Observations from Hungary and Central Europe
Photo: The train stopped short - 100 miles short - of Sopron and the Austrian border, but just right for Bicske and its holding camp for...
Five years ago this week, in September 2015, the Great Refugee (if you sympathise with them)/Migrant (if you don't)/Asylum Seeker (the...
Hungary has reported 292 new C-19 infections this morning, a record number in 24 hours, the previous high being 210 reported on the...
Photo: They do exist - a container freight heads towards the Serbian border past the wayside station of Bösztör, 45 miles south of...
First of all, I should mention that I never intended to report regularly on the coronavirus situation in Hungary. It just so happened...
Hungary saw 220 new Covid-19 infections last week, bringing the total since the jump in infections on 6th August to 352, or exactly 32...
Yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon, I looked up Oyunaa Luvsan, the PhD student from Mongolia who you may remember was stuck in Hungary when we...
Updated at 17.30 - see end. A total of 43 new cases of people newly infected by the C-19 virus were reported in Hungary in the 24-hour...
Tennis matters in Hungary. Even if it's not the prime minister's favourite sport, many in the Magyar 'elite' - politicians and captains...
About a fortnight back, the Hungarian government introduced a new system classifying countries “red-yellow-green” to refer to their...
Oyunaa Luvsan came to Hungary in February to study for a PhD as a mature student "in her 30s". After a few weeks, her university studies...
UPDATED Monday, 20/07 - See below The absolute numbers in Hungary remain thankfully low, and the envy of many national health services in...
I hope the authorities do not prosecute yours truly for publishing fake news. I was taking this lot at face value. It was not a...
UPDATED Wednesday, 08 July, 10.30 and again Wednesday, 15 July, 10.00 The Hungarian Police have an English language page ...
Hmmmm. This has just popped into my inbox. I wonder how they got my email address? Dear Friends, Colleagues, Partners, Dear Ladies and...
(Please see later story "Good News for Foreigners with Hungarian Residence Permits – it seems" if you are reading this for practical...
A tribute to Sir John Birch, British Diplomat, who died last month in the UK. John was a good man if ever there was one, who put his...