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In response to Attila Leitner’s inaccurate and defamatory piece in the Budapest Times, we offer the following statement. First, Leitner assumes that “someone in the countryside” wouldn’t care about what[…]
Hospital can’t offer a clean bill of health
Dear Editor
I recently had the horrific experience of being admitted to St John’s Hospital (Szent János Kórház) in Budapest for three days, and wanted to discuss the appalling conditions both the[…]
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Let’s dump this cruel mayor
Dear Editor,
Many of your readers will have a vote in the municipal elections in autumn when they will be able to choose both their district mayor and the Budapest mayor. Let[…]
Another chance to get it right
The Capital with the Eye of an Expat
As the people on the west coast of Ireland try to pick themselves up after record high winds mated with exceedingly high tides to wreak havoc on the coastline and[…]
What a performance at Opera House
Dear Editor,
On New Year’s Day I went to see Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra in the Opera House, and looked for assistance for my seat locations with an usher. We were told to[…]
Misplaced nostalgia for worst of Hungary
Dear Editor,
Benedek Kalmár (“Nostalgia in Politics”, The Budapest Times, 29 November-5 December 2013) explains Hungary’s current quest for solace and vindication with the very persuasive explanation of the policy under the[…]
Shameful game a betrayal of Puskás
Dear Editor,
You may decide not to print this letter but I hope you will, because after I learned the disastrous defeat in the World Cup qualifier – Netherlands 8, Hungary 1[…]
Elation turns to sorrow back home in rootless Hungary
Dear Editor,
I deeply appreciate your review of the book “A Carpathian Folk Song: Freedom, Love, Gold” (“Family’s life never same after ’gold trains’”, The Budapest Times, 18-24 October 2013). I would[…]
Memories fail as the years slip past
Dear Editor,
Congratulations on the newspaper reaching its 10th anniversary. I read the ‘Where are they now?’ review of the past decade with interest, and quite some surprise. In it you claim[…]
I‘m 81 and Friday 13th doesn‘t worry me
Dear Editor,
On page 2 of The Budapest Times issued 13-19 September, the article I found very fascinating is, and I quote “Beware of Friday 13th” unquote, because I have a special[…]
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