With this edition of Hungarian Review we celebrate one year of our journal’s existence, and look forward with hope to many more. We believe we have proved the need for a calm,
The context Every third Hungarian family services a loan denominated in foreign currency, predominantly in Swiss francs (CHF), drawn either to buy a house or a car. The whole stock
The 45-year-old Fidesz politician hails from Veszprém in western Hungary, and trained as a lawyer. He has represented the Veszprém constituency in Parliament since 2006, when he also became leader
On the 2011 Serbian Act on Restitution – from the Angle of History of my Home Town My father and I were born in the same house. (Literally, since in
On 25 October 2011, King Michael I of Romania celebrated his 90th birthday in Bucharest, with a speech to Parliament, a gala performance in his honour in the Opera and
V. Negotiations Stall In late 1943, the Allies were on a roll. Italy no longer carried weight as Germany’s principal European partner, and the Allies built up Joseph Broz-Tito’s ragtag
István Bibó and Bernard Crick An Internal Exile István Bibó (1911–1979) led what could well be called a secret, even hidden life. This is true to some extent of all
When three years ago two chapters of this book and a table of contents were shown to me, I immediately saw, despite what was then merely a quick and literal
Nation, fatherland, and national consciousness Critics of the concept of self-determination argue that it gives certain groups the right to become nations and establish national states – which fosters nationalism;
Zugliget presents a rather curious geographic formation on the edge of Budapest. With its hillocks and dales it shares a certain similarity with the Austrian Tyrol. Half-way up the hill
The only region of East Central Europe where the Hungarian Revolution of October–November 1956 found powerful echoes was Transylvania, whose large Hungarian minority could follow events unfolding in Hungary in
My recently published book, The 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight which reports on the 20,000 victims of the post-revolution reprisals, has received extensive and positive reviews in many forums of the press.
As it so happens, due to the circumstances of my life at the moment I drive almost daily down Dózsa György street, one of the main avenues of Budapest. I
Hungarian Plays from Transylvania Silenced Voices – Hungarian Plays from Transylvania is an impeccable volume that collects five of the “forgotten playwrights” of Central Europe: András Sütõ (1927–2006), János Székely
A Festival in his Memory “It is a quarter to 3. The last Amen of the Mass has just been pronounced… and I am coming to kiss your hands… while
HUNGARIAN REVIEW is
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E-mail: hungarianreview@hungarianreview.com
Publisher: Gergő Kereki
Editor-in-Chief: Tamás Magyarics
Deputy Editor-in-Chief: István Kiss
Associate Editors: Gyula Kodolányi, John O’Sullivan
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