Posts Tagged: Hungary
Opposition Calls on Hungary’s Orban to Fire Museum Head for Likening Soros to Hitler
A leading Hungarian opposition party joined calls on Sunday for Prime Minister Viktor Orban to fire the head of a state-funded museum for making extreme...
In Global War on Coronavirus, Some Fear Civil Rights Are Collateral Damage
In Armenia, journalists must by law include information from the government in their stories about COVID-19. In the Philippines, the president has told security forces...
A Middle Ground on Trump and Orbán at the White House
Despite the fact that the Trump administration has spent two years communicating its concerns with Hungary regarding academic freedom, antisemitism, and other illiberal positions of...
Hungarian Jews Examine Long-Lost Identity, and a JCC Is There to Help Them
JNS.org - Many Jews in Hungary are discovering their roots for the first time since the end of Communist rule in 1989, and the only...
Hungary: Zero Tolerance for Antisemitism?
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán repeatedly declares that in Hungary, there is zero tolerance for antisemitism. But recent opinion research among Jews in Hungary shows that...
Who Are Europe’s Most Important Politicians?
"Who is the most important European alive today?" I asked in early 2010. Dutch politician Geert Wilders was my answer, because "he is best placed to...
Hungary Says EU’s ‘Irresponsible’ Migrant Policy Poses Threat to Jews
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's office said on Monday an "irresponsible" migration policy on the part of the European Union had stoked religious intolerance in...
New Hungarian Political Party Aims for Nazi Resurgence
Adolf Hitler’s ideas are alive and well in Hungary. Alongside the considerable Jewish renaissance in Hungary, it appears that the ultra-right Jobbik Party is not radical enough...
Hungary Creates First-Ever Office to Address Christian Persecution
JNS.org -- Hungary has established the world's first-ever government office to address Christian persecution in the Middle East and Europe, the Catholic News Agency reported on Tuesday. Although the...
Photos of Nazi Victims Defaced at Holocaust Memorial in Hungarian Capital
A Budapest memorial to the Hungarian victims of the Holocaust was vandalized over the weekend, the Hungarian Free Press reported on Sunday. Images accompanying the report show...
The Algemeiner and the Jewish Media Are Wrong About Hungary
A few weeks ago, The Algemeiner posted an article titled “Mass Nazi Salute at Euro 2016 Match Spurs French Police to Investigate Hungarian Fans for Antisemitism.”...
A Third of All Hungarians Espouse Widespread Antisemitic Attitudes, Survey Finds
A new survey commissioned by a Hungarian antisemitism watchdog group found that one-third of the general population in Hungary espouses varying degrees of anti-Jewish attitudes, the...
Holocaust Survivor Files Lawsuit Against Hungarian National Railway for Crimes Against Humanity and Abetting Genocide
A group of lawyers representing a Hungarian Holocaust victim have sued Hungary's national railways in the Hungarian Court "for transporting and profiteering from the Hungarian Holocaust," The Algemeiner learned...
Jewish Youths in Budapest Accosted With Shouts of ‘You Killed Jesus’
Jewish youths in Budapest were subject to verbal antisemitic abuse this week, the EverydayAntisemitism blog posted on its website on Tuesday. According to the report, six people...
