‘Football would not be the world’s number one sport if it did not carry that unique emotional charge. And often, it is heartbreakingly unfair—for us Hungarians, perhaps more often than for others…We may indeed have to forget about the World…
Semmelweis University has been named Central Europe’s top institution, and Hungary aims to elevate it into the ranks of Europe’s and the world’s leading universities, officials said at the opening of the university’s new Diagnostic and Therapeutic Centre in Budapest….
Hungarian film Landslide (Földindulás), directed by Zsolt Pozsgai, has taken home the Best Drama award at France’s prestigious Red Movie Awards, with Irén Bordán and Gábor Koncz earning the festival’s special prize for Best Lead Pair. The digitally restored 2014…
The newly established JATE Awards—founded by Nobel laureate Katalin Karikó—were presented for the first time at a gala at the University of Szeged. Honorees included literary historian Mihály Ilia, chemistry professor Ágota Tóth and medical researcher Márton Simon Czikkely….
Budapest launches test runs for its new electric bus fleet on Monday, with the vehicles expected to enter regular service earlier than planned, already in early December. The rollout marks a major step toward expanding electric transport across the city….
Despite only needing a tie and even taking an early lead, Hungary lost to Ireland 3–2 at home and thus failed to advance to the World Cup qualifier play-offs. Troy Parrott became a bona fide football hero for his nation…
The first Academy Awards ceremony was held in Hollywood on 16 May 1929, at the Roosevelt Hotel. With an obvious bias, in this article Magyar Krónika recalls the acceptance speeches of the Hungarian winners….
Once upon a time, there was a coffee house called Belvárosi Café, one of the largest and most prestigious cafés in Pest, which was the first to reopen its doors after the siege of Budapest. Its manager, Egon Rónay, was…
‘I conducted my first interview with the Hungarian parish priest of Passaic, NJ. For me, that interview offered a first glimpse into a very interesting kind of Hungarian world that had been completely unknown to me until then…It seemed to…
Hungary has been buzzing since Monday over the mysterious doodles Prime Minister Viktor Orbán created during his long-awaited ATV interview. What began as chaotic circles and arrows sparked claims of instability from critics—until Orbán revealed they were his personal coded…
