It is 90 years since Annie Fischer won the first prize at the Franz Liszt International Piano Competition at the age of 19, which...
Adrián Szász dr.
A new icon is born in Liverpool: Dominik Szoboszlai – The power that can raise him among the best
He was just 19 when we sat down to talk in a café in Székesfehérvár a few days before Christmas in 2019. He was...
Sára Nagy-Kuthi
Protecting abused girls in Transcarpathia, Ukraine – the story of a Hungarian pastor
Almost two decades ago, Pastor Viktória Katona 's life in Transcarpathia began with a ten-month ministry in Velyka Dobron (Nagydobrony), Ukraine. Later, she was...
Henrietta Vadas
Hungary's only active ice sculptor who is also a chainsaw woodcarver – "We've even carved an ice carriage that you could sit in"
István Gáborecz, who is originally from Transcarpathia, initially wanted to become a painter, but his application form was mixed up during the admission procedure...
Zsuzsanna Bogos
Lung strudel and stuffed bovine spleen – Bizarre dishes from old cookbooks
At first glance, some of the dishes in our old cookbooks may seem bizarre. Stuffed bovine spleen rotisserie. A lamb-brain sandwich with green herbs...
Éva Szilléry
”Even if our mission isn’t profitable we’ll do it” – The Hajnalfény Medical Group helps people in need in Transylvania
László Szalai is an ophthalmologist who had helped people in need in the Far East earthquake zones and Middle Eastern war zones before realizing...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
Hungarian marine biologist rebuilds coral reefs with his teenage son
Marine biologist Emil Karáth almost drowned twice as a child, but despite - or perhaps because of - this, the water became his life...
Tamás Velkei
Discovering the largest crusader mural cycle in the Holy Land – Hungarian archeologists are at least as good as their Western colleagues
By fulfilling his childhood dream, he not only gave his life a purpose, but his work resulted in a university course and institute, too...
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...