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Balázs Orbán to Le Monde: ‘The Ukraine conflict is not our conflict’

Political Director for the Prime Minister of Hungary Balázs Orbán talked to the prominent French paper Le Monde. In the piece, he discussed Hungary’s pro-peace approach to the Russo⁠–⁠Ukrainian war, the re-election of Ursula von der Leyen as Commission President,…
  • Márton Losonczi
  • ‎ —‎ 28.06.2024
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY

Hungary Unveils First VR-Equipped Simulation Space Capsule for Educational Use

The SpaceBuzz-HU, which allows for virtual space travel, is part of an educational programme demonstrating the fragility of our planet and will be made available to Hungarian schools free of charge….
  • Ádám Bráder
  • ‎ —‎ 28.06.2024
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  • CULTURE & SOCIETY

A Deeper Insight into the EU Artificial Intelligence Act

Given the uncontrollable nature of AI and its potential to shape social perception, legislative action in this area has been long awaited. The European Union, recognizing the urgency and importance of this issue, has been at the forefront with its…
  • Diána Dobos
  • ‎ —‎ 28.06.2024
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY

POLITICO’s Double Standard Strikes Again — BYD Is Good for Euro 2024, But Not for Hungary

In a recent article, POLITICO Brussels criticizes Hungary for its close economic ties with China but fails to mention that one of the main sponsors of Euro 2024 in Germany is the Chinese company BYD. In fact, the number one…
  • Joakim Scheffer
  • ‎ —‎ 27.06.2024
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY

Hungarian Astronaut Programme Aims to Inspire Youth

Hungary was able to launch its national astronaut programme, Hunor, thanks to the cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (KKM) and the European Space Agency (ESA). Under this programme, the Hungarian astronaut will carry out national projects…
  • Ádám Bráder
  • ‎ —‎ 27.06.2024
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY

Budapest Among Fastest Improving Cities in Global Liveability Index 2024

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index 2024, Budapest is in the top five in the category of cities that have improved the most over the past twelve months. The Hungarian capital scored 92.0 out of 100 points,…
  • Ádám Bráder
  • ‎ —‎ 27.06.2024
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY, CURRENT

Upset Win by Georgia over Portugal Bars Hungary from Advancing at Euro 2024

Despite being heavy favourites going into the game, Portugal ended up having been beaten by Georgia in the final round of the group stage at Euro 2024. This resulted in Hungary falling out of the top four third-place finishers in…
  • Márton Losonczi
  • ‎ —‎ 27.06.2024
Representatives of Athens and Corinth at the Court of Archidamas, King of Sparta, from the History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY, POLITICS

Should We Be Afraid of the ‘Thucydides Trap’?

The description of the Thucydides Trap is more a description of a spontaneous escalation rather than a well-calculated move towards changing the international order. Applied to the case of the US and China, the ‘Thucydides Trap’ is far removed from…
  • Diána Dobos
  • ‎ —‎ 27.06.2024
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY

Professor Szmodis Discusses the Changing Concepts of Humanity on Glóbusz Podcast

Law professor and legal philosopher Jenő Szmodis appeared on the Glóbusz podcast hosted by Jonatán Nagy-Bato, where they discussed the changing concepts of humanity over the course of history, alternating between individualistic and community-centred ideas….
  • Márton Losonczi
  • ‎ —‎ 26.06.2024
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY

Budapest Classic Film Marathon Celebrates 110 Years of Hungarian Animation

The 110th anniversary of Hungarian animation is the featured theme of this year’s Budapest Classic Film Marathon, taking place from 17 September to 2 October for the seventh time. Besides animated works, the marathon will feature over a hundred restored…
  • Ádám Bráder
  • ‎ —‎ 26.06.2024
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY, CURRENT

Grand Indian Festivals to Be Held in Budapest This Weekend

The Ratha-yātrā Chariot Festival will be held for the 28th time in Budapest this Saturday; it will later merge with the India Festival held in City Park on the same day. The programmes are free to attend….
  • Márton Losonczi
  • ‎ —‎ 26.06.2024
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY

What an ‘America First’ Approach by the US Would Mean for the Russo⁠–⁠Ukrainian War

The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) has recently published a book about a new proposed foreign policy approach towards the Russo⁠–⁠Ukrainian war by the US, which was reviewed by Zoltán Koskovics, a geopolitical analyst for the Center for Fundamental Rights…
  • Márton Losonczi
  • ‎ —‎ 25.06.2024
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CULTURE & SOCIETY

Béla Hamvas, a Hungarian Conservative
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Béla Hamvas, a Hungarian Conservative

His heritage is a specific phenomenon in our culture because we have only a few metaphysical-spiritual authors who wrote in the horizon of timelessness and universality.

Mária Varga
14.04.2022
Hungarian Poetry Day
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Hungarian Poetry Day

Hungarians celebrate the National Poetry Day on 11 April; the birthday of the notable poet, Attila József.

Lili Zemplényi
11.04.2022
Trust and Post-communist Transition
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Trust and Post-communist Transition

While generally speaking Western Europe is characterized by high levels of trust, Central Eastern European societies, due to the legacy of Communism, have lower trust levels, which hinders their economic and political prospects and development. 

Lili Zemplényi
05.04.2022
Mass Immigration vs Modern Society
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Mass Immigration vs Modern Society

The most important measure of the success of an immigration policy is whether the newcomers and their children come to fully identify
with their new country.

Mark Krikorian
02.04.2022
‘The Good Lord Loves Us Hungarians Especially’
CULTURE & SOCIETY

‘The Good Lord Loves Us Hungarians Especially’

An interview from our third issue in memory of Father Attila Farkas who has passed away today.

András Jancsó
28.03.2022
The Day of Polish-Hungarian Friendship
CULTURE & SOCIETY

The Day of Polish-Hungarian Friendship

To commemorate the day this article reviews all the major historic events when Hungarian-Polish friendship revealed itself. 

Lili Zemplényi
24.03.2022
The Struggles of Men of a More Sophisticated Age
CULTURE & SOCIETY

The Struggles of Men of a More Sophisticated Age

In its entirety, Scitovszky’s memoirs are a compelling and eloquent retelling of many of the obscure events at and after Trianon, written by a man of a sophisticated age, hardened by insurmountable challenges and driven by a sense
of duty and responsibility.

Tamás Orbán
22.03.2022
Handbook for the Decline of the West
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Handbook for the Decline of the West

What can the average person do when they experience the decline of every civilization as an inevitable fate, ‘an irrevocable end, which, driven by inner necessity, comes again and again’?

Barnabás Kurucz
21.03.2022
15 March 1848 and 4 July 1776: Reminders of Hungarian and American Desires for Independence
CULTURE & SOCIETY

15 March 1848 and 4 July 1776: Reminders of Hungarian and American Desires for Independence

There are two peoples, the Americans and the Hungarians, who strove for some of that nobility and righteousness, and thus can be examples for those striving for the same in the present. 

Tate Sanders
18.03.2022
Commemorating the 1848–1849 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Commemorating the 1848–1849 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight

The 1848-49 Revolution and Freedom Fight fundamentally changed the course of Hungarian history, and it remains the core of Hungarian national identity to this day. 

Lili Zemplényi
15.03.2022
House of Music, Hungary: A New Architectural Wonder Is Born in Budapest
CULTURE & SOCIETY

House of Music, Hungary: A New Architectural Wonder Is Born in Budapest

‘Complex simplicity’, was the catch-phrase picked by a critic to sum up the work of the Japanese architect, and this complex simplicity is indeed manifested in the House of Music, Hungary.  

Gellért Rajcsányi
09.03.2022
Transition, Happiness and Life Satisfaction in Hungary
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Transition, Happiness and Life Satisfaction in Hungary

Even though by the late 1990s Hungary’s economic performance had recovered to its pre-transition levels, unhappiness persisted in the region – giving rise to the question: why?

Lili Zemplényi
08.03.2022
A Review of Zoltán Frenyó’s Conservative Portraits
CULTURE & SOCIETY

A Review of Zoltán Frenyó’s Conservative Portraits

The editor’s basic thesis is the irreconcilable opposition between conservative and liberal ideas, in contrast to the Western European trend that conservatism can be liberal.

Benjamin Kurucz
07.03.2022
Count Lajos Batthyány, the Spiritual Father of Our Institution
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Count Lajos Batthyány, the Spiritual Father of Our Institution

Count Lajos Batthyány, the first Prime Minister of Hungary, is the spiritual father of our institution. Read more to find out about the sacrifices he made for the homeland.

Lili Zemplényi
06.03.2022
Spy and Report – How Collaboration Compromised Societies
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Spy and Report – How Collaboration Compromised Societies

Lacking accountability, secret policing under communism compromised Central European societies. The dark past of collaboration with communism still overshadows regional political culture. 

Lili Zemplényi
27.02.2022
The Historical Famine, Which Began in 1890 and Only Ended in 1947
CULTURE & SOCIETY

The Historical Famine, Which Began in 1890 and Only Ended in 1947

According to Tarasevich and other experts, the dramatic experience of starvation in Russia had been part and parcel of Russian existence for centuries.

Soma Hegedős
16.02.2022
Hungary and Hungarians – Ethnic Minorities in Central Europe
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Hungary and Hungarians – Ethnic Minorities in Central Europe

Since 1989, it has been one of Hungary’s main priorities to step up for the protection of the rights of ethnic Hungarians living in nearby countries.

Lili Zemplényi
03.02.2022
Is Abortion Indeed a Human Right?
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Is Abortion Indeed a Human Right?

In this paper we will focus on the different legal arguments for and against the right to life in the context of the relevant international laws, covenants, and legal texts.

László Gábor Lovászy
19.01.2022
Why the Movie Don’t Look Up Failed and Is Still Perfect. . .
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Why the Movie Don’t Look Up Failed and Is Still Perfect. . .

The recent star-packed Hollywood blockbuster was intended to hold up a mocking glass to combat climate change denialism, but in fact, it managed to fail in a spectacular fashion, while still pointing in the right direction.

Tamás Orbán
13.01.2022
A Hungarian Movie to Watch  – Liliomfi by Károly Makk
CULTURE & SOCIETY

A Hungarian Movie to Watch – Liliomfi by Károly Makk

Among many other awards, Károly Makk was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at Figueira da Foz IFF in 1986 and the Kossuth Prize in 1973 for his achievements in creating and popularising Hungarian arts.

Lili Zemplényi
11.01.2022
Family-centred Governance to Counter the Demographic Crisis
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Family-centred Governance to Counter the Demographic Crisis

Today Hungary has the second highest proportion in Europe of respondents who would ideally like to have a large family; nine out of ten Hungarians believe that the government should support families having children over encouraging immigration.

Katalin Novák
02.01.2022
Celebrating Tragic Heroism
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Celebrating Tragic Heroism

By 1956, disillusionment with chivalric or martial ideas or even just ordinary love of country was again de rigueur in the world of words.

John O'Sullivan
01.01.2022
The Remnant’s Delusion
CULTURE & SOCIETY

The Remnant’s Delusion

Review of David French’s Divided We Fall: America’s Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.

Jorge González-Gallarza
30.12.2021
Why Are Different ‘Family Forms’ Not Equal?
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Why Are Different ‘Family Forms’ Not Equal?

Today there are many different understandings of family which are considered equal. The endeavour is not without dangers, for this equality of forms and models is not something supposed to be established and argued for with concrete proofs, data, and arguments.

Gergely Szilvay
27.12.2021
Dilemmas of the Serenity Prayer – and the Possible Conclusions
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Dilemmas of the Serenity Prayer – and the Possible Conclusions

In this article, we will briefly review the history of the Serenity Prayer’s origin. We will also add two short notes, to highlight the importance of being aware of the authors and the content of our prayers. 

Ádám Darabos
26.12.2021
A Hungarian Book to Read During Christmas – Abigail by Szabó Magda
CULTURE & SOCIETY

A Hungarian Book to Read During Christmas – Abigail by Szabó Magda

The team of Hungarian Conservative wishes you all a very merry Christmas with this article.

Lili Zemplényi
24.12.2021
The Great Reset and the New Social Contract
CULTURE & SOCIETY

The Great Reset and the New Social Contract

The surrendering individual rights was contingent on whether or not the legitimate political authority can effectively protect those from an aggressor — in our present-day case, the coronavirus. 

Mario Alexis Portella
21.12.2021
The Continuity of the Hungarian Constitution
CULTURE & SOCIETY

The Continuity of the Hungarian Constitution

The organic development of the Hungarian constitution endowed the nation with its self-image, will and continuity as Roger Scruton argued.

Lili Zemplényi
02.12.2021
Goodbye Socialism!
CULTURE & SOCIETY

Goodbye Socialism!

What is behind the nostalgia for state socialism in East-Central Europe?

Lili Zemplényi
30.11.2021
The Value of Reviving the Natural Law
CULTURE & SOCIETY

The Value of Reviving the Natural Law

The dilemma in today’s western culture is that in Europe there is no historical point of reference to the natural law as a founding principle of government.

Mario Alexis Portella
28.11.2021
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