Bándy Katahad been reported as a missing person for days when the police announced her body was found in the southern Hungarian town Pécs. According to official police website the young lady, who worked as a psychologist for the police, is thought to have been killed. Police are working at […]
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Double rainbow over the M7 motorway near Nagykanizsa. Click to enlarge The photo was taken by György Varga (MTI) on 10 July.
Hollywood actor Bruce Willis started to shoot the 5th episode of Die Hard series (A Good Day to Die Hard) in Budapest in April. Bruce Willis is working in the center of Budapest Director John Moore is giving instructions to actors Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney and Sebestian Koch. The work […]
This year Budapest Pride Film and Cultural Festival was hold from July 1 through July 8 with cultural performances, concerts, exhibitions, discussions etc. The peak of the event, as every year, was the Saturday afternoon Budapest Pride March, which ended up a small street fight between the police forces and […]
Some days ago I wrote about the spectacular Hungarian boat race called Blue Ribbon, which takes place around Lake Balaton. This lake is one of the hubs of the Hungarian summer. This Saturday a huge swimming competition was held here. More than 10.000 people swam across the lake from Révfülöp […]
1. BKK (Centre for Budapest Transport) company has launched a new service that is proved to be extremely popular with the tourist and the local people as well. People are boarding D12 at Batthyányi square in the center of Budapest The boats called D1 and D12 have been operating as […]
Did you know that Europe’ s oldest and longest lake-circling race takes place in Hungary? I guess you didn’t. Me neither, anyway. It is called the “Blue Ribbon Regatta” and held on Lake Balaton every summer. Telling the truth I have heard about this event many times from the news […]
In this photo János Pozerka retiree is watering his paprika fields with his self-made irrigation device. The machine is constructed of old bicycles, hoses, pipes and metal grids. As far as I can see it works properly. It is an illustration of the general belief that Hungarian people are considered […]
Dear My Readers, I am writing to you to inform about the heat wave that is baking Hungary right now. During the daytime the temperature is nearly 40 degrees Celsius, and at night it is jut a bit bellow 30. Actually it is not totally unusual here, we have this […]
Yesterday a new spa was opened in Balvazújváros. Its cost was 1.2 billion HUF, partly paid by the EU – says the Hungarian News Agency. In the town it has been the biggest investment in the last 30 years and the decision makers hope it is a milestone of the […]