Category Archives: social background HU

Neo-Nazi/Jobbik programs on Duna TV: The Orbán government has no objection

I have been planning for some time to write a post about the neo-Nazi propaganda that can be heard daily on Duna TV. Duna TV was established during the Antall government and is supposed to serve the Hungarian diaspora in … Continue reading

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The poor in the Budapest Hilton

Somewhat belatedly I will spend some time today on a singularly distasteful event that took place on December 22, the fourth Sunday of Advent. Advent is now celebrated widely in Hungary. When I was growing up I never heard of … Continue reading

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EU rights agency decries ‘mainstreaming’ of extremism in Hungary, Greece

Greece’s Golden Dawn and Hungary’s Jobbik have both been termed neo-Nazi parties by the World Jewish Congress. The European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency issued a series of recommendations last week aimed at stemming the “mainstreaming of elements of extremist ideology … Continue reading

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„Hungary persecutes those who fight against corruption”

Billions of euros-worth of tax is lost in Hungary each year because of VAT fraud. The tax authority suggests the issue is innate to the European tax system, and cannot be stopped. In November, a former analyst at Hungary’s National … Continue reading

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Hungary in focus

In recent years, Hungary has been a constant concern for anyone interested in European politics and Eurozine has published extensively on different aspects of the Hungarian situation. Ahead of the Hungarian elections in 2014, we have collected some of those … Continue reading

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András Schiff is right about Hungary

In recent years I have become increasingly despondent and alarmed at developments in Hungary, the latest of which were outlined by András Schiff (A shrine to our Nazi past, 12 December). From 1991 to 2000 I lived and worked in … Continue reading

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Yet another lunacy: Law on teaching foreign languages

Every bureaucracy tends to overregulate, but what has been going on since the Orbán government came into power defies imagination. Regulation on top of regulation in all aspects of life, which naturally makes not only the individual’s life ever more … Continue reading

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