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| The blog of Hungary |
| English-Hungary is a blog about Hungary for those who would like to know what's going on in our country but don't speak the language. We select random news about politics and about anything else that could interest people from Europe and from the rest of the world. |
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| S&M police woman got fired from the corps |
| 2008-02-27 08:27:00 |
The plot of the film is nothing special: a police woman is sent to the house because of breach of peace caused by an S&M gang bang. Shortly after the arrival she joins the party and finds herself in the "servant position".The problem is that she is an actual police woman working for the police station in Zugló as Bors reported. LÃvia -as she is reffered to in the media- got fired after one of her collegaues had the film on the internet and reported it to the her superiors. When she undertook the job she believed that the film was going to be released only in the USA. The woman has two children and was expelled after 20 years of service.See a short video about the film (part ...
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| Belgian perspective: Hungary the "gipsyland" |
| 2008-02-25 16:36:00 |
It happened once that a Bartók and Ligeti György concert needed promotion in Belgium, Brussels . The PR head of the event assigned a photographer to make some captures for the flyers, program books and billboards. The photographer went into the park and saw a gipsy family and took some shoots. Why not? -she wondered- They have a kind of Eastern look and besides they are happy. During the campaign of the concert the leader of the Belgian Hungarian Association saw these pictures and almost got a nervous break down. Why?These people are not HungarianThey have nothing to do with the musicAnd besides the picture suggests that Hungary is a "socially developing" country Kállay Oszkár the leader of the Association said that it was outrageous that som...
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| Public "performance" gone wrong |
| 2008-02-23 19:02:00 |
There is this site ashole.hu which delivers home made "public urinating videos" on the streets of Budapest to the hardcore fans. We tried to avoid these masterpieces but this one is awesome in its bizzare way. I can only tell you that there is an interaction in it and of course it is strictly rated 18+! GG old man!...
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| Dwa bratanki: the same shit everywhere |
| 2008-02-23 07:04:00 |
Have you ever thought about why these series are independent of time and space? Why they have nothing to do with life in the place where it is aired? The truth after the click. Warning the authors are higly addicted to the series!Barátok közt (Among Friends) is a Hungarian daily soap, since 1998 every episode is followed by 1-1,4 million people (Hungary's population is 10 million). For a long time we didn't have a clue why the "life situations" appearing in the show seemed so alien, why they only connection with the country (more or less) was the language the characters are speaking.So the revealing truth: the show origins from Grundy UFA TV Produktions GmbH which created the main concept and sold it to RTL. The RTL group launched several series based on the idea at its local partner...
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| They did it! |
| 2008-02-19 16:12:00 |
This picture is from Nemzeti Sport (National Sport). Touching, it is!...
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| Pictures of the week |
| 2008-02-17 07:47:00 |
In our new heading we attempt to summarise political events by pasting the best pictures made this week. If it works out well, we will return with it every Sunday.The top part of the picture is from Barack Obama's, the bottom part is from FIDESZ's "social referendum 2008" campaign. No doubt about which one is the original version. It seems that the democrat candidate's staff bought the license of the "árpád- stripe" logo from the Hungarian party. (from: Pufajkás Turul)Demonstration against the new health reform act. (from: index.hu)Later on the protesters "open" the fences and clash with the police. (from: mti)Skinheads marching on the Day of Honor in Budapest. (from: hvg.hu)KÓKA János leader of SZDSZ and HORVÃTH Ãgnes Health Minist...
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| Off:Spenót! |
| 2008-02-12 14:43:00 |
Spenót (Spinach) is a bizzare YouTube cartoon series, there is no need to know Hungarian to enjoy the music and the voices. Just for the record, it is highly addictive....
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| Private insurance companies in da house: New Health Insurance Act |
| 2008-02-12 11:03:00 |
The Parliament accepted a new health insurance act yesterday which will result the total alteration of the Hungarian health system. More information about the reform and video about the demonstrations after the click.What is the health reform about? Regional funds: 51% state 49% private interestThe concept in brief: The National Health Insurance Fund will be divided into regional funds where private insurance companies can gain percentage until 49%. The government (MSZP-SZDSZ) argues that the "professional" private companies are capable to manage their funds in a more economic way unlikely to the current system where the single national fun...
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| Szávay Ãgnes 2nd in Paris |
| 2008-02-10 11:13:00 |
Even though we were really cheering for Ãgi, she was defeated in the end by Anna Chakvetadze in the final of the Paris WTA tournament to 3:6, 6:2, 2:6. Anyways we haven't lost our hope in her, and are really proud and fond of Ãgi, even if this love is not requited......
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| The "Day of Honor" in Budapest |
| 2008-02-10 07:10:00 |
Every year Hungarian and foreign skinheads remember February 11 1945, when German and Hungarian troops attempted to break out of the Soviet siege in Budapest. The memorial which took place on Heroes Square, was registered by DOMOKOS Endre János who was the leader of the Hungarian Blood and Honor (Vér és Becsület) association. This organisation was dissolved by the court few years ago because, let's say, their memorandum of foundation didn't really "match" the Constitution. The event is always in the focus of the media since showing thousands of skinheads marching and holding flags looks impressive on the newspaper covers. This day (or as the organisers call it the "Day of Honor") is of course followed by count...
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| Electric pylon in the middle of the road |
| 2008-02-09 11:55:00 |
An electric pylon is placed right in the middle of a road in Balatonkenese. It wasn't originaly like that since the road was built later around the pole. This doesn't seem like a good explanation because according to Blikk a car crashed in it few weeks ago and it was restored in its original place. The electric service provider said that they would need to move 3 pillars to make the road "free". This will happen of course but later. Maybe this is a IQ test for drivers sponsored by the Darwinist local government?...
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| OFF: Yugo in the USA |
| 2008-02-09 07:36:00 |
We have just found this old commercial on YouTube, and we are quite crossed: how come that a car, manufactured in a country denying the principles of market economy was sold in a country with a real competitive market? The Yugoslavian factory was quite tricky: it even created a new name for it's products for the Western World: Yugo, instead of the good old name Zastava, that is quite well-known locally mainly for its guns and other firearm-products. Zastava was a pretty popular car in Hungary as well, even my family had one. But as it couldn't go up the hill (or even a slope) and we lost its transmission once, we had to say farewell to it. I hope Americans had more luck with their Yugos...Yugo on the top of it"s carrier in Die Hard 3:...
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| 51st annual World Press Photo Contest Hungarian winners |
| 2008-02-09 06:40:00 |
World Press Photo organises world's largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest since 1955. This year three Hungarian photographers received awards.General News: 1st prize singlesGÃRDI Balázs, Hungary- Afghan man holds a wounded boy, Korengal Valley, October(click for the whole photostream)1st prize stories: GÃRDI Balázs, Hungary- Operation Rock Avalanche, Afghanistan,OctoberContemporary Issues: 2nd prize singlesSzigetváry Zsolt, Hungary- Couple targeted in anti-gay violence wait for medical help, Budapest, HungarySports features: 3rd prize singlesTomasz Gudzowaty and BEREKAI Judit, Poland/Hungary- Yoga performers, Varanasi, India...
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| Old Budapest #1 |
| 2008-02-05 10:09:00 |
Since our previous filler worked out really good and we like all kind of retro stuff we are going to launch an "old Budapest" series. This will be basically based on the film Budapest retro which is composed of archive film footages from the 60's-70's. This time period is the middle of the so-called "Kádár era" which is considered as a soft version of the communist despotism. Hungary in this particular period enjoyed many amenities not available to other communist countries in the Eastern block, but paid a high economic price for it in the early 90's. Of course the "happy"people on the videos didn't know what the consequences would be of their short prosperity....
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| Hungarian short film aired during Super Bowl |
| 2008-02-05 10:06:00 |
This GMC Yukon Hybrid commercial which aired during the break under Bowl">Super Bowl is based on the work of JANKOVICS Marcell. The original Hungarian short film Sisyphus (1974) was nominated for Oscar in 1974. The author told comment:com that Pannónia Studio and General Motors had an agreement and according to this the car manufacturer could use the Hungarian studio's archive footage.Video after the click.The original film: JANKOVICS Marcell: Sisyphus (1974):...
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| Spare Dakar: Budapest- Szováta Central Europe Rally |
| 2008-02-04 12:20:00 |
A.S.O. (Amaury Sports Organization) announced that the first “Dakar Series†certificated rally which was planned to be held in 2009 will be organised this year because as they say "the aim of the A.S.O. is to enable the competitors of the Dakar, which was cancelled in 2008, to enter a new rally".The race will start in Budapest on April 20 and cover 3,000 kilometers, will pass through Szováta (Romania)and end near lake Balaton.The Hungarian organisers hope that because of the cancellation of the original Dakar many "desert" racers will participate in the Central Europe Rally and will draw similar media focus to the country.Videos after the...
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| Operabál 2008 |
| 2008-02-03 07:27:00 |
(Click for more pictures)Operabál (Opera Ball) has been the top event of the Hungarian elite for a long time. The event which is the "diamond Sziget festival" for plasticsurgents, lawyers, businessmen, polititians and other talented and (or) rich people is organised every year and is always in the focus of the media. I personally only envy the food, nothing more. Since collecting photos is Budapestdailyphoto's job, you can read more there....
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| The Hungarian Janis Joplin |
| 2008-02-03 06:20:00 |
Comment:com posted this video from American Idol where a "meat handler" girl tries to sing Janis Joplin, when Simon Cowell tells her "That was like the Hungarian Janis Joplin or something, I couldn't understand a word of it". Paula Abdul's association is gorgeos too: she is able to add "goulash" to the conversation. I understood the lyrics. Maybe because I'm Hungarian? Whatever....
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| Iron Maiden on Sziget '08 |
| 2008-02-02 06:43:00 |
As there are only 191 days left till the next Sziget festival, it's high time we were provided some information on the program. This year the festival is going to be a bit shorter, 5+1 days long, due to an ongoing affair with the neighborhood district. To compensate this the organizers promise a much stronger lineup, as the previously calculated budget will cover five days instead of seven, which means the organizers can spend more on international superstars. And they seem to keep their promise: it was officially announced yesterday that Maiden">Iron Maiden will perform on the mainstage of Sziget festival on Zero day, Tuesday, August 12th.Iron Maiden are currently on a worldwide tour, which will last the whole year. The firs...
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| Hungarians are the cleverest people in the world! |
| 2008-02-02 06:40:00 |
Or at least that's what a journalist of the Thai Maticson newspaper believes when he states that the long winter forces Hungarians into libraries and research labs.The author of the "City of the genious" writes about the Thai Science and Technical Research Association which cannot fulfill its tasks because of the lack of governmental subventions. According to him the situation is different abroad, for example in Hungary where the Academy of Sciences -especially its president "Szilveszter Professzor"- plays an important role in research.The Hungarian intelligence -according to him- origins partly from the nation's ethnical variety (for example the Mongol, Slav and German influence) and the rest is given because Hungarians are sophisticated. The journalist arguably didn't spend much time in ...
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| Anthony Hardwood's P0rnStar Boot Camp |
| 2008-01-30 15:00:00 |
Páger Imre a.k.a Anthony Hardwood Hungarian p0rn star made this video for last year's AVN Adult Movie Awards Show as földiek blog wrote. The celeb decided to share his art of "love" with the next generations after his 500 performances. Deadly accent not so destroying like Speak's but still an 18+ video....
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| Four ways to dishonor a pig |
| 2008-01-29 10:12:00 |
There is a special event in Hungary which brings the family together and makes them get drunk and slaughter a pig. This "pork producing" (disznóvágás) origins from a time when meat was a rare thing on the markets and people didn't have money to hire somebody to do this work so mutual help in the family was a common thing. It's a kind of do it yourself method and is generally done this time of the year. This concept sounds great, but works out in a bizarre way usually sometimes, like on this site (disznovagas.hu) which is dedicated to this event.We've selected the most hardcore and censored pictures only for you. Warning 18+ after the click.These pictures were removed by the "editors" of disznovagas.hu because according to them "a feam asked them to do so" luckily Ãgy irtotok ti...
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| Bombagyár: Cruel joke on Pákó |
| 2008-01-25 11:02:00 |
After the first shock we need a little explanation here:The black fellow is called Fekete Pákó ("Black" Pákó, his original name pronounced here) and to put it short he is a Hungarian "trash" celeb from Nigeria. He is known for his terrible accent and for remaking old Hungarian songs in a kind of bizarre way. (On the video you can see him performing one of his best known song which is by the way an awkward video since he has an erection on it...)Anyway after the "great success" of the remakes he appears in shows where he is teased by other "punk" celebs because of his poor language skills. That's why journalists can make him do and say anything, because he simply doesn't understand it (or after this video we really hope so). This is a good thing if u don't have anything to writ...
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| New episode in the Malina Hedvig case? |
| 2008-01-22 12:06:00 |
A video appeared on YouTube in which a person dressed in a Slovakian police uniform is shooting a doll and calls it Hedvig. His friend is yelling "Shoot on Hedvig, It's Hedvig, Kill her!". All the Slovakian newspapers agree that the persons on the recording refer to the girl named Malina Hedvig. Click for more.Hedvig Malina is an ethnic Hungarian student from Horné Mýto (Hungarian: Vámosfalu), Slovakia, who was allegedly beaten by Slovakian nationalists for speaking Hungarian on her mobile phone. Her case represents a highly controversial and debated issue of Hungarian-Slovak relations.Hungarian ethnic newspaper Új Szó claims that the video was made on a Slovakian police high school training in Bazin. The Slovak Ministry of Internal affairs denied these charges and initiated...
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| Illegal metro party in Budapest |
| 2008-01-20 20:10:00 |
A flash mob-like action took place on subway-line 3 in Budapest on Saturday where a whole wagon was totally occupied for a few stops. The participans calling themselves the 4th republic were organising the event through e-mails and gathered almost 200 people hungry for a cool "metro party". The action was ceased when the driver stopped the veichle and called security and the police. Click for video and more.According to the police: "(..) raging young people occupied a subway wagon which was forced to wait for 13 minutes (...) no damage or personal injuries were done." The action seemed to scare the hell out of the authorities because they arrived with a relatively huge force on the scene a...
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| Cool Pesti Est commercial |
| 2008-01-17 15:39:00 |
Pesti Est (a program flyer in Budapest) has launched a new commercial on television aiming teens. We don't want to analyse the ad just publish it because we like the background music. It is a Hungarian remake of Voy A Acabar Borracho by Platero Y Tu. Unfortunately the producers have no desire to make a single of it. Maybe one day. Until then:no me importa la genteno voy a ser decenteno voy a ser legal,voy a ser un animal....
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| "Maugli of Blaha Lujza square" |
| 2008-01-16 14:26:00 |
One week after stabbing a 15-year old boy in an attempt to steal his MP3 player, Krisztián, the 12-year old homeless, Hungarian-speaking Romanian boy was finally returned to Romania. Although several people indicated that they were willing to take care of him in Hungary, he was deported from the country.He had appeared before in the media as the "Maugli of Blaha Lujza square" on a video made by Index.hu. 120 cm of pure violence, surviving on the streets.More after the click.The stabbing case received high publicity, because noone under 14 can be held criminally responsible for his actions (whether Hungarian or Romanian), so the police couldn't do anything with the boy except to release him. This wasn't Krisztián's first crime, he had been involved in several thefts, as he was a homeless,...
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| OFF: The lethal weapon of the communist propaganda |
| 2008-01-14 08:59:00 |
What else is able to sedate millions of people in front of the Tv screens than tits and politics. The show is called "Szuperbola", it was aired in the 1980's on the one and only state television. The New Year's Eve's edition features a parody of the new state policy, the so-called "grand opening to the west" by showing it as the grand opening of the bras (and the rest). Good part begins from 0:45. And if it's about nude stuff then it is determined that the Hungarian porn celeb politician Cicciolina has to be included (at 2:10)....
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| We are back! |
| 2008-01-08 17:57:00 |
After two desperate months of work we weren't sure whether to go on with this site, but the growing number of visitors and the motivation of the Szávay fan club left us no choice, but to return! We will post once a week except of course if something breaking happens. So continue to enjoy! Oh, and 50% less politics ;)...
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| Status: away |
| 2007-11-11 19:55:00 |
Duty calls again so unless the government is overthrown we won't post for a week. Hang on and keep your fingers crossed.animal picture thing reached down from poszto.blog.hu ...
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| LIVE: The downfall |
| 2007-11-10 19:06:00 |
Nothing more to add: STOHL András, live, tonight, over one million watching. Awkward it is!...
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| Serbia's solution for the "Árpád Stripe question" |
| 2007-11-09 10:04:00 |
Yasha brought me this mug from Montenegro a few years ago but I only noticed its importance yesterday. The solution for the Árpád stripe problem from Tito himself. Maybe this will bring balance to the force? I doubt that, but nice concept anyway....
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| Ecstasy in toys |
| 2007-11-08 11:36:00 |
"Moose Enterprise has announced an immediate and voluntary Australia wide product recall for its Bindeez Beads toy after being informed that some children who had swallowed the beads required medical attention." This is the official announcement of Moose Enterprise about the Bindeez toys, of course they forgot to describe the content of "medical attention".The cover of the Bindeez pearls -because of bad manufacturing- transforms to ecstasy in the stomach. All the toys are recalled and their price will be refunded says SZIGETI Zsuzsanna the representative of the Hungarian "dealer"....
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| Campaign against Sziget Festival |
| 2007-11-07 10:16:00 |
The major of Újpest has sued the organisers of Sziget and demands the court to ban the concerts between 10pm and 6am on the Festival. As they say the Festival breaches the allowed limit of noise and the people in the neighborhood districts are forced to "suffer" this every year. The head of the organisers GERNDAI Károly admits that sometimes they breach these measures but this doesn't justify this restriction which endangers the existence of the Festival. He said this action of the Újpest district was a part of a campaign against Sziget. This isnt't their first law suit against them and the new noise regulation in the district draws up impossible measures. Poles show that only 7% of the locals think that the late ni...
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| Anettka, the Opera |
| 2007-11-04 20:24:00 |
As index.hu reported BARTOS Tiborwrote a contemporary opera about Anettka. The story is about a teacher (Anettka) who meets an opera author who tells her his stories about the world war, revolution and the transition in Hungary. It is a kind of surreal political something. Experts say the play made no sense, but whatever - we only used this occasion to write about our second favourite celeb woman.Anettka (a.k.a FEHÉR Anett) is known to be the first "punk" celeb in Hungary. She first appeared in a live late night show on Budapest Tv where the half naked show woman was chatting with the people calling in. About her mother usually. Anettka had many "media hacks", for example advertising a piano naked or her girlfriend masturbating on her billboard-size pictur...
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| Latin temperament on the countryside |
| 2007-11-04 15:20:00 |
It seems the Cuban refugees who arrived one month ago are feeling themselves totally at home in Hungary. On Sunday drunken locals and Cubans were involved in a bar fight in Bicske, unfortunately the Hungarians lost and three of them were stabbed. According to tv2.hu their "dispute" had nothing to do with cultural differences, they were arguing about women. Anyway these guys tried to do 200km on the sea with post-apocalyptic trash veichles, I wouldn't mess with them, not even for women. So much for the first impression....
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| First Hungarian grand prix champion |
| 2007-11-04 07:38:00 |
(Click for galleries)I'm going to be brief since I don't like sports and I can't write about them but the first Hungarian motor grand prix world champion TALMÁCSI Gábor deserves a few lines. Hector Faubel won the 125cc season-finishing race at Valencia today but this wasn't good enough to defeat TALMÁCSI who with this second place had the most points total in the season. Read a real article about the race here.photo from talma.origo.hu...
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