Showing posts with label hungarian nationalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hungarian nationalism. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Notes from the new front line

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The flag debate drags on and on and ... Political capital is made by both sides in perpetuating it. Easy to whip Romanians into a fury ov...
Friday, January 13, 2012

My Hopes for Transylvania in 2012

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It's the New Year, and I have a dream, and all that... I have this utopian vision in which people get over their need to be intoleran...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Politics week - Part 3: Hungary

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So, the UK now has a Tory prime minister and basically a Tory government. (On a side note, I discovered yesterday that I am older than both ...
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Saturday, March 14, 2009

The perils of translation

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The president of Hungary, Laszlo Solyom, was due to visit here this weekend, as part of the March 15th (national Day of Hungarians) celebrat...
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Monday, May 28, 2007

Farewell for another year, Búcsú

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Well, it was hot for the pilgrimage. Very very hot. And since the culmination of the event involves climbing up a fairly steep slope in or...
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Thursday, May 10, 2007

The UDMR

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I'm in the middle of writing a long (long) post about nationality and nationalism and identity and all that stuff for my extremely occas...
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Iskola (2)

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The mayor of Csikszereda, one Raduly Robert, is basically a cretin. His name is more or less a joke in the town, and I've yet to meet a...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

March 15th (Part 2)

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Just came home from a little tour of the festivities, which basically involved a lot of speeches outside the city hall. Couldn't unders...
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Friday, March 10, 2006

March 15th

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Next Wednesday is March 15th, which is a big day here, and this year promises to be a bigger day than normal. March 15th is the national da...
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Monday, May 16, 2005

Our pilgrimage

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It’s really weird when the small town you live in suddenly becomes the venue for a huge event. I should have known when I was told there wo...
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Monday, December 06, 2004

Hungary and the referendum

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It didn't pass. Only 37% of Hungarians bothered to vote on it which means that it didn't have a quorum. Of those who did vote yes b...
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