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Coach János Csank (left)
and owner John P. Marshall

The renaissance of a Hungarian football team

The story of Vác FC

27. February 2015 - by Lee Reaney in Sports

You’ll be forgiven if you have not heard the intriguing story of the defiant football team from Vác, a small town of 35,000 just 35 kilometres north of Budapest. Only[…]

Unfashionably good

Ferenc Molnár’s “Fashions for Men” returns to New York

27. February 2015 - by Eric Uhlfelder, New York in Culture

So infuriating is the peculiar nature of Péter Juhász, the lead character in Manhattan’s Mint Theater Company’s latest farcical production, that your typical New Yorker may likely have to restrain[…]

The South American connection

My Budapest: Júlia and Hugo from Brazil

14. February 2015 - by Katrin Holtz in Budapest

Hugo looked at his Júlia and wished he did not have to leave Budapest. Behind them the lights reflected from Margaret Bridge on the quietly flowing Danube. Early next morning[…]

Rippl-Rónai’s portrait of Maillol (this page) and himself

Rippl-Rónai and Maillol

Traces of a friendship:

24. January 2015 - by Rozália Harsányi in Culture

The Hungarian National Gallery’s Rippl-Rónai and Maillol – The Story of a Friendship is the first exhibition focusing on the friendship and fruitful working relationship of the two artists. The[…]

Time out in Transylvania

7. September 2014 - by Chris Maddock in Hotel Reviews

In the fast 21st century, parts of the Romanian region Transylvania thankfully remain horse-and-cart country. Sighisoara, with the region’s best-preserved Saxon fortress, is a good base to explore. BinderBubi Hotel[…]

The assassination as illustrated by Achille Beltrame of the Italian newspaper Domenica del Corriere, 12 July 1914

After a devastating war, a shattering peace

WWI centenary sees a world forever changed

3. August 2014 - by Liliana Borges in Politics

A century has passed since the beginning of the century of wars. It all started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian[…]

Construction industry recovery is painstakingly slow

The number of new flats inched ahead in the first quarter after hitting a brick wall last year

24. May 2014 - by Rainer Ackermann in Economy

There are an estimated four million flats in Hungary. According to the experts, the lifetime of an apartment is usually 100 years, whereupon it needs to be replaced by a[…]