Culture is a word that in recent times has increased its meanings to a remarkable degree. Not long ago it was largely restricted to Matthew Arnold’s definition of “the best which has been thought and said in the world” or, slightly more broadly, to the arts of painting, music, sculpture,
Some time ago I reached for a book by my favourite author Claudio Magris, called Danube. What stuck in my memory was a short chapter devoted to the town of Pécs, or more precisely, in praise of the local white wine, which – according to the Italian writer – is
Answers can be found successfully if we use our reason and if we seek the Common Good. In the 21st century either Common Good will prevail or ideologies of superiority: superiority of a nation, a religion, a race, a social class… Either peace, justice, humanity will triumph or hatred, violence
In the early 1990s diplomacy was indeed a growth industry: as independent countries proliferated, so did diplomatic missions and their staff. The unexpected, sudden and relatively peaceful breakup of the Soviet Union introduced, or rather re-introduced Ukraine to the international community as a sizeable power that even had some nuclear
Multiculturalism is in its essence anti-European civilisation. It is basically an anti-Western ideology. Samuel Huntington If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. George Orwell Not long before the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris I happened to
Keynote Speeches of the International Consultation On Christian Persecution, Budapest, 11–13 October 2017* Yesterday was the 11th anniversary of the discovery of the dead body of the beheaded Syriac Orthodox Vicar, Father Paulos Iskander in Mosul. His kidnappers had demanded 350,000 dollars for his freedom. Yet, two days later it
First of all, I would like to express our gratitude to those who have helped us survive. My special thanks go to the Hungarian Government for the donation of two million euros. This amount, which was aimed at supporting the return of the inhabitants of Telsqof on the Niniveh Plateau,
Let us please also share our experiences. God had a reason to allow us to assemble here and ask for his blessing to this country, which has proved that its assistance is available for persecuted Christians, wherever in the world. This is a unique, special meeting that has been convened
EUROPEAN ETHNIC MINORITIES As once unerringly pointed out by Christoph Pan, an expert on the South Tyrolean minority, an “old question within the new Europe” has not gone away, i.e. the question of autochthonous national or ethnic minorities. This is an “old question”, because it implies the formation of a
The Problem of Ambiguity in the Language of Politics The first decades of the twenty-first century witnessed a notable rise in war and political violence. After the End of History we entered, at the millennium, a new Age of Anger.1 The United States was at war a startling two out
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