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What Ever Happened to Europe?

John Feffer | Posted 12.29.2012 | World
Read More: European Union, Fidesz, Europe, Bulgaria, Hungary, World News, European Union Future, European Debt Crisis, EU Economy, EU Future, World News
John Feffer

It's not just the European economy that is in crisis. The very idea of Europe has lost its shine. "Europe" once meant a more egalitarian and more tolerant model than the free market orthodoxy reigning in the United States.

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Eastern Europe's Conservative Crackdown on Reproductive Freedom

Jake Blumgart | Posted 04.10.2012 | World
Read More: Abortion, Michelle Goldberg, Women's Rights, Hungary, Eastern Europe, Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health, Fidesz, Reproductive Justice, World News
Jake Blumgart

Across Eastern and Central Europe, emboldened right-wing leaders are resurrecting debates around abortion and other reproductive services, even in largely secular nations like Hungary.

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Churches Divided On Hungary's New Religion Law

Posted 09.18.2011 | Religion
Read More: Hungary Islam, Hungary Methodist, Hungary Reformed Church, Hungary Fidesz, Hungary New Religion Law, Religion and Politics, Fidesz, Hungary Church, Hungary Religion Law, Religion News

By Jonathan Luxmoore Religion News Service (RNS/ENInews) Christian leaders in Hungary are divided over a restrictive new law on religion, with lar...

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Notes of an Ex-Pat 1: View From the Bridge

W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: American Culture, European Economy, European Culture, Ex-Pat, Fidesz, Financial Collapse, Rudeness, Lunar Eclipse Winter Solstice, Civility, Healthy Living News
W. Hunter Roberts

From my window I see sheets of ice floating down the Danube. It's mid-winter, and I am finally here in Budapest. Last week I went with a Hungarian law...

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Hungary Elections Sign Of Central Europe's Slide To The Right

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Joerg Haider, Victor Orban, Budapest-Hungary, Fidesz, Hungary, World News

By Paul Hockenos BUDAPEST, Hungary -- In the quirky political landscapes of central Europe, Hungary isn't the first post-communist country to lurch...

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Hungary Elections: Fidesz, Center-Right Party, Wins Majority, Socialists Stunned

AP | PABLO GORONDI | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Hungary, Hungary Elections, Fidesz, Jobbik, Socialists, Viktor Orba, Gypsies, World News

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's center-right party reclaimed the right to govern on Sunday, winning over 50 percent of the vote and handing the ru...

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Xenophobic Nationalism Clouds Hungary's Elections

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Anti-Semitism, Politics, Extremists, Robert Amsterdam, Jobbik, 2010 Elections, Central Europe, Viktor Orban, Gabor Vona, Democracy, Europe, Hungary, Fidesz, Elections 2010, World News
Robert Amsterdam

Poised to win as much as 20% of Parliament's seats, Jobbik -- the increasingly popular far right party known for its militaristic rhetoric and hate speech -- is sending a shock through minority communities in Hungary.

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