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A Day in the Life of Hungarian Radio Journalist Anna Lengyel

There are some days in your life when you have the feeling that you are at the right place at the right time. 23 October 2006 was one of those days and the city of Budapest was the place.

“A Communist Always Tells Lies”

The state ideology imposed by Moscow was hated in Hungary not only on account of the terror and restrictions to freedom but also due to its core that was felt to be a lie. This was, namely, the promise to make all people equal and happy. "A communist always tells lies" is therefore the slogan of moderate and radical anti-communists alike in Eastern Europe, and it was also to be heard during the Budapest protest demonstrations on Parliament Square in autumn 2006. Disputes between the left, the right and the liberals are splitting the country at the moment and the week-long demonstrations on Parliament Square after the "lie speech" of socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány seemed like a predictable accident. Nevertheless, their official labels do not correspond with the real contents of the individual parties. An analysis of the events, the confusion and the historic backgrounds.

THE LONG PATH TO NEARBY

A literary journey with the hungarian author Peter Zihaly

Hungary as an example: transformation with a few steps backwards. What is the socio-political background to recent events?

Booktip:"1956"

the Hungarian Uprising of 1956

Book-Tip: "Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945"

Tony R.Judt