extremism
March 12, 2010, 09:57 CET
US human rights report on Hungary highlights violence against Roma
Violence against Roma was highlighted in the Hungary country report of the US Department of State's 2009 human rights report published on Thursday. "In the wake of the economic downturn, there have been a number of killings and incidents of... [read complete entry]
March 03, 2010, 01:10 CET
Bajnai declares that the extremists are already in the courtyard
“The extremists are in the courtyard and are knocking on the doors of the house of democracy,” Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai said at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the national security forces on Tuesday. He said Hungary is... [read complete entry]
March 02, 2010, 12:58 CET
Journalist running for parliament seeks answers about Jobbik's friends
Journalist and current Democratic Forum parliamentary candidate József Debreczeni took time away from praising Ferenc Gyurcsány and demonizing Viktor Orbán to throw some questions at Jobbik over the weekend, nol.hu reports. Specifically, he wanted to know what Jobbiks' relationship is... [read complete entry]
February 23, 2010, 10:08 CET
PM urges Socialists, Fidesz to jointly combat extremism
Hungary's Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on Monday urged cooperation against extremism between the ruling Socialists and main opposition Fidesz Addressing parliament's last pre-election session, Bajnai said Fidesz leader Viktor Orban and the Socialist PM-candidate Attila Mesterhazy had one thing in... [read complete entry]
February 11, 2010, 09:58 CET
New poll shows fifth of Hungarians receptive to extremist views
About a fifth of Hungarians are receptive to extremist ideas, head researcher at Political Capital said at a discussion forum on Wednesday. Surveys show that 21 percent of Hungarians embrace the values of the radical right, Peter Kreko said. This... [read complete entry]
February 10, 2010, 09:52 CET
Neo-Nazis plan rally with German peers in Budapest
The Hungarian Nationalist Socialist Front (NS) plan to hold a rally in Budapest on March 6 with fellow German a neo-Nazis, Nepszabadsag daily said on Wednesday. Spokeswoman for the Budapest police headquarters Hilda Illes told MTI that the police had... [read complete entry]
February 03, 2010, 10:04 CET
Far-right activist Budaházy fined for criminal damage
Pest Central District Court fined activist György Budaházy and another defendant Ft 500,000 plus Ft 300,000 costs on Tuesday for vandalising the Soviet memorial on Szabadság tér in October 2006. Budaházy and his defence lawyer immediately lodged an appeal, while... [read complete entry]
February 03, 2010, 09:57 CET
Slovak artists ride to rescue of ridiculed Magyar neighbors
Good feelings towards Slovakia today! From the deliciously-named Hungarian-Slovak portal bumm.sk we learn that a trio of young Slovak artists have put together an exhibition of paintings parodying the anti-Magyar ravings of Jan Slota, chairman of Slovak nationalist party... [read complete entry]
January 26, 2010, 03:16 CET
Vona reveals Jobbik's "enemies list": IMF, United States, Israel, Slovakia and terrestrial commercial television stations
In a speech held in Esztergom over the weekend, Jobbik chairman Gábor Vona (also the party's prime ministerial candidate) revealed what can be considered to be the party's "enemies list", origo.hu reports. If the party were to come into power,... [read complete entry]
January 19, 2010, 07:15 CET
Jan Slota "reveals" Hungarian plan to invade Slovakia
As one Slovak commenter to this site has suggested, we secretly love Jan Slota. Well, we don't love him, but we must admit we like him just a little for making our jobs easier by saying idiotic things from time... [read complete entry]
January 18, 2010, 10:42 CET
Raiders to TV headquarters in 2006 sentenced
One person was sentenced to imprisonment, seven others were given suspended prison terms for their part in violent protests in 2006, in which rioters occupied the headquarters of Hungarian Television, a Budapest court said on Friday. On the night of... [read complete entry]
January 12, 2010, 03:06 CET
Attackers in 2006 siege of MTV headquarters in dock
The criminal prosecutor proposed suspended prison sentences for 8 defendants who took part in the siege of Hungarian state television MTV headquarters on September 18, 2006 in a trial on Monday. The prosecutor also proposed fining a ninth defendant and... [read complete entry]
January 11, 2010, 12:55 CET
Hungary claims doing its best to counter anti-Slovak incidents
The Hungarian authorities are sparing no effort to investigate the recent incidents targeted against Slovakia's diplomatic representation and cultural institute in Budapest, the Foreign Ministry told MTI on Friday. The ministry responded to remarks by Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak... [read complete entry]
January 11, 2010, 12:36 CET
Sólyom says PM free to call Jobbik "undemocratic" party
Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai's labelling the radical nationalist Jobbik party "undemocratic" falls under his right to a freedom of opinion, a senior official of the President's Office told MTI on Friday. Ferenc Kumin responded to a letter sent to President... [read complete entry]
January 07, 2010, 10:47 CET
Hungary Roma council receives "white powder" terror threat
Hungary's national Roma self-government (OCO) received an envelope containing white powder and a threatening message at its central office on Wednesday, an OCO official told MTI. Police are investigating the content of the envelope, which included the text "You can... [read complete entry]
December 28, 2009, 09:57 CET
Socialist party spokesman gets death threat
Socialist Party spokesman István Nyakó received a bullet in the mail last Wednesday, hidden inside a toy monkey. Nyakó said this was not the first threat he had received, but it was the first time that someone had sent a... [read complete entry]
December 21, 2009, 10:49 CET
Controversial mayor receives death threat from "Roma Angels"
The mayor of the northeastern Hungarian town of Edeleny, known for his anti-Roma and anti-Semitic remarks, has received another death threat, the local mayor's office told MTI on Thursday. The mayor received a letter from the Roma-Hungarian Chapter of the... [read complete entry]
December 16, 2009, 09:35 CET
Supreme Court upholds ban on Magyar Gárda
The Supreme Court dissolved the far-right Magyar Gárda society and movement on Tuesday, upholding an earlier ruling issued by the Budapest Court of Appeals. The prosecutor's office launched a civil lawsuit to have the group dissolved two years ago, arguing... [read complete entry]
December 14, 2009, 10:58 CET
Mesterházy says Socialists need to embrace record in office
The governing Socialists must embrace the past eight years, including the mistakes made, but also recognising the achievements, Prime Minister candidate of the party, Attila Mesterhazy told daily Nepszabadsag in an interview published on Monday. Mesterhazy told daily Nepszava, published... [read complete entry]
December 09, 2009, 01:08 CET
Can our witch of a Nan back in Nantwich give money to the Gárda?
In an alarming indication of our likely inability to melt into cyberspace if the shit really hits the fan here in Hungary, someone just called us on the telephone, from England, wanting to know if the official ban on the... [read complete entry]
December 09, 2009, 09:38 CET
Opposition spokesman receives death threat letter containing bullet
Fidesz spokesman Péter Szíjjártó yesterday received a letter containing a ball-cartridge, sent in the name of László Kovács. The letter reads: "You have been lying so much to the Hungarian people that our organisation has sentenced you to death. We... [read complete entry]
December 08, 2009, 10:11 CET
Slovak cultural institute in Budapest damaged in attack by vandal
Hungary's Foreign Ministry condemns the vandalisation of Slovakia's cultural institute in Budapest, Foreign Minister Peter Balazs told MTI on Monday. The minister, who is currently staying in Brussels, said, that "the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Hungary firmly condemns... [read complete entry]
December 07, 2009, 10:31 CET
Jobbik denies links to UK group of same name
The Times of London reported in its online edition on Saturday that Hungary's radical nationalist Jobbik party is setting up a branch in London. But the spokesman for the new group denied there was any institutional connection to the Hungarian... [read complete entry]
December 07, 2009, 09:25 CET
Far-right activist Budaházy sentenced under watch of hundreds of police
The Supreme Court on Thursday approved its binding court ruling that far-right activist György Budaházy should perform 30 days of community service for his role in the Elisabeth Bridge blockade of 2002. Budaházy entered the court in handcuffs, as he... [read complete entry]
November 27, 2009, 09:58 CET
District council member ejected from meeting for wearing Gárda uniform
Present Jobbik and former Fidesz council member Zsolt Gyenge attended a Sixth District Council meeting wearing a uniform of the outlawed far-right militia the Magyar Gárda. Socialist mayor István Verók asked him to leave and suspended the meeting when Gyenge... [read complete entry]
November 25, 2009, 08:41 CET
Magyar Gárda plans to hold commemorative event in Romania
The radical nationalist organization Hungarian Guard is planning to hold an event in Transylvania to mark the 91st anniversary of the formation of The Székely Regiment (Székely Hadosztály), Transylvanian daily Krónika reports. The Székely Regiment was established in Kolozsvár (today's... [read complete entry]
November 18, 2009, 09:23 CET
Secret services head pins responsibility for race riot on far-right
Politicians and supporters of Hungary's far right are responsible for the confrontation at the weekend between local Roma residents and supporters of the radical nationalist Jobbik party and its banned uniformed wing, the Hungarian Guard in Sajobabony (NE), the minister... [read complete entry]
November 16, 2009, 10:05 CET
Trial begins of alleged editor of far-right website
Balázs M., the alleged editor of radical right-wing website kuruc.info, went on trial on charges of abuse of personal data and libel at a Székesfehérvár court on Friday. Following the riots in the fall of 2006 in Budapest, the website... [read complete entry]
November 12, 2009, 10:13 CET
Congress of "anti-fascist" alliance calls for curbs on far-right
The Hungarian anti-fascist alliance for democracy (MEASZ) called for joint action by democratic parties to prevent the strengthening of the far right in Hungary on Wednesday. "It is in the interest of all democratic parties to join forces to make... [read complete entry]
November 03, 2009, 01:27 CET
Owner of Kuruc.info revealed to be owner of gay nightclub in Tel Aviv
Just kidding, but don't tell anyone at Hungary's leading far-right portal, because they might end up thinking it's true and printing it on page one! Here's why: According to the folks at the Reakció Blog, they recently submitted a... [read complete entry]
November 02, 2009, 11:23 CET
Gyurcsány addresses Socialist Party session in first post-PM appearance
Former Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany addressed a session of his minority governing Socialist Party on Friday, on the occasion of the party's 20th anniversary. Gyurcsany, who made his first public appearance since he resigned in March, called on the Socialists... [read complete entry]
October 29, 2009, 10:57 CET
Think tank says Jobbik successfully targeting non-radical voters
The consolidation of the radical right in Hungary since the European election is a fact, think-tank Political Capital said on Wednesday. "Political support for the far right is so strong that the extra-parliamentary Jobbik party now has the status of... [read complete entry]
October 22, 2009, 09:50 CET
Arrests made in assault on opposition-supporting TV personality
The police have arrested four individuals connected with the assault nearly two years ago of Hír TV television personality Sándor Csintalan, who before becoming a public figure on Hungary's right was a Socialist Party vice-chairman in the 1990s. Blikk reports... [read complete entry]
October 22, 2009, 09:29 CET
Helsinki Committee says Magyar Gárda uniform illegal
Wearing the uniform of the banned radical nationalist Hungarian Guard (Magyar Gárda) is an illegal act in itself, and events where participants turn up so dressed can be dissolved legally by the police, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee told MTI in... [read complete entry]
October 19, 2009, 09:34 CET
Esztergom mayor alleges assassination plot, claims Socialist involvement
Esztergom's mayor Tamás Meggyes claimed on Friday that unidentified people riding motorcycles and carrying automatic pistols intended to assassinate him. Speaking at a rally organised in favour of him the Fidesz MP said the assailants are "paid by the Socialist... [read complete entry]
October 15, 2009, 11:36 CET
Civic group to hold candlelight demo against hate speech at Fidesz HQ
Hungary's Democratic Network will hold a quiet, candlelight protest against hate speech in front of headquarters of the main opposition Fidesz party on Thursday, the group told MTI in a letter. The protest, which will also mark the anniversary of... [read complete entry]
October 05, 2009, 12:19 CET
Prison sentences handed out for 2006 attack on TV building
The Central District Court of Budapest, acting as a court of first instance, on Friday handed out prison sentences to six people involved in the siege of the headquarters of Hungarian Television (MTV) in central Budapest three years ago. One... [read complete entry]
September 28, 2009, 12:08 CET
Magyar Gárda marches on Roma ghetto
Some 80 to 100 people, most of them in the uniform of outlawed far-right militia the Magyar Gárda, marched to a house in the Roma ghetto in Kiskunlacháza early Saturday. The following day it was reported that a Roma person... [read complete entry]
September 21, 2009, 10:16 CET
Hungarian Guard turns to Supreme Court over ban
The radical nationalist Hungarian Guard is turning to the country's Supreme Court, asking it to review a ruling by an appeals court banning the organisation, a legal charity told MTI on Friday. On July 2 a Budapest court of appeal... [read complete entry]
September 18, 2009, 12:19 CET
Hungarian center-right wilts under siege by far-right cyber-barbarians
Despite the recent relative quiet this past week, longtime visitors to this site (and the other All Hungary sites) have probably noticed that over the previous year, the nature of the comments left here has become increasingly vulgar and far-right... [read complete entry]
September 17, 2009, 11:44 CET
Radical nationalist activist gets one year suspended prison term
Radical nationalist activist Gyorgy Budahazy was sentenced to one year prison, suspended for three years, by a Budapest court on Wednesday. Budahazy has been charged with "making preparations to overturn constitutional order by force." A court had previously acquitted him... [read complete entry]
September 15, 2009, 11:33 CET
Survey finds 70% of Hungarians concerned about political extremism
Seventy percent of Hungarians consider extremism a dangerous phenomenon while nearly a quarter think the opposite, a recent survey carried by Tuesday's national daily Nepszabadsag showed. The survey was conducted by Progressziv and Publicus institutes on a sample of 3,500.... [read complete entry]
September 10, 2009, 10:16 CET
President says all parliamentary parties rule out cooperation with Jobbik
All parliamentary parties of Hungary rule out cooperation with the radical nationalist Jobbik, which is a non-parliamentary party, Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom told reporters in Berlin on Wednesday. Giving an informal briefing in the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP),... [read complete entry]
September 09, 2009, 10:07 CET
Alleged Neo-Nazi training camp in Győr under investigation
The National Bureau of Investigation (NNI) is examining and checking press allegations that the Hungarian National Front has established a Neo-Nazi training camp in Győr county. German Marxist daily Junge Welt reported that German neo-Nazis received close combat and arms... [read complete entry]
August 19, 2009, 09:31 CET
Court upholds ban on Magyar Gárda induction ceremony
Police will have the right to break up a Magyar Gárda gathering planned for Saturday, the Budapest Municipal Court ruled yesterday. The banned radical paramilitary group planned a swearing-in ceremony at Heroes Square. Budapest Police declared that they will take... [read complete entry]
August 13, 2009, 09:58 CET
Minister says police will disperse neo-Nazi demonstrators
Minister of Justice and Law Enforcement Tibor Draskovics confirmed that Hungarian police would disperse neo-Nazi marches planned in the capital city on Saturday. "No one championing the Nazi ideology should be allowed to assemble in Hungary. Police have to prevent... [read complete entry]
August 12, 2009, 10:50 CET
Socialist Party joins calls for banning neo-Nazi march
The ruling Socialist Party has called on the police to prevent a march planned by neo-Nazi groups to mark the death anniversary of Nazi leader Rudolf Hess, Socialist MP Gergely Barandy told MTI on Tuesday. On basis of international agreements... [read complete entry]
August 12, 2009, 09:28 CET
Sólyom condemns planned neo-Nazi demonstration
President László Sólyom is shocked by reports that fascist groups from Hungary and elsewhere plan to honour the anniversary of the death of convicted Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess, his office told MTI on Tuesday. Sólyom said it is his... [read complete entry]
August 11, 2009, 10:32 CET
Bajnai calls for blocking planned neo-Nazi demo
The neo-Nazi demonstration planned for Budapest in August 15 must be prevented, as Budapest and Hungary must not become a haven for neo-Nazis, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai told a meeting of the Socialist caucus on Monday. Bajnai asked the relevant... [read complete entry]
August 11, 2009, 10:29 CET
President declares solidarity with Hungary's Roma minority
Ensuring the safety of the Roma community is a moral obligation for the nation, President Laszlo Solyom told reporters on Monday, following talks with Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai concerning the investigation into a series of anti-Roma attacks. Solyom added that... [read complete entry]
August 10, 2009, 10:50 CET
Neo-Nazi march, counter-demonstrations planned in Budapest on August 15
Hungarian neo-Nazi groups plan to hold an international march and concerts in Budapest on August 15 to commemorate the death anniversary of Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess, Nepszabadsag daily said on Monday. The Hungarian National Socialist Front (NS Front) and the... [read complete entry]
August 10, 2009, 10:32 CET
Jobbik leader heckles TV journalists over Holocaust denial question
Leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party Gabor Vona insulted a journalist in response to a question about Holocaust denial on a morning television programme on Monday. Vona said "if you are so interested in Jewish issues I suggest you... [read complete entry]
August 07, 2009, 09:42 CET
Secret services reject conspiracy theory about Roma killings
"The Secret Services state secretary Imre Iváncsik has completely ruled out the possibility of foreign secret services being behind the attacks on Roma people," Parliament's Fidesz national defence and law enforcement committee chairman János Lázár told reporters after a committee... [read complete entry]
August 06, 2009, 10:41 CET
Bajnai calls for police measures to prevent further anti-Roma attacks
Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on Wednesday instructed heads of the national police to take comprehensive measures to prevent further attacks against the Roma community, government spokesman Domokos Szollar told reporters. The government is ready to help the police through all... [read complete entry]
August 04, 2009, 03:39 CET
Hindu guru unlocks key to uniting divided Hungary
This morning we received a press release from one Rajan Zed, a Nevada-based "acclaimed Hindu statesman" saying that "Hindus are asking for immediate intervention" by the EU in Hungary to protect the Roma against violence by non-Roma Hungarians. We... [read complete entry]
August 03, 2009, 10:01 CET
Justice Ministry issues apology over bogus "terror" video
The Justice and Law Enforcement Ministry apologises for erroneously claiming that a video recording showed a test detonation by far-right terrorists, the government spokesman's office announced after the ministry briefed Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on the footage on Friday. The... [read complete entry]
July 30, 2009, 10:43 CET
Poll finds Jobbik becoming "medium-sized" party
Hungary's radical nationalist Jobbik has strengthened to become a stable medium-sized party, whereas the liberal Free Democrats have nearly lost its supporters after the June 7 European parliamentary elections, a recent poll Marketing Centrum sent to MTI on Wednesday shows.... [read complete entry]
July 28, 2009, 10:29 CET
PM backs minister over allegedly bogus "terror video"
Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai continues to have full confidence in Justice and Law Enforcement Minister Tibor Draskovics, government spokesman Domokos Szollár told reporters on Monday. He spoke after Fidesz demanded that Bajnai fire Draskovics, calling him "a burden on the... [read complete entry]
July 27, 2009, 03:10 CET
Fidesz tells PM to sack justice minister over video row
Hungary's main opposition Fidesz party on Monday demanded that the prime minister sack Justice Minister Tibor Draskovics, who, according to press reports, presented old video footage in the context of an ongoing criminal investigation of far-right activities. Draskovics presented video... [read complete entry]
July 27, 2009, 11:41 CET
Doubt cast over authenticity of bomb plot video used by Justice Minister
On Friday, Justice and Law Enforcement minister Tibor Draskovics presented a video of an explosion in a field, which he was said was committed by the "Hungarian Arrows National Liberation Army" (Magyarok Nyilai Nemzeti Felszabadító Hadsereg), hirtv.hu reports. The opposition-friendly... [read complete entry]
July 27, 2009, 10:35 CET
Gov't to allocate extra funding for fight against domestic "terrorism"
The government has decided to allocate further funds for efforts to fight terrorism, Justice and Law Enforcement Minister Tibor Draskovics said on Friday. "More attention, money and energy" is needed to prepare the country against such incidents as recent Molotov... [read complete entry]
July 22, 2009, 09:32 CET
Senior MDF official says parties must cooperate to block Jobbik
All democratic forces should be mobilised in order to erect a wall to obstruct radical nationalist party Jobbik, a senior official of the Democratic Forum told a news conference on Tuesday. Szabolcs Kerek-Barczy said that while a political consensus had... [read complete entry]
July 17, 2009, 09:48 CET
Leading Socialist MEP says Gárda uniforms violate EP rules
The wearing of the Magyar Gárda uniform in the European Parliament is against House rules, according to MEP Martin Schultz, the head of the legislature's Socialist bloc. Schultz is considered likely to replace newly elected Jerzy Buzek as President of... [read complete entry]
July 16, 2009, 10:02 CET
Justice Minister promises crackdown on Magyar Gárda
Justice and Law Enforcement Minister Tibor Draskovics promised yesterday to crack down on the Magyar Gárda so long as it is banned by the courts. "It is unparalleled that some people are openly turning against court rulings, especially in support... [read complete entry]
July 15, 2009, 08:26 CET
Analysts say ban on Magyar Gárda has risks for Jobbik
A recent ban on the paramilitary Hungarian Guard could strengthen the grouping in the short term and make it more difficult to keep it in check, analysts said on Tuesday. The short-term gain in support for the radical nationalist Jobbik... [read complete entry]
July 14, 2009, 11:53 CET
Oh, that Hitler!
Nógrád County native and longtime tipster M.A. just alerted us to a webpage that seems to shed some new light on the now-simmering question of to what extent members of Hungary's recently-outlawed Magyar Gárda admire Hitler. The page, which... [read complete entry]
July 13, 2009, 11:28 CET
Radical nationalists demonstrate in Budapest, "re-establish" Magyar Gárda
Demonstrations of over 2,500 supporters of radical nationalist organisations held in two locations in central Budapest ended peacefully in the early evening hours on Saturday. Gabor Szabo, party director of radical nationalist Jobbik announced that his party's recently banned Hungarian... [read complete entry]
July 13, 2009, 11:12 CET
Magyar Gárda rallies in Miskolc to protest ban
Over 300 supporters of the paramilitary Hungarian Guard gathered in the centre of Miskolc (N) on Friday to protest against a recent ban on the organisation, MTI's on-site correspondents reported. Participants arrived with the red-and-white stripes associated with Hungary's extreme... [read complete entry]
July 09, 2009, 10:46 CET
Fidesz condemns racist violence following attack on Jew in Budapest
The main opposition Fidesz party deeply condemns any violence targeted at people because of their origin or religion, Fidesz MP Zoltan Balog told MTI on Wednesday, referring to a recent attack on a young Jewish man in Budapest. The attack... [read complete entry]
July 09, 2009, 10:42 CET
Poll finds Hungarians evenly split on Magyar Gárda ban
Half of those asked in a recent survey welcomed a court decision banning the radical nationalist Hungarian Guard, one third of the respondents, however, thought that the police's reaction to a subsequent pro-Guard demonstration was much too harsh, the national... [read complete entry]
July 07, 2009, 10:41 CET
Bajnai downplays Hungarian irredentism, presses on Slovak language law
Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai said on Monday that irredentism is not present in Hungary on a major scale. In response to a speech by his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico on Sunday, Bajnai said, "it is regrettable if domestic policy... [read complete entry]
July 06, 2009, 10:23 CET
Socialists, Fidesz squabble over allegations of extremism
Hungary's ruling Socialist party calls on main opposition Fidesz to clearly distance itself from Hungary's radical nationalists and help create an "anti-fascist" consensus, MP Gergely Barandy said on Sunday. Barandy was speaking in response to a demonstration on Saturday by... [read complete entry]
July 06, 2009, 09:34 CET
Police break up Magyar Gárda protest; Jobbik leader detained
Police clashed in downtown Erzsébet tér on Saturday afternoon with a few hundred demonstrators who gathered to protest at Thursday’s court ruling dissolving the Magyar Gárda paramilitary group. One of the 216 detained was Gábor Vona, head of the Gárda... [read complete entry]
July 03, 2009, 10:45 CET
Appeals court reaffirms ban on Magyar Gárda
A Budapest court of appeal on Thursday issued a legally binding ruling banning the Hungarian Guard, the uniformed arm of the radical nationalist party Jobbik. The decision applies to the Hungarian Guard Cultural Association for the Preserving of Traditions. The... [read complete entry]
July 03, 2009, 09:48 CET
Fidesz deputy head says Socialist chair can "go to hell"
"Let her go to hell. How dare she?" Fidesz deputy chairman Zoltán Pokorni said in an interview with ATV television station on Thursday morning. Pokorni was responding to a statement made by Socialist Party chairwoman Ildikó Lendvai that Fidesz chairman... [read complete entry]
June 30, 2009, 12:11 CET
Former MP of right-wing MIÉP assaulted in Debrecen
Former Hungarian Justice and Life Party (MIÉP) MP Lukács Szabó was assaulted by three men in his flat in Debrecen Friday night. Szabó, who won a seat in Parliament as a Democratic Forum MP in 1990 and later crossed over... [read complete entry]
June 30, 2009, 10:54 CET
Parliament rejects bid to change constitution to punish Holocaust denial
Parliament on Monday rejected the ruling Socialist party's proposal for a constitution change which aimed to make Holocaust-denial punishable. In a vote of 189 to 165 and 5 abstentions, deputies voted down the Socialist proposal to lift Holocaust-denial, currently regulated... [read complete entry]
June 29, 2009, 07:34 CET
Jobbik mulls political options within European Parliament
Hungary's radical nationalist party Jobbik and other nationalist parties in the European Parliament (EP) do not as yet meet criteria for forming a parliamentary group but Jobbik's three representatives will stick together and might join the Euro-skeptic Independence/Democracy group, Krisztina... [read complete entry]
June 23, 2009, 05:56 CET
Greetings from Auschwitz, you pea-brained Holocaust-denying A-holes
I can't say that it was the recent upswing in comments on this and other All Hungary websites by people who apparently believe that the Holocaust either didn't happen or was greatly exaggerated that led me to the gates... [read complete entry]
June 23, 2009, 09:30 CET
Fidesz, MDF chiefs squabble over proposal for cooperation
Fidesz chairman Viktor Orbán on Monday responded to a political proposal made by Democratic Forum chairwoman Ibolya Dávid that he "had never been in a situation where a woman had forced herself upon him like this". Dávid had suggested on... [read complete entry]
June 22, 2009, 10:43 CET
Bajnai calls for joint action against extremism
Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai on Sunday called upon all democratic forces, irrespective of their party affiliation, to take a stand against extremism. In an MTI interview, Bajnai called the recent defamation of a Holocaust memorial in Budapest "shameful, dismal... [read complete entry]
June 19, 2009, 11:18 CET
Federation of gay Hungarians seeks president's help against extremists
Hungary's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender federation has asked for talks with President Laszlo Solyom to support efforts seeking protection against threats by extremist groups, an executive of the federation told reporters on Thursday. The radical nationalist Jobbik party and... [read complete entry]
June 19, 2009, 09:24 CET
National Security Office part of crackdown on anti-government agitator
The National Security Office (NBH) had from the start closely co-operated with the National Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday's arrest of György Budaházy, the Prime Minister's Office's National Security Bureau told MTI on Thursday. Budaházy and several others are suspected... [read complete entry]
June 18, 2009, 09:38 CET
"Flashmob" demonstration against anti-Semites in Budapest
Members of a civil group calling itself Hungarians Against Nazis organised a "flashmob" on Wednesday in protest against far-right ideas at a memorial on the Danube embankment in Pest. The activists brought flowers but made no speeches. The protest was... [read complete entry]
June 18, 2009, 09:37 CET
Budaházy, key far-right activist, taken into custody on terrorism charges
Far-right activist György Budaházy was arrested on suspicion of committing a terrorist act and on two counts of planning a manslaughter on Wednesday afternoon, Central Investigative Prosecutor General's Office spokesman Géza Fazekas announced. Police had originally planned to arrest Budaházy... [read complete entry]
June 15, 2009, 12:50 CET
Hungarian far-right announces new national and international agenda
Earlier this morning, it was reported that Jobbik would seek to revise the terms of the Treaty of Trianon within the European Parliament, among some other things not to their liking. First off would be to overturn the Benes Decrees,... [read complete entry]
June 10, 2009, 09:49 CET
Bajnai warns global economic crisis could radicalize population
The global economic crisis could drive people en masse towards radicalism, Hungary's Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai said in an interview to the monthly journal Mozgo Vilag to be published later in the week. The fact that states everywhere are going... [read complete entry]
June 10, 2009, 09:48 CET
Hungarian, German officials explore joint fight against extremism
Fighting off extreme political forces was on the agenda of the Hungarian and the German parliament's European issues committees on Tuesday in Budapest, committee chairman Matyas Eorsi said. It is the task of the powers of the political centre to... [read complete entry]
June 05, 2009, 12:23 CET
Outrage over obscene anti-Semitic Internet post by Morvai
Jobbik chief MEP candidate Krisztina Morvai has written in a message to Hungarian Jews posted on an online forum that: "I would be greatly pleased if those who call themselves proud Hungarian Jews played in their leisure with their tiny... [read complete entry]
June 04, 2009, 10:10 CET
Police union banned from cooperating with Jobbik, party defiant
An investigation by Hungary's Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has concluded that the cooperation agreement concluded between the police trade union TRMSZ and the radical nationalist Jobbik party should be cancelled as the union's president and general secretary had not been... [read complete entry]
June 03, 2009, 09:13 CET
Orbán says collapse of state cause of Magyar Gárda's rise
The existence of the Magyar Gárda is due to the collapse of the state, while social bitterness is behind the growing support for the radical Jobbik party, Fidesz chairman Viktor Orbán said in an interview with the conservative German newspaper... [read complete entry]
June 02, 2009, 08:20 CET
Slovak Parliament to convene special session over Orbán's comments
An extraordinary session of the Slovak Parliament has been convened for June 3 to discuss recent comments by Hungarian opposition leader Viktor Orbán, the Slovak Spectator reports. The request for a session was made by 50 members of parties belonging... [read complete entry]
May 29, 2009, 11:32 CET
Poll finds public support for Jobbik's views deeper than party backing
The views promoted by Hungary's radical nationalist Jobbik party are more popular than the party itself, pollster Median said in a report published by the weekly HVG on Thursday. There are more sympathisers of the Hungarian Guard, a paramilitary organisation... [read complete entry]
May 29, 2009, 11:29 CET
National police chief says right-wing police union illegal
The operation of the radical trade union within the police force breaches the law, and the national police chief, Jozsef Bencze initiated legal proceedings at the prosecutor's office whether it operates legally, the national police said on Thursday. Police have... [read complete entry]
May 27, 2009, 09:44 CET
Bajnai bemoans political animosity, says far right reminiscent of 1930s
Hungary has to face problems arising not only from the global economic crisis, but also those arising domestically, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai told the Austrian Der Standard newspaper. The interview is to appear in the daily's Wednesday's issue. The "animosities"... [read complete entry]
May 22, 2009, 09:59 CET
Shots reportedly fired at anti-government activist
An unidentified person reportedly fired three shots at NGO Regime Changing Forum founder Károly Fáber near his flat in the 23rd District on Wednesday evening. Fáber told right-wing daily Magyar Hírlap on Thursday that the first bullet hit a brick... [read complete entry]
May 21, 2009, 09:58 CET
Two Jobbik offices vandalized in Budapest
Unidentified people damaged two Jobbik party offices in Budapest early Wednesday, party spokesman Előd Novák told the state news agency MTI. He said the vandalised offices were the Jobbik headquarters on Villányi út in Budapest's 11th District, and an office... [read complete entry]
May 20, 2009, 09:44 CET
Union chief denounces police link to right-wing group
A recent cooperation deal between TMRSZ, a radical organisation within Hungary's police, and the radical nationalist Jobbik party could compromise the operation of the national police force, the head of the Independent Police Trade Union (FRSZ) said on Tuesday. TMRSZ... [read complete entry]
May 20, 2009, 08:48 CET
Bolivian prosecutors to visit Hungary to seek info on conspiracy
A delegation of Bolivian prosecutors plans to visit Hungary, to investigate the relation of certain Hungarians to "anti-state conspiracy" identified in Bolivia in April, Bolivian media said on Tuesday. Hungary does not have information of the planned visit, the foreign... [read complete entry]