NT: The government’s critics say that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is only friendly towards the European Union or Russia when he wants something from them – the rest of the time he is rather generous with his criticism – is that true? ZsN: I think it would be a mistake to
The Government Commissioner’s mandate is to coordinate tasks between different ministries, and to coordinate the strategy with 14 countries, 8 of which are in the EU. The 11 priority areas include transportation and conventional security, tourism and culture, energy, infrastructure, environment and water issues, social and labour market inclusion, and
In addition to our extensive gathering of data, the investigations of two brave Roman Catholic Priests offered the most reliable source of information. Márton Szűcs, retired Dean of Bácsszőllős, and József Kovács, retired Parson of Martonos, dedicated the last years of their lives to gathering data about the innocent Hungarians
On the Eve of the December 2012 Parliamentary Elections NT: Parliamentary elections will take place in Romania on 9 December. What is at stake? ChM: At stake is a power struggle between President Băsescu and the new Parliamentary majority. The latter is mainly the result of the collapse of the former ruling
PET output in Hungary in numbers: Annual output: 1.8 billion bottles/year, cca: 50,000 tonnesAnnual collection: 12,000 tonnesRecycling: 30–35% of the annual collectionPET material ending up on dumpsites: 38 thousand tonnes 1. The Good Old Days The car-park behind the Fehérvári Road market once held one of the treasures of Communist
1987 – November: Workers’ protests in Brasov (Brasso), brutally crushed by Securitate. 1989 – 16 December: Secret police attempts to arrest Hungarian pastor László Tőkés draw large crowds of ethnic Hungarians and Romanians, protests spread to other cities, army opens fire, then changes sides. The revolution begins. 22 December: Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and
The discovery of László Csatáry, the 97 year old former commander of the Kassa (now Košice in eastern Slovakia) ghetto, living quietly in a residential district in Budapest, drew international headlines in July. In the following article, I attempt to place both his case and the dilemma facing the Hungarian
NT: Both László Csatáry and Sándor Képíró were 97 year olds, living quiet lives at a remarkable age in the Hungarian capital, when they were suddenly hurled into the spotlight and accused of involvement in mass-murder. How would you compare or contrast the two cases? AG: The evidence suggests that Csatáry played
Ferenc Hörcher in Conversation with Nick Thorpe The blog Mos Maiorum (http://mosmaiorum.blog.hu/) has emerged as a quiet, considered, critical supporter of the Fidesz government, edited from a centre-right perspective. It was founded by Professor of Political Philosophy Ferenc Hörcher (b. 1964) and staff, students and ex-students at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University
Drava National Park, June 2012 Batina, Baranja county, North-Eastern Croatia The Danube, it seems, has always been in the wars. The war monument on the hill here overlooking the river commemorates the death of 2,000 mostly Ukrainian soldiers and Yugoslav partisans, trying to cross the Danube in small boats under
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