he made peace with germany and austria-hungary. and with trotsky, he led the bolsheviks to victory in the civil war. in hungary, there was not really a strong communist party. on the contrary, they had to make compromises with the social democrats. the main reason for his defeat was the joint attack of czechoslovak and romanian armies. here is a propaganda leaflet that would have been prevalent in the fall of 1919. of the workers being shown as robbing a veteran. it is also an anti-semitic poster. when you hear how the white guards in hungary, who operated much like their counterparts in germany, thought about what they were doing, you heard the language of bolshevism and nationalism. here is a quotation from a hungarian officer. we shall see to it that the flame of nationalism leaps high. we shall punish those who for months have committed heinous crimes. bolshevism in the eyes of counterrevolutionaries was a result of an " jewish conspiracy," their attacks were focused against jews. they listed 3000 jewish victims of the white te

ambassador to hungary david cornstein. like the president, cornstein enjoys putting on a show.- singer paul anka flown in to serenade viktor orban. >> it is my distinct pleasure and great honor to introduce my partner and my friend the prime minister of hungary, our guest of honor, viktor orban. >> reporter: four years ago such a fawning display would have been unthinkable, but under president trump the u.s./hungarian relationship is blossoming once again. and that's in no small part due to the appointment of ambassador david cornstein, an 81-year-old jewelry magnet from new york city with no relevant political experience beyond a decade's old friendship with the president. >> i became a diplomat. who the hell would have figured that. i became a diplomat. >> reporter: political appointees on both sides of the aisle are often inexperienced and sometimes ineffective, but cornstein has a direct line of communication with the president. he was as the result tall in arranging a white house visit for orban despite protests from both parties. >> probably like me a little bit controver

accredited graduate school central european university out of hungary.t says while cornstein publicly vowed to help, privately he kor pitorban >> i don't knunderstand, to tel you the truth. somehow i think mr. cornstein began to think, this is a liberal institution, i'm closer to a conservative like orban than i am to the ideals of the institution. what's disturbing about that is that shouldn't be the issue. >> for the government here his apointment has been a gift, appearing to demand no real concessions. >> for the past two years since the coming of the new ambassador, we believe it's a new chapter we have opened. the previous chapter was unnecessary burdened with the kind of ideological debates and pressure that was coming from the democrats, and was basically derailing u.s. hungarian relationships. >> cornstein's office declined a cnn request for an interview citing the ambassador's busy schedule but when by chance we bumped into him at a budapest restaurant, he sat with us and let us ask a couple of questions on our cell phones. >> what do you say t

took us to hungary another country in receipt of millions an easy way for disabled people. this is an institution called top half an hour's drive from hundreds capital to perished. what's happened here has led to serious questions about the e.u.'s response when there are allegations of abuse. in footage filmed inside the institution 2 years ago a disabled boy is trapped beneath his plane. and. further images show the treatment of other young people. stephen allen from the ngo validity told me what they found when they visited top us in 2017 this is a young woman who we were told was placed in this case for her own safety she has epilepsy it was really horrible a shocking thing to see in and keeping people in cages of course absolutely contravenes every human rights stand that there is this is a young man actually with down's syndrome is legs. very skinny this all suggests that he doesn't move very. and this is someone tied reading tied to a pipe this is a completely unlawful form of restraint where this young man was known to be particularly active able to move around and s

we asked to hungary in government for a response to allegations about human rights violations which top house but received no reply. was that it's not i'm reading to be. so proud and it beats it being here and also look it's really sad but those who are not with us you're a liar they're all. 6 back in brussels a key demand from demonstrating is the end to institutional state. and 2 i. was it. was. the offices of a european commission a symbolic protest about european union money to institutional. setting like. i den and development the european commission director comes to see what this protest is a one about a town painted. i then asked about human rights abuses. here except that there are pieces inside institutions but one is gone and i wouldn't go that much details because i try to secure that wherever it's actually that's. the dissenters on it is that simple that those abuses take place absolutely i would say of course it's on the sex of absolute there except the from the human rights point to for a period between to see what's the european commission is going to do but now we are i

ambassador to hungary is a political appointee of president trump with no diplomatic experience, but >> that's right, our chief international correspondent clarissa ward reports. >> reporter: it was an independence day to remember. hosted by one of president trump's oldest friends, the u.s. ambassador to hungary, david cornstein. >> reporter: like the president, cornstein enjoys putting on a show. singer paul anka was flown in to serenade the guest of honor, hu hungary's far right authoritarian leader, viktor orb orban. >> and it is my distinct pleasure and my great honor to introduce my partner and my friend, the prime minister of hungary our guest of honor, viktor orban. >> reporter: four years ago such a fawning display would have been unthinkable, but under president trump the u.s. hungarian relationship is blossoming once again. and that's in no small part due to the appointment of ambassador david cornstein, an 81-year-old jewelry magnet from new york city with no relevant political experience beyond a decade's old friendship with the president. >> i became a diplomat. who the

if you flush the toilet in budapest in hungary, there is a good chanceit budapest in hungary, there iscommend swimming in it. completed nine years ago, this is pa rt completed nine years ago, this is part of a water treatment revolution along the danube. backed by williams of euros of european union money. before this plant was built around half of the produced wastewater was going directly into the danube. raw sewerage. going directly into the danube. raw sewerage. and after we had this one, after 2010, almost 95, 90 6% of the sewerage after 2010, almost 95, 90 6% of the sewerage is treated, biologically treated and going like this, clean, to the danube. eu membership for countries like hungary that the danube flows through has meant cash for treatment plants and stricter rules on what industry and agriculture can put in the river. those in charge of monitoring sayyid has made a real difference. the eu provides a framework where the combination of the regulatory frame and the transfer of the money that finances support to the new member state was one of the key factors of the improvin

was a protestant reformed minister last little took a shot and he was part he was a member of the hungary minority and remaining has a very large hunger minority about one and a half 1000000 at the time at least and he used this pope it to preach against normally a dictatorship that has a very short shelf life but he had a brother who had defected to canada 2 decades earlier and he was using the media to keep his brother alive because the remaining leadership were very sensitive about criticism from the west and he eventually we have some pictures here i believe of the. he's a canadian journalist he and another man and shockley had gone in to remain yeah and they did a secretly taped t.v. and we hear there's a piece from it now as we see on the screen and that's less of the turkish and he talks about the country and how it's suffering and what a horrible dictatorship it is and it was broadcast 1st on hungary and t.v. . shortly thereafter and he got a letter saying he's fired from his job and an addiction notice also that he had until the so. amber 15 to leave his home which was also in th

country and how it's suffering and what a horrible dictatorship it is and it was broadcast 1st on hungary and t.v. . shortly thereafter and he got a letter saying he's fired from his job and an eviction notice also that he had until these. amber 15 to leave his home which was also in the church where he'd be taken out and that's when people came out to protect him they surrounded the church and then the attack came from the military and was a bloodbath spread across the city up ahead we're talking about things he is on now how has romania changed since then. there's democracy and there's freedom of the press and the store shelves are full things like that the negative side is that there's a population going on at least 3000000 if not 4000000 or more have left romania and have gone to the west to italy spain germany england they're working because of the low salaries there and also there's concern about corruption and i think that's the one thing that really upsets remain insta most is that there is this corruption atmosphere and. they're looking for politicians who are clean ok. thank you

hungary to name just a few. all over the continent populists putting national interests ahead of the european ideal. and football. so for unite your. number one our beloved pool game has been raised worked it's just easy it's just fun. politics can be exhausting but i'm astonished that we've gone through a pool with european championships all celebrating their 60th anniversary of the 1st tournament back in 1960 a grand total of 4 teams took part. this time 24 teams will compete across 12 european countries. the idea of sharing the tournament across the continent came from the show me. city this or that but i do look. at me with the little local. teacher needing. that was back in 2012 and he has since been banned from football for corruption but he's still the father of this unusual tournament and what has he given europe with his wild idea back then the situation wasn't quite as precarious as it was today perhaps it was an unintentional struggle genius. let's dig a little dig at historic events that will ensure

oh they do and they have to because we've seen this in poland we've seen this in hungary and now we see is see this in the small member state of malta that if a country doesn't stick to the rule of law there is an interior deterioration off the political process and member states are by contract bound to these rules because of one country does it and the other doesn't the whole edifice to hold you to preen union is sort of undermined from within so they really have to enforce this and they have to become much more rigorous they look for years they looked on as hungary sort of undermined the rule of law in within the country they did the ongoing problems with poland now and now they're trying to sort of interfere in malta to the to the extent that they say you have to stick to the rules you have to change your own legal framework and sort of get it to comply and be compliant was the european union ok saying this is all about the edifice the legal edifice of the european you. but in malta following the story very closely for us a number of dives is the e.u. then the last hope for the rule

that continued in countries such as bolshevik russia, and in newly-formed states such as poland and hungaryal in kansas city, missouri hosted this talk as part of their annual symposium. host: ladies and gentlemen, i'm museum,ctor of the welcome to our symposium.

hungary's foreign minister says he hopes that the new president of neighboring ukraine is going to act on his promises and improve the situation in the country he just sat down exclusively with out even trying to talk to us at length about the resolution to the conflict in eastern ukraine sanctions on russia i what he thinks about the french president's remark that nato is brain dead. there was one new participant on this meeting the relatively new president of ukraine and you know to be honest when he was elected to really felt and we still feel some hope that fings we'll come better i mean things cannot be version under poroshenko that's for sure i mean from hungary in perspective at least but of course it would be very important if free elections follow diverts and i do hope that he's constructive approach i mean prisons are asking is constructive approach we'll help to settle the relationship between the russian federation and ukraine. we are committed to human rights to be respected that's not a question why we don't like is that that sometimes the reference to human rights serves

the foreign minister of hungary has urged ukraine's president to normalize relations with russia the diplomat spoke exclusively to r.t. about western sanctions against moscow and the future of nato. there was one new participant on this meeting the relatively new president of ukraine and you know to be honest when he was elected to really felt and we still feel some hope that things will calm better i mean things cannot be versed and under poroshenko that's for sure i mean from hungary in perspective at least but 'd of course it would be very important to have 3 elections follow diverts and i do hope that he's constructive approach i mean president and asking his constructive approach will help to settle the relationship between the russian federation and ukraine. we are committed to human rights to be respected that's not a question what we don't like is that that sometimes the reference to human rights serves as a basis to. to interfere into domestic issues of other countries on an ideological basis on a political basis without any good reason. there should be some at the station m

you write in your book that the rise of far-right populist parties in places like hungary and polandeally began in 1989. >> yes. >> and i wonder if you see act dilow line between the emergence of these right-wing, pondlist movements in europe the populism that has emerged in western europe andithe states. >> i do. and i think that part of the flow is that, those who wanted to sustain the global order didn't see the cracks coming in time. so let's just talk about the united states. our processes of governing are meant to be slow. that's how the founding fathers created them. thththth they created three branches of government and two houses of congress, and separation of powers and federalism with states that have rights. and so, when you try to make policy by instant social-media gratification -- >> by tweet? >> by tweet.av if i coulda rule, it would be that nobody in government can tweet -- not just the president but also in the congre because it takes time to builds. consen it takes time to listen to your colleagues.ar just think, ma, if the first ing that came into you mind was wha

course the unite bloomberg news has been reporting on the entirety of the eastern europe including hungary poland and they're saying that these governments are absurd for asking for their gold back these are populist movements and they should stop this but you know i think this is part of the trend that we've seen since 2016 especially really kicked into gear is that this absence of trust in the status quo what we've had for the past 40 years since 1971 since neo liberalism was allowed to be unleashed since the baby boomers came on into the market as the number one voting bloc that's over there no longer the biggest voting bloc and all their ponzi schemes are falling apart and this slovakia's former premier said that parliament should force the central bank to bring back the nation's gold sword in the u.k. as history has shown that allies can hardly be trusted extremely or robert fico who chairs the biggest political parties slovakia said his formation is seeking to hold a special parliamentary session on the issue the gold is not safe in the u.k. because of believe something that's unment

gold back and then many other nations have followed including i think it was the netherlands poland hungary slovakia is asking for it and by the way this is like an ancient thing this is why we are. quote from what this guy robert says is the issue here he says you can hardly trust even the closest allies after the munich agreement he told reporters referring to a 1938 pact by france the u.k. italy and germany which allowed adolf hitler to annex a part of czechoslovakia i guarantee that if something happens we won't see a single gram of this gold let's do it as quickly as possible there isn't this gold is not in the country where should be is because of world war 2 because hitler was starting everyone in europe so everyone in europe put their gold elsewhere in the u.k. in the u.s. and now we're in a post kind of world war 2 scenario where people are saying wait a minute we don't trust the u.s. we don't trust the u.k. to hold our gold anymore we want that gold back in our own vaults in our own country and of course gold is a commodity that doesn't need a 3rd party in its value unto itself it

this was an alliance of three in the beginning, germany, austria, hungary, and the ottoman empire. after the bulgarians joined the , they became an alliance. [laughter] dr. akin: over the next four years, the ottomans would find the world war. confronted the russians. they fought against the british imperial and french forces. again inht the british and the swiss canal zones and mesopotamia. troops sawtoman combat in european theaters of war to support their wartime allies germany, and austria and hungary. in macedonia and romania. to the surprise of allies and enemies, the ottoman army prove to be more resilient than expected. although its size and strength diminished throughout the four years of the war as a result of and a high rate of desertions, it maintained the war until the very end and no one expected that. throughout the war, the ottoman was able to tie down --ge enemy contagions contingents. they fought successful battles and scored remarkable victories. such as the defense of the dardanelles, one of the most important turning points in the history of the first world war

an investigation next took us to hungary another country in receipt of millions in a wait for disabled people. this is an institution called top half an hour's drive from hundreds capital the past. what's happened here has led to serious questions about the e.u.'s response when there are allegations of abuse. in footage filmed inside the institution 2 years ago a disabled boy is trapped beneath his claim. that images change the treatment of other young people. stephen allen from the ngo validity told me what they found when they visited top us in 2017 this is a young woman who we were told was placed in this cage for her own safety she has epilepsy it was really horrible a shocking thing to see and keeping people in cages of course absolutely contravenes every human rights that there is this is a young man actually with down's syndrome is legs and very skinny this all suggests that he doesn't move very large. and this is someone tied reading tied to a pipe this is a completely unlawful form of restraint where this young man was known to be particularly active able to move around and so

kickbacks with corruption index of 44 botswana does better now in some european countries such as hungary and remain. now a conspicuous feature of the map is that the countries perceived to be least corrupt are o.e.c.d. members they have apart from a high living standard a functioning administration hard hitting justice system and political stability but it does not mean they are corruption free to discuss this a little further let's speak to hartman from transparency international. business so. is it as simple as the lower the income the higher the corruption. it seems to be a sad but we can see that in the corruption perception index that the less developed countries have higher corruption and the obvious that's true but nevertheless as you mentioned in europe we have countries as angry old and with higher corruption than others and in our countries that's because germany or. france we have corruption too and my problem is it takes a different form or it takes a different form necessary talking about government corruption to government and as we call it institutional corruption if you a

darts with a corruption index of $44.00 which one does better than some european countries such as hungary or romania an obvious feature of all this is that the country is perceived to be least corrupt and o.e.c.d. members they have a power from a high standard of living a functioning administration hard hitting justice systems and political stability so botswana is good news for africa but the broad picture is different one in 4 african citizens are forced to pay paying bribes to officials for basic services like passports or driving licenses or for getting health care transparency international found out let's bring in our correspondent joy there in vera from nairobi joy why is botswana more successful in the fight against corruption than other countries. you know how that what's one a said to have one of the highest anticorruption or one of the best and corruption profiles on the african continent and also what's going to happen as to how one of the highest conviction rates. on the african continent too and that means that when it comes to dealing with issues to do with corruption or ec

communist rule dictator nicolae ceausescu gave orders to kill them the 1st demonstrators led by romania's hungary and minority were shot in the middle of the city as more citizens dared to revolt against the regime the resistance gained force to overturn the communists the night of december 25th. the next day 72 year old joshua school made a last attempt to retain power and an impassioned speech but the people would have none of it chaos broke out as he was shouted down. and his wife elena fled they want to team as a helicopter to fly him to safety in another country but the situation escalated soldiers abandoned him and shot shush askers party followers. the dictator and his wife were taken prisoner on christmas day $989.00 they were sentenced to death and immediately shot but the revolution did not end of his death a bloody battle continued in bucharest over the next few days over $1100.00 were killed during the uprising few were held accountable of all the 1989 pro-democracy revolutions in eastern europe romania stands out as the bloodiest. now music can be a powerful force for change in mexic

-- hungary leaving the european union. >> it is not north versus south by east versus west.ungary'sion into performance as a member of europe in article seven, the pushback from hungry has been to be aggressive against this. they say we are only doing this to control immigration. rex it happens and we think one of the outliers could be hungry -- if brexit happens one of the outliers could be the country of hungary. >> we will have extended coverage of the british elections so join in. at 6:00live from london a.m. hong kong time 9:00 a.m. if you are in sydney. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> we are looking now at the stock of the hour. petronas fang at gagan if i'm pronouncing that right. >> i will not try either. exactly having a very big jump in 22 years.e most the trading volume surging here. this is after we heard that petronas the parent company is raising $1.4 billion, cutting some of its listed unit stake. the cell downs will rank among the biggest ever block trades in malaysia according to data compiled by bloomberg. petronas trying to raise capital to find -- to find oversea

sparked the interest well it all started back in that's a city in western rumania very close to the hungary and border and a dissident protestant minister named glassful was using his pulpit to preach against the injustices in the country and against the dictatorship and of course you know that would have a very short shelf life in a country ruled by it. but he had the advantage last had an advantage he had a brother in montreal canada. who defected 2 decades earlier and that brother ish pontification was using the media to keep his brother's name in the spotlight at least in north america ok surely in international media and because he knew that ceausescu was very sensitive to any criticism from the west he was hoping that would keep his brother at least alive usually you would disappear if you were a distant like that and then what he did was he sent in a couple of reporters into the country from montreal they did a secret television interview. and when that interview was then broadcast out in the west and because of that. the dissident protestant minister was fired and he was given a dea

farming and infrastructure more for environmental protection this is already controversial poland hungary and the czech republic economically underdeveloped states have been blocking this plan. we discussed about the e.u. but just monies not being put into modernizing the budget at least there were as the current proposal stands this is not a budget for the future who we have a goal that 25 percent of the e.u. budget would be spent on climate action what is done with the rest 75 percent if that is being spent on harmful practices for climate if we don't achieve our goal the e.u. is a climate leader who is on the fundamental and has set a fast pace whether other member states want to follow perhaps ultimately the question of financing. well swedish climate activist waited to bird has become the youngest person ever to be named time magazine's person of the year she's just 16 she launched a weekly school strike for the climate that became an international movement times announcement came hours after tim burke took aim at business and political leaders meeting at the un climate conference in

farming and infrastructure more for environmental protection this is already controversial poland hungary and the czech republic economically underdeveloped states have been blocking this plan. we discussed about the e.u. budgets monies not being put into modernizing the budgets at least they have asked that current proposal stands this is not a budget for the future and we have a goal that 25 percent of the e.u. budget would be spent on climate action what is done with the rest 75 percent if that is being spent on harmful practices for climate if we don't achieve our goal the e.u. is a climate leader who has a fundamentally and has set a fast pace whether other member states want to follow perhaps ultimately the question of financing. we hear some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world new shares defense ministry has confirmed that suspected islamic militants killed 71 soldiers near the mali border 12 troops were wounded and several are missing after the nighttime ambush on a military camp in the village of in knots jihadists linked to so-called islamic state hav