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East German refugee, with a Hungarian border guard looking on, showing his documents before he is allowed to leave for West Germany through Austria.

The First Crack in the Communist Iron Curtain: The Pan-European Picnic

This Saturday marks the 34th anniversary of the Pan-European Picnic, when East German refugees, attempting to defect to West Germany, were allowed to enter Austria by the Hungarian authorities. The Picnic is also a symbol of a borderless, free, united…

Foreigners Buying Properties in Hungary Mostly Favour Budapest

Among buyers from abroad, Germans are the most active. Of transactions facilitated by real estate agency Otthon Centrum, 30 per cent of foreign buyers came from Germany, followed by Slovaks and with Romanians in the third place….
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The German Elephant and the Hungarian Mouse — Werner Patzelt on European Identity, EU Institutions and Germany’s Role

‘A significant part of European culture is fading away. The Greek tradition of philosophy, knowledge, curiosity, is being lost. We live in the period of cancel culture, of narrowing down what can be contested or argued or put into question….

The Einstein–Szilard Letter That Led to the Development of the Atomic Bomb

81 years ago, on 2 August 1939, Albert Einstein signed a letter from Hungarian-born physicists Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, and Edward Teller to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in which they warned him that Germany’s development of an atomic bomb…

German Pensioners Prefer Lake Balaton over Spain

An article published by the Spanish online news portal ABC reveals that the influx of German retirees relocating to Hungary has surged by a remarkable 25 per cent. The article, referring to an undisclosed German newspaper, characterises Lake Balaton and…
Austro-Hungarian soldiers in 1914.

Declaration of War — Formality or Game Changer?

‘One might conclude that only rogue states wage war without declaring it, yet the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the prolonged military involvements in Afghanistan and Iraq were not preceded by a declaration of war issued by the United…

Gergely Gulyás: EU Quotas Send an Invitation to Millions of Migrants

The minister highlighted that Brussels has requested a further 98.5 billion euros in contributions from the member states, which is fifteen times the total annual personal income tax revenue in Hungary and roughly equals the entire annual Hungarian state budget….

Change of Leadership in the CDU — German Conservatives at a Crossroads

The Christian Democratic Union in Germany has shifted to the left in recent years, which does not seem to be working out for them, while the far-right has got stronger. Can a change of leadership and incoming conservative Secretary General…

Hungarian Researchers Aim to Develop Quantum Processor for Home Conditions

Hungarian Ádám Gali of the Wigner Research Centre for Physics is the leader of an international project aiming to create a small quantum processor that can operate at room temperature under normal office or home conditions….

Gergely Gulyás: Despite the Hardships of Last Year, Hungary’s Security Was Protected

Gergely Gulyás explained that since the previous cabinet took office in 2018, numerous changes have occurred in world politics and the economy, and the government elected in 2022 had to face completely different challenges than it did four years earlier….

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