KesterTester124 - Where is this? This might apper to be a near-impossible tester - but I definitely think it is sleuthable, especially...

Zoltán Ranschburg, of the Republikon Institute of Budapest, spoke to foreign journalists on 18th of November. The following is slighly...

KesterTester123 - I suspect 90% of all people visiting Hungary (not counting mere transit folk of course) will have seen this statue, or...

Remarks of Ambassador David Pressman on the 2024 U.S. General Election, November 6, 2024    US Ambassador David Pressman addressing the...

KesterTester122 - Don't you just love these old commercial signs that give it to you straight? Make your gnashers gleam again! (Updated...

This past week, on October 23, Hungarians at home and abroad commemorated the revolution of 1956, a time when, after a week of mass...

An Anglo-Hungarian friend of mine, let's call him Jancsi, recently sent me this email about his experience of having his Brit friend come...

GuesterTester121 - The most mysterious balcony you're ever likely to find, anywhere. Photo: You are not likely to find anyone sunbathing...

György Matolcsy, MNB Governor, has a “Personal Issue”, not professional concerns regarding Economy Minister Marton Nagy. György Matolcsy,...

GuesterTester120 - Sent in by a regular reader, this rail infrastructure somewhere in a CEE/SEE capital city is actually THE main line...

KesterTester119 features German revolutionary philosophers Marx and Engels Photo: A 'duo' statue of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, which...

As Hungary, like much of Europe, Sizzles - it reached a record 40.7C (105.2F) yesterday on the border with Serbia - a tester to stretch...

But which city, and how can you tell (no cheating with AI or google piccie match, please)? Photo: A roofscape of a CEE city: bonus points...

It didn't get much media coverage, but at the beginning of July Policy Solutions, a Hungarian think tank, launched what has become an...

Replete with a heavy statue in the Socialist-Realist Mould - But where? Updated. A photo I've only just found in my files - of what we...

A few pictorial memories of trips to the Tokaj region over the past three decades You'd be lucky to see a Trabbie in Tokaj today - but...

Many Hungarians take pride in what they deem to be an outstanding culture of innovation, though given the great mixture of ethnic groups...

In Their Own Words: Zsuzsanna Szelényi on Fidesz in the party's early years, the rise of Viktor Orbán and why Hungarian society has found...

Staff facilities supplied by this particular employer would probably not pass current EU safety or health inspections :) Not that this...

Seven Voices from the Hustings Photo: A campaign poster with the Hungarian word Béke (= Peace) and the image of Prime Minister Viktor...