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The Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság listen ▶ (help·info)), or Hungary (Magyarország listen ▶ (help·info)), is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia. It is known locally as the Country of the Magyars. Hungary - History. M ...

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The Arrow Cross (Nyilaskereszt) originated in Hungary in the 1930s as the symbol of the leading Hungarian fascist political party, the Arrow Cross Party, led by Ferenc Szálasi, an ex-army major. Leaders of National Council of the Arrow Cross after Szálasi included Jeno Szollosi, Josef Gera and Ferenc Kassai-Schallmajer. In 1939 it numbered close to 500,000 members and won 31 seats in parliamentary elections. The Arrow Cross party lasted until the end of World War II in 1945. Subsequently, the symbol came to be used by other racist and anti-Semitic groups. From October 1944 - January 1945 the Arrow Cross sent 80 ...

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List of political parties in Hungary - Parliamentary parties. Parties with seats in the Hungarian National Assembly: The Alliance of Free Democrats (Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége) is a liberal democratic party that is part of the government led by the Hungarian Socialist Party The Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union (Fidesz - Magyar Polgári Szövetség) is the main conservative opposition party. The Hungarian Democratic Forum (Magyar Demokrata F ...

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The nature of German fascism, as encapsulated in Nazism, was Roman influenced but more racist in nature. Its symbol was the swastika, a then-popular and commonly seen symbol used since ancient times by many cultures, including Germany, the UK and Scandinavia. A symmetrically eye-catching symbol streamlined for stamp and military use, it was seen as the purported symbol of the Aryan civilisation of which Germany was ...

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During the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, elements of the insurgents tracked down and killed both known and suspected ÁVH officers and informants. When the Revolution began, a crowd of some thousand people attacked the police headquarters in Budapest, shouting slogans as tear down the star! and free the prisoners!, referring to the enormous red star that stood on the building's roof, a symbol of communism, and to the many prisoners kept inside. Fearing for the lives of both himself and his officers, the chief of the police le ...

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In 1987, the Nationalist Movement won a lawsuit in which the Southern Poverty Law Center alleged that it had violated the Civil Rights Act. That same year, the Movement was denied non-profit status due to its activist nature, although it was later granted this status in 1994 [3]. Since then, it has conducted high-profile activism, such as its protest against Martin Luther King Day in Atlanta, Georgia in 1989, which drew the largest call-up of National Guard in peacetime to quell rioting against it; its Neighborhood, Home, Family and Count ...

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Main article: History of Hungary In the time of the Roman Empire, the Romans called the region Pannonia (west from the Danube river). After Rome fell the Migration Period brought on many invaders. First came the Huns, who built up a powerful empire under Attila. The name "Hungary" may be influenced by the name of the Hun people, although it probably comes from the name of a later, 7th century turkic alliance called Onogur. After the Hunnish rule faded, Germanic tribes Lombards and Gepids ruled in Pannonia for about 100 years, d ...

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Main article: History of Hungary In the time of the Roman Empire, the Romans called the region Pannonia (west from the Danube river). After Rome fell under the Germanic tribes migration and Carpians' pressure, the Migration Period continued bringing many invaders. First came the Huns, who built up a powerful empire under Attila. The name "Hungary" may be influenced by the name of the Hun people, although it probably comes from the name of a later, 7th century turkic alliance called Onogur. After the Hunnish rule faded, the othe ...

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Main article: History of Hungary In the time of the Roman Empire, the Romans called the region Pannonia (west from the Danube river). After Rome fell under the Germanic tribes migration and Carpians' pressure, the Migration Period continued bringing many invaders. First came the Huns, who built up a powerful empire under Attila. The name "Hungary" may be influenced by the name of the Hun people, although it probably comes from the name of a later, 7th century Turkic alliance called Onogur. After the Hunnish rule faded, the othe ...

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Main article: Counties of Hungary Hungary is subdivided administratively into 19 counties, in addition to which there is one capital city (főváros): Budapest. There are also 23 so-called urban counties (singular megyei jogú város), These are: Békéscsaba Debrecen Dunaújváros Eger Érd Győr Hódmezővásárhely Kaposvár Kecskemét Miskolc Nagykanizsa Nyíregyháza Pécs Salgóta ...

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Main article: Geography of Hungary Hungary's landscape consists mostly of the flat to rolling plains of the Carpathian Basin, with hills and lower mountains to the north along the Slovakian border (highest point: the Kékes at 1,014 m). Hungary is divided in two by its main waterway, the Danube (Duna); other large rivers include the Tisza and Dráva, while the western half contains Lake Balaton, a major body of water. The largest thermal lake in the world, Lake Hévíz (Hévíz Spa), is located in Hungary. The second largest lake in the Carpathian Basin (and probably the largest artificial lake in Europ ...

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Main article: Economy of Hungary Hungary continues to demonstrate strong economic growth as one of the newest members of the European Union (since 2004). Together with Slovenia and the Czech Republic, Hungary provides one of the highest standard of living among Eastern European countries. The private sector accounts for over 80% of GDP. Hungary gets nearly one third of all foreign direct investment flowing in to Central Europe. Foreign ownership of and investment in Hungarian firms are widespread, with cumulative foreign direct ...

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"All The Way" is a nationalist and patriotic newspaper. The official organ of The Nationalist Movement is published monthly at Learned, Mississippi. Correspondents include Travis Golie, Barry Hackney and Gerald McManus. It was founded in June, 1987. Richard Barrett has served as Editor, since its founding. In 1996, the publication migrated to the Internet, appearing in both print and on-line versions, and, in 2003, in full-color, eight- ...

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Main article: Culture of Hungary Hungarian culture is diverse and varied. The music of Hungary consists mainly of traditional Hungarian folk music and music by prominent Romantic and Baroque composers such as Franz Liszt, Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály (although the latter mainly composed music with traditional elements). Hungarian traditional music tends to have a strong dactylic rhythm, just as the language is invariably stressed ...

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Circa 900 AD- according to various sources 250,000 - 400,000 Magyars settled in the Pannonian plain, inhabited predominantly by Slavs 1222 - 2,000,000 at the time of Golden Bull 1242 - 1,200,000 after the Mongol-Tatars invasion 1370 - 2,500,000 at the time of Angevin kings 1490 - 4,000,000 before the Ottoman conquest (3.2 million Magyars) 1699 - 3,300,000 at the time of Treaty of Karlowitz (less than 2 million Magyars) 1711 - 3,000,000 at the end of Kuruc War (1.6 million Ma ...

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Main article: Politics of Hungary The President of the Republic, elected by the parliament every 5 years, has a largely ceremonial role, but powers also include appointing the prime minister. The prime minister selects cabinet ministers and has the exclusive right to dismiss them. Each cabinet nominee appears before one or more parliamentary committees in consultative open hearings and must be ...

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Hungary has a continental climate, with cold, cloudy, humid winters and warm to hot summers. Average annual temperature is 9.7 °C (49.5 °F). Temperature extremes are about 38 °C (100 °F) in the summer and −29 °C (−20 °F) in the winter. Average temperature in the summer is 27 to 32 °C (81 to 90 °F), and in the winter it is 0 to −15 °C (32 to 5 °F). The average yearly rainfall is approximately 600 mm (24 in). A small, southern region of the country near P� ...

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While the security apparatus were operating, they supported the Communist Party directly, with little reference made to Government norms. This support was primarily through the secret gathering of intelligence, primarily through a vast network of "snitches", similar to the Stasi's. The investigation network was supplemented with a mechanism of secret arrests, followed by extensive periods of torture (lasting between 3 and 18 months). When the apparatus had extracted "confessions" of varying quality from a prisoner, the Government's ap ...

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Main article: Geography of Hungary Hungary's landscape consists mostly of the flat to rolling plains of the Carpathian Basin, with hills and lower mountains to the north along the Slovakian border (highest point: the Kékes at 1,014 m). Hungary is divided in two by its main waterway, the Danube (Duna); other large rivers include the Tisza and Dráva, while the western half contains Lake Balaton, a major body of water. The largest thermal lake in the world, Lake Hévíz (Hévíz Spa), is located in Hungary. The second largest lake in the Carpathian Basin (and probably the largest artificial lake in Europ ...

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Main article: Counties of Hungary Hungary is subdivided administratively into 19 counties, in addition to which there is one capital city (főváros): Budapest. There are also 23 so-called urban counties (singular megyei jogú város), These are: Békéscsaba Debrecen Dunaújváros Eger Érd Győr Hódmezővásárhely Kaposvár Kecskemét Miskolc Nagykanizsa Nyíregyháza Pécs Salgóta ...

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