The serf who almost became Pope - the life of Tamás Bakócz
The greatest figure of the medieval Hungarian church, he went from a serf boy to a true Renaissance prince of the priesthood. Tamás Bakócz...
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How does a whale-obsessed little girl become a cetacean biologist working to protect and learn about the biggest mammals on Earth?
" As a child, I was very attracted to whale stories such as 'Free Willy' or National Geographic episodes," says cetacean biologist Dóra Székely... -
Albert-László Barabási: "The responsibility of the scientist is to communicate clearly"
I had a conversation with the world-renowned Hungarian network researcher. For once, I do not want to extend the following text with a lengthy... -
The story of a Scottish missionary who was taken to Auschwitz from Budapest
As one of the leaders of the Scottish Mission School in Budapest, Jane Haining did her best to keep the school an island of... -
Kata Molnár-Bánffy: „Conservatism is not guarding the past, but the future”
In her recent Facebook post, Kata Molnár-Bánffy urges us to dare to embrace our Christian values, to dare to speak about the importance of... -
„Our sign is the cross not the swastica” – A Hungarian count in Czechoslovakia
The communist dictatorship has taken its victims during the decades of its rule, both within and beyond our borders, among Hungarians forced into minority... -
From a villa in Buda to a chicken coop on a farm – The life story of Zsigmond Széchenyi
„We are given imagination as compensation for what we are not, and a sense of humour as consolation for what we are.” ( Count... -
Close to the heart of society - the launch of the Hungarian Women's Aid Service
On 13 June 1915, the National Stefania Association was founded to solve the great social challenges of the era, the high infant and maternal... -
Diána Ürge-Vorsatz: “Do I have the right to consume more but they don’t have the right to live?”
The recent past has been an unusual time for us all. It came with losses, lessons, and – although these are perhaps less obvious... -
Not an idea out of the air – Interview with Dr Rita Somogyi, winner of the Transport Innovation Award
A young Hungarian engineer, Dr. Rita Somogyi, and her team have now brought a new and precise solution to the field of GPS-based support... -
“The fact is, you should be exterminated! – the fates of priests after 1956
In the wake of the crushing of the 1956 Revolution until late 1957, that is, in just over one year, nearly 20,000 people were... -
Speaker of 30 languages – Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, life of the wayfaring scientist
Sándor Kőrösi Csoma, the gifted scientific traveller, wrote his name not only into the history of Hungarians through his perseverance and sacrifice. -
“Only the forgotten die” – The immortal love of a 1956 martyr and a young woman
Árpád Brusznyai was a true intellectual. A young teacher who only wanted good, who did not murder or steal, his only ‘crime’ being that... -
Fifteen years in refuge – Unseen chapters from the life of Cardinal József Mindszenty
We know from Hungarian history that a person who has been convicted of treason by both the Arrow Cross and the Communist regimes can... -
Albert Apponyi: nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times
“For Hungary, choosing between accepting the peace treaty or refusing to sign it would be tantamount to having to ask itself if it should... -
There is no prostitution without coercion
Research indicates that people are more vulnerable to prostitution in the current crisis caused by the virus as they are in times of natural... -
Hungarian ship’s doctor of the Carpathia, saviour of survivors of the Titanic – Dr. Árpád Lengyel
I’ve watched the romantic disaster movie Titanic, winner of 11 Oscars, a thousand times. Even if you were never such a massive fan of...
