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...DIED. Ferenc Puskás, 79, Hungarian soccer star whose girth and ungainly gait earned him the nickname the Galloping Major, a moniker that belied one of the deftest and deadliest strikers in the sport's history; in Budapest. Described by former England manager Ron Greenwood as a "roly-poly little fellow" who looked as if he "did most of his training in restaurants," Puskás was an unstoppable shotmaker, scoring 84 goals in 85 matches for his national team. In 1953 he starred in one of soccer's most famous contests: a surprise trouncing of England that debuted...
...East they were not. Two generations grew up in a climate where their life chances were stunted, where feelings had to be kept private, language stripped of the sort of inflection that would cause trouble. Some gave up more than the ability to think and speak freely; hundreds of Hungarians were executed after 1956, Nagy among them. What we thought was fixed and immutable, of course, was nothing of the sort. The lines of division that had once seemed hard and fast withered away in 1989, and the old links and shared experiences that bind Europe together were revealed once...
...lying, morally bankrupt, political class that is completely disengaged from reality? Who would have thought. Although some, including the venerable Economist, argue that this crisis reflects a specifically Hungarian problem, the magazine’s own words seem applicable to almost the entirety of modern liberal democracy as it describes “collective denial, inside and outside the country, about the need for reform.” The magazine additionally notes that vitally, and obviously, necessary austerity measures were postponed time and time again because of politicians’ fears that they would turn out to be unpopular with...
...point here is not to obsessively focus on Hungarian debt and party politics, but to note that, given the standards of the post-communist world, Hungary’s recent history has been rather forgiving. If Hungary is capable of erupting into a full fledged government crisis, with extensive rioting and a nationally prominent Fidesz politician, the mayor of Debrecen Lajos Kosa, warning that “rebellion could break out,” other far more troubled countries, such as Serbia, Bosnia, or the quasi-independent statelet of Kosovo, are as well...
...Last night, crowds overwhelmed riot police, torched cars, and occupied the headquarters of Hungarian state TV. An estimated 100 were injured. While such popular protests are common in some European countries, such as France, they remain the exception in the post-communist East, which makes the current outburst all the more surprising...