Sixteen years ago today, on May 17, 2006, Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan gave an address in Budapest on her assessment of the...

Linking two cities in the CEE-SEE region, viewed from Madrid, Paris & London this train appears to be just 'fun' - but it means something...

KesterTester73 - This scene of desolation, perhaps surprisingly, sits in an area of natural beauty. UPDATED Photo: A pic from, I think,...

"I was leaving my family's menfolk and homeland, not knowing when or if I would return." Photo: Oksana Kukuruza, outside her workplace,...

KesterTester72 - After a couple of toughies (and KT71 Bakos bácsi is proving very tough), this piccie should not need too much brain work...

KesterTester71 - You've just got to love these old Hungarian craftsman's painted workplace signs, sadly disappearing with rush to...

KesterTester70 - An autumn sunset where men (and it's all men) work long hours according to ancient practices in an industry based on...

Today, 13 April, is the 279th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson, the third US president, who cautioned his fellow Americans...

One week on, the National Election Office has this morning posted the final results. After a couple of last minute twists and turns,...

KesterTester69 - You can almost feel the juggernaut of what was then modernity ready to lay waste all before it in this photo, which is...

Teacher Shortage is Symptom of Deeper Troubles - argues Willard Dickerson, an American who has been teaching English at the prestigious...

In Their Own Words: András Bíró-Nagy is a political scientest & director of Policy Solutions, a think tank associated with the European...

In Their Own Words: Political Scientist argues all polls indicate Fidesz victory, Hungary merely mimics Germany and Italy on Russia and...

GuesterTester68 - I've been sitting on this pic for 15 months - only now decided to run it. Photo: Sent to me by super-sleuth John...

A Diplomatic Memoir part II. Nigel Thorpe, British Ambassador to Hungary on the ups and downs of his posting to Budapest, from his new...

British-Hungarian writer-poet George Szirtes continues his memoirs of living with the end of the Communist regime (continued from part I,...

A Diplomatic Memoir: Nigel Thorpe, British Ambassador to Hungary recalls the trials and tribulations of life either side of the dawn of...

KesterTester67 - What was the film title, and/or whose story was it based on? Updated! Photo montage: the film had its stars (of course)...

Gábor Bojár is a physicist, software engineer and entrepreneur who shot to local fame in the 1980s after creating a 3-Dimensional...

KesterTester66: You'd think this gal should be smiling - it's a sunny day, she's pretty, and she's on a motorbike (presumably her...