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Mária Schmidt: No weapon exists that can neutralize an idea
“The Bold Truth About Hungary” podcast has aired its second episode today featuring author, historian, and Director-General of the House of Terror Museum Mária Schmidt.
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News in Brief
State Secretary Zoltán Kovács is joined by author and historian Mária Schmidt in the second episode of The Bold Truth About Hungary podcast
The next iteration of the podcast airs tomorrow 10 am with host Zoltán Kovács and his second guest Mária Schmidt
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Imre Kertész institute opens in Budapest
The Imre Kertész Institute is housed at Benczúr utca 46, which was purchased by the public foundation from the Metropolitan Municipality for HUF 762 million, and renovated with a budget...
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A new world was born: the century that saw the West lose its self-confidence
From the advantage of a hundred years of hindsight, the First World War, or the “Great War” as Anglo-Saxon literature calls it, may seem like a romantic, distant, strange war...
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A stroke of luck for Europe
A guest post by Mária Schmidt
Speeches and Remarks
Director-General Mária Schmidt’s speech on the 62nd anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight
23 October 2018, Budapest
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House of Fates coming to Hungary next year to mark the 75th anniversary of the Holocaust
The government will be establishing the House of Fates in cooperation with the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation (EMIH) and the Public Foundation for the Research of Central and Eastern European History and Society.
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Dr. Mária Schmidt: the European Union is outdated
During the second day of the V4’s prestigious ‘Future of Europe’ conference, experts gathered to discuss the geopolitical challenges that lie ahead of the Visegrád Group. Here’s a quick summary of their main points.
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On the values of the European Union
The unveiling of the statue of Karl Marx is clearly a salute to the Communist idea and practice. It’s a message of global political significance. If the leaders of the EU do not understand this, it’s a big problem. But if they do understand it, then the problem is even greater because in that case the conflict between us is insurmountable.
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That’s how you write in the West – oh, and on the Left
The mainstream western media put up an unprecedented ballyhoo about the elections in Hungary. It feels good but somewhat funny as well. It feels good because it has been my strong conviction for a long time that Hungary is the centre of the world and a flower on God’s hat, as the old folk saying goes, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that this view of mine is shared by the “whole” West.
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Misunderstandings
The lingering migration crisis has produced sharp divisions within the European Union
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“Even as a joke, it’s a bit too much…”: A conversation between Anne Applebaum and Dr. Mária Schmidt
[The conversation below took place in Budapest, November 13, 2017, at Anne Applebaum’s request. As a frank and open exchange, it reveals several points of agreement and often disagreement on matters ranging from relations with the United States, George Soros, press freedom and more.