Kester EddySep 142 minOn 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 chi...
Kester EddySep 136 minManagement by Personal Whim as C-19 infections hit new records – and the UEFA Super CupSometime in the mid-1990s, I interviewed Philippa Reid, the then new, energetic head of Andersen Consulting* in Hungary, about the challe...
Kester EddySep 111 minKesterTester05 - 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...
Kester EddySep 94 min 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 bega...
Kester EddySep 62 minCoronavirus infections soar in past week – Saturday sees new record of 510 in previous 24 hoursI 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...
Kester EddySep 51 minKesterTester04 - 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 ge...
Kester EddySep 44 min[Full Story] The Great, Spontaneous Motorway March - September 4, 2015Fifth Anniversary of the Great Refugee/Migrant/Asylum- Seeker "Crisis" - Part 3 Photo: The Flagbearer - some of the marching asylum seeke...
Kester EddySep 33 min5th Anniversary of the Great Refugee/Migrant/Asylum- Seeker "Crisis" - Part 2 -The Train Stops ShortPhoto: The train stopped short - 100 miles short - of Sopron and the Austrian border, but just right for Bicske and its holding camp for ...
Kester EddySep 23 minFifth Anniversary of the Great Refugee/Migrant/Asylum- Seeker "Crisis" - Part 1Five years ago this week, in September 2015, the Great Refugee (if you sympathise with them)/Migrant (if you don't)/Asylum Seeker (the mo...
Kester EddyAug 312 minChapter 37 - In the MakingTales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Dear Readers and fans of Gábor Rimner's merry tale of mayhem, Apologies, Chap...
Kester EddyAug 302 minHungary reports a record 292 Coronavirus Infections on Sunday morningHungary has reported 292 new C-19 infections this morning, a record number in 24 hours, the previous high being 210 reported on the morni...
Kester EddyAug 291 minKesterTester03 - 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 ...
Kester EddyAug 264 minTrain Ride to the Kunság - part 1Photo: They do exist - a container freight heads towards the Serbian border past the wayside station of Bösztör, 45 miles south of Budape...
Kester EddyAug 245 minChapter 36 – KISZ, Life and Communism - A Circus of PretenceTales 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, w...
Kester EddyAug 233 minCoronavirus: 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 tha...
Kester EddyAug 222 minKesterTester02 - 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...
Kester EddyAug 214 minChapter 35a – Soviet Nuclear Weapons in Hungary in the Cold War - A Military Expert's CritiqueTales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 35a – Soviet Nuclear Weapons in Hungary in the Cold War - A Military ...
Kester EddyAug 202 minChapter 35 - Washington Not ImpressedTales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 35 - Washington Not Impressed After my 'high' at the Soviet base and ...
Kester EddyAug 174 minChapter 34 – My Big Break - on a Soviet Military BaseTales of a Teenage Spy - The Life and Times of Gábor Rimner Chapter 34 – My Big Break - on a Soviet Missile Base What with work, getting ...
Kester EddyAug 162 minCovid-19 Infections Maintain New Levels, Consistently Higher Rates in Provinces Hungary saw 220 new Covid-19 infections last week, bringing the total since the jump in infections on 6th August to 352, or exactly 32 pe...
