Jeruzalem, Slovenia - a hamlet of history
An April Fool's Day discovery from 2005 Photo: The view from Jeruzalem - looking south. The nearby church is in the hamlet of Svetinje,...
Observations from Hungary and Central Europe
An April Fool's Day discovery from 2005 Photo: The view from Jeruzalem - looking south. The nearby church is in the hamlet of Svetinje,...
A two-classroom school run by a charity in Budapest VIII helps children, displaced from their homes in war-ravaged Ukraine, make up their...
Jan Lipavský, Czech Foreign Minister, reflects on the 25th anniversary of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland joining the NATO...
You don't have to speak Hungarian to sleuth this unique, joint-venture Tester – it might help, on the other hand, it might not -...
Or so says the photographer. It's GuesterTester110 - But where? Photo: This pic (or at least one print of it) is one of a series of 35...
Watering cans, plastic bottles, hosepipes and inlaid somethings - they've probably got socks, car tyres and laptops round the back to...
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...
A glimpse of a nice looking environment created in the not too distant past - but where? Photo: A modern looking project here, yet (and...
(Greetings of the Season & Best wishes for Christmas 2023 and New Year 2024) Photo: An angler throws groundbait, hoping to attract fish...
In Their Own Words - Bulcsú Hunyadi, Senior Analyst with Political Capital, a think tank. Bulcsú Hunyadi, speaking at a conference -...
Vlado Kreslin, musician, poet and former radio commentator, regarded by many in his native Slovenia as a national icon, will turn 70 on...
A glimpse of a 'chemist's' as we Brits used to call a shop for medicines (maybe we still do) that now looks somewhat rundown. UPDATED...
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...
It's tough these days setting KesterTesters, what with all the googling gadgets some of you get up to using. But I don't think that will...
Time for an off-topic post. Forty-eight years ago this week, on October 24th, 1975, my pal Jake and I arrived in the evening at...
In their own words: Mr Pulai, a political scientist/pollster, argues results of next June's European Parliamentary elections could be...
Artists are free, right? Free to paint reality as they see it. Well, an exhibition now on in Budapest puts the mockers on that idea. Art...
KesterTester105 - It looks a bit like a lighthouse - but in CE Europe? UPDATED Photo: If this happens to be your residence, it would...
Somewhere in the region - But where? UPDATED with Winner! Photo: Heroes and heroine? The latter, probably not - she looks to be about to...