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...
Sára Pataki
Hungarian doctor saves speleologist in Turkey – Intensive care unit at a depth of a thousand meters
In the last few weeks, the world's attention has been focused on the Morca Cave in Turkey, where American caver Mark Dickey fell sick...
Villő Tóth
The adventurous journey of Éva, a young Roma social worker from Tata to Berlin – "To be human in all circumstances"
Éva Ádám is a young woman who has seen so many touching human stories that a lifetime might not be enough to tell them...
Adrián Szász dr.
World success chased him in vain, never caught up with him – Sándor Iharos, a runner who was faster than everyone
It is said that in Hungary in the 1950s, Sándor Iharos was to athletics what Ferenc Puskás was to football. In 1955, he was...
Adrián Szász dr.
“A food photo is only good if it makes you want to go and get it!” – Food photographer Réka Csulak's works win international awards
She takes photos of food, often preparing the dishes herself, based on her own recipes, and is usually the food stylist for the photos...
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...