The crowd at Lakadalom* is conservative and eager to learn, which is precisely how István likes it. A man in his early forties, he has been tasked with monitoring events at the venue, which finds...
As Covid-19 continues to spread throughout the world, many nations have implemented a variety of measures intended to combat its spread. Government actions have been focused on establishing...
"What's a Jew," asks Szintia, a seven-year-old. Mária. Her mother, to whom the question was directed, doesn't bat an eyelash when she replies. "Jews were a people and are also those who follow the...
Like him, admire him, or hate him, the one thing that can’t be denied about Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party is the intricate and well-oiled propaganda machine keeping Dear Leader in power. Both...
Money talks, dogs bark, goes a Hungarian saying, and nowhere is this more true than in the health business. Yes, indeed, business. Because in Hungary, despite a national health insurance program...
When you start taking away people's dignity, that's pretty bad. But when you deliberately pick on the weak, that's bullying. And bullying has nothing whatsoever to do with being a good Christian....
Éva is 26 and working towards her masters in business administration. Although she hails from the same corner of the country as the prime minister, and even attended his old alma mater, she is not a...
Ági is an intelligent, bright-eyed 18-year-old with a passion for life, luxury items (she can afford or will borrow money for), music, going out, and a gaggle of friends. A friendly, outgoing teen,...
With conservative and authoritarian waves across Europe ebbing and flowing, Hungary is once again getting its fair — or, to some, unfair — share of media exposure. Behaving somewhat like the...
I was excited to explore this city after having heard so much about Budapest from my Grandmother, Pempe Aitken, who once joined Queen Juliana of Holland on her honeymoon here. It was the celebratory...