Two new constructions have been accomplished recently betwen the cities of Copenhagen and Malmö. Standing paralel they reveal the dual nature of the modern world order. One of them is a construction to the destruction of the natural environment, while the other is an example to ecological innovation.

The concept of globalisation makes the impression that the world is being homogenised, and previous divisions are abolished or devalued. In reality, however, globalisation does not anull the East-West gap and the nationalist and imperialist programs related to that. The only change is that the East-West borders can be floated and some extent shifted along the slope of globalisation.

Many believe, especially in the militant anti-fascist movement, that the result achieved by Jean-Marie Le Pen in the 2002 Spring elections marks the revival of fascism. This is wrong. We are facing an atypical and historically unprecedented right, which has replaced the cult of the state by ultra-liberalism, corporatism by market reactions, and sometimes even nationalism is replaced by regional or purely local particularism.

In the second half of the 1990s, the region experienced a rise of far right political forces. Their message is fed by historic legacies, the failure of the transition as well as anti-globalist attitudes.

As a result of Stalinist manupulation, teh fate of Jews in the Soviet Union has not been widely known in the USSR or in other countries of Eastern Europe. The publication of the study by an Israeli historian is an attempt to break this silence in Hungary.