Jewish groups ask Kerry to fight anti-Semitism in Hungary
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-16 18:39:24 -0700 | political-news
Secretary of State John Kerry expressing their concern over the rise of anti-Semitism in Hungary. The May 14 letter commended Kerry for his offices' recent human rights report that detailed the rise of the xenophobic and anti-Semitic Jobbik party and...
‘Neo-Nazi‘ fighter pulled from martial arts show as media, sponsors protest
Source: Radio Prague
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-16 07:51:07 -0700 | political-news
Neo-Nazi fighter pulled from martial arts show as media, sponsors protest The organisers of a martial arts show in Prague have bowed to pressure from the media and sponsors and cancelled an appearance by a Hungarian fighter who's covered from...
KPK told to focus on beef import graft case
Source: The Jakarta Post
Ják :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-15 16:48:26 -0700 | political-news
Indonesian Islamic University's Center for Human Rights Studies (Pusham). Zainal said there were indications that the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), whose executives were allegedly involved in the corruption case, tried to blur the case by reporting KPK investigators and spokesman...
Head of Hungarian Jewish community resigns
Source: Jerusalum Post
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-15 14:38:52 -0700 | political-news
The only member of the board who retained his position was executive director Gusztav Zoltai, who will be serving as interim president until a successor to Feldmajer can be chosen. An election for Feldmajer's replacement must take place within a...
Safer, more environmentally friendly flame retardant with first-of-its-kind dual effects
Source: Canadian Free Press
Ács :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-15 09:49:58 -0700 | political-news
Their report on the first-of-its-kind coating, ideal for the polyurethane foam in couches and bedding that causes many fire deaths, appears in ACS Macro Letters. Jaime Grunlan and colleagues explain that upholstery furniture and mattresses are the items that ignite...
U.S. Medal in Honor of Righteous Gentile Wallenberg
Source: Israel National News
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-14 02:16:06 -0700 | political-news
Medal in Honor of Righteous Gentile Wallenberg The United States Treasury unveiled a Congressional gold medal, last Thursday, in honor of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved about 100,000 Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. Among his efforts, he issued and...
Churches back Jews facing anti-Semitism in Hungary
Source: Jerusalem Post
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-14 00:45:24 -0700 | political-news
With anti-Semitism on the rise here, Christian churches are working with the Jewish community to counter the provocations against Jews and the Roma minority that have won Jobbik support among voters fed up with the country's economic crisis. The Hungarian...
Europe Unexpected: Imported rabbis and Jewish girls
Source: Jerusalem Post
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-13 20:21:54 -0700 | political-news
Molly Gellert I knew nothing of Swedish Jews...As I mingled my way around the community for a weekend visit, these ridiculous stereotypes dissolved, revealing compelling insights on the Jews of Stockholm. When traveling abroad, there are a few tell-tale signs...
Kuwait to boost trade and investment with Hungary
Source: Qatar English Daily
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-13 02:20:39 -0700 | political-news
The immediate implementation of trade agreements and the increase of exchangeable visits between Kuwait and Hungary is vital to enrich investment opportunities, Kuwait's Chamber of Commerce and Industry senior official said Monday. Kuwait and Hungary had signed pacts on trade...
Head of Hungary's Jewish Community Resigns
Source: Israel National News
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-12 22:16:15 -0700 | political-news
Peter Feldmajer stepped down after 49 members out of 89 expressed no confidence in his leadership at a general meeting of the Federation of Hungarian Jewish Communities, the report said. According to Hungarian media, some members of the federation criticized...
4 public university presidents make collective $9.2 million
Source: Baltimore Sun
Göd :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-12 16:53:50 -0700 | political-news
May 12, 2013 Looks like the wicked are running our government not the good at heart. This sounds more like the mob back in the 1920's in Chicago. Home Of The Embezzlement of Millions of USA tax dollars...You want thriving,...
When obsessiveness can be quite sane
Source: The Globe & Mail
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-12 16:53:16 -0700 | political-news
Farouk Karim, (L), PQ candidate in the by-election in multi-ethnic Cote des Neiges, with his longtime friend Akos Verboczy. (Ian Barrett/The Globe and Mail) Quebec's Liberal Opposition showed an unfortunate, though not insignificant humourlessness last week.
Hungary: 3 men convicted of anti-Semitism
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-10 16:49:31 -0700 | political-news
Breaking News Hungarian authorities say three men have been convicted of shouting anti-Semitic slogans and making Nazi salutes at Jews attending an international meeting in Budapest. The Budapest Chief Prosecutor's office said Friday that two of the men were...
Holocaust survivor sees herself on a stamp honouring Raoul Wallenberg
Source: Toronto Star
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-09 15:51:43 -0700 | political-news
Report an Error Save to mystar Andrew Francis Wallace / Toronto Star Judith Weiszmann, 83, poses in front of a Canada Post Stamp commemorating Raoul Wallenberg with her grandchildren Adrian, 9, and Gabriel, 17, at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community...
"Anti-Semitism Denial must Come to an End"
Source: Israel National News
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-09 03:25:03 -0700 | political-news
In the last eight years there have been 50\% more anti-Semitic events, such as the recent request of radical Hungarian right wing party Jobbik for a list of local high-ranking and influential Jewish officials.
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