”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...
Sára Pataki
World record-breaking Hungarian talents – two high school students from Budapest win the Oxford Schools Debating Competition twice in a row
Two Hungarian high school girls have broken records, winning the Oxford Schools’ International Debating Competition in two different categories last year and again this...
Henrietta Vadas
"Painting eggs was love at first sight" –Ildikó Fekete decorates eggs under the spell of angles and symmetries
Ildikó Fekete was captivated by the art of wax-dyed eggs from a very young age: she has been making them since she was 16...
Zsuzsanna Bagdán
Budapest's best-known fortune teller, who consulted in cafes – the story of Boriska Silbiger
In the early 2000s, the director of a cultural institution said to a prominent radio journalist, " Only Silbiger Boriska can give you some...
Mariann Háver-Varga
"Our legs are the most honest part of our body" – Body language is worth reading and mastering
In Hungary, relatively few people deal with body language, and psychologists and trainers use it as a supplementary topic at most. However, Nóra Bíró...
Ágnes Németh
„Many teenagers who believed in freedom died in the revolution”
I feel it's my duty to embrace the goal of the boys in Pest in '56, and that's why I'm working to help Hungarian...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
This is how the girl in the red coat remembers the revolution: 'We breathed together'
She did not even suspect that she would become a messenger of freedom when she put on her red coat and headed to the...
Adrián Szász dr.
The champion who found his way home - Ferenc Puskás has everything we Hungarians love about ourselves
There aren’t many Hungarians who do not have at least one, direct or indirect memory of Ferenc Puskás. For me, the first of these...
Zsuzsa Máthé
The most honoured daughter of the country - Countess Antonia Zichy, wife of Lajos Batthyány
The consort of the martyred Prime Minister, Count Lajos Batthyány, executed on 6 October 1849, was not only a faithful wife but also an...