Category: 1990

Looking Back on the Regime Change of 1990 – from 1996 Keeping the third part of my Hungarian Review interview series on the governmental work of 1990 on the back burner, in this issue, I have proposed to print one of my unpublished talks from 1996. It is a short

A Hungarian Review interview with Gyula Kodolányi Part II HR: Do you have a good metaphor or image that might describe Antall as a political individual? For example, as a negotiator? GyK: I have written several times about József Antall’s personality, taking a different approach each time. I would say

József Antall(1932–1993) ON THE ROAD TO NATIONAL RENEWAL This is indeed a solemn moment as I stand here before the Hungarian National Assembly and before the nation. It is a moment preceded by seemingly endless waiting, a moment we often thought might never come, or if it ever came, most

The date I am contemplating is 22 June 1990. Hungarian Premier József Antall is on an official visit to Bonn, Germany. The guards of honour line up in front of the Chancellery, as do the delegates from Hungary. We wait briefly, then a tall, burly man steps outside and greets