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Netflix’s Mary Sparks Antisemitic Outrage on Social Media

The Netflix series Mary, set to be released on 6 December, has come under fire following antisemitic attacks on social media after the unveiling of its first trailer this week. Users have expressed outrage because Mary, who was Jewish, is portrayed by an Israeli actress, and several cast members are Israeli.

The construction site for a plant of Chinese battery manufacturer CATL near Hungary’s second largest city Debrecen, 5 May 2024.

Between East and West: The Way We Can Become a Global Interface

According to an analysis by the Makronóm Institute, Hungary can be considered a connector state, as it acts as a major link in the global economy, especially in combining Eastern and Western technologies. This is particularly true in the case of the automotive industry and energy storage systems, where Hungary has attracted significant investments.

Portrait of Count István Széchenyi by Miklós Barabás (1848)

Hungarian Science Festival Kicks Off with Hundreds of Events Nationwide

The Hungarian Science Festival, hosted by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, begins this Monday with an expansive month-long programme. The Hungarian Science Festival has been held since 2003, commencing on 3 November with the Day of Hungarian Science, commemorating Count István Széchenyi’s donation of a year’s income from his estates in 1825 to establish the Learned Society, the precursor of today’s Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Celebrating Reformation Day — The Calvinian Traits on the Face of the Hungarian Nation

Protestants played an irreplaceable role in the formation of Hungarian literary language, as well as in the renewal of the language. It is no coincidence that Ferenc Kölcsey, who wrote the Hungarian National Anthem in 1823, was a student at the Reformed College in Debrecen for many years, just as it is no accident that it was in the same Debrecen, known as the Calvinist Rome, that the Hungarian National Assembly—headed by Lajos Kossuth, who hailed from a Lutheran small noble family—proclaimed the dethronement of the House of Habsburg on 14 April 1849.

Rescued Wildcats Return to Nature in Hungary

Two orphaned wildcats were rescued and released into the wild by Budapest Zoo staff in Somogy County. The wildcats, found as cubs in June, were rehabilitated and successfully returned to their natural habitat.