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5/19/2005 - Dr. Sandor Havadtoy, AHF Vice President and editor of the Szekely Nep, the Transylvanian Committee's Quarterly, published an excellent analysis on Hungary's dual-citizenship referendum. See it (in English and Hungarian) on [AHF Publications] 5/11/2005 - The Washington Times publishes AHF Letter to the Editor... "Mr. Bush, who did not mince words in Riga, should make another highly symbolic gesture to underscore his message that the freedom of small nations should not be expendable." [read more] [join us!] [> Go to all AHF news] NOTE: We use this list SPARINGLY.
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Hungarians in International News 6/10/2005 - "Hungarians should just dance" - Serbian radicals increasing pressure on Vojvodina Hungarian political parties. The Federation of Vojvodina Hungarians held a press conference to discuss efforts at intimidation and fear by radical Serbian politicians. The Serbs also appointed special prosecutors to begin bogus investigations of political activities in an assault on democracy and minority rights. While the violence continues... AHF fears a new Kosovo. [read more] Hungarian text available, "Egybehangolt lejáratási kampány a VMSZ ellen" Laszlo Solyom elected as President of Hungary / Sólyom
László az új államfo The Hungarian parliament on Tuesday elected opposition candidate Laszlo Solyom as the nation's next president to succeed outgoing President Ferenc Madl who will step down in August, Hungarian News Agency said. Solyom, 63, a constitutional lawyer, was nominated by opposition parties Fidesz and the Hungarian Democratic Forum. According to AHF's media representative in Budapest, Mihaly Bolcskey, "Solyom is considered an non-partisan and unlikely candidate emerging from Hungary's constitutional committee. Just 2 months ago, Solyom wasn't even a nominee. Oppostion parties were left without a candidate when President Ferenc Madl announced his intent to step down. Solyom's name emerged as a serious potential candidate only after a Hungarian environmental organization "VedEgylet," for whom Solyom had once advised along with other environmental and civic organizations, lobbied the opposition parties, Fidesz and the Hungarian Democratic Forum. These parties would eventually accept Solyom as their nominee. Solyom won election by only a few votes, 185 to the Socialist Candidate Katalin Szili's 182, but is considered to be a centrist and thoughtful candidate that claimed, "I will talk little so that when I do talk, my words will have added weight." Dr. Solyom's credentials are superb. Schooled in Pecs as a lawyer, Dr. Solyom went to Germany in the late 60's to teach law. He received his Ph.D. in Germany at the University of Jena. He returned to Hungary in the mid 1980's to teach at the Law School at ELTE (Eotvos Lorand Tudomany Egyetem). He has received numerous prestigious awards in Hungary and Western Europe and we expect him to be an excellent representative of the Hungarian people in a new Europe. Sólyom László, az ellenzéki pártok
jelöltje 185 szavazattal nyerte az elnökválasztást.
Szili Katalin MSZP-s jelölt 182 voksot kapott. Az SZDSZ-bol
17-en nem szavaztak, hárman azonban a frakciótilalom
ellenére voksoltak. Sólyom letette az esküt,
hivatalosan augusztustól lesz köztársasági
elnök öt éven át. Az MSZP rendkívüli
kongresszuson értékeli a köztársasági
elnökválasztás kimenetelét. Eastern Europe migration not one-way traffic west BUDAPEST/PRAGUE – Poles are picking asparagus in Germany and Lithuanians are pulling pints of beer in Irish bars, but feared hordes of migrants from poor eastern European new EU member states have failed to arrive. [read more] André Kertész (1894-1985): Hungary, a small land-locked country in the centre of Europe, nurtured far more than its share of genius in the first half of 20th century. It was Hungarian scientists who drove forward the Manhattan project to produce the first atomic bomb and invented the biro and the hologram; Hungarian footballers who showed that England could be defeated and Hungarian photographers who shone in the world of photojournalism and modernism. [read more] FESTIVAL KEEPS HERITAGE ALIVE: New Brunswick celebrates Her hand to her heart, Theresa Scurato, 75, stood on a Somerset Street stoop as she watched the color guard, the children dressed in traditional Hungarian clothing and the procession of Hungarian civic groups pass by. [read more] "Romanians" Dragulescu and Ponor defend European
gymnastics titles Hungary's Krisztian Berki recorded the competition's highest score
on the pommel horse - 9.775 points - to win the title. Renault and Nissan Open Joint Parts Warehouse in Hungary Its capability to process more than 2 million orders makes the warehouse one of the most efficient ones in Europe. Renault and Nissan invested 13 million euros in the warehouse. [read more] Hungarian Rightists Thank French Leftists for "No"
Vote. According to Magyar Nemzet, the rightist Jobbik Magyarországért Mozgalom ("Movement for a Better Hungary") thanked French voters for voting "no" in Sunday's referendum on the EU constitution by "picketing" the French embassy with signs saying "Köszönjük – Merci." [read more] The Violence against Hungarians continues: Jeno Urban is a young man from Horgos and is the leader of the Bela Bartok Public Education Society's break group. However, this young man of great motion skill and who also teaches children, will not spin on his head for a while. [read more] For additional information on Serbian violence, visit AHF Government Itching to Wager on "Hungo Vegas" The government wants to help an investment group build a "small Hungarian Las Vegas" in Bezenye, Magyar Hírlap reports today. [Read More] Croatian And Hungarian Presidents Hold Talks In Zagreb Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Friday received for talks Hungarian President Ferenc Madl, who was on a brief working visit to Zagreb at the invitation of his host. Madl added that his country would continue all it could to help Croatia to become an EU member as soon as possible. [read more] FIDESZ Has Seven-Point Lead in Hungary The opposition Citizens Party (Fidesz) remains the most popular political organization in Hungary, according to a poll by Gallup. 31 per cent of respondents would vote for Fidesz—led by former prime minister Viktor Orban—in the next general election. [read more] Cuban Commies Dishonor Beloved Hungarian Poet The author writes: "we don't think it's a great honor to have one of the nation's greatest artistic figures being officially appropriated by one of the world's last two communist dictatorships [read more] Hungarian unemployment rises to 7.2 pct in February-April Hungary's unemployment rate rose to 7.2 pct from February to April, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous period of January to March, the central statistics bureau KSH said. The unemployment rate stood at 6.0 pct in the 2004 February-April period in 2004. KSH said that while unemployment was on the rise, it was still below the 9.3 pct average jobless rate in the European Union in March. As Hungary shows, West doesn’t always know best I can say that I found a favorable business environment [in Hungary] that rewarded success. So if the question is “Does the West know best?” – then, in my experience, the answer of Hungary and its neighbors is a firm “No.” [read more] Join online!
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6/10/2005
- Trianon turns 85! Demonstrations in NY, Toronto
and elsewhere...
5/28/2005
- Hungarian Scout's Association competition a great
success. The "cserkészek" held their annual
competition this year in upper New York's Sik Sandor Boyscout Park.
The Hungarian Association of Cleveland under Dr. Nadas Gyula (AHF
Member and President Emeritus) donated $75,000 to help build a complex
at the Sik Sandor Park.
6/9/2005
- Rev. Imre Bertalan and the 
5/19/2005
- Gergely "Bajusz" Pongratz,
a leader and hero of Hungary's anti-communist revolution, dead
at 73. Pongratz suffered a heart attack in the southern Hungarian
town of Kiskunmajsa.