Written by Juli Kubát

In Hungary there are a lot of beliefs, superstitions, customs around Christmas time.
In the last decades most of the folk traditions has been disappeared from real life but symbolically we still commemorate them.

Written by Ole Skambraks

The concept for the Cost of Life Day came about at the 2008 summer Babel Ackademy in Isola Polvese, Italy, where representatives of the network’s local teams decided to contribute to the ‘EU Debate On the Ground’ missions, with an Action Day on the topic of the live debate. In Tallinn, babelians discussed Estonia’s entry into the Eurozone on 25 October.

Written by Tamás Kéry

One of my friends told me to go. „Okay than we should go” – I said. On the homepage of the collage an EU negotiation simulation training was announced by an organization called Negotiation Moot and I thought it’s going to be interesting and on the other hand I will meet new people and see how „Yrope” is working in the real life.

Written by Judit Schvéger

After contacting a dozen youngsters via email and phone to talk about the currently tense nationalist relations, only one was ready to tell me about his personal experiences.

On 15 November, Slovakian and Hungarian prime ministers Robert Fico and Ferenc Gyurcsány failed to resolve tensions when they met in the border town of Komárno (Révkomárom) .

October 23, 2008

On October 23, many Hungarians, all around the country, commemorated their compatriots who fought in the anti-Soviet revolution in 1956. A total of 485 events took place throughout the county. Senior government officials laid wreaths at key sites of the revolution and at the memorial in a public cemetery where martyrs of the revolution were buried in unmarked graves.

Similarly to the last two years, anti-government, mostly far right demonstrators also held their own rallies, but significantly less people participated at their programs this year. In contrast to last year, the events went peacefully and there were no clashes between the police and the far right groups.