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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
Kester EddySep 24, 20204 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 20, 20202 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. ...
Kester EddySep 16, 20203 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 14, 20202 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...
