John Lukacs, the Lettered Reactionary Nov 21, 2009
Because of his Jewish background, Lukacs served in a labor battalion in the Hungarian army during World War II. In the spring of 1945, he evaded arrest by the Nazis, but had no doubt about his likely fate at the hands of the Soviet liberators ... Instead, he attributed the defeat of communism to the courage of the peoples of Eastern Europe, particularly the Poles and Hungarians, along with the dramatic role of Lukacs s sole contemporary hero, Pope John Paul II. ... The passive reaction to the... (The American Conservative)
What Is Political Correctness? Nov 21, 2009
When Lukacs became Deputy Commissar for Culture in the short-lived Bela Kun Bolshevik government in Hungary in 1919, one of his first acts was introducing sex education into the Hungarian schools. He knew that destroying traditional sexual morals would be a major step toward destroying Western culture itself. (The American Conservative)
* EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT Nov 6, 2009
21, No. 1 and Fourteen Variations on a Hungarian Melody in D Major Op. 21, No. 2. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Krisztina Goda's 'CHAMELEON' to Open 9th Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles (2009) Nov 5, 2009
Festival Program Includes Three North American Premieres and Four U.S. PremieresWorld-renowned Animation Artist Gabor Csupo to be HonoredRaleigh Studios partners with Hungarian Film Festival ... LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Bunyik Entertainment is pleased to announce the 9th Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles, which runs from November 5th through November 15th, 2009 ... The Festival will feature multiple U.S. premieres of Hungary's latest and greatest films as well as a compilation of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Reporting from behind the 'iron curtain' Nov 3, 2009
Media Credit: courtesy Google ImagesKati Marton and Hungarian Minister Istvan Hiller stand together as she is named Global Ambassador of Hungarian Culture ... Both of the Martons won numerous awards for their coverage of Soviet Hungary, particularly during the Hungarian Revolution ... As such, their family was the subject of constant surveillance by the Hungarian secret police, the ;vo. (University News, MO)
Stoker descendant pens new Dracula novel Oct 25, 2009
"Of course, our Dracula isn't a good, upstanding citizen. He is still an animal -- but he has a bit of a conscience, which makes him a more complex, self-conflicted character." The real source of evil comes from Bathory, a Hungarian countess who reportedly tortured and killed hundreds of girls so she could bathe in their blood. "We thought Bathory would make for a far more formidable character than anyone we could come up with in our imagination," Stoker said. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Right to airtime? Oct 23, 2009
The Jobbik leader Gabor Vona regularly appeared on the flagship Napkelte (Sunrise) programme of MTV (Hungarian public service television), and the programme's producer was criticised for giving him the "oxygen of publicity" ... Events surrounding the banning of the Hungarian Guard, a paramilitary formation set up by Jobbik two years ago, are also covered in detail. (BBC News -- Europe)
Cops hit the jackpot, quit Oct 19, 2009
The win was the sixth largest ever in the Hungarian lottery, reported the Daily Telegraph. The country's police chiefs were forced to send back-up to the area until new officers are hired. (iAfrica.com)
Third Generation comes of age (3) Oct 18, 2009
Sarah Zaas, 18, granddaughter of Hungarian survivor Erika Gold, says that studying the Holocaust at Solon High School proved to be unexpectedly painful. In fact, she asked permission to leave class during the discussion. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Massa can handle Alonso at Ferrari: Ecclestone Oct 1, 2009
Good for Fernando, good for Formula One, good for Ferrari," he added of the move. Ferrari confirmed an open secret on Wednesday with a statement announcing double world champion Alonso had signed a three-year deal and would be joining Brazilian Massa from 2010. The Spaniard takes the place of Finland's 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen, whose contract has been torn up a year early by mutual agreement. Massa has not raced since he suffered life-threatening head injuries at the Hungarian Grand... (India Times, India)
Chinese Culture festival previewed in Hungary Sep 26, 2009
BUDAPEST, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Hungarians will be offered a taste of the rich culture of China when the Chinese Culture Festival opens here on Oct. 13 ... Gao Jian, China's ambassador to Hungary, told Friday's briefing all areas of the relationship between China and Hungary had improved over the past 60 years, adding the festival would act as a window through which Hungarian people will appreciate the beautiful scenery of Chinese civilization ... Hungarian state secretary for education and... (Xinhuanet, China)
salvaging postmodernism Sep 25, 2009
"Le Monde diplomatique" (Berlin) points to the blind spots of the G20; "The Hungarian Quarterly" says informants weren't to blame; "Merkur" is not embarrassed by heroism; "New Humanist" re-reads postmodern classics; "Samtiden" votes for a more representative parliament; "RiLi" critiques the green movement with Gorz; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Oslo) gathers critical voices on Israel; "A Prior" combats amnesia with the moving image; and "Esprit" unravels Enlightenment paradoxes ... "Le Monde... (Harper's Magazine)
Goulash gluttons nation Hungary learns fine cuisine Sep 18, 2009
Magyar gastronomy, known around the world for its goulash, never had the standing Hungarians believed it deserved, but young chefs trained abroad are starting to change that. "There is a huge gap between the picture we have of our 'world famous' and 'world class' cuisine and the reality," said Tamas B Molnar, head of the Hungarian Gastronomy Association, a grouping of chefs, culinary writers, intellectuals and celebrities aiming to reform the country's gastronomic culture ... Indeed, five out of... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Picnic that brought down an empire Sep 16, 2009
How a crafty Hungarian helped end the Cold War and the Soviet Union ... Similarly, the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War had their roots, in part, in a bold gamble that unfolded, all but invisibly, one fine summer day in 1989 on the Austrian-Hungarian frontier ... Since 1988, Hungarian citizens had been allowed to travel relatively freely. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Crass, not class, rules these days Sep 16, 2009
But even their frequent outbursts never reached the point of threatening bodily harm to a line judge (though who knows what Nastase was bellowing in Hungarian). Maybe the years have left a sugar-coating on their bygone behavior, but even at their brattiest they drew a line closer to more civil disobedience. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Starts Thursday Sep 15, 2009
The festival will honor legendary Hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond ("The Deer Hunter") on Sunday, Sept. 27, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. when he will give a Master Class looking back over his years of making movies. Cass Warner, granddaughter of the late Harry Warner, will come to Sonoma on Friday, Sept. 18, at 6 p.m. at Deerfield Ranch Winery with her film, "The Brothers Warner," which examines the founding of Warner Brothers Studios by four immigrant brothers who sought to make films... (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
London Suicide Connects Lehman Lesson Missed by Hong Kong Hospital Orderly Sep 11, 2009
Bonds were denominated in pounds, Swiss francs and Hungarian forint, as well as Australian and Hong Kong dollars. Banks also sold of Lehman minibonds to an estimated 43,000 investors in Hong Kong, where the notes were first marketed in 2003, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. (Bloomberg)
Eastern Europe Dawdles in Digital Culture Sep 5, 2009
Click down to what you're led to believe is the English-language material and links pop up to 14 texts all in Hungarian. You can find the full text of a nicely illustrated 19th-century American edition of Dickens' travel books, but only by browsing through the offerings tagged as being in French. (BusinessWeek)
Protests over Slovak language law Sep 2, 2009
Thousands of ethnic Hungarians have demonstrated in Slovakia, to protest against a new law that limits the use of minority languages there ... The Hungarian government says it has turned to international human rights organisations for help ... The Hungarian and Slovak prime ministers are due to meet next week, to try to defuse worsening relations. (BBC News -- Europe)
Bitter divisions Aug 30, 2009
He was no fan of the party, or the Hungarian Guard, the civilian militia closely associated with them. But he did say he thought the Roma were abusing their rights, living outside the rules of Hungarian society ... As he did so, the mayor started addressing him in Hungarian - not quite shouting, but clearly telling him to go away while he talked to us some more. (BBC News -- Europe)
* World News Quick Take Aug 24, 2009
About 500 new recruits of the paramilitary organization formerly known as the Hungarian Guard were taking part in an oath-taking ceremony on a private property near the town of Szentendre outside of Budapest, when hundreds of officers surrounded the area. Police took the personal details of all the participants and plan to initiate criminal proceedings against them, officials said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Man of the Old World Aug 21, 2009
The two had gone off to the Hungarian capital, which was then a largely German-speaking city, one in which my grandparents failed to prosper ... His first school became a hospital for wounded soldiers from the Austro-Hungarian army during the First World War ... Every change seemed in my father s young mind to bring increased problems, from human loss to Communist violence to a dishonest and intermittently anti-Semitic government, pretending to stand for the defeated Hungarians but really... (The American Conservative)
Hilton Als: A new biography of Lena Horne. Aug 17, 2009
In 1969, at the age of fifty-two, she released Watch What Happens, an album recorded with the late, great Hungarian guitarist Gabor Szabo, which includes the oddest, most abstract version of the Beatles tune Rocky Raccoon you might ever hear: it is terse, dismissive, filled with nearly wry contempt. And why shouldn t Lena have been a little bit out of sorts. (New Yorker)
Calling Foes "Un-American" Is Nothing New Aug 12, 2009
com that in 2005, "dissent was patriotic and the activists were funded by Hungarian billionaires. In 2009, dissent is Nazism and protestors are not authentic since they show up on their own dime without subsidy.". Michelle Malkin's into recent political history turned up Hillary Clinton saying in 2003: "I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow youre not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to... (CBS News -- Opinion)
Soros on revolutions Jul 28, 2009
(CNN) -- From the mid-1980s, Hungarian-born investor and philanthropist George Soros pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into foundations in Eastern Europe dedicated to promoting the idea of the "open society" and challenging the region's Soviet-backed regimes ... A Soviet tank rolls through Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian uprising against communist domination. (CNN -- International)
Wednesday TV: World's Strictest Parents Jul 21, 2009
Or "wizard rock" bands such as Harry And The Potters, Draco And The Malfoys and the Hungarian Horntails. As far as director Josh Koury is concerned, all of them are reclaiming ownership of the Potter franchise, channelling their love for the books and films in ways the big, bad corporations can't control. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Tehran Protests Turn Into "Bloodbath" Jun 25, 2009
And we may have made a mistake when we gave too much encouragement to the Hungarian revolution. But during the Prague spring and in Poland, but still -- talk to Polish people today. (CBS News -- World)
Hollywood Animal by Joe Eszterhas, ... Jun 17, 2009
In Hollywood Animal, Eszterhas discusses his days in Hollywood and contrasts it with memoirs of his childhood in Hungarian refugee camps and in the working class neighborhood in which he grew up in Cleveland. The tales he tells are disturbing and touching. (Suite101.com)
From Susan Boyle To Hitler: Why Some Simply Can�t Hack Fame Jun 4, 2009
Nicolas Sarkozy: French President who went to all the wrong schools, grew up being told that he was from the wrong stock with a Hungarian name, and claims that he owes his success to all the humiliations suffered during childhood. This overnight sensation actually spent 20 years as a mayor, plus a stint taking flack for clamping down on ethnic riots as Interior Minister. (Human Events Online)
Clock is ticking (3) May 27, 2009
"He's the boss of the house, and he's having to wash dishes and cook, she frets.Their two Social Security checks total about 1,050 monthly. Out of that, they pay 240 for health insurance and 400 for medication each month. Real estate taxes of 1,000 are due now, too, and there's a 168 payment for insurance on their old car and 350 for homeowner's insurance.During a recent visit with this reporter and JFSA social worker Ellie Shoag on their small, tidy back porch, Hannah and Irving explained how... (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Klingon, Esperanto and Other Invented Languages May 18, 2009
Arika Okrent is fluent in English, Hungarian, American sign language and. Klingon. (Time.com)
Touring Kosovo an exercise in diplomacy May 17, 2009
Steve Kettmann, Special to The Chronicle. Sunday, May 17, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
A Case for Political Fusion May 15, 2009
I immigrated to this country as a young adult, who was exiled from Ceausescus Romania, in my 4th year of medial school, because I opposed the Ceausescu regime, as a minority Hungarian. You calling me dimwitted is the slightest insult I experienced from TH commentators, who are extremely fluent in Bible verses, but very coarse in Christian faith. (Townhall.com)
Crunch Time For City Breaks As Eastern European Prices Undercut Eurozone May 14, 2009
Over 1,600 Post Office bureau de change branches offer the most widely requested European currencies on demand, including all those featured in the Post Office City Costs Barometer, except the Hungarian forint and Estonian kroon, which can be pre-ordered. All currencies can be pre-ordered for next day branch collection at all 11,500 Post Office outlets or online at. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Latest news briefs from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (2) Apr 28, 2009
Last year, the Democrat from Massachusetts learned that his paternal grandfather, Frederick Kerry, who immigrated to the United States from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was born Fritz Kohn and later converted to Catholicism ... Klump is accused of acting on behalf of the Palestinian group Movement for the Freedom of Jerusalem, which claimed responsibility for the 1991 attack, which injured six, including two Hungarian police officers and four passengers headed for a flight to Israel. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
The Sad Story of Europe's Economic Ne'er-Do-Well Apr 15, 2009
Ambitiously designed "corporate campuses" that sought to replicate the high tech success of Hungarian-Americans Andrew Grove (Intel) and Charles Simonyi (Microsoft) now stand largely empty on the banks of the Danube ... From his perch at the European Union headquarters in Brussels, a British diplomat told me last week that Hungarian politicians are widely viewed as ranking "number 27 out of 27 among the EU members." Indeed, Hungary has become somewhat of an economic pariah even in its own... (Human Events Online)
Nicholas Lemann: What media moguls make. Apr 14, 2009
Paper Tigers: Books: The New Yorker. The Wall Street Journal and the Invention of Modern Journalism (St. (New Yorker)
Gender Equality - ART RAIN Apr 9, 2009
This exhibition will be represened by Finnish, Armenian-Finnish, Hungarian, Irish, Czech-Finnish, Chinese-Finnish, Moroccan and Belgian artists. Their paintings promote a sense of justice, harmony and respect for each other and society as a whole. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Paper Tigers Apr 6, 2009
The Wall Street Journal and the Invention of Modern Journalism (St. 95), Richard J. Tofel, The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch (Broadway; 29. (New Yorker)
Frederick ousted as GOP chairman Apr 5, 2009
Removal aims to unify party. () Sunday, April 5, 2009. (Insight on the News)
'Ebony Ensemble' Mar 28, 2009
It was further honed during the 20 years he spent behind the Iron Curtain working as an artist-in-residence at a porcelain factory in the medieval town of Pecs where he and his Hungarian-born ex-wife Carmen went to introduce their children to their Hungarian heritage. And it took on the creative edge that Milaskey talks about as he witnessed the violence and destruction that has sprung from the missionary zeal of religions and cultures play forth in the Balkan wars. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Curatorial revisionism takes this 'Isadora' to an extreme Mar 25, 2009
Gone are the pas de deux with the character Nursey (who, in Mr. MacMillan's gratuitously sensationalist version, tried to have lesbian sex with the young Isadora); the Hungarian "Romeo" actor with whom she lost her virginity; and the Russian poet Sergei Yesenin (whom the real Ms. Duncan married). All these posthumous changes, alas, only highlight the ballet's central problems. (International Herald Tribune)
Brown told China could be G20 stu... Mar 21, 2009
This followed an appeal earlier this month from Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyursany who warned of a new Iron Curtain dividing Europe between the richer countries of the west and the collapsing economies of the east. The EU leaders also agreed to find $75 to $100 billion in loans for the International Monetary Fund as part of an attempt to double its resources for failing economies to $500 billion. (New York Post -- Business)
Gabriel Resources Ltd: Fourth Quarter 2008 Report Mar 5, 2009
As discussed in previous annual and quarterly reports, the Project has long faced opposition from a group of foreign-funded and Romanian non-governmental organizations ("NGOs"), certain Romanian organizations and some members of the Hungarian Government ... This is a change from the government, which governed from April 2007 until November 2008 and was comprised of the Liberal party and ethnic Hungarian UDMR (the "UDMR") party ... A number of foreign-funded and Romanian NGOs, including the... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Bukovina Germans: Trapped by Shifti... Mar 3, 2009
Next, the Compromise of 1867 resulted in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a dual monarchy under the Hapsburgs, with the Austrian and Hungarian governments operating separately. The Worst is Still Ahead. (Suite101.com)
Reader seeks scripture for sleep paralysis Feb 28, 2009
Some in the Hungarian culture speak of supernatural entities that press. The Kurds call it mottaka, and believe an evil spirit turns up on top of the sleeper to suffocate. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
Eastern European banks given ?24.... Feb 28, 2009
Ferenc Gyurcs;ny, the Hungarian Prime Minister, will tell Eastern European leaders tomorrow that he believes 180 billion is needed to bring the region s banks and companies through the crisis. In a sign of East-West tension, Donald Tusk, the Polish Prime Minister, said that larger Western economies could start throwing the weaker passengers overboard as the downturn deepens. (New York Post -- Business)
What wines to pair with Asian cuisine? Feb 27, 2009
The big surprise for me, though, was a dry white Hungarian wine, a 1999 from Tokaj Classic. It was made from the furmint grape, which is better known in Hungary's lusciously sweet tokays, but this was delicate, floral and just right with a tart chicken curry dish. (International Herald Tribune)
Got it licked Feb 27, 2009
The rare Hungarian Krone Green that was issued in error in Red ... In 2006, London auctioneer Spink sold one of the most valuable Hungarian stamps - an 1867 three Krone Green, which had been issued in red by mistake ... Coincidentally Hungarian stamps, typically pre-1950s but also the surrounding countries simply as a consequence of how I have bought them in the past as "boxes" and albums from old collectors through auctions and the like. (BBC News -- Europe)
France's Sarkozy finds time in busy schedule to collect stamps Feb 26, 2009
He added: "His ancestors came from Hungary - I think Hungarian stamps interest him a lot.". In a letter to the federation, Mr Sarkozy said: "I share your passion for stamps and philately. I have been a stamp collector since I was a young boy - this hobby is an opening to the world, to history and great events. "I'm still sure that philately will maintain its rightful place if stamps retain their social and economic utility, in terms of letter-writing, beauty and rarity. (BBC News -- Europe)
Juneau boasts busy arts scene Feb 15, 2009
Anchorage Daily News. Photos and video from Alaska's brutal but beautiful season. (Anchorage Daily News)
Letters to the editor (Feb. 13) (34) Feb 13, 2009
Well-known Hungarian physicist and environmental researcher Miklos Zagoni, once an outspoken supporter of the Kyoto protocol who changed from supporter to critic of global warming, explains how nature regulates the amount of carbon dioxide, keeping it in balance. Dr. Takeda Kunihiko, prominent Japanese scientist and educator, said, CO2 emissions make absolutely no difference one way or another. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Julie Delpy, Chris Brown, Woody Harrelson Feb 11, 2009
In "The Countess," Delpy revisits the tale of the Hungarian noblewoman Erzebet Bathory, best remembered as one of history's most prolific serial killers, who was walled up in her castle after being accused of murdering hundreds of young women. (Reuters). (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
The communist touch Feb 8, 2009
s. Rodchenko's mentor, Wassily Kandinsky, taught at the Bauhaus art and design school in Germany after leaving Moscow in 1922, as did the Hungarian Constructivist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy ... The trajectory begins with Moholy-Nagy, who worked in the United States with his fellow Hungarian, Gyorgy Kepes, on early theories of the construction of mechanical images. (International Herald Tribune)
