Found in Translation – From Belfast* to Bánffy via Berlitz and Budapest
What would make a lad from provincial Northern Ireland latch onto a largely forgotten writer-politician-idealist Hungarian...
Observations from Hungary and Central Europe
What would make a lad from provincial Northern Ireland latch onto a largely forgotten writer-politician-idealist Hungarian...
The former President of the Hungarian Academy of Science's bid to become the joint opposition's prime ministerial candidate foundered at...
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s commemoration speech on the 65th anniversary of Hungary's 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight - and more...
Since posting the first "Glimpse" into the Mayor of Hódmezővásárhely, he has become international news by winning the opposition...
Márki-Zay, 49, and an economist, marketing specialist and electrical engineer, is also Mayor of Hódmezővásárhely, a town in south-east...
Klára Dobrev is the Democratic Coalition party's (DK) nominee for the opposition alliance's prime ministerial candidate in next spring's...
... like Doubting Thomas who put his fingers in the wounds of Christ." Hungarian-born, British author and poet George Szirtes recalls his...
My phone rang: It was Debbie Goldthorpe, head of the Commercial Section. “The Twin Towers are on Fire. Come up to the Information Section...
From Saturday 11 September: Service Frequency to be 20 minutes, First Bus to Airport at 03.30, Last Bus to City at 00.35. Fare Remains...
The saga of the Danube dam controversy between Hungary and [Czecho-] Slovakia from the early 1990s may baffle younger readers - but one...
.... so sorry about this, but freshers may have to give up their beds for a few nights on arrival in Budapest next month. Photo: Shiny...
You've probably never heard of Professor Tsuneo Morita, since he's a Japanese economist, academic and businessman largely focused on...
The Organ Minders! In this Guest Post, Alan Sutton reveals the joys, woes and hazards encountered as a result of politics playing a role...
For diplomats posted abroad, a visit by their head of government or head of state is about as exciting – and worrying - as it can get. So...
Nigel Thorpe was British Ambassador in friendly Budapest from 1998 – 2003. But that was not how it all started: he began his overseas...
"Hungary might have had a Todor Zivkov, or that asshole in Prague, ... What was his name?" Horn defends General Secretary and 1956 Soviet...
"I was told to talk seriously, and talk openly to you. So, let's do that." Former PM Gyula Horn speaks to the Hungarian International...
Malinvestment? In case you don't know what it means, here's a good chance to find out. Photo: Les Nemethy, CEO of Europhoenix, a...
Not quite as bad as a "Pile of Meats" but it's getting there - Foreign language knowledge in Hungary is improving, slowly, but it could,...
The Foreign Minister who cut the Iron Curtain, the Socialist Prime Minster who privatised the economy, the Communist Militia Man who...