Waclaw Felczak Institute director awarded high state honour

Maciej Szymanowski, director of the Waclaw Felczak Institute of Polish-Hungarian Cooperation, was on Monday awarded the Hungarian Order of Merit, Knight's Cross in recognition of his efforts in promoting bilateral cultural and social ties, the Hungarian embassy in Warsaw said.

Chess grandmaster Andras Adorjan dies at 73

International chess grandmaster, Chess Olympiad winner and writer Andras Adorjan died at age 73 after a long illness, his stepbrother Karoly Jocha said on his official website on Friday.

Nature protection guard: “Frogs are just like babies”

On March 23 – three days after World Frog Day and nearly a year after Hungary’s most severe drought in more than 120 years – Duna-Ipoly National Park nature protection guard András Németh was saving toads near a main road in the village of ...

Budapest hosts St. Patrick’s Day celebrations and parade

On March 19 a series of celebrations and a parade was held in downtown Budapest to commemorate St. Patrick’s Day, a public holiday on March 17 in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and a number of regions in the Americas. The celebration and ...