Charlottesville — A Hungarian government politician blames the liberals
Szilárd Németh, a prominent parliamentarian affiliated with Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, knows who is to blame for the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia during a rally by neo-Nazis and members of...
View ArticleMomentum’s Balázs Nemes — A reformed anti-Semitic homophobe?
Balázs Nemes is in eighth place on Momentum’s party list for national elections scheduled for 8th April. Momentum, of course, is the youthful movement that rationalizes its decision not to cooperate...
View ArticleWorld War II criminal Albert Wass is celebrated (again) at the NY Hungarian...
On February 23, 2018 the Hungarian House on East 82nd Street in Manhattan hosted another program to celebrate Albert Wass. This is the fifth year that the Széchenyi Society has staged this event....
View ArticleSweden’s far-right Jewish lawmaker Kent Ekeroth moves to Hungary
Viktor Orbán’s policies have made Budapest a magnet for Europe’s far-right politicians. France’s Marine Le Pen recently declared, “I respect Orbán because he had the strength to face the EU that...
View ArticleMembers of the Vitézi Rend should not be allowed to enter the United States
Foreign individuals who are affiliated with various organizations can be prevented from entering the US. The FAM 302.7 directive from the US State Department lists groups considered to be “criminal...
View ArticleWhite supremacist Congressman Steve King is Orbán’s friend
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. has announced that the Republican Steering Committee voted unanimously to remove Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, from all committees after his comments about...
View ArticleHungarian American organization supports convicted violent neo-Nazis in Romania
Two Romanian citizens, Mr. István Beke and Mr. Zoltán Szőcs were arrested in November, 2015. They are ethnic Hungarians and local leaders of a group called Sixty-Four Counties Youth Movement...
View ArticleTwo examples of contemporary Polish antisemitism
Ever since I read Jerzy Kosiński’s 1965 novel The Painted Bird, I was freed from any misconception that antisemitism in Hungary is unique or somehow more odious than that appearing elsewhere in Central...
View ArticleThe National Legion — Far-right launches new paramilitary group in Hungary
The Mi Hazánk, or in English the Our Homeland far-right party announced the formation of a paramilitary group called the National Legion on 14 May 2019. This new group follows in the footsteps of the...
View ArticleOrbán government politician is lobbying against Trudeau in Toronto
According its official description HungaroFest, a two-day festival recently held in Toronto, was meant “to recognize and celebrate the history, existence and integration of the Hungarian people within...
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