Workshop on Hungarian Politics and Culture, 1989-present
Interkulturelle Studien
Donau-Universität Krems
Budapest Session
led by
Dr. Gyorgy Tury and Dr. Jessie Labov
June 19, 2010
Below are the sources of information we found in English and German about politics and culture in Hungary today *in a ten-minute search*! Imagine what we could have done in 20 minutes...
Articles from online newspapers and other portals
1) NYT June 8: Economic crisis in Hungary, hardest hit by crisis; Fidesz & Orbán
2) NYT June 7: Hungary’s deficit half of Greece, can devalue if necessary. Difficult situation for Orbán, has to satisfy Europe but also the voters
3) Der Standard, June 16: Fidesz law new media policy proposed
Content control of radio/tv/national press
4) Die Presse 17 June: Hungary turns down remaining credit--It's not as bad as everyone says (in German)
5) Orf.at: Article on recent April 2010 election (in German)
6) Orf.at: Brief article on Hungarian financial problems threatening European market
7) Heinrich Böll Stiftung article about Hungarian elections
8) Die Zeit online: Threat of fascism
9) Stern.de Article on new legislation prohibiting denial of Communist crimes
10) Politics.hu
Socialists accuse Fidesz of take-over state media
Anniversary of Nagy burial
11) Kultura.hu: exhibit on Srebenica massacre at Open Society Archives
Kultura.hu: exhibit on post-socialist economy at Mucsarnok
12) Börse Express (Austrian financial portal)
From Pester Lloyd
1) Hamburger Steuer: 10 Forint plus for every non-healthy drink, zigaretts, cheeseburger etc.
2) Sale of Hungarian bank to FHB
3) New proposed tax on Banks
4) On recent Hungarian elections
Institutional / Government Homepages
1) Hungarian Parliament homepage
2) Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture homepage (in English)
3) U.S. Department of State info page on Hungary
4) German embassy homepage: mostly entrepreneurial and football
5) Lehet Más a Politika ["Politics can be different"] homepage
6) Hungarian Tourism (in German)
Blogs
1) Link to NYT article posted above: "Hungary is not Greece!"
2) Englishhungary.blogspot.com – pictures of Hungary in 60s, 70s, 80s
3) Wall Street Journal "blog"– national holiday Monday Austro-Hungary
4) Brussels blog: clouds of nationalism over Hungary
5) The Hungarian Spectrum (blog): Hungarian journalism generally sensationalist but now based on rumor
6) "I have net" info pageon Hungary
Other
Magisterarbeit from U. Vienna: Handzhiyska, Lyudmila (2009) Der Demokratisierungsgrad der bulgarischen Medien 20 Jahren nach dem Systemwechsel. Magisterarbeit, Universität Wien. Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften Betreuer
