The gift boats were punched by the Sri Lankans – Giving help is not the same as giving aid
The Hungarian Interchurch Aid, thirty years old this year, has matured into a cohesive, extended community of people working every day to make the...
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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... -
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... -
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... -
”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... -
"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... -
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... -
"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... -
‘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... -
"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... -
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... -
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... -
"I felt at home among the Afghans, too" - She has eleven children and helps people in need
She gave birth to eleven children, she has never let herself go, only indifference and disregard for human dignity exasperate her. Since her adolescence... -
"We exist from the moment God first thought of us" – Kurt Dillinger on protecting life
There is nothing more valuable than human life, says LIFE International, an American life-protecting organization founded in 2001 in Michigan. Its members in hundreds... -
"Not only the walls need to be rebuilt” – an interview with State Secretary Tristan Azbej
Part of the self-respect of a nation, of a country, is the ability to show solidarity, to reach out to those with whom we... -
"I have never felt fear" - Experiences as a woman on a military mission
First Lieutenant Erika Szabóné Varga started her eighth military mission in Kosovo in October. We talked to her about her previous experiences - mainly... -
'We made a miracle out of hell' - Antónia Bábel wrote about her child's fight for life in fairy tales
Janka is a special little girl: she underwent life-saving heart surgery when she was just a few days old. She hadn't even opened her... -
„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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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...
