KockaCsoki – where making chocolate helps people with autism
KockaCsoki ('Square' or, literally, a 'cube' of Chocolate) is more than just an artisanal chocolate workshop: it is a social enterprise that helps young...
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Fabulous Hungarian castles and forts worth visiting even in winter
Hungary has so many beautiful castles and impressive forts that it would be a shame to stay indoors in winter instead of going on... -
You can learn outside the four walls, too – An interview with Dr. Zoltán Szalai, Director general of Mathias Corvinus Collegium
One of the horrors of every parent is that their child would "mix with the wrong crowd", whatever that may mean, and we often... -
”The people we meet are living historical footprints” – the cool traditionalists say
Dániel Kurucz, the host-producer of the television series Hungaricums Around the World, has visited Hungarians living in 35 countries on five continents, searching for... -
The gift boats were punched by the Sri Lankans – Giving help is not the same as giving aid
The Hungarian Interchurch Aid, thirty years old this year, has matured into a cohesive, extended community of people working every day to make the... -
A village saved from decay – Torockó
The feeling of being late in my generation has already been described in many different ways. For us, for example, the kind of Transylvanianism... -
On the model table of past and future – a conversation with Dávid Vitézy about the new Museum of Transport
We are in a fascinating place: the size and complexity of the disused Northern Vehicle Repair Diesel-Hall in Kőbánya will surprise and impress even... -
"It is often the children who convince parents to go green" – an interview with State Secretary Attila Steiner
Even those who used to bury their heads in the sand are starting to feel the effects of climate change. Forest fires, flash floods... -
"Hungarians still live, Buda still stands!” – a conversation with Government Commissioner Gergely Fodor on the renovation of the Buda Castle Palace
As Hungarians, we have many experiences of the Buda Castle. Class excursions, family visits, long studies in the Széchényi Library, exhibition experiences, performances in... -
‘God saved my life through my daughter’ – When adoption is a manifestation of love
‘I got pregnant when I was 17, I still went to high school. I didn’t plan my life that way, as soon as I... -
If we don't want to become America, where liberal democracy collapses into Marxism... - Israeli philosopher Yoram Hazony on the future of conservative thinking
" Conservatism: Return to the Basics" was the title of a lecture given in Budapest by Yoram Hazony, head of the Herzl Institute in... -
"Not only the walls need to be rebuilt” – an interview with State Secretary Tristan Azbej
Part of the self-respect of a nation, of a country, is the ability to show solidarity, to reach out to those with whom we... -
„Many teenagers who believed in freedom died in the revolution”
I feel it's my duty to embrace the goal of the boys in Pest in '56, and that's why I'm working to help Hungarian... -
This is how the girl in the red coat remembers the revolution: 'We breathed together'
She did not even suspect that she would become a messenger of freedom when she put on her red coat and headed to the... -
The champion who found his way home - Ferenc Puskás has everything we Hungarians love about ourselves
There aren’t many Hungarians who do not have at least one, direct or indirect memory of Ferenc Puskás. For me, the first of these... -
The most honoured daughter of the country - Countess Antonia Zichy, wife of Lajos Batthyány
The consort of the martyred Prime Minister, Count Lajos Batthyány, executed on 6 October 1849, was not only a faithful wife but also an... -
The story of the healing golden rice and the human-hearted bunny - or the benefits of genetic modification today
Dr. Péter Major is best known for the cultural content of shoeshine.hu, one of the founding members of the organisation. But few people know...
