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LMP expands to six
Marta Demeter, who earlier quit the parliamentary group of the opposition…
Attacking windmills
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders had told his Hungarian counterpart, Peter…
Oasis on edge of the city
Though temperatures are dropping, the city centre remains a desert of asphalt…
Turning on the knowledge machine
In the next couple of years we will see our working environment totally change,…
One man and his harmonious world
Like every guest in this hotel, Karl J. Reiter is strictly forbidden from…
Memories gain new invincibility
It was probably in 1962 that a 12-year-old suddenly decided to watch Swindon…
Novel brings together people separated by conflict
Georgian writer Guram Odisharia’s novel "President’s Cat" has been translated…
Where the big shots like to shoot
Tucked away in the picturesque village of Etyek in Fejér county just half an…
New course in the Buda hills
Attractively set up in a stylish villa in affluent District II 18 months ago,…
Your host on the coast
Croatia's 1800-kilometre coastline, with its Italianate coastal towns, multiple…
Portrait of a man of extremes
In “Swinging Sixties” London, man-on-the-scene David Litvinoff associated with…
Females on the front lines
In the Great Patriotic War, as the Soviets called World War Two, women too…
Into a really murky world
Detective Chief Inspector Jules Maigret of the Police Judiciaire in Paris can…
Nuance at the Police Judiciaire
Penguin’s paperback reissues of the 75 “Maigret” books come with snappy new…
Investigating the Maigret-a-month case
Armchair sleuths, asked to name a pantheon of the world’s most famous fictional…
From death to denouement
Written in 1954, this is number 45 in the Penguin Classics reissue of the 75…
Indians celebrate 70 years of independence
Members of Hungary’s Indian community celebrated their country’s 71st…
A party for your palate
Krisztián Huszár is the man with the magic cooking spoon. Whatever gastronomic…
Hungary happened
I’m not a great one for making plans. Most of my major life decisions were taken…
Cuisine from on high
Restaurants, just like any business, need to reinvent themselves every now and…
Hello is here to help
Telekom develops Hungarian businesses through knowledge transfer, which is why…
Egypt 65th Anniversary of the 23rd of July Revolution
On the occasion of the 65th Anniversary of the 23rd of July Revolution (1952),…
Trimming the digital divide
Magyar Telekom has delivered the first broadband fixed network in Gödre, a…
Six-year hole filled
Six direct flights to New York and Chicago per week will be launched by LOT…
Sting on tail of world tour
A guitar-driven rock tour by Sting is coming to Budapest in October after…
Eastern European Shared Services & Outsourcing Week
What does the future hold for the shared services industry in Eastern Europe?…
Flying flag for ASEAN
The 50th anniversary of the founding of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast…
Maigret meets the Mob
In book thirty-nine of the Penguin Classics monthly reissues of the 75 “Maigret”…
Pull of home too strong to resist
Mihaly Liszkay returned to Hungary after a 50-year absence and found a project…
Film world sings his praises
Kristof Deak’s film “Sing” won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film in…
Stars shine brighter together
In the history of the European Union, the Brexit is something so unbelievable…
In defence of Christianity, culture
The European Union must regain its "independence from the empire" of US…
Singing the praises
Needless to say, for those familiar with popular 'sing-a-longs' can figure out…
One for four, four for one
Last month Hungary took over the 12-month presidency of the Visegrád Four, a…
Sun rises on la dolce vita
Trump, Merkel, Trudeau, May, Macron, Abe and Gentiloni have just left town and…
Coasting along
Budapest to Catania, Sicily, is a quick one hour and 45 minutes flying, taking…
Delights deluxe
Luxury (noun): Great comfort, especially as provided by expensive and beautiful…
A family at war
When the Second World War began In September 1939, the six young Jarman sisters…
From the Hawks to The Band
In 1966 Bob Dylan concerts were booed on three continents as devotees berated…
All ship-shape and Bristol fashion
“Location, location, location” is the mantra of the real estate agent, their…
Behind bars with Reg and Ron
Truth can indeed be stranger than fiction, otherwise how to explain two…
Spotlight on a spy
When English author Ian Fleming published his first James Bond novel in 1953, it…
Red stains in the snow
The centenary of the Russian Revolution in 1917 is an apposite time for a fresh…
Something to think about, with Ealy Mays
What I know about art could be written on the back of a postcard. My approach is…
Stages set for summer of art
As the temperature rises in Central Europe, the stages blaze with magnificent…
Exploring the universe
Have you always wanted to know how space travel looks from up close? Or what…
Don’t fence him in
The Sári Villa horse farm is to be found in scenic Fejér county, 25 kilometres…
A fan of straight talk
Péter Szijjártó took over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in autumn of 2014 and…