Six water tour ideas – Discover Hungary from the water
If you've ever sat in a canoe, kayak, or stood on a SUP board, you've probably noticed how different the world is from the...
Sára Pataki
Learning a new language at the age of 92 – Kató Lomb, one of the world's first simultaneous interpreters
She struggled with German as a child, but a few decades later, a Russian-English dictionary she found in a resale shop sealed her fate...
Krisztián Pomichal
”Like the slave market in the colonies” – Gyula Patasy’s vivid memories of the deportation
If you are lucky enough to live for seven or eight decades, you are bound to suffer the inevitable consequences of history. Among the...
Sára Pataki
Tibor Baranski – The “Hungarian Schindler”, who saved thousands of Jews from death
During the Second World War and the Holocaust, in Budapest, a 22-year-old Catholic priest student saved thousands of Jewish women, children, and men from...
Adrián Szász dr.
He can't hear the blows, they don't hurt him – Norbert Kalucza is the first Hungarian boxer to compete in the Olympics as a deaf person
As a child, he couldn't hear or speak, but he wanted to prove that he is as good as anyone. Roma and deaf-mute, he...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
”It is important that they take on work and responsibility, in exchange for which we can help them” – We visited the Roma community in Rimóc
"Lóránt Vanya, coordinator for public employment, receives the “Presence” (“Jelenlét”) Award" - announced Szilárd Lantos, professional director of the Hungarian Charity Service of The...
Fanni Fekete
40-year-old Nick Vujicic adopts and makes a movie about Hungary
A few days ago, the motivational speaker of Serbian origin visited Hungary again to fill the Papp László Budapest Sport Arena. But Nick Vujicic...
Anna Bábi
Love and war for independence – the story of the first martyr of Arad and his wife’s was one for the books
An 18-year-old girl became the wife of one of the most talented officers of the 1848-49 War of Independence and the 87 days of...
Sára Pataki
“It's like you've gone to war” – HUNOR rescued 17 people from the rubble in Turkey
For almost a week, the HUNOR unit (Hungarian National Organization For Rescue Services) which consists of the country's most experienced professional firefighters, has been...
Júlia Légrádi
Sang all around the world, appeared in NBC’s Today Show – Gyöngyi Tóthné Bán, teacher for more than 30 years now
She is an English teacher at the Primary School in Balatonboglár, a marathon runner, a multiple Balaton swimmer, a mother of three, and last...
Melinda Hekler
The story of the healing golden rice and the human-hearted bunny - or the benefits of genetic modification today
Dr. Péter Major is best known for the cultural content of shoeshine.hu, one of the founding members of the organisation. But few people know...
Pál Horváth
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...
Ágnes Jónás
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...
Kati Szám
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...
Tímea Hajdú
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...