If I may make my comments on AMBASSADOR ELENI KOUNALAKIS ON HER YEARS IN HUNGARY, PART III: “….Others correctly pointed out that no country has the right to tell another one what to do and what not to do…” » This is not entirely true… It would be valid only if the countries involved are true democracies. “…The blame, these people argued, lies with the Hungarian electorate that handed Fidesz a super-majority, which enabled Viktor Orbán to enact about 700 laws in the course of four years. Most of these laws chipped away at the democratic achievements of Hungarian lawmakers between 1990 and 2010…” » Thus the blame cannot be put at the feet of the Hungarian electorate, as all democratic means to change the regime were taken away… “…Admittedly, Brussels could have been more forceful when it came to the generous subsidies that ended up in the pockets of Viktor Orbán’s oligarchs. In fact, in large measure it was the European Union that kept Viktor Orbán in power over the past five years…” » So again, if the US and the EU new all about the deeds of the Orban regime why indeed provided, and still providing, the financial… Read more »
I agree with your analysis, on the whole, and I think what you say is very important. I was talking to a friend the other day, about how Hungary is on the brink of being (quite rightly) ousted from the EU. And why? Because of the double-edged problem here, as you have observed. It’s not just that we have a megalomaniac PM – the likes of him will always be around, like Hitler, Hussein, Amin, to name a few from elsewhere – but there is something intrinsically at odds about Hungarians, regarding democracy. When Kertész Imre, nobel prize winning author of “Fateless”, was interviewed by La Monde a few years ago, he observed that Hungarians have always been torn about whether they belong to the East, or to the West and as a consequence, have always suffered from confused values. So no wonder they don’t understand what democracy means, even those who are educated citizens and have travelled and lived in the West. This conflicted value syndrome runs deep here. And now I think the EU is beginning to understand this problem, and that even when Orbán will no longer be the PM (let’s hope that happens soon) the mentality… Read more »
David Sade, I would like to ask a few questions about your comment: 1. What is your terminology for “True democratic country”? 2. What are the the laws achieved by the governments between 1990-2010 that the Orban government chipped away from? 3. What is your proof that the subsidies ended up in the pockets of Victor Orban’s oligarchs? 4. What do you base on your statement that the Orban government would collapse within a week without subsidies? Just recently, even the IMF admitted they were wrong about the Hungarian efficacy of the economy governance and praised its achievements. How could that be possible with all of the “corruption” that you claim? Corrupt countries usually go broke like Venezuela. 5. How could be Martonyi irrelevant if he convinced foreign diplomats of Hungary’s good intentions? What is hard to swallow, your hate towards the Hungarian government? 6. What are the tools of democracy that were taken away by the Hungarian Government? 7. Why do you hate the Hungarian government so much? Do you hate its success? Were you one of the corrupt benificiary of the governments before 2010, and you are upset because you cannot receive corrupt money anymore? I would kindly… Read more »
If you read just one of the entries in this blog you’d find enough info. But I’LL ask you one question: How did Mészaros e g make his money? Can you explain that?
And how did Orbán’s family finance its many possessions?
Buying assets in Hungary for “pennies on the dollar” was the result of business nouse and opportunism, at a time when economics in Hungary was in flux, immediatley after the fall of communism.
But there is a huge difference between opportunism and theft.
Gyurcsány did not steal money from the EU, which was earmarked for hospitals and schools, as Orbán is doing in order to enrich his family and friends, such as yourself.
And your silly lack of understanding what Fake news really means is just another example of how Orbán’s Hungarians cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is not, and between right and wrong- as I have said before, a nation of confused values.
And since you enjoy asking questions, I hope you will permit one from me?
Question: What does rpdhun stand for?
Is it “rather poor deductive Hungarian”?
“Orbán’s Hungarians cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is not”. You of course are the only one who can tell the difference. The least I am prepared to say about you is that you suffer from mental disorder, just like your bosses whose delusion is entirely yours now. You call your raging liberal democracy? It can be more likened to Stalin’s or Hitler’s megalomania. Opportunism is theft dear Sir when you misappropriate the public assets for nominal pennies by barring everyone else from the opportunity of access to those people’s assets. It’s about time to make them criminally liable.
Valakik nem ertik ahol a penz ott a hatalom,sajnos!!!Orban rendszeret sajnos–bekes eszkozokkel levaltani keptelenseg—komoly veraldozattal jar a valtozas!!!Nics ha,meg de,esetleg ,vagy lehetseges…Irogatni blogokat,szajkaratezni,transzparensekkel lodorogni az utcan es egyebb bugyuta megoldasok–ugyan kerem!!Penz nelkul es komoly drasztikus lepesek nelkul,ne varjon eredmenyt senki!!Lehet birkanak maradni itthon,vagy tavozni kulfoldre!!Talan valamikor lesznek igazi hazafiak–akik nem fognak felni es karbatet kezel nezni mikent lesz az orszag -a korrupt es aljas hatalome!!Itt a valasz–szerintem jo lesz!!
Hol marad a Demokrácia?? Mi van, ha az ott élők tényleg Orbán rendszerét részesítik előnyben? Csak nem egy diktatúrát akarsz létrehozni azzal, hogy TE megmondod, hogy mi a jó másoknak?
I read few articles and few comments on this site , saidly is very one sided and have the filling that most of these people who think they are so smart on they comment would like Hungary as a nation to be wiped out by the liberal Gyurcsany group fonded by The Soros Machine. Unfortunately no politician is able in the world to resolve everybody’s issue , one thing for shure if you are a patriot today you are number one enemy for the brainwashed multicultural media bull what will self distroy with time the european culture and with time maybe the american as well. The ideological politicians in europe paid of by the globalist they are not in the best interest of they own nation and if somebody try to do something diferent gets demonized by the rest. It is tipical in the western world when even saying the thruth if does not serve the agenda of the Big Family then you are not serving the system so you are no good . I wonder who is writting these columns from where they get they funds and when they look in the miror what they think about them self.… Read more »
Very intersting, but nothing much has changed for the better, and we are repeating history.
I’m grateful that you bought the abovementioned book -“journalists for hire”- to my attention. I’ve looked it up and “it’s unavailable right now “. Hope that I’ll be able purchase and add it to my library very soon. The good news is that Oswald Spengler’s “The Decline of the West: Perspectives of world history” is still available for purchase. I’ve purchased and read it
petofi
January 26, 2016 3:00 am
Eva,
The new format–last is first–destroys the logical development of bloggers’ comments.
Bende Károly
February 22, 2016 4:50 am
Hello! Even the Austrian court ruled for correction on this matter https://hungarianspectrum.org/tag/martin-schulz/ maybe you should do some corrections also. The photo you have attached to the article is misleading, because it is not true. No such thing happened. This is what happened: https://youtu.be/j0oxkS6F_hw If you want your readers to believe that you are trustworthy – just to say: your article is totally based on misleading lies – you will admit that you have posted an image that was taken and spread only for manipulation. Waiting for your correction.
Thank you! Karoly
I do not understand in what context you are posting the train track protest you tube video?
But in any case, here is another video, which shows clearly the charming manners of Fidesz supporitng Hungarians-
Honest Spectator
April 28, 2016 6:25 am
Hi all
Your Media is as biased as all the others. Why do you all want to play ‘follow the others” when you should start your own Independence. Do not sell off your assets because the Press and others want you too. Keep as much as possible for your own Independence, as otherwise your country will not be an Independent country, but ruled by whosoever has gained control of all your assets.
Think of your Country first. You paid your taxes, you do not owe anyone else anything. Whoever disagrees with you on the above is trying to cheat you and steal from you.
If you disagree with the agricultural sectors management, try co-operatives.
Always remember that your citizens paid their taxes fairly, they should not be deprived of their taxes in the future for their own benefits – by people who are just stirring the pot
As an italian with hungarian relatives i’m curious about your country and i find a lot of similarities with the iitalian present situation nd common problems.
I try to refer to real data as far as possible. I believe there is little point in being too emotional about your and our situation but discussing can help a lot.
As an example :Reporters sans frontieres ranks hungary well before italy in freedom of the press.
This surprised me but looking at the italian side it seems logical.
TKT
October 24, 2016 10:44 am
“For him, the dates 1956, 1989, and 2016 reveal a pattern: Hungary becomes an important player on the world stage every 30 years or so. His closing the borders of the country in 2016 can be compared in significance to the revolution of 1956 or the end of the one-party system in 1989. ” I DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HUNGARIAN POLITICS AND VIKTOR ORBAN SINCE I DEFECTED 33 YEARS AGO. HOWEVER, ORBAN’S DECISION TO CLOSE THE BORDER WAS A HISTORICAL MOMENT AND FUTURE HISTORIANS WILL REMEMBER THIS. THIS IS INDEED AS SIGNIFICANT AS 1989. ORBAN SEAS THE REFUGEE CRISIS AS IT IS: AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO EUROPE. IN THIS, HE IS RIGHT.
TKT
Orban was a bit late to claim “first” – the Bulgarians built a fence earlier.
He missed the “historical” moment. Actually before the summer of 2015 more than 100 000 migrants passed through Hungary without a hitch, it didn’t come to anyone’s mind in the Orban regime to defend Europe.
Oliver A. I. Botar
January 15, 2017 6:57 am
I was interested in your response to my comment (penned long, long ago, when I was still a student!) that Hungary could ill-afford the rise of Protestantism in the early 16th century was a comment made from a Catholic perspective. While I did grow up Catholic (in Edmonton, Alberta — but in a family with a long-standing Unitarian tradition), I was not suggesting that the Reformation was a bad thing, merely that internal divisions (of any kind, really), were not to Hungary’s advantage at the time. I think this is an obvious enough position to take. In fact, I believed at the time (the early 1980s), and still believe, that Hungary’s religious diversity, indeed complexity is one of the culture’s saving graces, for it has worked against a monolithic religious, and therefore political culture. Ethnocentrism, nationalism and xenophobia are strong enough forces pushing Hungary in a mono-cultural direction.
mary laczko
January 28, 2017 11:14 pm
Please look for genes that hungarians have that other europeans don’t. It will tell you nothing to see what genes Hungarians have in common with others.
Geza bacsi!
April 19, 2017 12:44 pm
Your arrogance deserve an LFS!
😎
Genius Loci
April 24, 2017 8:21 pm
Alap, hogy közterületek nevét (pl. Szabadság tér) NEM fordítjuk le, a Liberty Square baromság, nincs ilyen, legalábbis Magyarországon, Szabadság tér van, legrosszabb esetben Szabadság Square.
Genius Loci
April 24, 2017 8:23 pm
A Magomed pedig Mogamed, a Mohamed oroszos kemény h-s kiejtésű változata. Az Index buta firkászai szokás szerint baromságokat írnak.
Ferenc
May 17, 2017 11:13 am
Jogicske,
You take ALL your disrepectful words BACK, you know yourself the ones!
And come back with just one real argument, before anything can be discussed with you.
I_reborn
May 28, 2017 7:56 pm
Eva it is time to either bring your blog under the free commenting rules by eliminating censorship and free all blocked commenters, or close the blog down all together. The choice is yours but the time to make the right one is running out.
You are masquerading in the role of Jeanne d’Arc – Joan of Arc of democratic values while your own blog is under fascist rules. Isn’t that a bit of irony?
Eva this my the last request to open up your blog to everybody or you will find it on a collision course that will bring it down. Do not blame me for the demise of your ultra left-lib hateful invasions propaganda machine when it dies because of your stubbornness.
I_reborn
May 29, 2017 1:23 pm
Guest
Could this be just an oversight that my access is not blocked (yet)? Or possibly the beginning of a truce? If the later than I thank you Eva for a ray of hope that you will allow free and civil debating on the site for everybody?
Please reply accordingly for the benefit of all. Also advise if and when I will be allowed back under my real name and e-mail address to join the lucky group of your followers (as I do not get any notification until I am disguised)
Respectfully,
I_reborn
July 3, 2017 10:03 am
Sorry Eva B.S. for missing the tenth anniversary celebration of your blog, but I had something more pressing then elevating the quality of the comments to a higher level with my opinion. Please accept my belated congratulation for being able to maintain the blog for such a long time with the financial help of the Soros foundation. It must be a great feeling to be continuously rewarded for your hard work. There is an eloquent explanation of two Hungarian words that I would like to share with you and your faithful followers. SZERETET … szer-etet (nurtures) and GYŰLÖL … gyűl-öl (kills). I guess your uncontrollable hatred against everything happening in the „illiberal” Hungary must be taking its toll on you. I admire the devotion you are displaying every day to unmask the wrongdoings of the Orban government. While I am missing your recognition of the goods which would give the appearance of impartiality to your blog I am not surprised by the absence of such. What I would really read from you (I am an optimist) a sensible explanation of how it is that in spite of all the nasty actsthis government supposedly doing the Country is still running smoothly,… Read more »
I would feel honoured to be paid by an ethical philanthropist such as Soros, but sadly Orbán admirer are incapable of distinguishing between right ad wrong, and instead steal EU funds, rather than direct it towards hospitals and schools.
I would far rather spend time in the company of gentlemen such as Soros, then with criminals and liars of the Orbán fraternity who admire rapists such as Trump, and murderers such as Putin and Erdogan. Crazy Hungarians indeed, with their confused values.
Yes dear t4change, you are baffled as that’s all u r capable of, because otherwise you would need some grown up intelligence, I repeat intelligence and not just SOROS brainwash fluid in your cranium.
robimorri
I actually went there. I have to tell you I was stunned: I found the Elders of Sion in session there, they were still planning the takeover of the world. On that Tuesday they were hearing the candidates for the clandestine government positions. As can be expected, it was the usual mix of free masons, liberals, Jews, progressives, suspected communists, and conspicuously looking traitors, you know. I couldn’t see whether they were all paid by Soros although he was grinning above all this from high above …
Then I woke up in sweat ..
I have to cut out completely watching MTV.. it’s not only debilitating, but gives one nightmares.
The EU funds are actually flowing back, for instance, to your beloved Germany via the Hungarians workers of AUDI in Gyor for instance being paid only 1/3 of the German workers in Germany, YET the company is still selling the Hungarian assembled cars at the same price level all around the world. So who is the ultimate beneficiary of the Hungarian Euro funds in the end? Not the Hungarian worker, not the Hungarian government but the European Union,s big guns; Germany, France etc. So if you still have left a drop of intelligence in your narrow left-liberal-communist brain, please do your calculations or just go back to kindergarten.
Never mind you don’t understand economics, you have a point:
“the ultimate beneficiary of the Hungarian Euro funds in the end? Not the Hungarian worker, not the Hungarian government..” but the Orban mafia, ripping off the state to the tune of 1.5% GDP, where Orban/Mészáros became the 5th richest man in poor Hun in six years exclusively on gov contracts.
Add Simicska, Garancsi, Pintér, Tiborc, etc. etc. ;etc. etc. raking in millions of dollars exactly the same way.
Analyze this.
Ferike,…???
… another proof of the madness, that is expanding inside Hungary.
How are people capable to believe all those nonsense lies?
If you knew how Orbàn Mafia is cheating you, you would be ashamed.
Miracle for me !
Sarolta
October 2, 2017 11:27 am
I am Hungarian and have recently done my DNA test which proves that we are not only sharing linguistics but also genetics with Finland 5.4% Scandinavian, the Gypsies are not Hungarians, they came from India, again my DNA results prove this as my father’s mum was half Gypsy and my DNA shows that I am 13.2% Indian. I have no DNA from Kazakhstan or from Mongolia, whatsoever.
Interesting information. But without a link it is not clear what it is responding to.
Also what places are recommended to have these DNA tests performed?
Gretchen Dunn
January 26, 2018 10:50 am
I would be very interested in a piece on Geréb Ágnes, the home-birth pioneer, facing imprisonment again.
Kristina Regoczi
February 6, 2018 3:28 pm
Dear Organization,we are perishing in our country! I am writing you from the capital of Hungary,the country from central Europe,which has being transformed into fascistic country,now the country is being ruled by party FIDESZ-fascistic party,and on the secondth place of popularity is JOBBIK-openly fascistic party with open fascistic marches on the streets! The leader of jobbik brings up young insane aggressive fascists-with them he planning to create a future in Hungary and take care of old fascists,they only worthy to have high pension and eat chocolate.As for ruling party,they consider any foreigner unworthy to live in the country,because all foreign is evil for them,even if you are educated European-you are foreigner,you are not Hungarian! Both these 2 parties take care very much of remaining “native Hungarian nationality”,but who are “native Hungarians“ now-stupid,uneducated crowd,able to repeat like parrots these fascistics slogans about their superiority,which don’t want to study and most of them now live very good,because they do criminal. I feel shame for them,but they are not ashamed for themselves,they think,that they are doing everything right!.We are Hungarians too,but we are educated and law-abiding family and now it became unbearable to live in our country,because of this stupidity and hot bed… Read more »
Feb.28, Zselyke Csaky (commenting about above NY Times article):
“Wow this is a super misleading title!
1) The Hungarian part of CEU Hungary received its accreditation for the next 5 years, which is great news.
2) This has nothing to do with Lex CEU and the continued operation of the university.”
source: https://twitter.com/zecsaky/status/968951408165826562
Hi People! I’m Joseph Bozó, l’m iving from Hungary, and 42 years old. I would like to ask for help. I live in Budapest in an apartment what they sell. And I got one month respite, to find another apartment. If I can not find a solution, I go to street. But in Hungary, in Budapest, there is a lot of cost, and teh life expensive. And me parents can not support me because my mother in died 1992. Daddy all two legs amputed. and she has been in hospital for 6 years.I can not buy apartment from my salary, because I work as a salesperson. five year I have panic illness. I’m regularly go the doctor to into Rokus Hospital. Please pretty People help me,if do not buy an apartment, for myself. I’m going home to the countryside , where the great poverty is waiting. People !: I would need $ 50,000 USD. I’m want to buy for myself a small apartment. If I do not get help, I can go home to my brother who has 4 children. Please! Please people help for me! And I hope, that you read my letter! If you help me, thank you… Read more »
Congratulations on your efforts to shut up the disagreeing voices. What would this world come to if we let people criticize the internationalist effort!
Eva-Lisa Myntti
March 23, 2018 1:31 pm
There is NO HUNTING WHAT SO EVER on reindeer in Sweden. Every single reindeer is owned by someone and it is completely ILLEGAL to shoot them, just as it would be any farmers animal. We let bulls go into rut and cover to make new generations – then they are left to rest and recover and we take care of them in the herds the rest of the year. The main part of reindeer meat comes from male calves. Best regards, Eva-Lisa Myntti, Gran reindeer herding community, Sweden
Thank you for the information. We are very grateful for it.
Zoltan
March 26, 2018 9:43 am
I’ve just read your article about Zsolt Szabó’s offshore account. As you mentioned your comment had been deleted, I decided to give them a try, too. I commented the page’s latest post about some road initiation ceremony by a single “Thank you!” and linked your article (which is in english). A screenshot has been saved about it and appr. 10 minutes later my comment disappeared and I got blocked. So I can confirm your experiences. Admirers and censorship, big time. It is just ridicolous and sad. This guy is guilty for sure.
I’m glad that you checked it out. I was very suspicious because on the Internet there is no such thing as uniformly positive comments. Mine wasn’t even critical. Just expessed my astonishment that no one questioned Szabó’s version of the story. Even that was too much for him.
I was stupid and didn’t take a screenshot of it. You were smarter.
I’m a British freelance journalist focusing on social and political issues in the former Soviet Union. I write for outlets like The Guardian, Al Jazeera and Newsweek. My full portfolio can be seen here: https://muckrack.com/madeline_roache
I’m currently writing an article for the political magazine The New Internationalist about increasing autocracy in Hungary.
I was wondering if I could make a small interview with given your expertise?
Please let me know if you’d be willing to answer a few of my questions on the phone/skype or over email in the next few days.
I’d be so grateful for your input.
All the best
Madeline Roache
Dave
April 13, 2018 8:30 am
Today I was very sad to read that your “competitor” in providing English-language news on Hungary, The Budapest Beacon, has decided to stop its publication due to the increasing difficulty to source accurate, reliable news about what is really happening in Hungary, due to the “severe erosion of media plurality” and “the closure and/or purchase of a number of independent media outlets by pro-Fidesz businessmen”. So, please hold on!!!
You are famous: 🙂 http://hungarytoday.hu/cikk/statement-hungary-today-47573
If I may make my comments on AMBASSADOR ELENI KOUNALAKIS ON HER YEARS IN HUNGARY, PART III: “….Others correctly pointed out that no country has the right to tell another one what to do and what not to do…” » This is not entirely true… It would be valid only if the countries involved are true democracies. “…The blame, these people argued, lies with the Hungarian electorate that handed Fidesz a super-majority, which enabled Viktor Orbán to enact about 700 laws in the course of four years. Most of these laws chipped away at the democratic achievements of Hungarian lawmakers between 1990 and 2010…” » Thus the blame cannot be put at the feet of the Hungarian electorate, as all democratic means to change the regime were taken away… “…Admittedly, Brussels could have been more forceful when it came to the generous subsidies that ended up in the pockets of Viktor Orbán’s oligarchs. In fact, in large measure it was the European Union that kept Viktor Orbán in power over the past five years…” » So again, if the US and the EU new all about the deeds of the Orban regime why indeed provided, and still providing, the financial… Read more »
I agree with your analysis, on the whole, and I think what you say is very important. I was talking to a friend the other day, about how Hungary is on the brink of being (quite rightly) ousted from the EU. And why? Because of the double-edged problem here, as you have observed. It’s not just that we have a megalomaniac PM – the likes of him will always be around, like Hitler, Hussein, Amin, to name a few from elsewhere – but there is something intrinsically at odds about Hungarians, regarding democracy. When Kertész Imre, nobel prize winning author of “Fateless”, was interviewed by La Monde a few years ago, he observed that Hungarians have always been torn about whether they belong to the East, or to the West and as a consequence, have always suffered from confused values. So no wonder they don’t understand what democracy means, even those who are educated citizens and have travelled and lived in the West. This conflicted value syndrome runs deep here. And now I think the EU is beginning to understand this problem, and that even when Orbán will no longer be the PM (let’s hope that happens soon) the mentality… Read more »
David Sade, I would like to ask a few questions about your comment: 1. What is your terminology for “True democratic country”? 2. What are the the laws achieved by the governments between 1990-2010 that the Orban government chipped away from? 3. What is your proof that the subsidies ended up in the pockets of Victor Orban’s oligarchs? 4. What do you base on your statement that the Orban government would collapse within a week without subsidies? Just recently, even the IMF admitted they were wrong about the Hungarian efficacy of the economy governance and praised its achievements. How could that be possible with all of the “corruption” that you claim? Corrupt countries usually go broke like Venezuela. 5. How could be Martonyi irrelevant if he convinced foreign diplomats of Hungary’s good intentions? What is hard to swallow, your hate towards the Hungarian government? 6. What are the tools of democracy that were taken away by the Hungarian Government? 7. Why do you hate the Hungarian government so much? Do you hate its success? Were you one of the corrupt benificiary of the governments before 2010, and you are upset because you cannot receive corrupt money anymore? I would kindly… Read more »
If you read just one of the entries in this blog you’d find enough info. But I’LL ask you one question: How did Mészaros e g make his money? Can you explain that?
And how did Orbán’s family finance its many possessions?
…and how did Gyurcsany make his millions? He bought the KISZ properties for pennies on the dollar so to speak. The whole article is fake news.
Just like Orbán’s father?
To succeed her you have to show more intelligence …
Buying assets in Hungary for “pennies on the dollar” was the result of business nouse and opportunism, at a time when economics in Hungary was in flux, immediatley after the fall of communism.
But there is a huge difference between opportunism and theft.
Gyurcsány did not steal money from the EU, which was earmarked for hospitals and schools, as Orbán is doing in order to enrich his family and friends, such as yourself.
And your silly lack of understanding what Fake news really means is just another example of how Orbán’s Hungarians cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is not, and between right and wrong- as I have said before, a nation of confused values.
And since you enjoy asking questions, I hope you will permit one from me?
Question: What does rpdhun stand for?
Is it “rather poor deductive Hungarian”?
“Orbán’s Hungarians cannot tell the difference between what is real and what is not”. You of course are the only one who can tell the difference. The least I am prepared to say about you is that you suffer from mental disorder, just like your bosses whose delusion is entirely yours now. You call your raging liberal democracy? It can be more likened to Stalin’s or Hitler’s megalomania. Opportunism is theft dear Sir when you misappropriate the public assets for nominal pennies by barring everyone else from the opportunity of access to those people’s assets. It’s about time to make them criminally liable.
David Sade was kissing up for that old turncoat, Eva Balogh.
Valakik nem ertik ahol a penz ott a hatalom,sajnos!!!Orban rendszeret sajnos–bekes eszkozokkel levaltani keptelenseg—komoly veraldozattal jar a valtozas!!!Nics ha,meg de,esetleg ,vagy lehetseges…Irogatni blogokat,szajkaratezni,transzparensekkel lodorogni az utcan es egyebb bugyuta megoldasok–ugyan kerem!!Penz nelkul es komoly drasztikus lepesek nelkul,ne varjon eredmenyt senki!!Lehet birkanak maradni itthon,vagy tavozni kulfoldre!!Talan valamikor lesznek igazi hazafiak–akik nem fognak felni es karbatet kezel nezni mikent lesz az orszag -a korrupt es aljas hatalome!!Itt a valasz–szerintem jo lesz!!
Hol marad a Demokrácia?? Mi van, ha az ott élők tényleg Orbán rendszerét részesítik előnyben? Csak nem egy diktatúrát akarsz létrehozni azzal, hogy TE megmondod, hogy mi a jó másoknak?
A very irrational comment.
Which planet are you from?
Russia want to deliver weapons to Mexican/Texan separatists if US will send weapons to Ukraine.
Received this news item from Hungary:
A Kelet-Nyugat szembenállás újabb frontjaként Moszkva támogatja Texas függetlenségi mozgalmát.
Ha Washington még több fegyvert szállít Ukrajnának, akkor a Kreml modern fegyvereket fog leszállítani mexikói gerilláknak.
De mi köze Texasnak az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia bukásához?
http://privatbankar.hu/makro/uj-frontot-nyitottak-az-oroszok-meg-ebbe-is-kepesek-beleavatkozni-282968
I read few articles and few comments on this site , saidly is very one sided and have the filling that most of these people who think they are so smart on they comment would like Hungary as a nation to be wiped out by the liberal Gyurcsany group fonded by The Soros Machine. Unfortunately no politician is able in the world to resolve everybody’s issue , one thing for shure if you are a patriot today you are number one enemy for the brainwashed multicultural media bull what will self distroy with time the european culture and with time maybe the american as well. The ideological politicians in europe paid of by the globalist they are not in the best interest of they own nation and if somebody try to do something diferent gets demonized by the rest. It is tipical in the western world when even saying the thruth if does not serve the agenda of the Big Family then you are not serving the system so you are no good . I wonder who is writting these columns from where they get they funds and when they look in the miror what they think about them self.… Read more »
That is the shame, that Sandor is also Hungarian.
Very intersting, but nothing much has changed for the better, and we are repeating history.
I’m grateful that you bought the abovementioned book -“journalists for hire”- to my attention. I’ve looked it up and “it’s unavailable right now “. Hope that I’ll be able purchase and add it to my library very soon. The good news is that Oswald Spengler’s “The Decline of the West: Perspectives of world history” is still available for purchase. I’ve purchased and read it
Eva,
The new format–last is first–destroys the logical development of bloggers’ comments.
Hello! Even the Austrian court ruled for correction on this matter https://hungarianspectrum.org/tag/martin-schulz/ maybe you should do some corrections also. The photo you have attached to the article is misleading, because it is not true. No such thing happened. This is what happened: https://youtu.be/j0oxkS6F_hw If you want your readers to believe that you are trustworthy – just to say: your article is totally based on misleading lies – you will admit that you have posted an image that was taken and spread only for manipulation. Waiting for your correction.
Thank you! Karoly
I do not understand in what context you are posting the train track protest you tube video?
But in any case, here is another video, which shows clearly the charming manners of Fidesz supporitng Hungarians-
Hi all
Your Media is as biased as all the others. Why do you all want to play ‘follow the others” when you should start your own Independence. Do not sell off your assets because the Press and others want you too. Keep as much as possible for your own Independence, as otherwise your country will not be an Independent country, but ruled by whosoever has gained control of all your assets.
Think of your Country first. You paid your taxes, you do not owe anyone else anything. Whoever disagrees with you on the above is trying to cheat you and steal from you.
If you disagree with the agricultural sectors management, try co-operatives.
Always remember that your citizens paid their taxes fairly, they should not be deprived of their taxes in the future for their own benefits – by people who are just stirring the pot
As an italian with hungarian relatives i’m curious about your country and i find a lot of similarities with the iitalian present situation nd common problems.
I try to refer to real data as far as possible. I believe there is little point in being too emotional about your and our situation but discussing can help a lot.
As an example :Reporters sans frontieres ranks hungary well before italy in freedom of the press.
This surprised me but looking at the italian side it seems logical.
“For him, the dates 1956, 1989, and 2016 reveal a pattern: Hungary becomes an important player on the world stage every 30 years or so. His closing the borders of the country in 2016 can be compared in significance to the revolution of 1956 or the end of the one-party system in 1989. ” I DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HUNGARIAN POLITICS AND VIKTOR ORBAN SINCE I DEFECTED 33 YEARS AGO. HOWEVER, ORBAN’S DECISION TO CLOSE THE BORDER WAS A HISTORICAL MOMENT AND FUTURE HISTORIANS WILL REMEMBER THIS. THIS IS INDEED AS SIGNIFICANT AS 1989. ORBAN SEAS THE REFUGEE CRISIS AS IT IS: AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO EUROPE. IN THIS, HE IS RIGHT.
TKT
Orban was a bit late to claim “first” – the Bulgarians built a fence earlier.
He missed the “historical” moment. Actually before the summer of 2015 more than 100 000 migrants passed through Hungary without a hitch, it didn’t come to anyone’s mind in the Orban regime to defend Europe.
I was interested in your response to my comment (penned long, long ago, when I was still a student!) that Hungary could ill-afford the rise of Protestantism in the early 16th century was a comment made from a Catholic perspective. While I did grow up Catholic (in Edmonton, Alberta — but in a family with a long-standing Unitarian tradition), I was not suggesting that the Reformation was a bad thing, merely that internal divisions (of any kind, really), were not to Hungary’s advantage at the time. I think this is an obvious enough position to take. In fact, I believed at the time (the early 1980s), and still believe, that Hungary’s religious diversity, indeed complexity is one of the culture’s saving graces, for it has worked against a monolithic religious, and therefore political culture. Ethnocentrism, nationalism and xenophobia are strong enough forces pushing Hungary in a mono-cultural direction.
Please look for genes that hungarians have that other europeans don’t. It will tell you nothing to see what genes Hungarians have in common with others.
Your arrogance deserve an LFS!
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Alap, hogy közterületek nevét (pl. Szabadság tér) NEM fordítjuk le, a Liberty Square baromság, nincs ilyen, legalábbis Magyarországon, Szabadság tér van, legrosszabb esetben Szabadság Square.
A Magomed pedig Mogamed, a Mohamed oroszos kemény h-s kiejtésű változata. Az Index buta firkászai szokás szerint baromságokat írnak.
Jogicske,
You take ALL your disrepectful words BACK, you know yourself the ones!
And come back with just one real argument, before anything can be discussed with you.
Eva it is time to either bring your blog under the free commenting rules by eliminating censorship and free all blocked commenters, or close the blog down all together. The choice is yours but the time to make the right one is running out.
You are masquerading in the role of Jeanne d’Arc – Joan of Arc of democratic values while your own blog is under fascist rules. Isn’t that a bit of irony?
Eva this my the last request to open up your blog to everybody or you will find it on a collision course that will bring it down. Do not blame me for the demise of your ultra left-lib hateful invasions propaganda machine when it dies because of your stubbornness.
Guest
Could this be just an oversight that my access is not blocked (yet)? Or possibly the beginning of a truce? If the later than I thank you Eva for a ray of hope that you will allow free and civil debating on the site for everybody?
Please reply accordingly for the benefit of all. Also advise if and when I will be allowed back under my real name and e-mail address to join the lucky group of your followers (as I do not get any notification until I am disguised)
Respectfully,
Sorry Eva B.S. for missing the tenth anniversary celebration of your blog, but I had something more pressing then elevating the quality of the comments to a higher level with my opinion. Please accept my belated congratulation for being able to maintain the blog for such a long time with the financial help of the Soros foundation. It must be a great feeling to be continuously rewarded for your hard work. There is an eloquent explanation of two Hungarian words that I would like to share with you and your faithful followers. SZERETET … szer-etet (nurtures) and GYŰLÖL … gyűl-öl (kills). I guess your uncontrollable hatred against everything happening in the „illiberal” Hungary must be taking its toll on you. I admire the devotion you are displaying every day to unmask the wrongdoings of the Orban government. While I am missing your recognition of the goods which would give the appearance of impartiality to your blog I am not surprised by the absence of such. What I would really read from you (I am an optimist) a sensible explanation of how it is that in spite of all the nasty actsthis government supposedly doing the Country is still running smoothly,… Read more »
I am an avid admirer and regular reader and contributor to HS and I am not paid by Soros. Why do you say such lies?
You should be. You deserve it 🙂
Just joking. Nobody deserved to be paid for being an avid admirer and regular reader and contributor to HS
I would feel honoured to be paid by an ethical philanthropist such as Soros, but sadly Orbán admirer are incapable of distinguishing between right ad wrong, and instead steal EU funds, rather than direct it towards hospitals and schools.
I would far rather spend time in the company of gentlemen such as Soros, then with criminals and liars of the Orbán fraternity who admire rapists such as Trump, and murderers such as Putin and Erdogan. Crazy Hungarians indeed, with their confused values.
Next time in Budapest please ask around about your idol on Hollan Ernő utca, especially in the first two blocks. You can learn a lot ..
I am not interested in Orbán anti-Soros propoganda, and I am baffled as to how any adult can believe such state propoganda.
Yes dear t4change, you are baffled as that’s all u r capable of, because otherwise you would need some grown up intelligence, I repeat intelligence and not just SOROS brainwash fluid in your cranium.
robimorri
I actually went there. I have to tell you I was stunned: I found the Elders of Sion in session there, they were still planning the takeover of the world. On that Tuesday they were hearing the candidates for the clandestine government positions. As can be expected, it was the usual mix of free masons, liberals, Jews, progressives, suspected communists, and conspicuously looking traitors, you know. I couldn’t see whether they were all paid by Soros although he was grinning above all this from high above …
Then I woke up in sweat ..
I have to cut out completely watching MTV.. it’s not only debilitating, but gives one nightmares.
The EU funds are actually flowing back, for instance, to your beloved Germany via the Hungarians workers of AUDI in Gyor for instance being paid only 1/3 of the German workers in Germany, YET the company is still selling the Hungarian assembled cars at the same price level all around the world. So who is the ultimate beneficiary of the Hungarian Euro funds in the end? Not the Hungarian worker, not the Hungarian government but the European Union,s big guns; Germany, France etc. So if you still have left a drop of intelligence in your narrow left-liberal-communist brain, please do your calculations or just go back to kindergarten.
Ferike
Never mind you don’t understand economics, you have a point:
“the ultimate beneficiary of the Hungarian Euro funds in the end? Not the Hungarian worker, not the Hungarian government..” but the Orban mafia, ripping off the state to the tune of 1.5% GDP, where Orban/Mészáros became the 5th richest man in poor Hun in six years exclusively on gov contracts.
Add Simicska, Garancsi, Pintér, Tiborc, etc. etc. ;etc. etc. raking in millions of dollars exactly the same way.
Analyze this.
Ferike,…???
… another proof of the madness, that is expanding inside Hungary.
How are people capable to believe all those nonsense lies?
If you knew how Orbàn Mafia is cheating you, you would be ashamed.
Miracle for me !
I am Hungarian and have recently done my DNA test which proves that we are not only sharing linguistics but also genetics with Finland 5.4% Scandinavian, the Gypsies are not Hungarians, they came from India, again my DNA results prove this as my father’s mum was half Gypsy and my DNA shows that I am 13.2% Indian. I have no DNA from Kazakhstan or from Mongolia, whatsoever.
Interesting information. But without a link it is not clear what it is responding to.
Also what places are recommended to have these DNA tests performed?
I would be very interested in a piece on Geréb Ágnes, the home-birth pioneer, facing imprisonment again.
Dear Organization,we are perishing in our country! I am writing you from the capital of Hungary,the country from central Europe,which has being transformed into fascistic country,now the country is being ruled by party FIDESZ-fascistic party,and on the secondth place of popularity is JOBBIK-openly fascistic party with open fascistic marches on the streets! The leader of jobbik brings up young insane aggressive fascists-with them he planning to create a future in Hungary and take care of old fascists,they only worthy to have high pension and eat chocolate.As for ruling party,they consider any foreigner unworthy to live in the country,because all foreign is evil for them,even if you are educated European-you are foreigner,you are not Hungarian! Both these 2 parties take care very much of remaining “native Hungarian nationality”,but who are “native Hungarians“ now-stupid,uneducated crowd,able to repeat like parrots these fascistics slogans about their superiority,which don’t want to study and most of them now live very good,because they do criminal. I feel shame for them,but they are not ashamed for themselves,they think,that they are doing everything right!.We are Hungarians too,but we are educated and law-abiding family and now it became unbearable to live in our country,because of this stupidity and hot bed… Read more »
I don’t believe I’ve seen this mentioned here, so I’ll pass along the good news. CEU in Budapest has been quietly reaccredited for five years. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/world/europe/ceu-hungary-soros.html
Feb.28, Zselyke Csaky (commenting about above NY Times article):
“Wow this is a super misleading title!
1) The Hungarian part of CEU Hungary received its accreditation for the next 5 years, which is great news.
2) This has nothing to do with Lex CEU and the continued operation of the university.”
source: https://twitter.com/zecsaky/status/968951408165826562
2018.Mar.08, Népszava: Hungary reluctant to sign agreement with CEU before April 8th election
https://budapestbeacon.com/nepszava-hungary-reluctant-sign-agreement-ceu-april-8th-election/
https://www.facebook.com/notes/alf%C3%B6ldi-r%C3%B3bert/ma-itthon-magyarorsz%C3%A1gon-2018-m%C3%A1rcius/2129494257283720/
Hi People! I’m Joseph Bozó, l’m iving from Hungary, and 42 years old. I would like to ask for help. I live in Budapest in an apartment what they sell. And I got one month respite, to find another apartment. If I can not find a solution, I go to street. But in Hungary, in Budapest, there is a lot of cost, and teh life expensive. And me parents can not support me because my mother in died 1992. Daddy all two legs amputed. and she has been in hospital for 6 years.I can not buy apartment from my salary, because I work as a salesperson. five year I have panic illness. I’m regularly go the doctor to into Rokus Hospital. Please pretty People help me,if do not buy an apartment, for myself. I’m going home to the countryside , where the great poverty is waiting. People !: I would need $ 50,000 USD. I’m want to buy for myself a small apartment. If I do not get help, I can go home to my brother who has 4 children. Please! Please people help for me! And I hope, that you read my letter! If you help me, thank you… Read more »
Congratulations on your efforts to shut up the disagreeing voices. What would this world come to if we let people criticize the internationalist effort!
There is NO HUNTING WHAT SO EVER on reindeer in Sweden. Every single reindeer is owned by someone and it is completely ILLEGAL to shoot them, just as it would be any farmers animal. We let bulls go into rut and cover to make new generations – then they are left to rest and recover and we take care of them in the herds the rest of the year. The main part of reindeer meat comes from male calves. Best regards, Eva-Lisa Myntti, Gran reindeer herding community, Sweden
Thank you for the information. We are very grateful for it.
I’ve just read your article about Zsolt Szabó’s offshore account. As you mentioned your comment had been deleted, I decided to give them a try, too. I commented the page’s latest post about some road initiation ceremony by a single “Thank you!” and linked your article (which is in english). A screenshot has been saved about it and appr. 10 minutes later my comment disappeared and I got blocked. So I can confirm your experiences. Admirers and censorship, big time. It is just ridicolous and sad. This guy is guilty for sure.
I’m glad that you checked it out. I was very suspicious because on the Internet there is no such thing as uniformly positive comments. Mine wasn’t even critical. Just expessed my astonishment that no one questioned Szabó’s version of the story. Even that was too much for him.
I was stupid and didn’t take a screenshot of it. You were smarter.
Kedves Professzor Asszony!
Tisztelettel ajánljuk figyelmébe civilszervezeteink elemzését az Orbán-rezsimről. Az elemzés egy eddig nem alkalmazott szemszögből elemzi a rezsim működését, s arra jut, hogy a rezsim nem föltétlenül a politikatudomány, hanem inkább a vallástudomány fogalomrendszerével írható le. Elérhetősége: angol nyelven: https://youtu.be/7vBLQkL05eM; magyar nyelven: https://youtu.be/NRn9p00oVQc és https://youtu.be/4Y0Z52L8QxA. A tanulmány magyar nyelvű angol tartalomjegyzékkel és számos angol nyelvű szöveggel; elérhető pl.: http://docdro.id/nF47TFU
https://www.docdroid.net/nF47TFU/save-our-souls-hungaria.pdf
Contact: s.o.s.hungaria@gmail.com
Szeretettel: Két magyar katolikus NGO képviseletében: Rimai Éva
Dear Eva Balogh
I’m a British freelance journalist focusing on social and political issues in the former Soviet Union. I write for outlets like The Guardian, Al Jazeera and Newsweek. My full portfolio can be seen here: https://muckrack.com/madeline_roache
I’m currently writing an article for the political magazine The New Internationalist about increasing autocracy in Hungary.
I was wondering if I could make a small interview with given your expertise?
Please let me know if you’d be willing to answer a few of my questions on the phone/skype or over email in the next few days.
I’d be so grateful for your input.
All the best
Madeline Roache
Today I was very sad to read that your “competitor” in providing English-language news on Hungary, The Budapest Beacon, has decided to stop its publication due to the increasing difficulty to source accurate, reliable news about what is really happening in Hungary, due to the “severe erosion of media plurality” and “the closure and/or purchase of a number of independent media outlets by pro-Fidesz businessmen”. So, please hold on!!!
Your ‘competitor’ term is inapt, Dave.
Better would be ‘partner in reporting’.
MAGYARKOZÓ