GuesterTester121 - The most mysterious balcony you're ever likely to find, anywhere. Photo: You are not likely to find anyone sunbathing...

György Matolcsy, MNB Governor, has a “Personal Issue”, not professional concerns regarding Economy Minister Marton Nagy. György Matolcsy,...

GuesterTester120 - Sent in by a regular reader, this rail infrastructure somewhere in a CEE/SEE capital city is actually THE main line...

KesterTester119 features German revolutionary philosophers Marx and Engels Photo: A 'duo' statue of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, which...

As Hungary, like much of Europe, Sizzles - it reached a record 40.7C (105.2F) yesterday on the border with Serbia - a tester to stretch...

But which city, and how can you tell (no cheating with AI or google piccie match, please)? Photo: A roofscape of a CEE city: bonus points...

It didn't get much media coverage, but at the beginning of July Policy Solutions, a Hungarian think tank, launched what has become an...

Replete with a heavy statue in the Socialist-Realist Mould - But where? Updated. A photo I've only just found in my files - of what we...

A few pictorial memories of trips to the Tokaj region over the past three decades You'd be lucky to see a Trabbie in Tokaj today - but...

Many Hungarians take pride in what they deem to be an outstanding culture of innovation, though given the great mixture of ethnic groups...

In Their Own Words: Zsuzsanna Szelényi on Fidesz in the party's early years, the rise of Viktor Orbán and why Hungarian society has found...

Staff facilities supplied by this particular employer would probably not pass current EU safety or health inspections :) Not that this...

Seven Voices from the Hustings Photo: A campaign poster with the Hungarian word Béke (= Peace) and the image of Prime Minister Viktor...

Here's the big hoarding (that's Queen's English for 'bill board', American cousins). In Budapest, 1989. And surely a man with the name of...

I know, I know, this one is pretty ridiculous, but I've given you some easy peasy ones in the past - by your own admission = so you...

“There is no constitution that I know of, certainly not among the 27 in Europe – except Hungary – which in heac verba explicitly provides...

What have the son of a wealthy Czech-Jewish family, a professor at a German university, the author of several books on nationalism that...

KesterTester112 - UPDATED Photo: A far more orthodox KesterTester this time round than the tantalisingly taxing KGT111. This is a regular...

Think tank leader András Bíró-Nagy assesses the impact of Péter Magyar, disenchanted former Fidesz insider and now new kid on the...

An April Fool's Day discovery from 2005 Photo: The view from Jeruzalem - looking south. The nearby church is in the hamlet of Svetinje,...