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OPINION hungary : Perspective: Hungarian-Slovak relations reach their nadir

Perspective: Hungarian-Slovak relations reach their nadir

On 10 December, Hungarian prime minister Ferenc Gyurscany said he was disappointed with Slovak prime minister Robert Fico's decision to reject a November agreement to improve relations between the neighbours. A look back at the events running up to the baby step that was

by Linda lu @ // 10/12/08

hungary, xenophobia, racism, nationalism, racisme, histoire, language

TESTIMONY hungary : Testimony: being young, Hungarian and a football-loving minority in Slovakia

Testimony: being young, Hungarian and a football-loving minority in Slovakia

After contacting a dozen youngsters via email and phone to talk about the currently tense nationalist relations, only one was ready to tell me about his personal experiences

by Judit Schvéger @ // 17/11/08

hungary, testimony, dunajská streda, politics, slovakia, budapest

FEATURE hungary : Touring my city - the real Budapest

Touring my city - the real Budapest

Tour of the eighth district, Józsefváros, in Hungary’s city centre

by Jukka @ , Judit Schvéger @ // 14/08/08

hungary, beyond budapest, travel, tourism, józsefváros, budapest

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European Council summit LIVE

Thursday June 23 and Friday 24 will see the heads of 27 EU countries gather in Brussels to dine, discuss and perhaps make decisions. This will be an important summit of the year and the second of the Hungarian presidency of the EU. The agenda, purpoted to focus on Economic ...

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Nine Fantastical and Fascinating Things about Budapest

Written by Emma Baker When my mother visited Budapest, without any idea what to expect, she resorted to Lewis Caroll for a suitable analogy, "I feel like Alice, and I’ve fallen through the rabbit hole.’ The next evening we went to a Ligeti concert in the Palace of the ...

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My Berlin Wall

It has been 20 year ago when the Berlin Wall has fallen down, but still, there are some places all around Europe where we might witness that classes of society, buildings or some parts of the city are separated from each other. They are rather symbolic walls, but to break ...

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Opening of the borders, 1989

By Ádám Terjék Translated by Judit Révész The picture of the opening of the Hungarian-Austrian border in 1989 is living vividly in my memory: in the television news of 10 September 1989 a group of East German tourists exult and rejoice at the announcement of Gyula Horn, Hungarian foreign minister ...

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Go behind the scenes...

Have you ever dreamed of crossing the threshold of the oh-so-mysterious and so-hard-to-enter world of film-makers? Aye, so have we. That’s why we decided to bring you a ground-breaking debut, lovely FUNZINE friends: the FUNZINE CineFest Trip, at The CineFest International Festival of Young Filmmakers, Miskolc, between September 18th ...

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