Budapest - The Cost of Hosting a Guest: it can be traumatic
An Anglo-Hungarian friend of mine, let's call him Jancsi, recently sent me this email about his experience of having his Brit friend come...
Observations from Hungary and Central Europe
An Anglo-Hungarian friend of mine, let's call him Jancsi, recently sent me this email about his experience of having his Brit friend come...
In Their Own Words: Zsuzsanna Szelényi on Fidesz in the party's early years, the rise of Viktor Orbán and why Hungarian society has found...
Seven Voices from the Hustings Photo: A campaign poster with the Hungarian word Béke (= Peace) and the image of Prime Minister Viktor...
“There is no constitution that I know of, certainly not among the 27 in Europe – except Hungary – which in heac verba explicitly provides...
Think tank leader András Bíró-Nagy assesses the impact of Péter Magyar, disenchanted former Fidesz insider and now new kid on the...
Jan Lipavský, Czech Foreign Minister, reflects on the 25th anniversary of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland joining the NATO...
Hungary in 2023 was still recovering from the Corona virus (second worst record in Europe*), boasted the worst inflation on the continent...
In Their Own Words: Márta Pardavi, co-president of the Helsinki Committee, speaks on the latest controversial legislation passed by the...
In Their Own Words - Bulcsú Hunyadi, Senior Analyst with Political Capital, a think tank. Bulcsú Hunyadi, speaking at a conference -...
And why Fidesz is not a conservative party - In their own words Péter Molnar, taken from a YouTube video on his 'hate speech' project at...
The Quiet Diplomat: In his own words, Tádé Alföldy speaks about 1989, the key players and the tensions raised as Hungary shuffled...
Eighteen months after the start of Russian President Vladimir Putin's 'Special Operation', in this guest post, Briton Alan Sutton...
The Rev Dr Frank Hegedűs is an intriguing fellow. An American with Hungarian ancestry, he is head priest honcho of St Margaret’s Anglican...
David Pressman, US Ambassador to Hungary, addressing guests at the Independence Day reception in Budapest on June 30th, quoted Hungary’s...
Yorkshire-born Helen Womack spent three decades in Russia working as a reporter for English-language publications. In this guest post,...