The Szekelys were there long before the Xth Century. The eponymous shepherds, Vlachs, now "Rumanians," showed up in Transylvania for the first time in the 1200s, trying to escape the Tartars. There was no written or other record prior to that time. There was no town or village or church or geographical feature of Wallachian/Vlach origin prior to that time. Transylvania was part of Hungary until the signing of the
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August 2, 2026
Transylvanian Concept of Liberty….
… an excerpt from Király Béla's chapter on the "Transylvanian Concept of Liberty…." Please note when you read the portion on the Diet of Torda in 1568: One of the most fundamental freedoms, that of conscience and worship, comes from God—not the King or State, as was universal then. Transylvania predated in its thinking all of those greats of Britain. This concept of freedom developed here would be followed more
August 2, 2026
Resignation hits Hungary coalition
By Kester Eddy in Budapest Published: February 22 2003 4:00 | Last Updated: February 22 2003 4:00 Hungary's Socialist-liberal coalition government suffered its first big blow since taking office last summer when Elemer Kiss, minister for the prime minister's office, resigned yesterday after a short-lived scandal. Mr Kiss, a lawyer, became embroiled only this week in controversy involving conflict of interests after an opposition-leaning magazine revealed that the legal firm
August 2, 2026
A szocialisták zsákmányszerző-politikáját nem akadályozzák a jogszabályok
A vadászat alapelvei A szocialisták zsákmányszerző-politikáját nem akadályozzák a jogszabályok Lukács Csaba Az immár kilenc hónapja tartó vadásszezon (nevezhetjük cirkalmasan parlamenti ciklusnak is) eredményeit még talán maga Ceausescu fővadász is megirigyelné, pedig aztán nála jobban senki sem tudott padlőfűtéses magaslesről elaltatott barnamedvét lőni. Nem véletlen a párhuzam: a száz százalékig EU-komform, határokon átívelő román-magyar közöskasszás nagyvadejtéseket kíséreljük meg most felsorolni. Alexandru Mudura nagyváradi kinderkirály (kedvenc sportja a Medgyessyvel való vadászat)
August 2, 2026
Welcome to the New Europe
Ten countries signed a declaration of support for the position taken by the USA and Britain in the Iraq crisis: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. They have been branded “the new Europe” by Donald Rumsfeld, as opposed to the “old Europe” of the Franco-German axis. But how new are these governments? Albania is governed by the party of Enver Hoxha, for forty years one
August 2, 2026
Fidesz cuts up awkward
The leading opposition party in Hungary has started to get awkward with the government over a certain number of important policy issues. It has, for instance, demanded that the government explain what is going on in the former Soviet military base at Taszar, where some 3,000 Iraqis are currently undergoing secret training. Now they have also blocked a vote which would allow the US to use Hungarian roads, railways and
August 2, 2026
Mauresmo, Seles Reach Dubai Semifinals
Thu Feb 20,12:38 PM ET DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Monica Seles (news) defeated Iroda Tulyaganova of Uzbekistan 6-1, 7-5 Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Dubai Open. Seles will play defending champion Amelie Mauresmo of France on Friday. Mauresmo beat Lina Krasnoroutskaya of Russia 6-2, 6-4. After an easy first set, Seles had to work hard to avoid a tiebreaker in the second. Serving for the match at
August 2, 2026
GRIPEN OFFSET AGREEMENT EXPANDED
The size of the offset agreement for the purchase of Gripen fighter jets has been expanded to Ft 191 billion, but with multipliers it amounts to Ft 226 billion, Economy Ministry state secretary Gábor Szalay announced yesterday. Capital investments in Hungary will amount to (Ft 55.7 billion. In addition, the duration of the contract has been extended from 9 years to 14. The ministry expects the agreement to create 13-15,000
August 2, 2026
Romanians, Serb and Austrian arrested for trafficking women to Europe
Mon Feb 17, 6:24 AM ET TIMISOARA, Romania – A Serb man and four Romanians were charged Monday with trafficking more than 100 of Romanian and Moldovan women to Yugoslavia, Italy and Spain over a four-month period, police said. An Austrian national was charged with the same crime in a separate case. The Serb, identified as Zoran Stankovic, 27, from the city of Vranje, recruited young Romanian and Moldovan women,
August 2, 2026
Újabb százmilliók baráti alapon
2003. február 14. 12:30 Lukács Csaba A Tőkés László vezette Királyhágó-melléki Református Egyházkerület nyertes pályázatára megítélt 320 millió forintos költségvetési támogatást a Medgyessy Péter miniszterelnök barátja, Mudura Sándor által alapított Mecénás Alapítvány kapja – értesült a Magyar Nemzet. Az erdélyi Krónika szerint a nyertesek nem is pályáztak, csupán „elfogadták” a Miniszterelnöki Hivatal által felajánlott összeget. Tőkés László peres úton akar az egyházának már megítélt összeg birtokába jutni. Az Érmindszenten létesítendő
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