Moving to the countryside, a family’s mission in the Vértes mountains – “On a hill, in the dark, the little house is like a lantern”
A couple with young children gave up their life in the capital and found a new home and a new job a few years...
Barbara Schuster
Shaping body and soul – Ferenc Marlok makes scoliosis braces for teenagers
Ferenc Marlok is a master medical equipment technician who designs and produces custom-made plastic back braces for children with scoliosis. At first, the teenagers...
Sára Pataki
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
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...
Kati Szám
Katinka Hosszú: "It's important that people can count on me in my private life, too"
I often encourage beginner colleagues preparing for a sports interview not to take it as a personal failure if they only receive short sentences...
Krisztián Szabó
Angela Gandra: "If we were to expect the same role from everyone, we would destroy society"
Angela Vidal Gandra da Silva Martins, Brazil’s Secretary of State for Family Affairs, was a guest at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium – Danube Institute’s...
Kati Szám
"Hello, Jesus, the Molnárs are here" – Kata Molnár-Bánffy and Gábor Molnár, a couple going on a pilgrimage
When I asked, “Whose idea was it for you to start it?” they looked at each other and smiled – they both remember it...
Melinda Hekler
Marina Gera: “I wanted to be a film actress since I was two years old”
It was a miracle that two months ago Hungary had its first ever Emmy nomination. But only the most daring would have dreamt that...
Zsuzsa Máthé
Operas and operations: the adventurous life of the Marton couple
Éva Marton is the greatest Hungarian soprano of the 20th century. However, her unique career has been a duet; beside her vocal-stage qualities, her...
Ildikó Antal-Ferencz
Gergely Kiss: “It never once crossed my mind that things could be better with another woman”
They met each other when they were 19, quite by chance, although both played water polo. Ancsa studied at college in Eger and she...
Lívia Kölnei
Conservative feminism during the Horthy era brought significant advancements in women’s emancipation
Barbara Papp is a remarkable historian: she toppled a taboo of several decades by coming not to an ideological nor biased, but rather a...
Zoltán Boldog
Will we forget Faludy, the poet, who makes fun of us even after death?
A curious legacy turned up in the literature department of Szeged’s faculty of humanities: a dedication by poet György Faludy, who died in 2006...