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...

The Quiet Diplomat: In his own words, Tádé Alföldy speaks about 1989, the key players and the tensions raised as Hungary shuffled...

KesterTester103 - A minature statue of a gent with a well-known family name in much of central Europe - but who? UPDATED with results....

Eighteen months after the start of Russian President Vladimir Putin's 'Special Operation', in this guest post, Briton Alan Sutton...

But where? UPDATED with the Winner! Photo: the elegant outline of a magnificent Cathedral dominates the scene from the corner of a town...

First, State secretary Bence Rétvári gave the good news (well, what else?) in early August: More than 18,800 young people applied to take...