Category Archives: social background HU

(Senator Cardin, in the US Congressional Record, December 11 2014, gives a temperate but extremely alarming summary of the ongoing events in the country that is rapidly unravelling democracy while enjoying full membership in the European Union.) Mr. CARDIN. Madam … Continue reading →

On November 14, 2013 the General Assembly of Budapest voted for the a local law that would criminalize street homeless in a large part of the city. For more information, please visit: www.avarosmindenkie.blog.hu

Although András Schiff is commendable for his piano playing and his passion (Hungarians must face their Nazi past, not venerate it, 11 December), he does not seem to know much about the last 20 years in Europe. Criticising the christening … Continue reading →

BUDAPEST — “During my years abroad, both in the U.S. and Australia, I always said that I liked living there, but that I want to be buried in my home, in Hungary,” said the philosopher Agnes Heller, who at the … Continue reading →

Last month in Budapest a new statue was unveiled to a dangerous man. Right in the heart of the city – in Szabadság Tér (Freedom Place) – there now stands a monument to one of Hitler’s closest allies: Admiral Miklós … Continue reading →

HUNGARY’S homelessness problem is nowhere more visible than in the historic heart of Budapest. Homeless people pull down their trousers and underwear in full view of startled tourists before relieving themselves on the pavement near parliament. Small piles of human … Continue reading →

Denmark and New Zealand are the cleanest nations in the world in terms of corruption perceived in the public sector, Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2013 showed on Tuesday. Hungary ranks 23rd out of 31 European countries, which puts it … Continue reading →