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Honoring the freedom and bravery of the 1956 Freedom Fighters

The heroism of Hungary’s legendary 1956 freedom fighter came from the extraordinary bravery of everyday people

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That moment when a US diplomat wonders if there is press freedom in Hungary, and an RTL Klub producer has the answer

Really, what reasonable, Hungarian-speaking person would look at the media landscape in Hungary and seriously wonder about the freedom of the media?

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The corruption of news reporting on ‘corruption’

If it doesn’t fit within the Hungary-bashing narrative, it won’t be reported.

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Brussels shoots itself in the foot with crackdown on Hungarian NGO transparency

Their credibility just took another blow. It’s difficult to take seriously this latest move by the European Commission.

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Ethnic Hungarians

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Speeches and Remarks Prime Minister

Interview with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the Romanian daily Krónika

Oct 11, 2017

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Blog

What did minority children in Ukraine do to deserve this?

Sep 22, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

Many wonder the same these days – what did minority children in Ukraine do to deserve having their rights to study in their native tongue taken away?

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News in Brief

Hungary's foreign policy is to "resolutely stand up for Hungarian interests and the interests of Hungarians living across the border"

Sep 20, 2017

Hungarian foreign policy will never abandon cross-border Hungarians, we will “fight until the bitter end” with regard to issues that are important to them, and will “not allow decisions that negatively affect Hungarians to be made one after the other in neighboring countries," the foreign minister said

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Hungary's FM: Ukraine "stabbed Hungary in the back" over law that violates the rights of Hungarian minority

Sep 08, 2017

“It is unacceptable that Hungarians living in Ukraine have been stripped of their right to be taught in their native language in secondary school and university,” Hungary's foreign minister said

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Hungary objects to new Ukrainian law that abolishes minority languages in schools

Sep 07, 2017

The new Ukrainian law will mean secondary school and higher education courses will only be available in Ukrainian, while education in minority languages is restricted to kindergartens and primary schools

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The big deal about Hungary’s almost 1 million new citizens

May 27, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács

Yes, 950,000 new Hungarian citizens in less than seven years. At first glance, Hungary’s numbers seem incredible for a country of about 10 million people, but it’s not as far-fetched as it sounds.

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Hungarian diaspora programs to restore identity and language to Hungarians around the world

Feb 16, 2017

Up to 115 young Hungarian scholarship-holders will be sent to 24 countries on five continents for six to nine months under the Kőrösi Csoma Sándor program

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Hungary to help advance the lives of Hungarians living abroad

Jan 02, 2017

The Hungarian government has never spent as much money on helping Hungarians abroad preserve their cultural and linguistic identity as it does now, Deputy PM Semjén said

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