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PM Viktor Orbán's "War Plan" to counter Coronavirus
I've just had an email from the Government Spokesman's Office that I thought I would share. Readers will be especially relieved to learn...
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Massive, Menacing, Rust-Brown Gates: the Hungary-Serbia Border Slams Shut
The Röszke–Horgoš motorway border on September 15, 2015, was a long, hot, tiring day for everyone involved - be they police, asylum...
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On the afternoon of September 14, 2015, Röszke, south-east Hungary
​On September 14, 2015, five years ago today, a little after 4.00 pm as I recall, a woman, clad in traditional mid-east garb and with...
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Management by Personal Whim as C-19 infections hit new records – and the UEFA Super Cup
Sometime in the mid-1990s, I interviewed Philippa Reid, the then new, energetic head of Andersen Consulting* in Hungary, about the...
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KesterTester05 - Where is this Budapest Scene?
Following last week's KT04 - which proved easier than I ever imagined - we have something a bit more challenging, I hope, this week. This...
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Chapter 37a – The Secrets of Hotel Budapest, Floor Eight
​Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner It must have been in the winter of 1974-75 when, for various reasons I...
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Coronavirus infections soar in past week – Saturday sees new record of 510 in previous 24 hours
I really didn't want to write about Covid-19 infections again this week, but given the numbers at the peak of the first wave, recorded in...
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KesterTester04 - Where is this Budapest scene?
It's rather an easy KesterTester this week, although you can't get this piccie in this form today. Congratulations to JerryBudapest on...
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[Full Story] The Great, Spontaneous Motorway March - September 4, 2015
Fifth Anniversary of the Great Refugee/Migrant/Asylum- Seeker "Crisis" - Part 3 Photo: The Flagbearer - some of the marching asylum...
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5th Anniversary of the Great Refugee/Migrant/Asylum- Seeker "Crisis" - Part 2 -The Train Stops Short
Photo: The train stopped short - 100 miles short - of Sopron and the Austrian border, but just right for Bicske and its holding camp for...
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Fifth Anniversary of the Great Refugee/Migrant/Asylum- Seeker "Crisis" - Part 1
Five years ago this week, in September 2015, the Great Refugee (if you sympathise with them)/Migrant (if you don't)/Asylum Seeker (the...
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Chapter 37 - In the Making
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Dear Readers and fans of Gábor Rimner's merry tale of mayhem, Apologies,...
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Hungary reports a record 292 Coronavirus Infections on Sunday morning
Hungary has reported 292 new C-19 infections this morning, a record number in 24 hours, the previous high being 210 reported on the...
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KesterTester03 - Where is this Budapest Scene?
Here's another Golden Oldie, and an image which I don't think you could get today. This is not because the scene - well, ok, it's no big...
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Train Ride to the Kunság - part 1
Photo: They do exist - a container freight heads towards the Serbian border past the wayside station of Bösztör, 45 miles south of...
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Chapter 36 – KISZ, Life and Communism - A Circus of Pretence
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Photo: The way we were - Happy Campers. Gábor - that's him on the far right,...
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Coronavirus: average daily new cases inch upwards, but active cases in Budapest jump 40%
First of all, I should mention that I never intended to report regularly on the coronavirus situation in Hungary. It just so happened...
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KesterTester02 - Where is this Budapest Scene?
Following the overwhelming response (well, 60-odd visits, which was far better than I imagined) of last week's initial KesterTester, I've...
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Chapter 35a – Soviet Nuclear Weapons in Hungary in the Cold War - A Military Expert's Critique
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 35a – Soviet Nuclear Weapons in Hungary in the Cold War - A Military...
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Chapter 35 - Washington Not Impressed
Tales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 35 - Washington Not Impressed After my 'high' at the Soviet base and...
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