Kester Eddy5 days ago2 min Hungary's Most Unknown Famous Son He's no longer as renowned in the west today as in 1992 (when I originally penned this), but arguably this powerful author-journalist-thi...
Kester EddyJan 173 minCoronavirus: Hungary is Past Second-Wave Peak – But EU Vaccine Deliveries "too Slow" - PMO leader Hungary has come through the worst of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Gergely Gulyás, head of the Prime Minister's Office, decl...
Kester EddyJan 142 min A Best Bud Week Blast from the PastSomeone asked me for a copy of an old Budapest Week yesterday. Any issue, he said. I had a bagfull in one of my (other) junk rooms. I put...
Kester EddyDec 27, 20203 minCoronavirus: Latest Figures Raise Hopes - And Continue to Sow DoubtsThe much heralded arrival of usable vaccine – courtesy of the European Union and Brussels Bureaucracy, no less – together with the latest...
Kester EddyDec 20, 20204 minEvery Life Counts - But are they Accounting for Every Death?Coronavirus: Latest Official Data Looking Hopeful - but the Numbers Don't Stack Up All across Budapest, and I assume the country, govern...
Kester EddyDec 13, 20203 minCoronavirus in Hungary - Have we Passed the Peak?Official Data in the Past Week is Hopeful As I left home at around 11.00 last Thursday I was surprised to find an oldish chappie in the h...
Kester EddyDec 6, 20202 minCovid deaths at four-figure record makes Hungary third worst current performer in EULook, No Queues! Deaths related to the Covid-19 virus surged to 1,196 last week, breaking the four figurethreshold for the first time and...
Kester EddyNov 29, 20204 minFirst, the good news (says gov't): Hungary & Russia to further strengthen cooperation in health-careAnd the Bad: Covid Numbers Explode - Infections top 6,000 on four consecutive days Miklós Kásler, Hungary's Minister of Human Resources (...
Kester EddyNov 22, 20203 minCoronavirus in Hungary: Infections, Deaths Edge Up as Health Services Feel Strain Photo: The Coronvirus does not pick and choose - an official poster urging vigilance in the fight against the pandemic Mixed news regard...
Kester EddyNov 15, 20203 minCoronavirus Hungary: Infection & Death Rates Inch Upwards as Orbán Tightens Restrictions Covid-19 cases by county in Hungary. Active infections now stand at 106,265, 75% of the total 140,961 cited here since the start of the ...
Kester EddyNov 8, 20203 minCoronavirus: Weekend Infections strike just shy of 10,000 - PM Orbán Introduces Curfew, Free ParkingUPDATED - New measures announced on Monday morning - see link at end Photo: A government-sponsored placard informs the public that the se...
Kester EddyNov 1, 20202 minCoronavirus Hungary: Disgruntled Fidesz Politicians Seek Action as Cases Soar The coronavirus pandemic in Hungary this week took on a new turn: as infections and deaths rose to unprecedented levels, independent med...
Kester EddyOct 25, 20204 minCovid-19 – Ever Grimmer - Daily Infections Smash 3,000 Threshold – But Foci Must ContinueJust one week ago, a Czech-based friend emailed me after reading the latest post on the state of Covid-19 in Hungary. “Compared to here,...
Kester EddyOct 23, 20202 minM3 Metro Re-opens - For the Budget-minded, Faster to the Airport AgainThey've had a makeover - but still 1950s Soviet design underneath - an M3 Metro Train Since BKK, the Budapest Transport Centre, hasn't go...
Kester EddyOct 20, 20205 minRock 'n' Roll Will Never Die? - Budapest Week, Aug 1991László Hegedűs was the Man who Brought Western Rock to Hungary - including the likes of Carlos Santana, Jethro Tull, Depeche Mode and Que...
Kester EddyOct 18, 20202 minCoronavirus Hungary: A Tough Autumn and WinterGovt Website Covid-19 Summary Today It's beginning to sound like a broken record (vinyl, as used to be) – and yes, I know it's similar or...
Kester EddyOct 11, 20203 minCoronavirus in Hungary - More Unwanted Record NumbersAlas, another week of bad news on the coronavirus front, with several records broken. We had 1,374 new infections on Friday – a new peak,...
Kester EddyOct 8, 20204 minOnce upon a time, the 100E Express Bus used to whizz us to and from the AirportThe 100E express bus was a Godsend for the cost-sensitive traveller when the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) introduced the service a yea...
Kester EddyOct 2, 20203 minAnd So it Came to Pass - One Week after Hungary Stages a Test-Case International Football Match …This morning, the government website reported 1,322 new coronavirus infections, a number that beats the previous worst-case 24-hour perio...
Kester EddySep 27, 20201 minRecord 6,000 New Infections Last Week - Rate of Increase Falling Hungary reported a record 6,024 new cases of coronavirus last week, bringing the total number of actively infected people to 18,137. Thi...
