You’re fired, now celebrate
After banning Hungarian diplomats from attending Romanian commemorations of the union of Transylvania with the Romanian Kingdom in 1918, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said that Hungarians have nothing to celebrate[…]
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Whisky, probably straight –drinker, definitely not
A meeting with the liquor-drinking, taxi-taking robber who became a bit of a folk hero. Before they locked him up.
It’s January 22, 1993 and the weather in Budapest is freezing cold. A young man in his mid-20s is sitting at a table in a pub in Villányi utca in[…]
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Time out in Transylvania
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[…]
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