Saving Jews with currant jam – The fascinating life story of the unjustly forgotten Géza Soos
To fly a stolen German plane over the front to the Allies, to save the lives of a dozen Jews and prisoners of war...
Andrea Csongor
The "Melbourne bloodbath", the revenge of the Hungarian water polo team – How we repaid the crushing of the '56 revolution
It would surely be difficult to find a connection between the sight of blood mixing with the pool water, the Olympic performance of our...
Zsejke Jámbor-Miniska
The 17-year-old Hungarian Lego designer, whose tabletop foosball is now available as a set by LEGO
There is no one in Hungary who wouldn't know what Lego is. The joy of building can fascinate even the youngest children, and after...
Andrea Csongor
”Professional musicians need nerves of steel and the physical condition of an astronaut” – There might be a lot of pain behind musical achievements
As early as 1959, Zoltán Kodály noticed that there were many health problems among musicians: tendonitis, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, spinal disorders, in other...
Adrián Szász dr.
"I see from my memories" – as a teenager, for Norbert Biró, Paralympic bronze medallist, everything got blurred
He started out as a promising junior national judo player, but at the age of 16 his eyesight began to deteriorate rapidly. As a...
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...
Anikó Wéber
A glimpse into the wardrobes of the Hungarian nobility! – We present the most beautiful Hungarian ceremonial dresses
For centuries, politics and prevailing ideals have influenced what a nobleman wore to family and official functions. We pin tricolored cockades on our clothes...
Kata Molnár-Bánffy
Healing from the national trauma – an interview with János Árpád Potápi, Secretary of State
The Public Treasures series presents month by month the areas that we see as valuable, our common treasure, worthy of preservation and transmission. Hungarian...
Sára Pataki
”Hi, doctor Rishar, remember me? You operated on me!” – Dr. Richárd Hardi, ophthalmologist, restored the sight of tens of thousands of people in Congo
Dr. Richard Hardi, an ophthalmologist who arrived in sub-Saharan Africa in the mid-1990s with a suitcase full of instruments, works in the poorest parts...
Emese Kosztin
I will tell you my story - How would I live if I had only this one life?
Do you feel like you cannot find your way, this is not how you want to live? That you could do more and better...
Kata Molnár-Bánffy
Transylvania comes to life in Szentendre – we visited the new exhibition of the Hungarian Open Air Museum
You need to have a playful heart to dream up, build and manage a human-scale landscape tableau, a toy city built from real elements...