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...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
Da Vinci dreamed of it, Dániel Váczi made it – a new Hungarian instrument set off to conquer the world
For years, saxophonist Dániel Váczi and designer Tóbiás Terebessy have been working on a family of wind instruments that is apt to transition between...
Zsuzsanna Bagdán
A village saved from decay – Torockó
The feeling of being late in my generation has already been described in many different ways. For us, for example, the kind of Transylvanianism...
Kata Molnár-Bánffy
On the model table of past and future – a conversation with Dávid Vitézy about the new Museum of Transport
We are in a fascinating place: the size and complexity of the disused Northern Vehicle Repair Diesel-Hall in Kőbánya will surprise and impress even...
Ágnes Bodonovich
”I love my son as much as I love the other three” – an interview with Judit Folly whose third child was born with Down’s-syndrome
A couple of years ago, during a campaign for the Folly Arboretum Judit Folly's sister told us her sister's story. Judit's third child, Miklós...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
"It is often the children who convince parents to go green" – an interview with State Secretary Attila Steiner
Even those who used to bury their heads in the sand are starting to feel the effects of climate change. Forest fires, flash floods...
Lívia Kölnei
How to survive the end of the Christian world? – The Benedict Option with Benedictine monk Gergely Bakos
One of the most thought-provoking books of recent times, it is both a utopia and a detailed survival guide to the rescue of Christian...
Kata Molnár-Bánffy
"Hungarians still live, Buda still stands!” – a conversation with Government Commissioner Gergely Fodor on the renovation of the Buda Castle Palace
As Hungarians, we have many experiences of the Buda Castle. Class excursions, family visits, long studies in the Széchényi Library, exhibition experiences, performances in...
Adrián Szász dr.
‘God saved my life through my daughter’ – When adoption is a manifestation of love
‘I got pregnant when I was 17, I still went to high school. I didn’t plan my life that way, as soon as I...
Kriszta Csák-Nagy
"There is no life at the top" - Heights and depths with Hilda Sterczer, wife of Zsolt Erőss mountaineer
It has been more than eight years since the mountaineer Zsolt Erőss, known as the Hópárduc (Snow Leopard), failed to return from Kangchenjunga, one...
Krisztián Szabó
If we don't want to become America, where liberal democracy collapses into Marxism... - Israeli philosopher Yoram Hazony on the future of conservative thinking
" Conservatism: Return to the Basics" was the title of a lecture given in Budapest by Yoram Hazony, head of the Herzl Institute in...
Adrián Szász dr.
Her adopted daughter in Congo expects her back – Emese Balázs-Fülöp, the globetrotting Transylvanian photographer
She grew up in Gyergyóremete (Remetea) and always knew that she wanted to go to Africa one day. At the age of 22, she...