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Facebook’s newest restrictions may severely violate democracy

Ferenc Almássy April 13, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on April 13, 2021. The tech company can intervene in domestic politics with the click of a button. Facebook’s limitations last Friday, which drastically limited the availability of content shared by politicians,…

Culture

Good Friday

Ferenc Almássy April 2, 2021

Dear readers, Today, we celebrate Good Friday, the day the Christ suffered his Passion, was condemned and crucified. It is a most important day for Christians, as well as a day of mourning and self-reflection. Christians fast and seek silence and calm…

Politics

Hungary : Nationalists protest COVID restrictions

Ferenc Almássy March 17, 2021

March 15. It’s Hungary’s national day and the nationalists of “Mi Hazánk” have organised a protest in favour of ending COVID restrictions. Yet despite growing rumblings from the population, few decided to overcome their fear of the police and take part in…

Politics

Fidesz leaves the EPP

Ferenc Almássy March 3, 2021

Hungary - After a couple of year of wrestling match, it is finally done: After warning its partners, Hungarian Christian-Democrat Prime Minister Orbán's Fidesz party decided to leave the European Popular Party (EPP), the centre-right wing group of the European Parliament. The…

Magyar Nemzet

Génération Identitaire: The Fight for Europe and Against Migration

Ferenc Almássy February 10, 2021

This article has been published online by the Magyar Nemzet on February 10, 2021. “Youth who oppose immigration and Islamization” – a characterization of the French Génération Identitaire mission, a movement now caught in the crosshairs of the French government. Minister of the…

Interviews

Ruuben Kaalep: “The Intermarium has to be a voluntary alliance, not like the EU”

Ferenc Almássy November 16, 2020

Interview with Ruuben Kaalep, member of the Estonian Parliament and member of EKRE, the Conservative People's Party of Estonia: "We need to be able to play on the global stage, and for that we need to put our forces together and support…

Interviews

Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz: “Europe was constructed, and continues to be constructed, upon Christian values”

Ferenc Almássy May 18, 2020

Interview with cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, ex-private secretary to Saint John-Paul II: “Europe was constructed and continues to be constructed, upon Christian values”. By Saint John-Paul II’s side for forty years, first as his student and then as his secretary, Stanisław Dziwisz was…

Interviews

Tristan Azbej: “Christianity is the most persecuted faith in the world”

Ferenc Almássy December 21, 2019

Interview with Tristan Azbej, Hungary's State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians and for the Hungary Helps Program: "We are confronted bythe fact that Christianity is the world's most persecuted faith." Hungary - In 2016, the Hungarian government created a Secretary…

Interviews

Eric Zemmour : “We have to ally ourselves with the Visegrád Group in order to protect our identity”

Ferenc Almássy December 16, 2019

Interview with Eric Zemmour, French writer, journalist and polemist: “I believe that we French should ally ourselves (with the Visegrád Group) in order to keep alive a certain idea of Europe and of European identity, which is first and foremost Christian and…

Interviews

Jarosław Gowin: “Western Europe Is Still Imbued With Biases And Misconceptions Regarding Countries Like Poland”

Ferenc Almássy January 25, 2019

Interview with the Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Higher Education Jarosław Gowin, former Minister of Justice: "Western Europe, for its part, is still impregnated with biases and misconceptions regarding countries like Poland". Poland - Jarosław Gowin has been minister…

Politics

Is Hungary in a Crisis?

Ferenc Almássy January 6, 2019

By Ferenc Almássy. Hungary - A series of demonstrations have taken place in Hungary opposing its conservative Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán. Its trigger was a vote in Parliament approving changes to the labor laws. Both the Hungarian and the foreign media who…

Politics

November 11 in Poland: Celebration of the Independence Day and Political Ploy

Ferenc Almássy November 12, 2018

By Ferenc Almássy. Poland - November 11, 2018, one hundred years have passed since the end of the 1st World War. It is at the same time the centenary for Poland of the recovery of its independence after 123 years of partition.…