When asked on one occasion how Poland managed to post a year of moderate growth in 2009, when the rest of Europe stumbled drunkenly into the red, the Polish Prime
On 7 February, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke before the European Parliament in Strasbourg – at his own request – to explain his government’s policies and face MEPs’ questions.
Values and Dangers in the Hungarian Economy Whe investment bank analysts’ community and the Western political commentariat, writing about Hungary, have mostly focused on the twists and turns of the
The Roma Strategy NT: What have been the results of your first months in office?ZB: The first result – and this is a very important one for Hungary, not just for me
In the 1980s and 1990s, Jaromír Šíbl was one of very few Slovaks to openly oppose the massive Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros hydroelectric project on the River Danube. The contract to build it was
Today is the beginning of a series of events in Hungary and Sweden accompanying the commemorative year, organized by the two countries to honour a person whose memory constitutes one
In Hungary, for many years after 1948, it was not possible to write or speak about Raoul Wallenberg in public. In November 1984, I broke the taboo for the fi
Inside and Outside Majority Culture Inside and Outside Majority Culture Does a Roma philosophy exist? Many would not hesitate to answer “no”. Others declare that such a philosophy probably does
Catch-up Strategies in the Far East Since the earliest times, the history of economics has been marked by the fundamental collision of two confl icting approaches regarding the question of
Marina Tsvetaeva and The Poem of the Mountain Too much rubbish? Little sweeping? –Grieving mountains! Poets coupled by a single dash –suspended…over nothingness – the no one of our bodies.(Marina Tsvetaeva, An Attempt at a Room)
János Xántus, the 19th Century Naturalist Two passages may stand side by side to illustrate the appraisal and achievement in the United States of John (János) Xántus, 19th century Hungarian
In Memoriam Tamás Körösényi Sculptor – (18 February 1953 – 25 June 2010) “Hello, this is Tamás Körösényi”, he would say on the phone, quietly but firmly, always a bit
The 43rd Hungarian Film Week from a documentary filmmaker’s point of veiw The 43rd Hungarian Film Week almost did not happen. After it was made clear that no state funding
Can we talk about Hungarian wine, Austrian wine, French wine? If we can, is the specificity linked to nation states, or is it purely geographical? Surely, no one would deny
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