Zany (and not so Zany) Tokaj
A few pictorial memories of trips to the Tokaj region over the past three decades You'd be lucky to see a Trabbie in Tokaj today - but...
Observations from Hungary and Central Europe
A few pictorial memories of trips to the Tokaj region over the past three decades You'd be lucky to see a Trabbie in Tokaj today - but...
Many Hungarians take pride in what they deem to be an outstanding culture of innovation, though given the great mixture of ethnic groups...
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...
Staff facilities supplied by this particular employer would probably not pass current EU safety or health inspections :) Not that this...
Seven Voices from the Hustings Photo: A campaign poster with the Hungarian word Béke (= Peace) and the image of Prime Minister Viktor...
Here's the big hoarding (that's Queen's English for 'bill board', American cousins). In Budapest, 1989. And surely a man with the name of...
I know, I know, this one is pretty ridiculous, but I've given you some easy peasy ones in the past - by your own admission = so you...
“There is no constitution that I know of, certainly not among the 27 in Europe – except Hungary – which in heac verba explicitly provides...
What have the son of a wealthy Czech-Jewish family, a professor at a German university, the author of several books on nationalism that...
KesterTester112 - UPDATED Photo: A far more orthodox KesterTester this time round than the tantalisingly taxing KGT111. This is a regular...
Think tank leader András Bíró-Nagy assesses the impact of Péter Magyar, disenchanted former Fidesz insider and now new kid on the...
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...