“Hungary’s young revolutionaries had changed how the world saw Goliath. Yes, but more importantly they had changed how the world saw Hungary and Hungarians, not as bitter-sweet ironists, witty pessimists

“From the mid-1980s the leading diplomats of the Western powers maintain a day-to-day contact with the Hungarian opposition, as well as with the leading reformists of the Hungarian Communist Party.

“The Wall symbolised what we already knew: that Communism was a system built on a fragile foundation. One that would not last. Communism everywhere and all the time must rely

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“In Hungarian memory and in the memory of Americans familiar with Europe’s post-war history, Cardinal József Mindszenty has become the embodiment of not only the friendship between our nations, but

“A neo-Nazi attack against a synagogue in the town of Halle, Eastern Germany, has shaken the Germany psyche. Two views have emerged about this. One is that the country is

“Austrian politics over the last six months has been marked by a series of head-scratching twists and turns. An executive summary: September’s snap elections revealed (yet again) clear majority support

“Australia and Hungary accept this – although unlike Hungary, Australia also has the world’s largest refugee programme, on a per capita basis, and since stopping the illegal migrant boats has

“The recent promotion of the idea that Western societies must permanently downplay and apologise for their Christian culture while promoting that of the incomers has widened the gulf between elite