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Preventing the Collapse of Hungarian Organizations — A Conversation with Dr. Balázs Somogyi

‘One of my grandfathers was a Reformed pastor, and the other was a county chief magistrate, so, from the Communist regime’s point of view, we were a “reactionary” family who didn’t accept the people’s democracy. Our family certainly helped us…
  • Ildikó Antal-Ferencz
  • ‎ —‎ 23.03.2025
  • CULTURE & SOCIETY, INTERVIEW, TECH

Digital Policy — Psychology Expert on Students’ Addiction to Tech Gadgets

‘To put it simply, we don’t need an educational system with pressure, rewards, and punishments from above, but children themselves need to start to understand and feel that it’s not good to make fun of someone, for example, because the…
  • Anita Farkas
  • ‎ —‎ 22.03.2025
  • INTERVIEW, POLITICS

‘Let the people decide on Ukraine’ — An Interview with Balázs Hidvéghi

‘If Brussels clings to this policy [on Ukraine], Europe will further weaken itself and become increasingly irrelevant on the global stage,’ State Secretary of the Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister Balázs Hidvéghi warned in an interview with Hungarian Conservative….
  • Joakim Scheffer
  • ‎ —‎ 21.03.2025
  • INTERVIEW

‘Let’s put the sovereignty of Member States at the core of the EU’ — An Interview with Rodrigo Ballester

‘The starting point is that the European Union is facing a deep crisis, more than ever, because it’s increasingly bureaucratic, increasingly centralized, increasingly authoritarian, and less and less competitive….And since sooner or later you will have a reform of the…
  • Márton Lukács
  • ‎ —‎ 17.03.2025
  • DIASPORA, INTERVIEW

‘Not for the future, but for the past’ — A Conversation with Zsuzsa Daróczy

‘Our church is in an accessible, safe location, a single-story building, and a popular venue. We hold a traditional worship service. Most of the congregation is elderly. We deeply appreciate everything they have done for the church and the congregation,…
  • Ildikó Antal-Ferencz
  • ‎ —‎ 15.03.2025
  • INTERVIEW

‘I knew if Chávez won, he would destroy our country’ – An Interview with Alejandro Peña Esclusa

‘If there is a strong government in the USA that will help Latin America fight against drugs and terrorism, that’s all we need,’ Venezuelan opposition figure Alejandro Peña Esclusa, who spent one year in Chávez’s prison and is now still…
  • Tamás Maráczi
  • ‎ —‎ 12.03.2025
  • INTERVIEW, POLITICS

Éric Zemmour: ‘Ukraine wants to join the EU in order to become a NATO member’

‘There is an ideological collusion between Ursula von der Leyen and Emmanuel Macron to leave the framework created by the EU treaties…Viktor Orbán is closer to my ideological position than to that of Marine Le Pen,’ President of the French…
  • Tamás Maráczi
  • ‎ —‎ 11.03.2025
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‘The West will never flourish unless it recovers its Christianity’ — An Interview with Rod Dreher

‘The world is not what you think it is; there is a dimension to reality that modernity denies, but it’s still there and we have to reconnect with it because our own spiritual and cultural survival depends on it. There…
  • Gergely Szilvay
  • ‎ —‎ 10.03.2025
  • DIASPORA, INTERVIEW

‘In the diaspora, years feel like decades’ — An Interview with Reformed Bishop Zoltán Lizik

‘I didn’t even know where the theology school was. So, I got off at the Üllői Road intersection and walked to the pastoral office at Kálvin Square, where I told the pastor what had happened to me. He responded: “This…
  • Ildikó Antal-Ferencz
  • ‎ —‎ 09.03.2025
  • INTERVIEW

‘The centre-right must formulate a clear programme for Slovenia’— Interview with Andrej Lokar

‘In Slovenia, we do not have any conservative party in the true sense of the word. It is better to speak of “centre-right” than conservatism in Slovenia. The Slovenian centre-right has three parties: the strongest Slovenian party ever, the SDS,…
  • Gergely Szilvay
  • ‎ —‎ 08.03.2025
  • INTERVIEW

‘If you want a ceasefire, you put pressure on all parties’ — An Interview with Lord David Frost

Can Donald Trump get what he wants, an operable ceasefire? Is it a manageable conflict between the US and Ukraine? What did Europe misunderstand in the present security situation? And what will be Britain’s role in the new world order?…
  • Tamás Maráczi
  • ‎ —‎ 07.03.2025
  • INTERVIEW

‘A true political, cultural, and social renaissance for Europe’ — An Interview with Claudiu Stanasel

‘Italy is now leading the way, proving that an alternative is not only possible but essential. If other European nations follow this example, we will see the birth of a new Europe, one that prioritizes its people, its traditions, and…
  • Sergio Velasco
  • ‎ —‎ 06.03.2025
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INTERVIEW

‘It’s a constant battle on all fronts to defend sovereignty’ — Albanian Expert Nikola Kedhi on the Rule of Law as a Threat
INTERVIEW

‘It’s a constant battle on all fronts to defend sovereignty’ — Albanian Expert Nikola Kedhi on the Rule of Law as a Threat

According to Nikola Kedhi, Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Albanian Policy Center, defending a nation’s sovereignty requires a constant battle in the media, academia, and the political field.

Joakim Scheffer
31.05.2024
‘Progressivism is fundamentally anti-democratic’ — An Interview with Berkeley Professor John Yoo
INTERVIEW

‘Progressivism is fundamentally anti-democratic’ — An Interview with Berkeley Professor John Yoo

‘Being a conservative in Berkeley is like you’re surrounded by Marxists. I think sometimes Hungary feels the same, surrounded by these European progressive elites,’ John Yoo, former US government official and Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley stated in an interview with Hungarian Conservative.

Joakim Scheffer
29.05.2024
Connecting the Hungarian Past and Present in the U.S. — An Interview with Anna Smith Lacey, Executive Director of the Hungary Foundation
DIASPORA INTERVIEW

Connecting the Hungarian Past and Present in the U.S. — An Interview with Anna Smith Lacey, Executive Director of the Hungary Foundation

‘The more I travelled in America, the more I realized that there is no state in the U.S. where Hungarians have not created something lasting; where there is not some Hungarian thread, some Hungarian history, some Hungarian contribution. We wanted to visualize this centuries-old creative process and make it easily accessible to the widest possible audience. That’s how the idea of the HuGo app was born, and of course it took years to fine-tune the concept with our developers arriving at the publicly available version we have today.’ Anna Smith Lacey on the HuGo app and the power of the community.

Ildikó Antal-Ferencz
28.05.2024
Finding a Piece of Hungarian in Ourselves — An Interview with Melissa Katkó Pepin, Executive Director of the American Hungarian Foundation (AHF) in New Brunswick, NJ
DIASPORA INTERVIEW

Finding a Piece of Hungarian in Ourselves — An Interview with Melissa Katkó Pepin, Executive Director of the American Hungarian Foundation (AHF) in New Brunswick, NJ

‘I’m the Executive Director, but I also know that if there’s garbage, somebody must take it out. Similarly, I’m six feet tall, so if something in the back or on the top needs to be reached, I do it. When I was locked in the elevator once, the repairman showed me how to fix the elevator if I ever got stuck in it again. I am the chief bottle washer or the brain, the archivist, the curator when needed. I wear all these hats. Since I’m approachable, everybody feels they know me from different events in town. For some, I even became the face of the Hungarian community in New Brunswick.’

Ildikó Antal-Ferencz
25.05.2024
‘As long as we don’t have a shared history book in the Carpathian Basin, we have work to do’ — An Interview with Zsolt Szekeres, President of the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF)
DIASPORA INTERVIEW

‘As long as we don’t have a shared history book in the Carpathian Basin, we have work to do’ — An Interview with Zsolt Szekeres, President of the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF)

‘Since 1990, we have had to find new ways of explaining the issues. The communist dictatorships have collapsed, everything seems to be going fine, nice-sounding laws are being passed, but these are not being enforced, and in some cases the situation is deteriorating. The countries have European Union membership, and many border issues have disappeared thanks to the Schengen agreement, but problems remain.’

Ildikó Antal-Ferencz
21.05.2024
Sumantra Maitra: ‘NATO provides security as long as it is a closed club’
INTERVIEW

Sumantra Maitra: ‘NATO provides security as long as it is a closed club’

‘The average Ukrainian soldier is about 45 years old; a lot of men have left the country; and Ukraine has become a country of widows. A disproportionate number of men have died in recent years. And since we don’t plan to send troops, how do we solve the ‘‘manpower’’ problem?’

Loretta Tóth
16.05.2024
Tom van Grieken: ‘Mass immigration affects not only the economy, but also our identity’
INTERVIEW

Tom van Grieken: ‘Mass immigration affects not only the economy, but also our identity’

‘Viktor Orbán showed us that an alternative to the leftist, open-border government is not only possible but can be highly successful and popular amongst the people. That’s inspiring. However, for it to be a true success, the seeds planted by Hungary in the rest of Europe have to sprout as well. And that is not the responsibility of Viktor Orbán or the Hungarians, but of right-wing politicians in other countries.’

Loretta Tóth
15.05.2024
An Inside Look into What the Hungarian Police Does to Keep Your Children Safe on the Internet
INTERVIEW

An Inside Look into What the Hungarian Police Does to Keep Your Children Safe on the Internet

‘We have a presence on many sites and platforms online, and we are investigating every part of the internet where users can chat, exchange or upload and share materials with each other, or can publish articles on a certain topic, or any social media or cloud sharing service, and even video game platforms,’ Captain Bence Szabó of the Hungarian National Bureau of Investigation told our website.

Márton Lukács
14.05.2024
Former Trump Security Official Michael Anton: ‘Hungary shouldn’t be blackmailed into tanking its own economy’
INTERVIEW

Former Trump Security Official Michael Anton: ‘Hungary shouldn’t be blackmailed into tanking its own economy’

‘I think the Biden administration behaved and spoke recklessly about Ukraine in the run-up to the war, and about the Ukrainian prospects for NATO accession and joining the EU—even though the United States obviously can have an opinion about that, but it’s not part of that process, while it is part of the NATO process. Whereas Trump had more of a carefully mixed record.’

Márton Lukács
12.05.2024
‘Brussels will be forced to change’ — French Journalist Charles Sapin on the Upcoming European Elections
INTERVIEW

‘Brussels will be forced to change’ — French Journalist Charles Sapin on the Upcoming European Elections

According to French journalist Charles Sapin right-wing forces are unlikely to achieve the sweeping turnaround many anticipate in the upcoming European Parliament elections. However, in his opinion they could still shift the political centre of gravity to the right.

Joakim Scheffer
10.05.2024
Carlos Roa: ‘The visit of the Chinese President to Budapest is a geopolitical signal’
CULTURE & SOCIETY INTERVIEW

Carlos Roa: ‘The visit of the Chinese President to Budapest is a geopolitical signal’

Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe—the first in five years—is expected to be mainly business. The Chinese president is coming primarily to conclude new deals in the three countries he visited: France, Serbia, and Hungary. According to Carlos Roa, a guest researcher at the Danube Institute, Western analysts view the visit of the large Chinese delegation with concern for this very reason, as the trip seems more like a geopolitical signal.

Magyar Nemzet
09.05.2024
‘I have a deep faith in cooperations’ — An Interview with Emese Varga, Co-Founder of the Bartók Béla Boston Hungarian School and Kindergarten (Boskola)
DIASPORA INTERVIEW

‘I have a deep faith in cooperations’ — An Interview with Emese Varga, Co-Founder of the Bartók Béla Boston Hungarian School and Kindergarten (Boskola)

‘Many people have asked me why I don’t devote my time to myself and my family instead of volunteering. The answer is simple: I care about Hungarian families and the community. My mission is to preserve, nurture and pass on our Hungarian identity, our rich language and culture to the next generation. Fortunately, many of us feel the same way and many of us are working for the same goals.’

Ildikó Antal-Ferencz
07.05.2024
‘The woke phenomenon has damaged the political influence of the Anglosphere’ — James C. Bennett on the Threats the English-Speaking World Is Facing
INTERVIEW

‘The woke phenomenon has damaged the political influence of the Anglosphere’ — James C. Bennett on the Threats the English-Speaking World Is Facing

‘One of the problems with the Anglosphere is that we have these occasional bouts of hysteria. It’s a sort of psychosexual, cultural, religious frenzy,’ American writer James C. Bennett highlighted in an interview with Hungarian Conservative.

Joakim Scheffer
05.05.2024
‘You can do anything as long as you’re part of the Brussels elite’ — An Interview with PiS MEP Radosław Fogiel
INTERVIEW

‘You can do anything as long as you’re part of the Brussels elite’ — An Interview with PiS MEP Radosław Fogiel

‘We need to win in each and every country because as conservatives that’s what we believe in, sovereign nation states,’ PiS MEP Radosław Fogiel nailed down in an interview with Hungarian Conservative.

Joakim Scheffer
04.05.2024
Tony Abbott: Hungary Has Become a Focal Point for Conservatives Worldwide 
INTERVIEW

Tony Abbott: Hungary Has Become a Focal Point for Conservatives Worldwide 

Viktor Orbán has a very long record in public life, from his early days as a strong anti-communist freedom fighter, through to his first stint in government, and now to this long and successful tenure as a prime minister. He’s been able to articulate a brand of conservatism that is both economically sensible and culturally conservative and traditionalist.

Loretta Tóth
03.05.2024
‘Hungary stands to gain a lot from a second Trump presidency’ — An Interview with Hungarian American Congressional Aide Johnny Szani
INTERVIEW

‘Hungary stands to gain a lot from a second Trump presidency’ — An Interview with Hungarian American Congressional Aide Johnny Szani

‘Hopefully, under a second Trump administration, we’re going to see a new high in Hungarian⁠–⁠American relations that we haven’t seen since Kossuth visited America back in the 1850s,’ Republican Congressional Aide Johnny Szani pointed out in an interview with Hungarian Conservative.

Joakim Scheffer
02.05.2024
‘Polish conservative media needs international protection’ — An Interview with Ordo Iuris Co-Founder Jerzy Kwaśniewski
INTERVIEW

‘Polish conservative media needs international protection’ — An Interview with Ordo Iuris Co-Founder Jerzy Kwaśniewski

‘Now, the only remaining fortresses of conservatives are small media outlets, and they strongly need international cooperation, not only for the credibility, but also to protect them against the attacks of the government,’ President of the Board and co-founder of Ordo Iuris Institute, Jerzy Kwaśniewski pointed out in an interview with Hungarian Conservative.

Joakim Scheffer
01.05.2024
‘I want to see my country grow like Hungary’ — Blockbuster Film ‘Sound of Freedom’ Producer Eduardo Verástegui Praises Hungarian Leadership
INTERVIEW

‘I want to see my country grow like Hungary’ — Blockbuster Film ‘Sound of Freedom’ Producer Eduardo Verástegui Praises Hungarian Leadership

‘When a country achieves success like Hungary, it’s crucial to ensure that less successful countries also thrive by promoting the blueprint, pushing the strategy, and supporting one another,’ Mexican conservative film producer Eduardo Verástegui stressed in an interview with Hungarian Conservative on the sidelines of CPAC Hungary 2024.

Joakim Scheffer
30.04.2024
‘I wish there were more Hungary in Europe’ — An Interview with Václav Klaus
INTERVIEW

‘I wish there were more Hungary in Europe’ — An Interview with Václav Klaus

‘I wish there were more Hungary in the European Union. if centre-right and conservative parties win elections all over Europe and come into government, then there will be a chance to change something in Europe. You can’t change anything in Brussels. Brussels is unchangeable.’ 

Loretta Tóth
29.04.2024
‘Viktor Orbán speaks truth to power’ — An Interview with Republican Congressman Andy Harris
INTERVIEW

‘Viktor Orbán speaks truth to power’ — An Interview with Republican Congressman Andy Harris

‘Viktor Orbán is the one standing up for the average European people, not their government,’ Republican Congressman Andy Harris pointed out in an interview with Hungarian Conservative on the sidelines of CPAC Hungary 2024.

Joakim Scheffer
29.04.2024
‘Volunteering is about helping a community, it is not about one person’ — An Interview with the President of the Hungarian American Athletic Club of New Brunswick
DIASPORA INTERVIEW

‘Volunteering is about helping a community, it is not about one person’ — An Interview with the President of the Hungarian American Athletic Club of New Brunswick

Denisa Bott-Varga has been an active member of the 110-year-old Hungarian American Athletic Club in New Brunswick and leader of the local Csűrdöngölő Folk Dance Ensemble since the early 2000s, when she arrived to the US from Slovakia. In 2023, she received an Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic for her work in Hungarian diaspora culture and folk dance. In the interview she talks about her passion for folk dance and her efforts to build and preserve the Hungarian community in New Brunswick.

Ildikó Antal-Ferencz
28.04.2024
Yan Xuetong: Hungary Has the Ability to Shape the Future of the Entire Region
INTERVIEW

Yan Xuetong: Hungary Has the Ability to Shape the Future of the Entire Region

‘Hungary has the ability to initiate some proposals to its neighbours regarding what steps to take to reduce the harmful effects of the war. The region needs to agree on what the long-term interests of its countries in the region are in the shadow of the war in Ukraine,’ China’s foremost political scientist holds.

Loretta Tóth
24.04.2024
‘Having national differences is not a bug, that’s a feature of conservatism’ — An Interview with Arvid Hallén
INTERVIEW

‘Having national differences is not a bug, that’s a feature of conservatism’ — An Interview with Arvid Hallén

Conservatism is different in every nation, and so is approach to energy solutions. In this interview, Arvid Hallén, the founder of the only Swedish conservative think tank, Oikos, addresses these topics and also provides some background on Sweden’s NATO accession.

Ádám Bráder
23.04.2024
‘We in Central Europe should stop feeling less relevant than our Western neighbours’ — An Interview with Dr Joanna Siekiera
INTERVIEW

‘We in Central Europe should stop feeling less relevant than our Western neighbours’ — An Interview with Dr Joanna Siekiera

NATO accession, defending the countries of Central Europe, success in academia and standing up for one’s heritage. These topics interest many these days, and Joanna Siekiera is an expert on them. In this interview she discusses the ‘blocking’ of Swedish NATO accession, the influence of smaller EU countries globally, academia and cybersecurity.

Ádám Bráder
21.04.2024
‘Transcarpathian Hungarians have always clung to their roots’ — An Interview with Berta Katona-Mironova
INTERVIEW

‘Transcarpathian Hungarians have always clung to their roots’ — An Interview with Berta Katona-Mironova

‘For our children, the mother tongue is a means and an opportunity for fulfilment and self-fulfilment. In the words of György Bessenyei: “Every nation becomes a scholar in its own language, but never in a foreign one.”’ Read Luke Larson’s interview with Hungarian-language school principal Berta Katona-Mironova on the situation of Hungarian-language education in Ukraine.

Luke Larson
20.04.2024
‘If you don’t like your job, you can’t perform at 100 percent’ — An Interview with the 95-year-old 56er Tibor Weinzierl from Massachusetts
DIASPORA INTERVIEW

‘If you don’t like your job, you can’t perform at 100 percent’ — An Interview with the 95-year-old 56er Tibor Weinzierl from Massachusetts

The 95-year-old 56er Tibor Weinzierl (Várnay) talks about his adventurous life in Hungary, Canada and the US: his experiences as a prisoner of war, his musical career, his emigration, and his work ethic. Still very fit and active, Tibor Weinzierl worked until he was 87, then started compiling his book at the age of 90.

Ildikó Antal-Ferencz
20.04.2024
‘European patriots and conservatives must continue to fight tirelessly’ — An Interview with Spanish MEP Jorge Buxadé
INTERVIEW

‘European patriots and conservatives must continue to fight tirelessly’ — An Interview with Spanish MEP Jorge Buxadé

‘The gains of the conservative and patriotic renaissance are clear. We are making unthinkable progress. We are advancing in Italy, Hungary, France, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the Czech Republic.’

Vajk Farkas
18.04.2024
‘EP elections will not be a revolution but the first steps of an evolutionary transformation’ — An Interview with Jan Zahradil
INTERVIEW

‘EP elections will not be a revolution but the first steps of an evolutionary transformation’ — An Interview with Jan Zahradil

‘People in Europe want change, and they will certainly voice this in the elections, which will result in a shift in the political balance of the European Parliament. However, I don’t think this is a revolutionary change. It will hardly change the balance of power in the board too much, but there is at least a chance that the atmosphere will change. We’ll see where all this could lead us.’

Loretta Tóth
10.04.2024
Choosing Hungary — An Interview with Piros Pazaurek, founder of HungarianHub, Honorary Consul of Hungary in Central Florida and Vice President of HAC
DIASPORA INTERVIEW

Choosing Hungary — An Interview with Piros Pazaurek, founder of HungarianHub, Honorary Consul of Hungary in Central Florida and Vice President of HAC

‘There is a lot of interest from universities, professors, and students in studying in Europe, because we can offer an affordable degree and high-quality education in a world-class city. After half a year of training or education, students and teachers develop a commitment to Hungary that is a huge asset for the future.’

Ildikó Antal-Ferencz
03.04.2024
Cultivating a New Generation of ‘Aristo-Populist’ Statesmen — An Interview with John Burtka
INTERVIEW

Cultivating a New Generation of ‘Aristo-Populist’ Statesmen — An Interview with John Burtka

‘There was a period in American history when elite financial interests were aligned with the national interest. Now, those are diverging. I’m calling for cultivating a contemporary sense of noblesse oblige and a solidarity with everyday people, while still maintaining a class of people [who can govern] through merit and who care about culture, art, and serious liberal arts education.’

Meg Hansen
03.04.2024
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