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AHF wishes all a prosperous, peaceful New Year! AHF Top Stories
12/23/2004
- AHF sponsors "Congressional Hungarian American Caucus
Staffer Appreciation Day" on Capitol Hill. The Center
for Hungarian American Congressional Relations (CHACR)
helped AHF organize the event aimed at thanking congressional staffers
that represent the now 25-member strong Hungarian American Caucus
for their support for Hungarian causes. Over 60 guests sampled delicious
Hungarian cuisine from Maximilian's
and wine from our newest member, Monarchia.
[more]
11/24/2004
- AHF issues call ("felhivas")
to Hungarians to vote "YES" on dual-citizenship for
Hungarians beyond the borders. "If someone desires
Hungarian citizenship, we should be pleased as our number has grown
by at least one in a Carpathian Basin where our numbers are in
decline. But this is a referendum for which there was no need. We
shouldn't divide "within-borders" from
"outside-border" Hungarians, nor prevent a Hungarian stuck
behind borders that were changed around him from claiming his
citizenship." Click to download the "Felhivas" [here]
or read [more].
10/30/2004
- AHF Releases
Statement on Vojvodina Violence: VOJVODINA: “Drop
dead Hungarians”
In the last six months, non-Serbs, including members of Vojvodina’s 300,000-strong Hungarian minority, have been harassed and assaulted and their cemeteries and churches have been desecrated in a wave of physical violence, vandalism and anti-Semitism. [download full article] or [read more] about Serbian intimidation of Hungarians in Vojvodina. NOTE:
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One of the great Hungarian business success stories in recent months is Monarchia Wines (MMI) which brings hand-crafted, artisan wines from the premier family estates of Hungary as well as small production wines from the country's top regions. To give Monarchia a unique profile, a team of experts in Hungary provides the critical quality control. So successful has Monarchia's business model been, they have almost single-handedly changed the face and reputation on Hungarian wines around the world in but a few months. See an article on PRWeb
In
Memoriam
JENO SZEREDAS, 90, HUNGARIAN
FREEDOM FIGHTER FEDERATION FOUNDER,
AHF MEMBER, AND
ARTIST DIES Jeno Andras Szeredas, Hungarian political activist and Senator, 1956 Freedom Fighter, Founder of the Freedom Fighters Federation in the United States, poet and artist of rare talent died quietly in his sleep at his daughter's home in Connecticut on November 30. He had just celebrated his 90th birthday.[more]
Other
International News
Hungarian Parties Remain Very
Close
Angus Reid - December 28th: CPOD
Global Scan
The conservative Citizens Party (Fidesz) is
barely leading the political scene in Hungary, according to a poll
by Gallup. 25 per cent of respondents would vote for the
opposition Fidesz in the next general election, a three per cent
drop since November. The
ruling Socialist Party (MSZP) is second with 23 per cent, followed
by the Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) and the Hungarian
Democratic Forum (MDF) with two per cent.
In August, Socialist prime minister Peter Medgyessy
tendered his resignation after a cabinet dispute. On Aug. 25, the
Socialists chose businessman and sports minister Ferenc Gyurcsany
as the new head of government.
Polling Data
If an election were held today, what party
would you support?
Hungarian Citizens Party (Fidesz)
Dec. 2004 25% Nov. 2004 28% Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) Dec. 2004 23% Nov. 2004 25% Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ) Dec. 2004 2% Nov. 2004 3% Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) Dec. 2004 2% Nov. 2004 1%
Source: Gallup Hungary
Methodology: Telephone interviews to 1,003 Hungarian voters, conducted from Dec. 1 to Dec. 9, 2004. Margin of error is 3.2 per cent. [BD - Did
you know a Hungarian firm was Australia's largest commercial ship
repairer? And it's hiring Hungarians! Way to go! See this article
>>]
20,000 foreign workers
fill skills gap
Brad Norington - December 28, 2004: The Australian A COMPANY that has
flown in trained welders from Hungary to work at its dockyards in
NSW and Queensland has complained of a chronic shortage of skilled
labour that is forcing Australian companies to hire large numbers of
foreign "guest workers" for local jobs.
Hungary's
Troops Come Home
PolitInfo.com - Dec 23, 2004 Hungary's 300-member contingent
deployed in Iraq has returned home after parliament refused to
extend its mission.
The troops arrived in Hungary on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Hungarian government had sought to extend the mission
to March 2005 but the center-right opposition in parliament voted
down the plan. Hungary
Ratifies EU Constitution Hungary’s parliament
on Monday ratified the European Union’s constitution, becoming
the second EU country to approve the draft charter. [BD - I wonder who was the lucky reporter verifying these statistics! >>] More
sex please, we're Hungarian DESPITE the low demographic
indicators, Hungarian couples are doing more than the European average
to raise the sales of contraceptives. Hungarian
Economy set to grow by 4% The Hungarian economy, set to expand at around
4% both this year and in 2005, is back onto a sustainable, export-led,
growth track. A Budapest Christmas THE traditional Hungarian Christmas Season is the greatest family event of the year. [more] Join online! |