MCC Feszt 2025 is set to bring an exciting combination of intellectual debates and live music to Esztergom between 31 July and 2 August The festival will host a range of speakers addressing topics like geopolitics while music lovers can enjoy performances from renowned Hungarian artists Among the prominent guests is Dominic Cummings a key strategist behind the Brexit referendum and former chief advisor to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson known for shaping the ‘Take Back Control’ slogan played a crucial role in the UK’s political landscape including the Conservative Party’s 2019 election victory Hirsi Ali is a well-known critic of Islam and has worked extensively on issues related to immigration and women’s rights which highlighted the treatment of women in Islam where she founded the AHA Foundation to advocate for women’s rights co-founder and vice president of NumbersUSA an organization focused on reducing both legal and illegal immigration to the United States Robb has been actively involved in US immigration policy reform since 1996 and aims to foster broader discussions on border security and migration policies As a co-founder of the Israel Immigration Policy Center he has played a major role in shaping Israel’s migration policies particularly in relation to national security and refugee crises MCC Feszt 2025 promises a diverse musical lineup Festivalgoers can enjoy performances by popular Hungarian artists including reggae-dancehall fusion band Irie Maffia The festival is expected to host over 300 speakers and offer more than 100 professional programmes alongside 40+ music performances Attendees can also explore educational opportunities at the Edu Sétány where talent development institutions and partner organizations will present their programmes For those looking to enhance their festival experience, the MCC Feszt Pass provides additional benefits, including free festival shuttle transport from Esztergom’s railway station, beach access, and discounts on food and drinks. Early bird passes are available until 20 April on the festival’s official website which will also provide regular event updates parts of the festival—including the Edu Sétány and select evening concerts—will be free to attend making MCC Feszt an accessible and engaging event for all Hungarian Conservative is a quarterly magazine on contemporary political philosophical and cultural issues from a conservative perspective Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker The Budapest Times rolled off the production line in Esztergom on Friday the Vitara is currently the most popular passenger car model in Hungary the start of series production in 2015 was a turning point because it was the first local car whose prototype had been developed with the involvement of Hungarian engineers The local experts were also given a free hand in production planning for example with regard to the installation of robots in the welding shop and paint shop Since the start of production in Esztergom at the end of 1992 Magyar Suzuki has been the Japanese group’s only European car plant Suzuki has invested around 2 billion euros in the site where 4 million vehicles have already been built by 2024 the Hungarians currently also produce the S-Cross SUV; almost nine out of ten cars have a hybrid drive The vehicles are delivered from Esztergom to 123 countries around the world suppliers and the network of 78 brand dealers Suzuki secures the livelihood of around 10,000 employees The business figures for the past year have not yet been published; in 2023 increased its sales revenue from 2.1 to 2.9 billion euros and net profit from less than 25 to over 140 million euros You must be logged in to post a comment PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF USE 2007 - 2025 BZT MEDIA Kft. Design: GoOG Webdevelopment: diVid Forgot your password? You will receive mail with link to set new password Back to login US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman visited Esztergom on Wednesday where he met with refugees from Transcarpathia and held a brief press conference he once again criticized the Hungarian government and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán In response to a question from the left-wing outlet 444, Pressman referred to Orbán’s peace mission in early July as ‘just a performance’. The ambassador added that he is not convinced anyone is genuinely following Orbán’s peace efforts with EU leaders alleging that Orbán acted in his capacity as the acting presidency of the EU Hungarian government officials have repeatedly clarified that he attended the meetings solely as the prime minister of Hungary Pressman stated that as long as it is clear to Orbán or any other politician who is responsible for the war in Ukraine and that it could end tomorrow if Putin decides Orbán is not a harbinger of peace but of appeasement Pressman deliberately used the term ‘appeasement’ a term historically associated with conflict-avoiding diplomacy towards aggressive powers It is most commonly used to describe the actions of the British government that negotiated with the Nazis before the Second World War A frequent accusation levelled against Viktor Orbán and the Hungarian government’s pro-peace stance is that they allegedly support Russia’s ‘version’ of ‘peace’ which would effectively amount to a quasi-surrender of Ukraine—a point Pressman implicitly suggested with his use of the term ‘appeasement’ this narrative is contradicted by the fact that Orbán did not begin his peace mission in Moscow where he held talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy This point was also emphasized by former editor-in-chief of Bild Kai Diekmann in a recent interview with Hungarian Conservative is the most important thing,’ Diekmann underlined Pressman’s also shared a post on social media about his visit to Esztergom where he met with Transcarpathian Hungarian Roma refugees who had been ‘evicted’ from their state-subsidized housing after a recent government decree has limited state support for Ukrainian refugees coming Hungary to Hungary from areas of Ukraine not directly affected by the war (Since Pressman’s post their situation has been resolved thanks to an agreement between the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta and government) The same post was also shared on the US Embassy’s Facebook page acknowledging Hungary’s significant efforts in helping Ukrainian refugees—not excluding praise for the United States The post reads: ‘The Hungarian people have shown enormous generosity to Ukrainian refugees and the United States is the largest contributor to humanitarian assistance for those fleeing war including having invested millions in Hungary’s response to the Ukraine refugee crisis.’ particularly in times of heightened tension ‘It does not serve the Hungarian people and along with a number of other strategic decisions made in Budapest risks changing the relationship between Hungary and America,’ Pressman stated He further emphasized that while the Hungarian government may view its relationship with the US as a political issue the United States does not share this perspective US President Joe Biden spoke at a campaign event claiming that Viktor Orbán is building a dictatorship in Hungary MCC Feszt, the annual summer festival of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium is returning this year to its usual host city of Esztergom MCC Feszt 2024 will be taking place on 1–3 August in the Northern Hungarian city we had major figures from international politics featured at the event such as former Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurtz and famed conservative commentator from the US Michael Knowles; as well as popular local musical acts on stage in the evenings The programme schedule will have the same structure for MCC Feszt 2024 as well the event will feature speeches and panels about world affairs by distinguished guests you will have live shows by prominent Hungarian musical acts The festival kicks off on Day 1 with three concerts in the evening On Day 2, American political strategist Chris Rufo will be talking about how his investigative work brought down the former president of one of the best-known universities in the world Claudine Gay resigned from her leadership position at Harvard in January 2024 after a plagiarism scandal originally broken by Rufo Minister of Defence Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky of Hungary will also take the stage to talk about Hungary’s ‘peace through strength’ philosophy. Another cabinet member of the fifth Orbán administration, Minister of EU Affairs János Bóka will also be making a speech He will discuss Hungary’s presidency of the Council of the EU Day 2 will conclude with three concerts on the Main Stage Budapest Bar and NOX will be performing live shows followed by the Romani music band Parno Graszt who will be returning to MCC Feszt after their highly popular performance last year Still not convinced about #MCCFeszt?🤔Don't take our word for it buy your Feszt Pass now!https://t.co/6p2NbyR7MU pic.twitter.com/LGxjGrxwVz we will have a panel of right-wing influencers namely Sara Huff from Brazil and Lauren Chen and Amala Ekpunobi from Canada joined by Former Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office in the Trump administration John McEntee discussing whether right-wing opinions—or ‘normality’ as the title puts it—are in the majority on social media today The three musical guests closing the festival on the Main Stage will be Balkán Fanatik The inaugural MCC Feszt took place in 2021 The attendance grew to around 30,000 in 2022 Those looking to take part in the event can get their MCC Feszt Pass now The pass includes free transport between Esztergom train station and the festival site free use of the beach baths and discounts on food and drink some of the daytime professional programmes and evening music programmes will be free of charge parish priest of St Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest who was appointed five years ago by Pope Francis as suffragan bishop of Hungary’s Esztergom-Budapest Archdiocese Bishop Mohos has been working at the heart of the Hungarian Catholic Church for many years he worked as archbishop’s secretary to His Eminence Cardinal Péter Erdő he was the general secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Hungary These important positions have afforded him profound insights into the church’s current situation It is therefore not surprising that Bishop Mohos was a member of the Hungarian delegation to the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops we asked him about the synod initiated by Pope Francis We also discussed the results of the latest Hungarian census which are devastating for Hungary’s Christian churches The first session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops the information that has reached believers about the work taking place in the synod and its results has been rather unspecific it is worth noting that the Synod of Bishops is a relatively new institution that was established by Pope Paul VI after the Second Vatican Council—almost sixty years ago a reaction to the changes that can still be seen in the world today The Church realized that it was no longer sufficient to hold a universal council every hundred years The Synod of Bishops provides an opportunity for representatives of all the world’s bishops’ conferences to meet every three to four years This is the institution of the Synod of Bishops its mode of operation changed significantly synodal topics used to be continent-specific or focused on a particular topic—for instance not merely to a specific ministry or group since the theme concerns the entire church senior members of the church with voting rights and further specified that an equal number of men and women should be selected The other change relates to the organization: the participants did not sit in a large when we discussed a specific topic in groups of twelve and then we always listened to the one person who was speaking there The order of sessions determines the character of the entire synod The course of the negotiations was defined in advance by the Instrumentum Laboris that is the working document which had already been made public before the synod began We progressed according to the ideas of the document and the division of chapters working through the topics listed in the Instrumentum Laboris and discussing them This obviously determined the course of our discussion constantly indicating that we should not digress too much to ensure that the conversation did not become incoherent So much so that the idea is also included in the final document so that we can deepen our understanding and interpretation of the concept what we are discussing needs to be explored in more detail I have formulated my own understanding of what synodality means by trying to translate it into the familiar categories in which we think I translated it by considering that baptism is the one thing common to all of us who are members of the church and everyone lives their lives differently and I have come to increasingly emphasize this common ground our shared experience of baptism is what connects us all This is what synodality now emphasizes—that we all share this gift of baptism and that makes us a community with everyone actively participating in the community It should not be that some people are actively engaged while the others treat it only as a service and occasionally attending church; instead we should all live an active communal life Perhaps this is one of the most important points of synodality because then we can arrive at a common denominator and move together as a people of faith on our life’s journey the so-called Synodal Way in Germany had a great impact throughout Europe and represented a more progressive position compared to the mainstream with regard to To what extent have these progressive guidelines prevailed I think what the German Synodal Way articulates is not a specifically German but rather a particular spiritual trend that manifests very visibly in the German Synodal Way There are many elsewhere who espouse a progressive stance This is of course one position in the church but it is not the only one: there are also other spiritual tendencies and currents that differ from it more or less all tendencies are represented We ordinary Hungarian believers—based on our personal experiences—are very underinformed regarding the synodal process that has been going on for years Differences can also be observed in each diocese regarding the preparedness of the faithful I had the opportunity to write directly to you personally What kind of comments have you been receiving from Hungarian Catholics it is important to understand that the process started two years before the October meeting The extent to which a particular local community or religious community was involved depends on many factors I think that at the very beginning of the process many people did not quite understand or take the measure of the scale of the undertaking Pope Francis wanted to initiate We are only now beginning to assess what it is all about Synodality is such a new concept that it takes time to internalize it and to work out who should participate in it and how I think this follows from the fact that different communities are aware of and have been involved in the synodal process to very different degrees and this is characteristic not only of Hungary it is just that we live in a world where there is such a flood of information pouring in on everyone and not everyone got their heads around the possibilities offered when members of the representative bodies of all the parishes were called together by the cardinal to discuss this topic so that everyone could add their thoughts to it The working material was compiled at a national level from the materials sent to the bishops’ conference by the dioceses There is also working material at the European level there was a European-level synodal gathering in Prague and monks participated in the first half of the event and then the presidents of the bishops’ conferences themselves met but not everyone was informed about what was taking place I abruptly learned that they had encouraged those who felt compelled to do so to write comments to my e-mail address I have not been able to answer many of them because I do not have a separate secretariat or other apparatus for this—I deal with correspondence to my personal e-mail address myself I feel that today’s world is in many ways in transition One could analyze this from many points of view but it is certain that our way of life has changed significantly compared to that of our parents and grandparents It is legitimate within the church to ask how the role of women can become more prominent The essential question is how to reconcile this with the identity of the Catholic Church so that we remain Catholics and do not transform into something that is no longer us would be to ask how we can preserve our Catholic identity and at the same time emphasize the role of women in the church Moving on to the results of the Hungarian census we also find ourselves confronting difficult questions Some 60 per cent of the population answered the question about their religion Comparing the result to those from the last census—eleven years earlier—the number of Catholics decreased from 3,817,000 to 2,900,000 The situation is similar when examining the proportions of those who profess to belong to a church: in the previous census There are several interpretations of this trend Does it imply that the signs of a wider European and religious individualization—appear in Hungary Or is it rather that processes specific to Hungary—for example the government’s policy of supporting churches and the consequent impact on those who consider themselves Roman Catholics—are being reflected in the results What is the guiding thread by which you try to evaluate them I am not an expert on this topic and it must be underlined that serious professional knowledge is required to adequately interpret public opinion polls What I see is that we gather this kind of data every ten years but—as far as I understand it—the way in which questions on this topic are asked has also changed the concept changes slightly from census to census I do also see a trend in terms of what an individual’s worldview may be I see that there is a more reserved and cautious attitude on the part of many people politics in Hungary also extends to the field of religion as some politicians define themselves as Christians these things are mixed up on some levels: what someone believes in and how they relate politically to the overall situation ‘We have an openness to a kind of spiritual attitude that is willing to make sacrifices’ I think that there is a trend that can be observed in the entire Western world whereby the number of people who practise their religion in the traditional manner is decreasing I think that the number of those who consciously practice their religion is decreasing in a smaller proportion than that of those who—so to speak—experience their membership of the church as a kind of cultural tradition Devoted believers who actively participate in community life were not a very large percentage of the overall community in the past I think that the situation has not fundamentally changed from that point of view Christian and moral values are not the exclusive preserve of Christians these values are being eroded to a certain extent because all of society needs a moral foundation which society generally respects and values This process of erosion is certainly not heading in a good direction You also mentioned that many aspects can influence the interpretation of the census results and there could even be methodological issues But is there any conclusion that something needs to be changed there are processes that go far beyond us as a church In order to recognize wider social processes the cultural impoverishment that is underway it is not necessary to examine society at a scientific level since we have been seeing the negative trends for many decades These are processes on a scale that we cannot change What the church can do in such a situation is to think about what needs to be most strongly emphasized I think what is truly important for us is to clarify again and again the foundations of our faith because those who belong to a community out of habit may be unaware of the fundamental elements of that belonging Joseph Ratzinger attempted to clarify what the church would be like over the coming decades but they would be much more conscious believers Their sense of belonging to the community would be based on a much more personal and conscious decision and consequently also a much bigger part of their everyday lives I think that if the identity of a community is clearer and more conscious it makes the decision for those who might be weighing up whether or not to join this community much easier I think that this is what we can do: articulate more clearly our identity and our values and that it is worth being honest and fair because that is what makes a person truly human it will mean a more attractive church overall what do you see as the source of hope for Hungary specifically One of the peculiarities of the Hungarian spirit is that—no doubt as a result of our historical past—we have an openness to a kind of spiritual attitude that is willing to make sacrifices There have been many calls for prayers or even fasts for peace both from the Holy Land and from the Vatican and it has a solid record of accomplishment It is enough to think of St Margaret in the 1200s and led to her mission for peace between King Béla and his brother István If we can build on this tradition of openness to peace it will give us a specific identity for the future and prepare us for a spiritual struggle We should perceive clearly that there is a profound competition or struggle between different ideologies and spiritual attitudes We fight this struggle not by social means and they can give us a very deep commitment which is perhaps uniquely characteristic of Hungarians but perhaps more prominent here than elsewhere Úgy tűnik nem található semmi ezen a helyen IMPRESSZUM SZERZŐI JOGOK ADATVÉDELEM FELHASZNÁLÁSI FELTÉTELEK Four dead in accident at Hungarian rally An incident on the Esztergom-Nyerges Rally has left four people dead and a further eight injured Words by Four people have died and a further eight were injured in an accident at the Esztergom-Nyerges Rally in Hungary on Sunday A car reported to be a Škoda Fabia Rally2 left the road at high speed on stage five of the event read: “On the second day of the 11th Esztergom-Nyerges Rally the organizers of the race canceled the race due to an unfortunate accident “Eight ambulances and four rescue helicopters arrived at the scene to rescue spectators involved in the accident the lives of four people could not be saved with minor injuries were transported to hospital after being treated onsite It is the responsibility of the authorities to clarify the circumstances “The management of the Hungarian National Motorsport Association (MNASZ) expresses its condolences to the relatives of family members “MNASZ will immediately investigate the circumstances of the accident in cooperation with the authorities MNASZ and the competition organizers will not provide any further information or statements regarding the incident.” A statement from Hungarian police said: “A fatal mass accident occurred between Lábatlan and Bajót in the early afternoon of March 24. According to information so far a vehicle participating in a rally race drifted off the road for an unknown reason and drove into spectators.” DirtFish extends its condolences to the family and friends of those involved in the incident Tags: 2024 DirtFish https://dirtfish-editorial.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/2024/03/u2HNbYvg-012_WRC_Central_Europe_ASZ_001018-2-780x520.jpg March 24 Sign up today and be the first to know about special offers Legal Budapest is not the only city that transforms into Winter Wonderland in December We highly recommend visiting the following destinations all of which are close to the capital city offers a perfect escape from Budapest’s urban buzz this popular tourist destination becomes even more magical during the holiday season The festive market along Dumtsa Jenő Street showcases local artisans and craftsmen while the Main Square hosts special Advent candle-lighting ceremonies each weekend Nestled on the Danube Bend just north of Budapest anchored by Hungary’s fourth-largest cathedral Its cozy Christmas market features local crafts and seasonal delicacies while an ice rink and holiday train offer family entertainment Weekend programs include children’s shows and evening concerts Don’t miss the traditional Advent candle lighting events or the unique Memento Mori mummy exhibition Hungary’s ancient royal seat crowned by its magnificent Basilica transforms into a magical Christmas destination this winter The historic Széchenyi Square hosts a charming holiday market featuring 25 artisans and local food vendors complemented by a spacious ice rink open until January 19 Special programs include the unique “Angel Play” performance and festive farmers’ markets every Advent Saturday Home to Hungary’s largest baroque manor and beloved 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history four spectators were killed at the Esztergom–Nyerges rally in the northern part of Hungary on Sunday One of the drivers drifted off the road and accidentally rammed his vehicle into a crowd of onlookers The tragic incident was captured on camera and shared on social media 🇭🇺🚨‼️ CAR DRIFTS INTO CROWD: During a car rally in Hungary a tragic incident occurred when a Skoda Fabia Rally 2 drifted off course and crashed into a group of spectators This accident resulted in four deaths and left seven others injured the race was called off after the fatal accident The organizer Arrabona Rally Club first issued a brief public statement on their social media which they then followed up with the announcement of its official cancelation then by sharing a public statement from the Hungarian National Auto Sport Association (MNASZ) ‘On the second day of the 11th Esztergom–Nyerges Rally due to an unfortunate accident on the Lábatlan–Baja high-speed stage the organizers have interrupted the competition Eight ambulances and four rescue helicopters arrived on the scene to rescue the spectators involved in the accident four people’s lives could not be saved one child was taken to hospital with serious life-threatening injuries one person with serious injuries and six people (including one child) with minor injuries It is up to the authorities to clarify the circumstances The Hungarian National Auto Sport Association expresses its condolences to the victims and their families The circumstances of the accident is being investigated immediately by the MNASZ Until the investigation has been completed the race organizers do not wish to provide any further information or make any further statements regarding the accident.’ Nemzetisportonline.hu reached out to Tibor Érdi Jr one of the experienced drivers competing in the race to describe the tragic accident from his perspective ‘We were already the furthest away from the scene of the accident when the news came but that was completely understandable out of respect for the victims It’s a terrible thing… I’ve hit a spectator myself although fortunately he escaped with an injury so I feel the pain of my fellow competitors News of the incident has been picked up by the international news media, such as CNN this is not the first time a fatality has happened at a Hungarian rally event race driver Csaba Nemes passed away in an accident during the Veszprém Rally navigator Zsolt Tóth lost his life in another collision at the Miskolc Rally By 2018-04-17T11:23:53+01:00 The second phase undertaken by a consortium of Strabag Vasútépítő MVM OVIT Országos Villamostávvezeték and TRSZ included electrification and the installation of D55 signalling as well as doubling of the Angyalföld – Újpest section A new stop was built for tram route 14 at Angyalföld station and Esztergom coach station was relocated next to the main railway station The HF33·6bn cost was fully funded by the EU HUNGARY: National development agency Nemzeti Infrastruktúra Fejlesztő has called tenders for the development of an interchange between main line and metro services at Népliget as part of a major programme of capacity enhancements in the southern suburbs of Budapest HUNGARY: Work to modernise and upgrade the Budapest Rákos – Hatvan section of the Budapest – Miskolc main line is to get underway during February for completion by December 31 2020 The line forms part of Pan-European Corridor V and also handles significant suburban traffic Site powered by Webvision Cloud We’re keen to hear from people living in Hungary what their hopes are for the political future of the country With Péter Magyar in the headlines in Hungary after he declared he was launching a new political party we’re interested to hear how people living in Hungary feel about the country’s political landscape What political direction do you hope will Hungary take And have there been any events or developments that may have particularly affected your political views in recent months or years After the Soviet troops invaded Hungary on 4 November in 1956 He requested political asylum from the United States at the US Embassy in Budapest what led to a difficult situation for Washington asylum was usually to be denied in such cases the official stance was that his issue is to be settled by the Vatican and Hungary and evaded a possible re-arrest by the newly installed Communist authorities Mindszenty could not leave the building of the embassy His two-decade-long ‘voluntary imprisonment’ began Mindszenty continued to advocate for the case of Hungary and its fallen revolution: even in his physically restricted situation Sometimes he received responses from the president The archbishop used this narrow channel to inform the Western world about the situation in Hungary these reports also played a role in Kádár announcing a general amnesty in 1963 continued to see Mindszenty as his personal enemy The cardinal had in fact been arrested in 1949 under Kádár’s tenure as minister of internal affairs Mindszenty also made the situation difficult for the Communist authorities as he refused to resign as Archbishop of Esztergom and therefore the main church dignitary of Hungarian Catholicism while Kádár tried to strike a compromise with and pacify the Church by requesting the Vatican to name more pliant bishops and using the secret service to force many priests to become informants the titular leader was still his avowed enemy also prevented a more cooperative archbishop to be named All this meant that the plan to fully pacify the highest echelons of the Church was delayed this also hampered the reconciliation between the Vatican and the regime something Mindszenty in fact wanted to prevent at all cost The Catholic Church of Hungary therefore was divided between the more cooperating and the dedicated priests the latter ones rallying around the archbishop the presence of Mindszenty at the Embassy also caused tension between Hungary and Washington the goal of Kádár was to have Mindszenty abducted or arrested The idea was that the simplest way to get rid of Mindszenty was to force him to resign from his position of archbishop allowing the cardinal into an actual exile the government proposed this framework to the United States and to Mindszenty setting strict preconditions: he would only leave the embassy and the government would release imprisoned priests as well as rebuild the Regnum Marianum church a symbolically important place of worship blown up by the Communist authorities in the Rákosi era and thus Mindszenty remained at he Embassy But the situation was no longer tenable for the Vatican either Pope Paul VI and the Hungarian minister of foreign affairs met in Rome It was the first time that a Communist cabinet member from Hungary and a pope negotiated in person in order to restore the diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Hungary While Mindszenty was still reluctant to leave the cardinal was absolutely unwilling to renounce his position of Archbishop of Esztergom was pushing for that to happen as in the meantime it had struck another deal with the Kádár regime: if Mindszenty finally resigns all imprisoned clergymen would be released the pope declared the seat of the Archbishop of Esztergom vacant he settled in the Collegium Pazmanianum (Pázmáneum) the Hungarian Catholic seminary of the city Despite of multiple forces trying to silence him He travelled around the world and addressed diaspoa Hungarian communities His aim was to continue his pastoral duties and to strengthen the spirit of his compatriots the cardinal travelled to Venezuela and Colombia his worsening health forced him to abruptly end his journey Mindszenty returned to Vienna and was hospitalized He passed away in a church hospital in Vienna on 6 May 1975 Mindszenty’s remains were buried in Mariazell Mindszenty was reburied in Esztergom in 1991 József Mindszenty was forced into exile (first an actual one) just days after he was freed from the prison of the Communist regime His life took a rather tragic turn from 1949 onward the vicissitudes did not break Mindszenty’s will and determination to stand up against the Communist dictatorship He relentlessly tried to help the victims of the regime where he lived under constant danger of expulsion This indeed makes him a role model of bravery and unbreakable faith His merits have been recognized by the Catholic Church as well: Mindszenty has been made venerable he has also rightfully earned the moniker ‘white martyr’: he did not sacrifice his life in the conventional sense The net sales revenue increased by 22.3 per cent to 2.144 billion euros as announced by the company’s executives at a press conference in Budapest on Thursday The Deputy CEO of the company Róbert Krisztián added that due to disruptions in logistics and supply chains and significant increases in energy and raw material prices Magyar Suzuki Ltd.’s profit was halved compared to the previous year He mentioned that nearly 88 per cent of total sales He also noted that the Esztergom plant manufactures the Suzuki Vitara and S-Cross models with the former being popular abroad and the latter being well-received in Hungary He emphasised that for the seventh consecutive year the company maintained a leading position in Hungary’s new car sales achieving a market share of nearly 12.5 per cent with approximately 14,000 registered new cars in 2022 This means that every eighth new car in the country bore the Suzuki logo He further highlighted that out of the approximately 14,000 Suzukis registered last year nearly 6,800 were sold to corporate and institutional customers placing the brand in fourth place among fleet sales the deputy CEO noted that experts are closely monitoring and analysing the market situation anticipating a 5-6 per cent decline in the total new car market in Hungary compared to 2022 the company is hopeful that inflation and interest rate reductions in the second half of the year will stabilise the market enough for ‘new car sales to find their footing’ in Hungary there is a continuous high demand globally for the models manufactured in Esztergom resulting in an increase of production capacity through accelerated manufacturing lines and increased workforce the plans are to manufacture 168,000 cars at Magyar Suzuki Ltd. nearly a 50 per cent increase in production volume compared to 2021 and IT ldikó Gyurján reported that the workforce at Magyar Suzuki Ltd with an increase of 400 employees between early 2022 and May 2023 Suzuki plans to hire an additional 178 workers until August–September this year The company’s employment is based on three pillars: the company’s own staff and employment of workers from third countries the company works with 161 colleagues from India who have been integrated into the company’s staff the plan is to hire 55 more people from the Philippines through a temporary employment agency she mentioned that workers from third countries constitute 7–8 per cent of the workforce Atsumi Masato stated that Suzuki aims to operate with carbon-neutral plants and product portfolios worldwide by 2050 Responding to the continuous changes in the industry and customer demands the Suzuki fully electric vehicles will soon be available globally the brand’s first fully electric vehicle is expected to be introduced by 31 March 2025 ‘Our goal is to involve the Esztergom plant in the development and future production of new models…We are working to continue offering high-quality and affordable products and services,’ said the CEO was founded in 1991 and has remained the Japanese parent company’s only manufacturing unit in Europe and a nationwide network of 78 brand dealers the company contributes to the livelihood of approximately 10,000 employees André Kertész was one of the 20th century’s most prolific self-taught photographers and on to exhibit in cities such as Melbourne and Tokyo it’s the turn of Amsterdam’s Foam to host a substantial exhibition of Kertész’s work and you can see that he had hardly any predecessors to what he did in photography,” curator Mirjam Kooiman tells AnOther over the phone “Kertész was a source of inspiration to big names in photography Brassaï.” Split into four sections – the Hungarian New York and International periods – Foam’s exhibition journeys through Kertész’s oeuvre using almost 200 prints and a selection of his lesser known and largely unseen colour photographs Kertész’s practice was entirely singular; where his contemporaries were making use of hefty cameras which required tripods and seeking painterly compositions he worked with smaller devices that allowed him more spontaneity when shooting “He didn’t want to put too much artifice in his prints – he wanted to be simple and clear and truthful,” Kooiman explains Kooiman highlights the extent of his differing approach to photography “When he was called to the Austrian-Hungarian War he took his camera with him but instead of photographing the front he was more focused on finding beautiful compositions,” she says “capturing his personal experiences with other soldiers around him and their daily lives in war – a personal diary rather than news images.” It was when Kertész was recovering from a wartime injury in 1917 that he took Underwater Swimmer It has been hugely influential to image-makers the world over “Kertész was shot and his arm was paralysed for a while,” Kooiman explains “He did recover from it completely – it took a month – and in the meantime he was photographing.” The black and white image depicts a lithe man swimming beneath the surface of a swimming pool the water dappling the light and distorting the figure ever so slightly there are two possibilities as to the swimmer’s identity: some accounts state it is one of Kertész’s brothers while others suggest it is a fellow injured soldier taking part in swimming as physical therapy saying “he made a lot of photographs of his brothers as they were very athletic When you look at the photos from the Hungarian period you can only imagine how romantic his life was A lot of his work was made in the countryside and you see his brothers swimming and dancing – it is a very romantic view of the Hungarian countryside.” In this sense, Kertész’s choice of subjects that were not previously deemed worth photographing also set him apart from his contemporaries. And if further proof of Kertész’s genius were needed, last year Sir Elton John named Underwater Swimmer the most influential photograph of the 20th century “I chose this one because I think it’s had such an influence on so many photographers and artists,” the singer and avid photography collector stated this is the first photograph that made a man’s body sexy I think it revolutionised how people look at the male form I consider this one of the pièces de résistance of my collection.” André Kertész: Mirroring Life runs until January 10 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page As Netflix’s historical drama approaches its final season it’s time to talk about the amazing locations where the series was filmed It might come as a surprise that although the series is set in medieval Britain The majority of the scenes were shot on land owned by Korda Studio near Budapest The opening scene of the fifth season was set in Iceland but in reality it actually took place in an old quarry outside Budapest Even Emily Cox (Brida) was surprised how this was possible “It didn’t feel like we were in Hungary because it’s supposed to be Iceland you can actually travel to Iceland if you just drive for an hour that’s interesting’.” She told RadioTimes.com and other press But it wasn’t just the Icelandic scene that was outstanding Göböljárás was used to partly recreate Winchester Palace Dominic Hyman said that the village was a very beautiful location Throughout the series we can find other Hungarian locations Esztergom castle is a combination of medieval and Renaissance architecture much of which was lost for hundreds of years until archaeological excavations began in the 20th century This approach of taking what is essentially a Sussex story and setting it abroad may seem strange at first As executive producer Nigel Marchant explained: “I think what Hungary brings to us is this sense of an other world We don’t really know what England looked like 1,000 years ago so although it’s not England and we shot it on location it has this sense of otherness to it that I’ve always really enjoyed.” The star of the series was delighted to have the opportunity to play Uhtred and thanked the crew for their work Alexander Dreymon said regarding the final season: Playing Uhtred for 5 seasons has been a wonderful journey And I’m truly grateful to have been given the opportunity to direct I came to fully appreciate the spectacular talent and skill of our cast and crew even more without whom none of this would be possible.” Fabry was until now director of the Pastoral Institute of the Hungarian Episcopal Conference carried out his philosophical and theological studies at the Central Seminary of Budapest was ordained a priest in 2000 and incardinated in the diocese of Kaposvar You must be logged in to post a comment Written by the Hungarian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Péter Szabadhegy this article appeared in the May 2016 edition of the Westminster Record.  In a joint initiative with the Church of England and the Catholic Church of England and Wales the Embassy of Hungary will bring a relic of St Thomas Becket a Mass will be celebrated by Cardinal Péter ErdÅ‘ Also present at the Mass will be János Áder the relic from Esztergom will be displayed and celebrated together with other relics of St Thomas at Westminster Abbey the relics will be transferred to Rochester Cathedral and then on to Canterbury Cathedral This will be the first time that this particular relic of St Thomas Becket after having been kept with great reverence in Esztergom The relic represents the deep and manifold historical and cultural links between Hungary and the United Kingdom The series of events will provide an opportunity for many people to venerate the relics and contemplate the relevance of Thomas Becket in today’s society The devotion to St Thomas was revitalised by the Catholic Church in Hungary under the communist regime when the Church suffered serious limitations to her liberty Since 1977 a candle lighting ceremony and a symposium have been held annually in Esztergom to honour St Thomas Becket on his feast day.Among the many historical and cultural links uniting England and Hungary the ideal friendship of the primate seats of Canterbury and Esztergom have particular significance The story can be traced back as far as the 12th century when two holy and uncompromising archbishops Thomas Becket in Canterbury and Lukács Bánfi in Esztergom It is very likely that Archbishop Lukács adopted the cult of the martyred Archbishop of Canterbury immediately after his canonization Written evidence from 1191 suggests that a church and provostship dedicated to St Thomas Becket were already functioning in Esztergom founded by either Archbishop Lukács or his successor was the centre of St Thomas’s cult with a chapter of six canons and proper liturgical texts Queen of England and later spouse of Béla III of Hungary was also instrumental in bringing the saint’s devotion in Hungary Queen Margaret had personally known Thomas Becket at the court of her father-in-law Henry II and she kept the martyr’s memory with great reverence in the court of her second husband We have no reliable information on how the relics of St Thomas arrived to Hungary that one or two prelates from Hungary were present in Canterbury at the 1220 reburial (translatio) of St Thomas Becket’s body On that occasion his tomb was opened and relics were extracted We know that Archbishop János of Esztergom (1205–1223) had the opportunity to meet Archbishop Stephen Langton personally (e.g. and it is reasonable to suppose that he might have asked for a relic for the church dedicated to the saint in Esztergom It is interesting to note that in Hungary only the Esztergom liturgical calendars celebrated the feast of the translation of St Thomas Becket on 7 July The first inventory of the Esztergom Cathedral Treasury reports the presence of St Thomas Becket’s relic (a part of his arm) kept in a gold plated silver reliquary It testifies to the relic’s presence in Esztergom before the destruction of Becket’s bones in Canterbury by order of Henry VIII Another inventory from 1687 proves the relic survived the Ottoman occupation of Esztergom (1543-1683) The church of St Thomas was indeed completely destroyed during Ottoman rule and the provostship survived only as a titular see held by one of the canons of the Esztergom Metropolitan Chapter On the site of the former church in St Thomas Hill a small chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows was built in 1823 It is also significant that the devotion to the martyred bishop who strenuously defended the Church’s rights against the State was revitalized in a period when the Church in Hungary suffered serious limitations to her liberty Cardinal László Lékai who in the 1970s introduced a candle lighting commemoration on the 29 December feast day of the saint and had a fragment of the relic transferred to the chapel where in 1977 a Hungarian-English plaque was unveiled in St Thomas’ memory Since then every year on the feast of St Thomas the relics are displayed at the chapel and a commemorative symposium is addressed by high-ranking civil and Church authorities as well as by the Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Hungary Details of the events of the St Thomas Becket pilgrimage are as follows: