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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943, a struggle for human dignity celebrated on April 19

Olivier Bault April 22, 2021

Poland – Last Monday Poland commemorated the 78th anniversary of the start of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising with the participation of the Polish and Israeli foreign ministers and more than 50 Polish and Israeli ambassadors from around the world. At noon, sirens…

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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…

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23rd March – Hungarians and Poles celebrate their thousand-year friendship

Sébastien Meuwissen March 23, 2021

Poland / Hungary - On 12 March 2007, the Hungarian parliament unanimously decreed that the 23rd March be considered as “Polish-Hungarian Friendship Day”. Four days later, a similar resolution was adopted by acclamation by the Polish parliament. Anyone with a passing interest…

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Who was Wacław Felczak?

The Editorial Board July 20, 2020

Who was Wacław Felczak? – A Hungarian Perspective Fel-tsak or Fel-tʂak? Thanks to the different pronunciation in Polish and Hungarian, this question was quite common among the Hungarian participants on the Summer University in Krasiczyn, Poland, both in 2018 and 2019. A…

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Good Friday

The Editorial Board April 10, 2020

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 in order…

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Hungarians and the Warsaw Uprising

The Editorial Board September 3, 2019

By Marcin Bąk. Originally published on Kurier.plus. Poland - Of the many brotherly pages in Polish-Hungarian relations, one of the brightest is the attitude of the Hungarian army during the heroic 63 days of fighting in Warsaw in 1944. Warsaw and Poles…

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Ukrainian Nationalism and its Demons from the Past

Sébastien Meuwissen April 1, 2019

By Sébastien Meuwissen. Poland/Ukraine - On January 1st, 2019, several thousands of Ukrainians marched in the streets of Kiev, Lviv and Khmelnytskyï (Western Ukraine) to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera. These past years, there were plenty of…

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When Franco Planned an Intervention in Hungary

Nicolas Klein October 30, 2018

By Nicolas Klein, French associate professor of Spanish, former student of the ENS of Lyon, Spanish language teacher in preparatory class, specialist of contemporary Spain. Saving the distant and justifying the local – The Francoist Spain in front of the Hungarian revolution…

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The Hungarian Uprising of October ’56

Miklós Dorsch October 22, 2018

By Miklós Dorsch. Hungary - October 23, 1956, is a date that will forever be engraved in the history of Hungary and of the world. On this day, communism faltered in the Eastern Bloc: the Hungarians took to the streets for their freedom. Some…

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Goodbye Pistol Pista, goodbye Mr. István Lovas!

Nicolas de Lamberterie June 17, 2018

By Nicolas de Lamberterie “Lovas is dead” “Lovas is dead.” Those were the three terrible words to which I awakened on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. How could I believe that it was possible when, only two weeks before, I had spent an…

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May 3, a national holiday in Poland

Sébastien Meuwissen May 3, 2018

By Sébastien Meuwissen. Sébastien Meuwissen is a Polish-Belgian journalist based in Belgium. Poland - This Thursday on May 3, Poland will celebrate its first constitution. Like every year, there will be animations everywhere in Warsaw. Picture: historia.org May 3 is a holiday…

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Easter in Hungary

La Rédaction April 2, 2018

By Bernadett Boór. Hungary - At the cashier in the grocery store, no one is surprised to see chewing gum, batteries, chocolate ... but scented water? Why are there lily-of-the-valley, jasmine or lavender perfumed waters near available at the grocery stores as Easter approaches?…