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Awarding by the Békés County Council- the Nationality Award 0
- Social
- 15 January 2019
Five people have been awarded by the Békés County Council, recognizing their work for the diversity, language and culture of the nationalities. Each year the Békés County Council organizes a celebration of the 18th of December National Day. This year, the national prize, founded by the General Assembly, was awarded in Békés. The goal of
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The Romanian-Hungarian White Corps Library was inagurated 0
- Social
- 14 January 2019
The Romanian-Hungarian White Corbis Library was inaugurated in Cluj-Napoca. During the event, the students from George Bariţiu High School recited in Romanian the poem “Walesi bárdok” by Arany János and “Szeptember végén” written by Petőfi Sándor, creating a more pleasant atmosphere during the event. Those present listened with excitement the poem in Romanian, mourning the
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The fourth day of the revolt against the Orbán regime 0
- Foreign, Political
- 14 January 2019
Viktor Orbán fooled those people in Veszprém who were certain that the prime minister would join Zsolt Semjén, László Kövér, and Péter Harrach at a mass celebrating Archbishop Gyula Márfi’s 75th birthday. Márfi is one of the two most conservative members of the Catholic hierarchy in the country. I would call him a reactionary if
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On the Surface, Hungary Is a Democracy. But What Lies Underneath?0
- Foreign, Political
- 9 January 2019
BUDAPEST — When the Hungarian government coerced the Central European University, a leading college in Budapest, into shutting some of its operations in December, it did not do so by threat of physical force. Viktor Orban, the far-right prime minister of Hungary, never jailed a C.E.U. professor or ordered the university to close by
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Szijjártó: 2018 Year of Record-Breaking Investments 0
- Economic, Foreign
- 8 January 2019
Government efforts to boost investment set new records in 2018 both in terms of the number of projects and their combined value, the foreign minister said on Thursday. The Hungarian economy saw a total of 98 major investments worth 1,380 billion forints (EUR 4.3bn) last year, Péter Szijjártó told a news conference. The government contributed
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Hungarians Fume as Statue of Former Leader Is Downgraded 0
- Foreign, Political
- 7 January 2019
BUDAPEST — A statue of Imre Nagy, who was prime minister during the 1956 Hungarian uprising against Soviet rule, has stood since 1996 in Martyrs’ Square, adjacent to the country’s National Assembly in Budapest. Now, it’s gone. This month, the National Memorial Commission, led by a member of Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s far-right Fidesz Party,
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