Romania Offers Lifeline to Sturgeon - Bans Fishing and Sale of Wild Sturgeon Fish and Fish Products
A short piece of good news for the day from the world of conservation. Photo: Lockdown's nearly over for one fish! László Berzi-Nagy,...
Observations from Hungary and Central Europe
A short piece of good news for the day from the world of conservation. Photo: Lockdown's nearly over for one fish! László Berzi-Nagy,...
Infections are down, Vaccinations are up - but with the exception of tiny Gibraltar, Hungary Tops Global Covid Death Rate It's party time...
Photo: Not to Miss out on the Government-mandated Positivity, the District XII Paper (controlled by a Fidesz council) Headline Shouts:...
Photo: Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian Prime Minister: "We are working, the task force is also working. And by this evening, according to...
József Kardos attended the inaugural meeting of Fidesz - an acronym for Alliance of Young Democrats - on 30th March, 1988. He signed up...
Prime Minister Orbán, Friday state radio interview: Healthcare reserves “don't look bad” - with 10,000 plus hospital beds and 1,700...
Continuing our look at Sir Bryan's diplomatic memories in his webinar on March 10 (see post March 18) - hosted by Bradford University and...
Former British Ambassador to Budapest and Moscow, Sir Bryan Cartledge - long free from Diplomatic Shackles - Talks from Gorbachov via...
And Now - 1.3m inoculated - deaths top 17,000 as hospitals struggle with 9,000 Covid patients Photo: 32 years ago today, Hungarians...
Controversy rages over vaccination programme as infections hit new daily record of 7,200 plus Vaccinations Going Well! The photo...
PM Orbán warns country is facing "toughest two weeks of the pandemic" - urges public to register for inocculation Above: A screen shot...
Could it be English? Russian? Mandarin? Arabic? Or a Tongue yet More Exotic? Table: A section of the table revealing the numbers of...
The problem with public surveys - as illustrated by so perfectly by Sir Humphrey Photo: Another scene from Yes, Prime Minister. A gaping...
What is a burpee, you might ask? Up until last Thursday, I certainly did. Indeed, grammatically, is one allowed to burpee? Can it be a...
"I know this is a difficult concept to get across to a politician." Sir Humphrey (played by the late, South African-born Sir Nigel...
Experts (at least in English) frequently speak of the need to “flatten the curve” regarding infections – just not this way - as the...
Budapest Week, Jan 23 - Feb 3, 1993, Page 2, Featured this Inspiring story (Apologies re photo quailty, which makes her look like a...
Oh - and also the small detail of - how much? Photo: The illustration on the government website to the post on Minister Szijjártó's...
He's no longer as renowned in the west today as in 1992 (when I originally penned this), but arguably this powerful...
Hungary has come through the worst of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Gergely Gulyás, head of the Prime Minister's Office,...