In Hungary Today’s video series “HT Vlog,” our readers can get a virtual introduction to the most interesting public, cultural, and lifestyle events in Budapest and Hungary. Our exclusive video content is created and edited by Hungarian vlogger Balázs Horváth,...

This year we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the Iron Curtain. 1989 was a life-changing year in the Eastern/Central European region, when, after 30 years of Soviet occupation, the chance came for Central European nations...

In Hungary Today’s video series “HT Vlog”, our readers can get a virtual introduction to the most interesting public, cultural and lifestyle events in Budapest and Hungary. Our exclusive video content is created and edited by Hungarian vlogger Balázs Horváth,...

In Hungary Today’s video series “HT Vlog”, our readers can get a virtual introduction to the most interesting public, cultural and lifestyle events in Budapest and Hungary. Our exclusive video content is created and edited by Hungarian vlogger Balázs...

The first Summer University Festival, later called Tusványos Festival, was held in the summer of 1990 after the fall of communism in Romania and elsewhere in Central and Eastern Europe. Its original aim was to promote a Hungarian-Romanian dialogue...

Hungary joined the European Union in 2004, so since then its citizens have already had the opportunity to vote for MPs of the European Parliament on four occasions. Domestic policy and public life in Hungary are tremendously divided along...

An expansion in diplomacy and the strengthening of foreign trade have been top priorities in the Hungarian government’s policy since 2010. Opening to the East and intensifying connections with the Balkans are important elements of the new strategy, which...

2014 was a memorable year for Central European countries when Donald Tusk became the President of the European Council. It was the first time that a post-socialist politician had been given the position while representing Central Europe at the...

The break-up of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia modified the geopolitical situation in Central Europe to some extent, forming several small new states. The new situation is potentially advantageous for Hungary, in terms of representing its interest in the region (including...

The European Union intended to make a pledge to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 at the summit meeting on June 20th. Poland, Estonia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, however, blocked the joint statement, which was accepted...

Rumours are going around that the Visegrad Four is going to nominate a candidate for the Head of the European Committee and other posts as well. The question is whether or not the Visegrad Group will be able to...

The European Parliamentary elections in May were won by the European People’s Party, though by a narrower margin than before. The breakthrough of the radical right that Orbán probably had expected didn’t come to fruition, although they made some...

Next year will be the centenary of the Treaty of Versailles, which brought, among other agreements, World War I to an end. The Treaty was disastrous for Hungary, with the country losing two-thirds of its territory and one-third of...

Since Donald Trump’s inauguration, the risk of a trade war between the USA and China has become a real threat. In fact, the escalating conflict indicates the first shots have already been fired. Regardless of how the conflict proceeds,...

The Hungarian Prime Minister has been to Washington to meet President Trump. The negotiations were said to occur in a cordial tone and the face-to-face talks were followed by an extended meeting with ministers and experts from both sides....

The Spitzkandidat system in the European Parliament – i.e. a way of choosing the head of the European Commission based on a deal between the largest party groupings in the Parliament – finds itself under attack as election day...