Someone 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...

The much heralded arrival of usable vaccine – courtesy of the European Union and Brussels Bureaucracy, no less – together with the latest...

Coronavirus: Latest Official Data Looking Hopeful - but the Numbers Don't Stack Up ​All across Budapest, and I assume the country,...

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...

Look, No Queues! Deaths related to the Covid-19 virus surged to 1,196 last week, breaking the four figurethreshold for the first time and...

And the Bad: Covid Numbers Explode - Infections top 6,000 on four consecutive days Miklós Kásler, Hungary's Minister of Human Resources...

Photo: The Coronvirus does not pick and choose - an official poster urging vigilance in the fight against the pandemic​ Mixed news...

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...

UPDATED - New measures announced on Monday morning - see link at end Photo: A government-sponsored placard informs the public that the...

The coronavirus pandemic in Hungary this week took on a new turn: as infections and deaths rose to unprecedented levels, independent...

​Just 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,...

They've had a makeover - but still 1950s Soviet design underneath - an M3 Metro Train Since BKK, the Budapest Transport Centre, hasn't...

László Hegedűs was the Man who Brought Western Rock to Hungary - including the likes of Carlos Santana, Jethro Tull, Depeche Mode and...

Govt 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...

Alas, another week of bad news on the coronavirus front, with several records broken. We had 1,374 new infections on Friday – a new peak,...

The 100E express bus was a Godsend for the cost-sensitive traveller when the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) introduced the service a...

Hungary reported a record 6,024 new cases of coronavirus last week, bringing the total number of actively infected people to 18,137. ...

​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...

​Hungary recorded 1,070 new cases of Coronavirus on Saturday, the government website reported on Sunday morning. ...