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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[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[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[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[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[Stop the parade!]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/stop-the-parade-25924]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Is it an oppressed minority or a small but loud lobby group? More and more, the latter definition seems more appropriate to describe homosexuals in Hungary. Their parade this year divided not only the majority of society, but also the estimated half a million gay people.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[There is a team]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/there-is-a-team-25917]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Out of the 32 best teams, and after a double win over Levski Sofia, Debrecen made it into the UEFA Champions League. Many thought the Promised Land had arrived for Hungarian football; yet, all that happened was that we were given an opportunity. However, the profit of more than three billion Forints was in the bag.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pool barge goes under]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/pool-barge-goes-under-25908]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Launched with such hullabaloo in mid-July, the Danube’s barge beach with its Ft260 mn (nearly €1 mn) in building costs is turning out to be short-lived. According to an official announcement, it will only remain open until 19 August.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bistros in Hungary]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/bistros-in-hungary-25905]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[While the world press carries articles about how the bistros in France are in danger (from half a million at the beginning of the 20th century, their number has dropped to 38 thousand, and since the ban on smoking, an average of six bistros are closed down each day), according to famous chefs here in Hungary, this form of catering is the only chance of survival.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Haute École]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/haute-ecole-25910]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[A spectacular branch of equestrian sport more difficult than dressage, is the Spanish Riding School. The Spanish have been practising it since ancient times, the Viennese for 437 years, while we have only been dealing with it for a few years since the Epona Spanish Riding School revived the tradition.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The top secret vaccine]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/the-top-secret-vaccine-25907]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[When the death of the first Hungarian flu victim was announced, the government had not yet signed a contract for the vaccine of the new flu. Europe’s leading nations have ordered vaccines for the whole of their population, while the cabinet here at home was - at the time of our paper’s deadline – preparing to sign a contract for six million doses.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Knobbly-kneed foal becomes magic steed]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/knobbly-kneed-foal-becomes-magic-steed-25864]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Twenty thousand people attempted the impossible on Sunday at Kincsem Park: to catch that split second - with a camera or the naked eye - when Overdose flies past the spectators with the world-famous jockey, Christophe Soumillon, on his back. We talked to Zoltán Mikóczy, the horse’s owner, an ethnic Hungarian from Slovakia.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sized Down Hungary]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/sized-down-hungary-25841]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[It could cause serious damage if the prime minister continues to support a whittling down of child benefits, as it will further diminish people’s enthusiasm to have children, claim demographers. However, the present number of children being born is so low that within a lifetime the population could halve in number.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[You need to love]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/you-need-to-love-25821]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[We set off for Déva in search of secrets. We wanted to find out how Csaba Böjte, a Franciscan monk, has time to live the equivalent of three lives. Meanwhile, it became absolutely clear that the world needs Friar Csaba more than the Saint Francis Foundation of Déva - which saves orphans - needs donations.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[We cannot disregard even half a goal]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/we-cannot-disregard-even-half-a-goal-25815]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[There was no player in his team who could sleep well after a defeat....even if he had personally played well during the match. Dénes Kemény, the captain and leading coach of the three-time Olympic champion Hungarian Men’s waterpolo team, has also been training businessmen for the past ten years.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sanctifying wine]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/sanctifying-wine-25810]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Esztergom and Pannonhalma are not merely two centres of religious life, but well-established international brands as well, which the Church - true to centuries of tradition in their husbandry - is striving to utilise for more than just tourism. On this year's Saint Martin's day they were able to make a toast with their own wine.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Galloping chess]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/galloping-chess-25805]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[“Before you know it, it will be easier to become an international player than to get into the Nagykanizsa chess team.” This was how someone commented on the sensational announcement the other day, namely, that the Nagykanizsa Chess Club had signed the Indian world chess champion this year.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Absurdities of Europe]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/absurdities-of-europe-25786]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Why doesn’t the German shopkeeper have to wear a mask over his beard when it was made obligatory for Hungarian shopkeepers after our accession to the European Union? How is it possible that credit companies here in Hungary can charge for further expenses after the contract has terminated. This would be unimaginable in Western Europe.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghost train]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/ghost-train-25769]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[A tram with five more stops for 44 billion HUF – in addition to the exorbitantly expensive Metro 4, based on an obsolete design, the capital has made another blunder with a huge sum from the European Union. Instead of perceptible improvement through development, Hungary is begging Brussels for funds to implement maintenance that is long overdue.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[We are not a sporty nation]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/we-are-not-a-sporty-nation-25767]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Despite the sudden and tragic death of György Kolonics, the most successful competitor of Hungarian canoeing who was preparing for the Olympic Games for the fifth time, Pál Schmitt predicts that Hungary shall win six gold medals in Beijing. The chairman of the Hungarian Olympic Committee has declared war on doping. He thinks the way to start anew in certain sports would be to declare all current records to be null and void , and to set up new ones.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Economising on teachers]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/economising-on-teachers-25763]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Want to learn a foreign language easily, quickly, without pain or during your holidays? Many students take advantage of the summer in order to perfect their knowledge of languages, especially if the language exam is all that is needed for obtaining their diploma. Two-thirds of the turnover of language schools is concentrated in one third of the year. However, many people would prefer to save time and money.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Breakwater]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/breakwater-25774]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Four-time world champion scuba diver Gyula Gurisatti could never have participated in an Olympics if an improperly filled oxygen tank had not blown up next to him nine years ago. As a handicapped person, however, he chose another sport because he did not think it was fair to compete in swimming. He has gone in for shooting at the Paralympics commencing 6 September in Beijing.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Doping for life and death]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/doping-for-life-and-death-25759]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[It cannot be guaranteed that no Hungarian sportsman will fail the doping (drug) test in Peking, said Dr Ágnes Tiszeker, the managing director of the Hungarian Anti-Doping Group. The group has been carrying out the doping control of Hungarian sportsmen since 2007.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[On forced grounds]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/on-forced-grounds-25756]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Hungary would have been a god-given partner for Austria in the organisation of a European football championship. In the past the two countries shared the glory when it came to football and recently they have had to suffer shame together. Despite this bond, Austria organises the championship commencing on 7th June with Switzerland, a country with which they have no common ties.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Miracle in a drop of water]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_periscope/miracle-in-a-drop-of-water-25736]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[On the occasion of the bicentenary of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, an international photo competition was announced, entitled Spectacular Science. 279 works of art have been sent in from 30 countries. The jury - composed of scientists and journalists - awarded the first prize to 29-year-old researcher Róbert Márkus, born in Cluj Napoca (Romania), who works for the Biological Research Center (BRC) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, in Szeged.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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