Category Archives: social background HU

Elections unlikely to halt mass exodus from Hungary

Posted on March 5, 2014 by ellenpolus

Budapest (AFP) – Disgusted by the state of their economy and the quality of their politicians, Hungarians are abandoning their country in droves. An election in April is unlikely to lure them home. Agnes left her job in a multinational … Continue reading →

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Eastern Europe Goes South

Posted on March 1, 2014 by ellenpolus

Disappearing Democracy in the EU’s Newest Members Regression to the mean: unveiling a bust of Hungary’s one-time ruler Miklos Horthy, 2013. (Laszlo Balogh / Courtesy Reuters) (…) Hungary has led the trend. In 2010, after the disastrous reign of a … Continue reading →

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Nyilatkozat a magyar történészek tiltakozásának támogatására / Declaration in support of the protest by Hungarian historians

Posted on February 2, 2014 by ellenpolus

Mi, a magyar történelem különböző kérdéseinek kutatói támogatjuk magyar kollégáink 2014. január 24-én kelt tiltakozását a budapesti Szabadság téren felállítandó megszállási emlékmű terve ellen. Bármilyen fontos is kimutatni az 1944-45-ös német megszállás pusztító következményeit, a legtragikusabb következményének előidézésében – Nagy-Magyarország … Continue reading →

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Dossier: Focus on Hungary

Posted on February 1, 2014 by ellenpolus

The Heinrich Böll Foundation is compiling a dossier containing articles on the situation in Hungary since the right-wing government came to power in April 2010. Our intentions are twofold: to highlight and reflect on the most important changes in the … Continue reading →

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There are some who stand up and refuse to be part of the Hungarian Holocaust charade

Posted on January 31, 2014 by ellenpolus

I would like to share two documents with you. Both are reactions to the Hungarian government’s resolve to rewrite twentieth-century Hungarian history. The first is a letter sent by Steven J. Fenves, a Holocaust survivor and one of our readers. … Continue reading →

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European Parliament vote: a step too far?

Posted on January 31, 2014 by ellenpolus

Polls suggest extremists will profit from Europe’s economic woes to make record gains in the May elections. Here, we analyse them country by country (…) HUNGARY The antisemitic Jobbik party is likely to retain its seats in May, but that … Continue reading →

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Statue of limitations

Posted on January 31, 2014 by ellenpolus

THE Hungarian government’s Holocaust memorial year has got off to a bad start. Randolph Braham of City University of New York, a historian of the genocide of Hungarian Jews, has returned an award given by a former president. A survivor … Continue reading →

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