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  • Sára Pataki
    Dénes Laczkó

    From feed factory to poultry shop chain – how the delicious Székely Csürke (Szekler Chicken) gets to the table

    Born in Gyergyószentmiklós (Gheorgheni), Romania, educated in Kolozsvár (Cluj Napoca), he now runs the largest and most modern feed factory in Romania, and a...
  • Zsuzsanna Bogos
    a set of Hungarian playing cards

    Why is the Swiss William Tell on the playing-card? – Discovering the secret of the Hungarian deck

    In Hungary everyone is familiar with the so-called Hungarian playing cards, this popular, unique, and historical Hungarian game where the cards, oddly, are decorated...
  • Tamás Velkei
    Volunteer hairdresser giving a haircut to a Ukranian refugee boy

    ”Sometimes you want to look pretty, I’m happy now” – Volunteer hairdressers make new hairdos for Ukrainian refugees

    We received an invitation to a special event: the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid turned its office in Erzsébetváros, Budapest into a hairdressing salon for...
  • Adrián Szász dr.
    Annamária Győrfi and Zsuzsa Győrfi Lászlóné, shepherdesses from Darassa

    Never before have so many herderesses gathered in Hungary! – “It's not merely a struggle, the way we live, but it's wonderful, too!"

    "They are indispensable in everything, helping us fully in the family, in the household, and with the animals. This way of life can only...
  • Sára Pataki
    Dániel Nagy at the EuroSkills Competition is Gdansk, Poland

    Europe’s best at joinery at 23 – “There must be no space between two wooden elements, not even for a sheet of paper”

    He made garden benches as a child and recently became European champion in joinery at the age of 23. Despite his young age, Dániel...
  • Lívia Kölnei
    Zsolt Rancz in front of a bookcase with his books on

    ”It’s Easy For You, ’Cause You’ve a Company” – A cool designer in Transylvania: Zsolt Rancz and the Wameleon Design

    ”Are you a rockstar designer? Has drawing always been your thing? Are you a good problemsolver? Do you love challenges? Can you master Adobe...
  • Fanni Fekete
    Adrán Marcinkó

    “Komárom is a city with weight” – Adrián Marcinkó is building the community of Hungarian entrepreneurs in Slovakia

    Many people think that entrepreneurs are lonely people, and as a minority Hungarian, this can be doubly true. Adrián Marcinkó from Komárom, Slovakia, founder...
  • Lívia Kölnei
    Ildikó Bálint

    "As soon as you enter, time freezes and you find yourself back in your childhood" – Selfieteria in Szabadka: a playground for adults

    She makes other people's dreams come true while realizing her childhood dream. Ildikó Bálint , the founder and creator of the Selfieteria, Selfie Museum...
  • Sára Pataki
    Tamás Bandúr and Zsolt Koncsik on the top of the podium at the EuroSkills Competition

    Are you guys speaking Hungarian now? – Two young ICT Specialists who conquered Europe

    "You can be a game developer or a network engineer," says one of them, explaining why IT is a good career choice. In September...
  • Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
    The owners of Kiscsikó restaurant, Ildikó and Róbert Puskás with their daughter

    The love of the whole team is in every dish – the Kiscsikó restaurant in Transcarpathia is open even in wartime

    The phone number starts with +38. This is Ukraine. The neighbouring country where there has been a war for two years now and which...
  • Sára Pataki
    Márton Offner

    "I could really be present mentally" – Márton Offner from Zalaegerszeg is Europe's best plumbing and heating technician

    Only 21 years old, but he won the EuroSkills Competition this year. He almost resigned for the silver medal, but in the end, he...
  • Samu Csinta
    Gregor Roy Chowdhury

    The movie-like story of a Hindu-Hungarian aristocratic family and their Transylvanian heritage

    People call him Count Gergely; Gregor Roy Chowdhury-Mikes , the majority shareholder of the Secuiana, an apparel manufactory in Kézdivásárhely (Târgu Secuiesc), Romania, has...
  • Sára Pataki
    János Hidvégi working at his computer at the EuroSkills Competition

    European champion Hungarian web developer says his profession is where art and engineering meet

    He first got into programming when he was ten years old and had barely started high school before he developed his own web application...
  • Sára Pataki
    Bálint Czimmer at the EuroSkills Competition

    From his great-grandparents' house to the top of the podium – Bálint Czimmer, European Champion in Interior Painting

    "In just a few days you can transform an apartment to make you feel like you're entering a completely different place," says 20-year-old Bálint...
  • Andrea Csongor
    The group of sportsmen travelling to the XVI Summer Olympic Games. In the foreground István Hevesi water polo player, next to him Imre Polyák wrestler, and György Gurics wrestler, behind them Ervin Zádor water polo player, and Jenő Bakó, swimming master coach

    The "Melbourne bloodbath", the revenge of the Hungarian water polo team – How we repaid the crushing of the '56 revolution

    It would surely be difficult to find a connection between the sight of blood mixing with the pool water, the Olympic performance of our...
  • Lilla Zeke
    Noben Prize laureate Ferenc Krausz

    "The Hungarian scientist who received the Nobel Prize" – Ferenc Krausz in service of humanity

    "From the podium, it's hard to tell who will win a Nobel Prize, but you can see who is ambitious. Ferenc Krausz was one...
  • Andrea Csongor
    Katalin Karikó

    “How come we haven't noticed this before?” – was asked from Katalin Karikó, who in turn discovered it and received the Nobel Prize

    The question was asked at a party by a scientist who had earlier repeatedly criticized Katalin Karikó , the Hungarian biochemist who has just...