, 2013 by ellenpolus

A bronze bust of Admiral Miklos Horthy (pictured here with Adolph Hitler) will be unveiled this Sunday at the Hungarian Reformed Church’s Hazatérés Temploma (the “Homecoming Temple”) in Budapest’s 5th district.  The event coincides with the 75th anniversary of the First … Continue reading →

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Disrupting Business: Art & Activism in Times of Financial Crisis

Posted on November 2, 2013 by ellenpolus

Disrupting Business explores some of the interconnections between art, activism and the business concept of disruptive innovation. With a backdrop of the crisis in financial capitalism and austerity cuts in the cultural sphere, the idea is to focus on potential … Continue reading →

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Hungary’s ‘Magyar Hajnal’ assert far right identity against others’

Posted on November 1, 2013 by ellenpolus

A longlasting racial conflict appears to be rekindling in Hungary. Hardcore believers in the political far right are assuming a new name. They are keen to establish their identity with a party called Hungarian Dawn – ‘Magyar Hajnal’. Their bid … Continue reading →

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In Hungary, Anti-Semitism Rises Again

Posted on October 29, 2013 by ellenpolus

By: MARIANNE SZEGEDY-MASZAK ARLINGTON, Virginia — My father, Aladar Szegedy-Maszak, a Hungarian diplomat, dined with Adolf Hitler three times. And then he went to the concentration camp at Dachau. As secretary to the Hungarian ambassador to Germany from 1932 to … Continue reading →

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Viktor Orbán’s shameful speech

Posted on October 28, 2013 by ellenpolus

But the greatest indignation was caused by the content of your speech. You excluded people from the nation who are increasingly dissatisfied with your politics…. You have no right and no basis to brand any of your political opponents as … Continue reading →

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Hungarian philosopher criticizes state media after attack from gov’t spokesman

Posted on October 28, 2013 by ellenpolus

Philosopher Ágnes Heller has replied to criticism from Fidesz international communications under-secretary Ferenc Kumin for participating as an interviewee in what he called an “unbalanced” Swedish state television documentary. She wrote in an open letter: “Dear Ferenc Kumin, listen to … Continue reading →

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