Kester Eddy5 days ago3 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 153 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 83 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 12 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 254 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 232 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 205 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 182 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 113 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 84 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 23 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 271 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...
Kester EddySep 244 minHungarians are Modest, Happy Guinea Pigs in Great Football Experiment The Great Day of Football Experiment has arrived! This evening, some 20,000 fans, including up to 3,000 from both Germany and Spain will...
Kester EddySep 202 minCoronavirus: daily infections top 1,000 for first time as cases jump 70% in one weekHungary recorded 1,070 new cases of Coronavirus on Saturday, the government website reported on Sunday morning. https://koronavirus.gov...
Kester EddySep 163 minPM Viktor Orbán's "War Plan" to counter CoronavirusI've just had an email from the Government Spokesman's Office that I thought I would share. Readers will be especially relieved to learn ...
Kester EddySep 142 minOn the afternoon of September 14, 2015, Röszke, south-east Hungary On September 14, 2015, five years ago today, a little after 4.00 pm as I recall, a woman, clad in traditional mid-east garb and with chi...
Kester EddySep 136 minManagement by Personal Whim as C-19 infections hit new records – and the UEFA Super CupSometime in the mid-1990s, I interviewed Philippa Reid, the then new, energetic head of Andersen Consulting* in Hungary, about the challe...
Kester EddySep 62 minCoronavirus infections soar in past week – Saturday sees new record of 510 in previous 24 hoursI really didn't want to write about Covid-19 infections again this week, but given the numbers at the peak of the first wave, recorded in...
Kester EddySep 44 min[Full Story] The Great, Spontaneous Motorway March - September 4, 2015Fifth Anniversary of the Great Refugee/Migrant/Asylum- Seeker "Crisis" - Part 3 Photo: The Flagbearer - some of the marching asylum seeke...
Kester EddySep 33 min5th Anniversary of the Great Refugee/Migrant/Asylum- Seeker "Crisis" - Part 2 -The Train Stops ShortPhoto: The train stopped short - 100 miles short - of Sopron and the Austrian border, but just right for Bicske and its holding camp for ...
