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Communism had no heroes, only victims
Today we remember the political prisoners and forced laborers deported to the Soviet Union.
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MEP Deutsch: EU tyranny could take the place of the decades of communist tyranny
Deutsch said that the EU aim is to force Hungary into letting in migrants and recognizing same-sex marriages, while hiding behind the rule of law in a manner that is...
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Fidesz MEPs express outrage over unveiling of Lenin statue in western Germany
MEPs from the ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrat alliance have expressed outrage over the recent unveiling of a statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in western Germany.
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Hungary remembers the victims of communism
Gergely Gulyás said communist rule ended in Hungary in 1989, but insisted that “the communists and their crimes are still with us”.
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State Secretary: Communism had no heroes, only victims
Zoltán Kovács, State Secretary for International Communication and Relations, has marked a memorial day of political prisoners and forced laborers deported to the Soviet Union.
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Speaker Kövér: Sins become complete once they are forgotten
Speaking at the re-inauguration ceremony of the “Martyrs of the Nation” Memorial in downtown Budapest, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér remembered the victims of the communist rule of the 1918-1919 Council Republic.
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The apparatchiks are back, and they’ve joined forces with the far-right
While Hungarians remembered on October 23rd the martyrs of the 1956 Revolution – the everyday men and women, boys and girls who took up arms and made a heroic stand against Soviet military might on the streets of Budapest – the direct descendants of the Communist Party cadre that helped break the revolution were busy whitewashing their grandparents and – just for good measure – allying themselves with Hungary’s anti-Semitic, far-right in a shameful maneuver for political power.
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21st-century media is the key to addressing events of 1989, says official
The head of the PM’s Office has highlighted that the fall of communism in 1989 has not been sufficiently addressed in art, therefore 21st-century media will be “indispensable” in helping to revive the memories of the events that led to the regime change.
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The irrational Orbanophobia of Anne Applebaum
Under Soviet occupation, November 7 was a compulsory holiday in Hungary. Since the end of communism and the re-birth of a free Hungary, we remember the one hundred million victims of communism. In her recent piece in the Washington Post, Anne Applebaum uses November 7 as an opportunity to disparage democratic political parties and leaders – including Prime Minister Orbán – whom she dislikes, bizarrely comparing them to Bolsheviks.
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What do globalists and communist collaborators have in common? Orbánophobia
As a sometimes vocal critic of certain EU policies and a leading figure in the move to strengthen borders, limit immigration and oppose pro-migration forces, Prime Minister Orbán has become a target of some sharp criticism. That’s to be expected, but among Prime Minister Orbán’s detractors, there is a special group on the extreme end of the spectrum that harbor an irrational fear and contempt.
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Prime Minister Viktor Orbán remembers Placid Oloffson in touching letter
PM Orbán wrote that “a true representative of Hungarian freedom and European Christian culture has passed away. During his one hundred years, he bravely demonstrated that there is freedom where the spirit of God is present: in church and the classroom just as in prison and the forced labor camp"