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Sep
13
2021
By The African Mirror
Pope says anti-Semitism ‘fuse’ must not be allowed to burn

Pope says anti-Semitism ‘fuse’ must not be allowed to burn

RELIGION
GERGELY SZAKACS POPE Francis has called for vigilance against a rise in anti-Semitism, saying during a brief trip to Hungary this was a "fuse that must not be allowed to burn." The pope arrived in Hungary early for an unusually short visit underlining differences with his political opposite, nationalist and anti-immigrant Prime Minister Viktor Orban. More than half a million Hungarian Jews were killed in the Holocaust, which destroyed a once-vibrant culture across the country. Today, there are about 75,000 to 100,000 Jews in Hungary, the largest number in central Europe, according to the World Jewish Congress, with most of…
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Nov
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Opposition calls on Hungary’s Orban to sack museum head for likening Soros to Hitler

Opposition calls on Hungary’s Orban to sack museum head for likening Soros to Hitler

WORLD
A leading Hungarian opposition party has joined calls for Prime Minister Viktor Orban to sack the head of a state-funded museum for making extreme anti-Semitic comments likening U.S. financier George Soros to Adolf Hitler.  Nationalist Orban has long vilified Soros, a Hungarian Jew who emigrated after World War Two, as part of a general campaign against immigration. Orban accuses Brussels of trying to force Hungary to accept migrants under the influence of Soros.  In an op-ed published on Saturday, Szilard Demeter, who heads the Petofi Literary Museum and serves as a government cultural commissioner, called Soros "the liberal Fuhrer" and…
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Oct
07
2020
By The African Mirror
EU strikes down Hungary university reform, Soros wants EU to set example

EU strikes down Hungary university reform, Soros wants EU to set example

WORLD
FRANSESCO GUARASCIO and MARTON DUNAI THE European Union's top court said on Tuesday that Hungary breached EU law with its reform of higher education rules, which forced a university founded by George Soros to move most of its activities out of the country. The ruling follows a complaint from the European Commission and is one of many issues in which the EU has clashed with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, accused in Brussels of a backslide on civil liberties, corruption and the rule of law. Hungary's justice minister said Budapest would implement the European Court of Justice ruling but reiterated…
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