”We never take wrestling home” – an interview with Tamás Lőrincz and Viktor Lőrincz
When Tamás Lőrincz became an Olympic champion and was interviewed, his words stood out among the many "I did it", "I achieved", "I won"...
Domokos Zováthi
Plácido Domingo: "The Hungarian Opera House is a jewel!"
Plácido Domingo was a frequent guest in Hungary this spring. In March he was conducting at the Reopening Gala of the Hungarian State Opera...
Kata Molnár-Bánffy
What shall we do with the heritage of communism? – an interview with Mária Schmidt
Every year, as we prepare for the commemoration of the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight, I wonder whether we will live to see the...
Kata Molnár-Bánffy
From minus one to two – We visited Tarnabod with Prime Minister's Commissioner Miklós Vecsei
"The twinkle in their eyes," says Maca, "tells me which kids want to go from one to two. Or rather from minus one to...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
"Some even sell their kids so that the rest of the family could eat." – HIA-Hungary helps in Afghanistan, too
Since the Taliban takeover, the vibrant and intense life in Afghanistan has been completely transformed. Many shops have closed, people have no money, and...
Pál Horváth
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.
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
“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...
Andrea Tóth-Fazekas
“Being Hungarian is an incredible experience, despite the bitter pain.” In conversation with opera singer Levente Molnár
“Spiritually, I reckon viceroy (bán) Bánk was a Szekler, just as I am. I, too, have exactly the same emotional charge: I truly tremble...
Nóra Ivády
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...
Melinda Hekler
Eszter Horváth, first prize winner at World Press Photo - “An expedition to the North Pole is also a quarantine situation”
Never before has a Hungarian woman won at a World Press Photo competition. Eszter Horváth took the photo immortalizing a curious polar bear in...
Melinda Hekler
Bea Kovács, from master beautician to prize-winning photo reporter
Bea Kovács’s life is worthy of a film: at the age of 40, the thriving, acclaimed beautician decided to study photography, and seriously, too...