KesterTester 37 - It's a Tough Life, Being a Central European Politician, Especially in a Democracy, having to Fight Elections and all...

Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't It?) 24 - UPDATED This photo epitomises my experiences in this country in the first half of the 1970s....

Photos: (Left to Right) Hungarian PM József Antall, Czechoslovak President Václav Havel and Romanian President Ion Illiescu. Photos from...

KesterTester 36 - I suppose this might now be in the Statue Park - and one of the less-noticed exhibits, I suspect, not being one of the...

On the Third Night - Syria, a Country where You Didn't Talk Politics - part IV (EPITDASI 23) Photo: Commerce by Pony and Cart. A quiet...

A short piece of good news for the day from the world of conservation. Photo: Lockdown's nearly over for one fish! László Berzi-Nagy,...

Infections are down, Vaccinations are up - but with the exception of tiny Gibraltar, Hungary Tops Global Covid Death Rate It's party time...

KesterTester 35 - One a former dissident playwright, one a former Communist Big-Shot in charge of his country's second city. Not sure...

Latakia: Sea, Sun, Sand and Soviet Freighters - Every Picture Tells a Story [Don't it?] 22 Photo: Alas, I can find no prints today from...

Photo: Not to Miss out on the Government-mandated Positivity, the District XII Paper (controlled by a Fidesz council) Headline Shouts:...

This recent photograph shows the remains of a bridge crossing a river that is both an international border at this point and well known...

Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't it?) 21 Photo: A Bookshop in Damascus - no Thoughts of President Hafez al-Assad in here ​ Continued...

KesterTester 33 - A few things have changed since this scene was shot that might help date this piccie. I have a really tough one lined...

Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't it?) 20 - In one of the Oldest Continously Inhabited Cities in the World, alas, these Ancient Walls...

​ Photo: Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian Prime Minister: "We are working, the task force is also working. And by this evening, according to...

Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't it?) 19 - Steam and Iron Curtain don't Mix, part VI Photo: I have searched through piles of old FTs,...

KesterTester 32 - I suspect this may be one of those annoying images that seem familiar but you just can't put your finger on it. Only...

József Kardos attended the inaugural meeting of Fidesz - an acronym for Alliance of Young Democrats - on 30th March, 1988. He signed up...

Prime Minister Orbán, Friday state radio interview: Healthcare reserves “don't look bad” - with 10,000 plus hospital beds and 1,700...

Steam and Iron Curtain don't Mix - Every Picture Tells a Story (Don't it?) 18 Photo: This 1965 Ford Taunus and its proud owner may both...