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            <title><![CDATA[Top heads rolling]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/top-heads-rolling-25969]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Several public cultural institutions will see a change in their top management early next year. Tenders had to be announced because the tenure of the leading positions will expire. However, many believe that what lies behind the changes of senior management is the preparation of an escape route by a political elite that is on its way out.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dirty linen]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_hungary/dirty-linen-25968]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The degree to which a married couple, the Lakoses, have been dominating the decision-making and executive bodies of the capital is skirting on the edge of incompatibility. While the SZDSZ-member husband is responsible for the urban management of Budapest, his lawyer wife lends him her assistance in megaprojects.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chances of prime minister candidates]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_hungary/chances-of-prime-minister-candidates-25948]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Who will be the candidates for PM? - Some 150 days ahead of the second round of next year’s general elections, the parties are preparing to announce their PM candidates.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A distorting mirror]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/a-distorting-mirror-25967]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[“Imre Kertész is exaggerating when he says that anti-Semitism prevails in public discourse in Hungary,” says Péter Feldmájer. According to the president of the Jewish Hungarian Communities, whether or not Fidesz nominates Oszkár Molnár will show whether the party finds anti-Semitic views acceptable or not.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:39:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Held to account]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_hungary/held-to-account-25966]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[A criminal procedure was initiated against one of the leaders and major promoters of scientology, Zsolt Fazekas. He is charged with tax fraud. If sentenced, the owner of the Euronics chain store might even end up in prison.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:31:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[It's ugly, but it was ours]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_world_affairs/its-ugly-but-it-was-ours-25964]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[According to a Russian document that our paper has acquired, the damage caused to the Hungarian state with the selling of the commercial representation in Moscow is at least five billion Forints.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The secret of the Liceu]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/the-secret-of-the-liceu-25962]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[World-famous Hungarian soprano Éva Marton received one of the most prestigious awards of international opera life, the gold medal of the Liceu, the legendary opera house of Barcelona. She talks of the golden age of this genre, and also about its distortions. Éva Marton believes the time will soon come in Hungary when audiences dare to express their dissatisfaction by booing during bad performances.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Omninvest dossier]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_hungary/the-omninvest-dossier-25961]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Has the secret of the Hungarian vaccine been acquired by foreigners or are Hungarian businessmen hiding behind the Cypriot company that owns Omninvest Ltd? Having studied the dossiers of the Omninvest group, Heti Válasz thinks the latter is more likely. In the meantime, hundreds of thousands of families have had to decide whether or not to have their children vaccinated.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I’m the one who decides which team’s shirt I’ll wear]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/im-the-one-who-decides-which-teams-shirt-ill-wear-25949]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Jenő Csiszár says society is in such a terrible state that the basic message must be the transmission of positive thoughts.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wine war]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_business/wine-war-25945]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Only a winemaker par excellence can tell if the morning after the night before is caused by too much wine or by glycerine. The Hungarian wine industry will probably suffer  even worse consequences after a recent scandal springing from a conflict between two schools of winemaking.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The witness]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_hungary/the-witness-25947]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[At court next week, Ferenc Gyurcsány will need to refute a statement that he knew about the dubious dealings of János Zuschlag. The former prime minister will have the opportunity to discuss the period when he - in order to win power - struck a deal with young socialists who regarded the ministry of sports as their own territory.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Berlin Wall]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_hungary/berlin-wall-25946]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Gorbachev and the Poles were some of those who helped to pull down the  Berlin Wall. Miklós Németh was the only other leader of the former socialist countries to have been invited to the ceremony held on the twentieth anniversary of its fall . Heti Válasz asked the former prime minister to reminisce about the past.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What about the Trojan War?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/what-about-the-trojan-war-25943]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Syrian–Hungarian Archaeological Mission has been excavating in Margat, one of the largest Crusader fortresses of the Middle East, since 2006. We asked archaeologist Balázs Major, about the castle hill of Margat.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Six More Months - Opinion Poll for Heti Válasz]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_hungary/six-more-months-opinion-poll-for-heti-valasz-25939]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Bajnai's rating - Though the PM's approval ratings are higher than in April, now at 34 per cent, the majority of the electorate still thinks he is incapable of managing the crisis (54 per cent). In addition to this, of the 34 per cent who think the PM is the appropriate crisis-manager, only 71 per cent believe him to be a trustworthy decision maker, which means that only 23 per cent of the total electorate deem him trustworthy and capable of leading Hungary out of the crisis.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[From one ghetto to the other]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/from-one-ghetto-to-the-other-25944]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[In During the past few years, local governments have (forcefully) relocated thousands of Roma under the pretext of urban regeneration. The renewal of the inner cities is underway, but the social problems are being “exported” to the villages.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[“Our freedom is a joke, isn’t it?”]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/our-freedom-is-a-joke-isnt-it-25942]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[“If we want to celebrate in a dignified way next year, standing around in the streets won’t be enough. We need to act,” says Gábor Karátson. The painter, who was sentenced to prison for having actively participated in the events of 1956, thinks unusual - but not illegal - measures will have to be taken if Fidesz wins the elections.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A certain commissioner]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_world_affairs/a-certain-commissioner-25941]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Although János Veres is lobbying hard to become  European commissioner, the best chances are with László Andor, the economist who wrote about the allegedly anti-Semitic statements of former ministerial advisors to Viktor Orbán. Andor would give up his banking position in London, which Veres could then apply for as a consolation prize.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rebellion of doctors]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/rebellion-of-doctors-25938]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Should public health authorities be unable to overcome the resistance of general practitioners, there might be millions of swine flu vaccine ampoules left unused. Not only do doctors not recommend vaccination, they have also shifted responsibility onto patients – while there are already twice as many fatalities in Hungary as in Germany.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Water rescuers]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_hungary/water-rescuers-25934]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The city of Pécs has thrown down the gauntlet to the French Suez Environnement, a water distribution company serving more than 110 million consumers around the world. Expelling the investor from the Hungarian “fallow” may bring about litigation and many lessons to be learnt. 500 million HUF per /year is at stake, which would benefit the city struggling with a debt of 32 billion HUF.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Academic debate]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_hungary/academic-debate-25937]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Lajos Papp, heart surgeon, is afraid that a fear of inquisition may evolve. We have been bombarded with references to an ukase from Ágoston Trefort that allegedly ordered the Finno-Ugric relationship, and our attention was drawn to a number of books written by authors studying “real” history. The following is a response to readers’ letters prompted by the article published in Heti Válasz two weeks ago.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The pagan world strikes back]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_hungary/the-pagan-world-strikes-back-25933]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[An unprecedented flood of letters swamped our editorial offices reacting to our article entitled “Shamans in the larder”. The article by Heti Válasz ventured into an area where it is difficult to oppose reason. With  the ever spreading doctrines, the social-psychological background of the phenomenon is worth reviewing.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hauling down the flag]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_world_affairs/hauling-down-the-flag-25932]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Foreign Affairs justified the closing down of a number of foreign representations with economization, while the government is throwing money out of the window in real estate deals in New York and in Moscow.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Apartment Restaurant]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/apartment-restaurant-25925]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[“Speak easy, my friend,” muttered American drinking buddies in the prohibition years between 1919 and 1933, when they whispered the address of the illegal speakeasy bars into each others’ ears. Today this is the new trend in New York: you can enter the speakeasy bars only with a password and through a secret maze.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Flying Dutchmen]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/flying-dutchmen-25926]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The decision is due in October regarding whether  Laura Dekker, a 13-year-old Dutch girl, can sail solo around the world. In August the Family Law Court in Utrecht suspended the custody of her parents, who support the voyage, for two months. Laura wanted to  set out to be the youngest person to sail around the world.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[&quot;This explains the country’s situation!&quot;]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_hungary/this-explains-the-countrys-situation-25928]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[“We humorists are beneficiaries of the crisis” says Zoltán Kőhalmi. He was awarded the Karinthy-Ring this year, is a determining member of Dumaszínház and can thank a lot to Tivadar Farkasházy and Sándor Fábry, but in his opinion, political jokes are not worth the effort.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Opening the gates]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_hungary/opening-the-gates-25936]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[It once caused a scandal, yet today it is one of the most frequently visited buildings in Hungary. By organising a series of events on the occasion of the Dohány Street Synagogue’s 150th anniversary, the doors will be opened to those who have not yet  been to the synagogue.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shamans in the pantry]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/shamans-in-the-pantry-25940]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Although the Catholic church is cautioning its followers against new paganism in a circular, the idea is spreading fast and seems unstoppable. And now it seems that politics has also decided to take part in popularizing alternative prehistory, which goes hand in hand with esoterism: Jobbik hopes that if the Scythian-Hun-Avar continuity is taught in schools, it will eventually lead to the “awakening” of Hungarians.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chain reaction]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/chain-reaction-25935]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Internet chain letters may deter thousands of people from being vaccinated against the new flu because they state that the vaccine could be more dangerous than the flu itself. Heti Válasz verifies the content of such letters and, instead of the false conspiracy theories, it comes up with another theory...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Where has the secret gone?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/where-has-the-secret-gone-25931]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[I’m sitting at the table that used to be Frigyes Karinthy's in the Centrál Café. It’s by the window, from where one has an excellent view of the library and the branch office of the bank. It was here that the writer noticed the first symptoms of his brain tumour.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A union within the Union]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_world_affairs/a-union-within-the-union-25929]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland would like to have joint diplomatic missions in certain places as of next year. Moreover, the V4 (the Visegrád Group) will probably establish a Visegrád Region within the European Union. By doing so, they wish to represent their own interests more effectively, as well as create energy security.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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