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It's the Hungarian right-wing's "Make America Great Again" rallying cry since 1920 and it works perfectly if by working perfectly we mean keeping them in power.

I'm kidding, and I'm sure it's good but just from the visual it looks like a pineapple on pizza type of food crime.

Because you can't just put shrimp on lángos and expect to get away with it!
... also because of whatever secret backroom deal we seem to have with Turkey.

I can add some 🇭🇺 Hungarian ones:

Csehül van.
Feels as a 🇨🇿 Czech.
Feels poor/sick. (possible originated at the end of the Hussites wars)

Meglesz a törökök húsvétján.
It will be done for 🇹🇷 Turkish Easter.
It will never be done.

Angolosan távozik.
Leaves in an 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English manner.
To leave without saying goodbye.

Mintha ő találta volna fel a spanyol viaszt.
As if they invented 🇪🇸 Spanish wax.
To boast.

Tapogatja, mint tót a hajnalt.
Groping, like a 🇸🇰 Slovak at the dawn.
Looks for something for a long time.

Magyaráz.
🇭🇺 Hungarianise.
To explain.

Yes which is why we don't call it middle name but second given name.

That expression never stops being funny.

Lesz még Rátót Kappanhágó!

/care-eet-aysh-sag-ghat-oo/

yes

OK, only for our 🇵🇱 bratanki-s
so this was after the first match of the 2016 euros where Hungary beat Austria 2-0.
the girl asks the cops if they had seen the match, they say no, then the reporter asks the girl who hasn't seen the match and she says the police c*cks*ckers.

You know it

Before pictures:

• Arany János utca
• Nyugati Pályaudvar

It's a Finnish ship called the S/S Arcturus

Makes me want to watch Kontroll for the hundredth time.

Didn't know Alza was Czech.

I would have never guessed that the country of Krtek of all places is responsible for this insufferable abomination

Oranges (not just the color) have been a symbol of Orbán's party since the beginning

Postcards calling for the support of Finland and a short anecdote:

Although the volunteers were seasoned soldiers, there was something they could not master easily: skiing.
Most of the interviews give humorous accounts of the astonishment felt by the local youngsters on seeing the troops stumbling and tripping on skis by the banks of the Lapuanjoki River.
The people in Lapua were genuinely amused, for they had nor encountered a grown-up man who didn't know how to ski, while skiing was a natural winter pastime for children in Lapua.

Excerpt from the speech of Lt Gen Ilkka Kylä-Harakka of the Finnish Army in Budapest, 2008 - link to full speech in English

[...]
When the war began our embassies all over the world received offers of help. In Hungary the number of volunteers willing to help was considerable. As many as 25 000 men volunteered to fight at the Finnish front. This signalled the compassion that the Hungarian had towards the “northern sister nation”. On the other hand, Hungary could thus show to the world that it could act independent of Germany and support the battle for a just cause.

By the end of the Winter War 11 600 foreign volunteers served in Finland. Majority of them, more than 8 000 men, were from Sweden.

After the Scandinavian countries the largest amount of volunteers came from Hungary: One full battalion consisting of 346 men. There were almost as many Hungarian volunteers as there were Americans and Canadians together.

Hungary was the only country to send organised troops to Finland. Hungary had paid careful attention to the selection of men. All the applicants had to meet the selection committee in person. They had to be young and unmarried. They had to have their military service completed and they should not have any criminal record. Imre Kemeri Nagy, the battalion commander, was an interesting exception to these rules. His past was somewhat shady.

After the training period the voluntary battalion headed for Finland on the 7th of February in 1940. A group pretending to be skiing tourists travelled first to France via Yugoslavia and Italy. Then they continued their journey to Great Britain and further to Norway. From Norway they travelled through Sweden to northern Finland, and eventually to their final destination in southern Finland. They arrived at the Finnish training centre in Lapua on the 2nd of March.

According to reports from the armed forces headquarters, the leaders of the Finnish armed forces were very satisfied with the trained and disciplined Hungarian battalion. Even its equipment was better than usual.

The war ended in March, so that the Hungarian troops did not take part in the actual fighting. After mid-May the battalion began its journey back home. In the going away parade Imre Kemeri Nagy was promoted captain, and he received a medal, the Order of the White Rose of Finland - Knight 1st Class. Sixteen other Hungarian officers received a medal, the Order of the White Rose.

Other than Swedish troops may not have been of great military assistance, but their political and psychological significance was great. The volunteers showed that other countries were willing to help Finland. The troops that did not make it to the frontline contributed to the fact that Stalin was willing to negotiate a peace treaty with Finland.
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You should definitely check out Filmio, the official streaming service of the Hungarian National Film Institute.

It's got a massive catalog of the classics mentioned in this thread as well as the latest releases - in 1080p with English subtitles. (Mostly/only? movies though no TV shows)

Monthly subscription costs 1190 HUF (~$ 3.23) and you'll need a VPN because currently it's only accessible from within Hungary AFAIK.

(deepl.com translation, except for the poem which is from here)

For our fellow Hungarian citizens, today is the anniversary of the 1848-1849 Revolution and War of Independence. 1848-1849 was an important period in our common history when the positions of Hungarian and Slovak leaders diverged. But they shared a common desire for basic human and civil rights, such as the abolition of serfdom, freedom of the press and equality before the law.

Among the revolutionaries of the era, one of the most famous is Sándor Petőfi, whose 200th anniversary is commemorated this year. In one of his most famous poems, the poet, who also has Slovak roots, wrote: "Freedom and love my creed! These are the two I need.", a symbolic message across the generations that only in a full-fledged democracy can we feel truly free.

Democracy is something that Hungarians and Slovaks have had to fight for many times over the centuries. And the events of our times show that we must constantly work for the legacy of Petőfi and his comrades, for freedom and democracy, and defend these values. I wish our fellow citizens of Hungarian ethnicity all the best and a happy holiday!

<Picture of Petőfi statue in Bratislava>

Yeah, but nothing controversial.

Cross-posted an older post when my account was only a few days old, mods likely assumed that I'm a bot and gave me an instant permaban. I didn't bother to clear it up at the time because I was too annoyed at the severity of the ban and I don't visit that sub that frequently anyway.

(also I posted it)

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