According to reports, the European Commission on Wednesday proposed that the deadline for the Szekler Council's petition, aimed at ensuring European Union protection for ethnic regions across the bloc, be pushed back by six months. Hungary Today was quick to...

The critics of Hungary disregard the specific historical experiences of the country, and that the copying of the West under any circumstances proved to be a dead-end – says Thomas Lorman, professor of School of Slavonic and East European Studies...

István Tőkés emigrated from Transylvania to Canada at the age of 25 to see the world and try his luck. He succeeded, and was able to begin working as an engineer almost immediately. Later, when regularly visiting his family back...

As the Friends of Hungary Foundation, publisher of Hungary Today, is approaching its 10 year anniversary, we decided to ask Dr. Ábel Lajtha, renowned neuroscientist, the only living student of Albert Szent-Györgyi, and one of the founders of the Foundation,...

Everyone should sign the European Citizens’ Initiative who demands a future for his community in Europe and wants to preserve the language, and culture he inherited from his ancestors, Attila Dabis says. The Szekler National Council’s foreign affairs officer believes...

Father Zoltán Fehér was ordained last summer by Cardinal Péter Erdő in Esztergom. Since then, the young 25-year-old priest found his place at the famous St. Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest, where his duties also include leading and teaching the catechumen...

Hungarian Jews can live in safety, their cultural live are thriving, but there would be a lot more to do, and unfortunately Hungarians still score high in xenophobia, says Péter Kirschner, leader of the Hungarian Jewish Cultural Association (MAZSIKE), the...

She is young, beautiful, and talented. And not just at anything. Anna Bazsik is a painter. Her pictures create thousands of feelings, while we stand in front of them wondering. What is that businessman in the suit thinking about in front of...

When asked about his nationality, and to which nation he belongs to, it is not an easy answer for Carlos Müller. "I am one third Venezuelan, one third Hungarian, and one third Austrian.” But he adds that the identity he...

Adrian Courage, thanks to his Hungarian mother and regular holidays by the Balaton, speaks Hungarian perfectly. What is more, he has lived in Hungary since 2003 and runs a successful translation company in the capital. He enjoys life in Budapest,...

Alejandra Brum’s family emigrated to Uruguay, and despite living with her grandparents who only spoke Hungarian, she didn’t learn the language. She joined a Hungarian community in Montevideo where she was able to learn folk dance and a form a...

Marina Gera won Hungary’s first International Emmy Award, the ‘Oscar of television films,’ for the Best Performance by an Actress for her role in Hungarian television drama Eternal Winter at the 47th International Emmy Awards. Hungary Today then had the opportunity to speak to...

Well before the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, László Varjú, as a high school student, was jailed for anti-communist activities. Then, in 1957 he risked his life to leave the country, later joining a lesser-known Hungarian paramilitary organization in the US. All...

On October 26, 1956 the roof of the car he was riding in was shot to pieces in Budapest. The second time, on November 4th, his life was spared by a couple of centimeters. Following these disastrous events, József Komlóssy...

This time last year, he was sure he would not run again as mayor of Budapest, but he eventually changed his mind. He no longer feels excitement before an election, as this is the eighth campaign he is participating in....

August 19, 1989. He stood at the temporary border in Sopronpuszta with a gun on his side. Lieutenant Colonel Árpád Bella was in charge of the border patrol and sent to the "Pan-European Picnic" that day. A celebration of the...