“Basil Rathbone. His Life and His Films” by Michael B. Druxman (published by BearManor Media)

But better not to mention Mr. Sherlock Holmes

In Australia in the 1980s there were a golden two hours on television every Thursday night. English husband and wife John Alderton and Pauline Collins bumbled through a “Wodehouse Playhouse”, then came Monty Python’s Michael Palin in a hilarious “Ripping Yarn”. Finally, equally enjoyable ...

Energy segment powers industrial revival

The volume of industrial production exceeded the one year earlier level by 1.3%, while based on working-day adjusted data it declined by 1.5% in September 2025, year-on-year. Production declined in the majority of the manufacturing subsections. According to seasonally and working-day adjusted data, industrial ...

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Inspirations endure at Lika-Senj County event

It was at a lunch date on November 7 when the hospitable Lika-Senj Tourist Board, alongside the Croatian Tourist Board, gave a splendid presentation of their lesser-known county at the deluxe Matild Palace Marriott Bonvoy hotel in Budapest. The 50 or so guests were ...

A tribute to Frederic Forsyth CBE (1938-2025)

Shadowy Hungarians had role in attempt to kill de Gaulle

It was with much remorse that I noted the death of the great mastermind of espionage Frederick Forsyth (1938-2025) on June 9 this year. And so what could be a better way of presenting a tribute to this enduring English novelist than by making ...

”The Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz” Edited by R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance (published by University of Texas Press)

Giving a jack-of-most-trades film-maker his due

It comes as some surprise to read that Kaminer Manó Kertész, born in Budapest in 1886, had already made the substantial number of 70 films for the nascent Hungarian and Austrian industries before being headhunted by Warner Bros. as a contract director, arriving in ...

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Drop in deaths higher than drop in births

According to preliminary data, 6,172 children were born and 8,758 people died in September 2025. The number of births lessened by 8.3%, that of deaths by 12% while the number of marriages increased by 17% compared to the same month of the previous year.

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Egis favipiravir drug licenced for Covid-19 treatment

A new drug with the active ingredient favipiravir manufactured by Hungarian pharmaceutical company Egis has been licenced for treatment of Covid-19 by the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYEI), the institute said on Saturday.

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Orbán: New EU migration pact could force Hungary to welcome migrants

Hungary does not support the new migration and refugee package presented by the European Commission on Wednesday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told Reuters newswire on Friday. Under the package, Hungary's commitment to send people back from the southern EU states like Italy or Greece, ...