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Balázs Orbán: ‘2024 was a lot better than the year before, but not as good as what we will see this year’

Political Director Balázs Orbán has talked to the Hungarian business site Portfolio.hu. In it, he expressed optimism about the incoming Trump administration ending the war in Eastern Europe, which would be very beneficial for the region’s economy. ‘If there is…
János Bóka, Minister for EU Affairs, Hungary

‘Hungary will use all means to obtain the remaining EU funds,’ Minister Bóka Vows

According to media reports, Hungary permanently lost access to €1 billion in EU funds at the end of last year. However, Minister of EU Affairs János Bóka of Hungary vowed that ‘as long as Hungary has a national and sovereign…
Károly Patkó, Zebegény (1934). Private Collection

The (Habsburg) Empire Strikes Back

‘The Danubian Compact could serve as a modern, flexible framework for cooperation, focusing on shared economic interests, energy security, infrastructure development, and more. What if the real future of Central Europe does not lie in resurrecting the past, but in…
A scene at the Gundel Restaurant in 1957

The 130-Year-Old Star of Hungarian Gastronomy: Gundel

The restaurant, established in the 1860s, was taken over In 1910 by János Gundel, a German immigrant from Bavaria, who gave the restaurant the name it is known by today….
Portrait of Thomas Cranmer by Gerlach Flicke (detail, 1545)

The Anglosphere and Central Europe: A Personal View

‘The failed revolutionary upheavals in 1848 would see thousands of Central Europeans go into exile in Britain. One of the most famous of these was Hungarian national hero Lajos Kossuth, who travelled extensively in the United States before moving to…
Main Square, Lima, Peru

A Hungarian Girl on the Peruvian Stage: The Story of Emőke Schöffer Komlóssy

Emőke’s story from the flight from Hungary as a small baby and an accidental move to Peru to her stage performances in multicultural Lima and her endurance through local crises illustrate the destiny of a unique group of Central Europeans…
A performance at the 2023 Csipketábor

‘We always had folk music played everywhere’ — A conversation with József Salamon, founder of the Csipke Camp

An interview with the artistic director of the Csipke Ensemble about the challenges and beauties of organizing the premier Hungarian dance camp in the United States, as well as about family, Transylvania, folk dancing, and more….

‘Cop Killer’ Sues Hungarian Government in Strasbourg

85-year-old István Győrkös has been convicted of murdering police officer Péter Pálvölgyi, who was conducting a search of his property in Bőny, Hungary in October 2016. According to press reports, Győrkös, who claims the killing was an accident, has now…
The restored St Stephen's Hall in the Castle District in Budapest in 2021

Rebirth of the Castle: The National Hauszmann Programme and the Aesthetics of Tradition

‘In few countries was the period of 19th century national revival more productive than post-Compromise Hungary, where the national-cultural revival was accompanied by a period of economic prosperity and renewed political prominence. And, within Hungary, no other building complex captures…

Hungary, Architect of a New Europe

‘It remains evident that the main actors of the architectures, systems, and organizations of the old world order are stubbornly clinging to their positions, unwilling to acknowledge the need for change. However, Hungary stands ready to take the lead in…

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