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    Hungary as a country is in a state of change. During the last twenty or so years Hungary has been enjoying post-communistic control. In the early eighties Hungary adapted a democratic ideology. Since the switch to a democratic way of thinking Hungary has seen a slow tedious change in their dimensions of culture. Changes in context, collective/individual, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and sex-role differentiation have been challenging for Hungarians to make. Understanding the five dimensions

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    Viktor Orban

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    Tibor Fisher, states that Viktor Orban is “accused of leading an assault on freedom” and many of this actions have “unleashed waves of denunciations... in western media.” . Contrary to Kirchick’s The End of Europe, Fisher states that “Hungary is a democracy” . Hungary has a spectrum of political parties, with fair elections. The government allows for debates and public demonstrations, without the use of force. Several Hungarian and international new reports have been report on these protests. Many

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    each state was unique in how it carried out its policies as some were more lenient than others. As time progressed through the Communist Era, there were changes seen within the Soviet Union and these changes were reflected in its satellite states. Hungary is one such example of where communism took complete control of the country, and like the rest of Eastern Europe, went through different phases. Within

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    the Soviets, who would eventually lose control nearing the end of the Cold War. Then, over 30 years after the Revolution, on October 23, 1989, Hungary was declared as the Third Hungarian Republic. In Hungary today, October 23 is celebrated nationally as Republic Day, to celebrate the two events that made Hungary what it is today. On October 23 in Hungary today, there are many events to celebrate Republic Day. The raising of the flag in Kossuth Square initiates the celebrations nationwide. A memorial

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    The Long Fuse Essay

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    The Long Fuse In Laurence Lafore's book titled The Long Fuse he discusses the conflicts of World War I and describes how Austria-Hungary was considered to be the "Second Sick Man of Europe". During a time when Europe seemed to be moving faster towards progressive ideas and towards the sweeping away of old institutes, Turkey was the original Sick Man of Europe, mostly caused constitutional and national problems. The European order was based upon the assumption of nations in 1871, a kind of mutual

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    for the First World War that could not be blamed on Germany entirely. Every nation that was involved in world war one was partly responsible for the outbreak. According to Fischer, when Franz Ferdinand was assassinated Germany encouraged Austria Hungary to start a war against Serbia. Many historians such as Fritz Fischer have argued that Germany had a strong desire for power which led to the outbreak of world war one. Fischer believed that Germany had plans before world war one for European domination

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    government, many countries including Hungary and Czechoslovakia had uprisings against Soviet Rule. The Hungarian Revolution and the Prague Spring were

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    Revolution was one of the darkest moments in the Cold War. What was Hungary like prior to the 1956 revolution? The people of Hungary lived a democratic life and didn’t like the idea of communism, especially any sort of restriction. Majority of the food and industrial goods produced in Hungary, were sent to Russia.. When Stalin died in 1953, people were

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    there was a big number of people arrested and some deported to the Soviet Union as refugees. The Soviets increased the number of troops in Hungary, especially in its capital, Budapest, forcing them to accept their permanent presence in the country. Later, refugee camps were established by the Red

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    Pet Wars Case Study

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    (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopety). Hungary processed pet food did not contain the BSE substance in question but it was still banned from importation into Turkey due to the Turkish government's concern about cross infection. In June 2001 the turkish government provided explanation for their ban in which the hungarian government responded by halting the use of raw materials extracted from ruminants in their processed pet food (WTO). Regardless of these maneuvers Hungary was still placed on the banned import

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