Hungarian Anonymous group caught by the police

It seems that the Hungarian Anonymous group was consisted of a 16-year-old teenager and his 4 fellows– reported the Hungarian police chief at a press conference held in Budapest on Saturday. The investigation was started at the end of August after a website owner turned to the police saying its […]

Hungary gets involved in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict

The story began in 2004 in Budapest when Azerbaijani national Ramil Sahib Safarov brutally killed his roommate Armenian Gurgen Margaryan with an axe. Both the murderer and the victim were military students participating in a NATO organized language course in the Hungarian capital. Safarov was sentenced of life imprisonment in […]

500 work out with Carl Lewis in Budapest

On Margit Island, Budapest, more than 500 athletes did exercises together. The reason for this sports convention is easy to explain: the instructor’s name was Carl Lewis. The 51 years old, 9 times Olympian Champion arrived in Hungary to promote BudapestHalf Marathon, which will take place on 9 September. The […]

September 9 – The Day of Hungarian Songs

I bet, dear reader, you don’t know too much about the Hungarian songs or Hungarian pop music. No wonder. The country was isolated from the western world for decades, and our exotic language is not a big advantage from this point of view either. Nevertheless, Hungarian pop music has had […]

Shallow water in Lake Balaton

The biggest Central European lake Balaton is locally called “Hungarian Sea”, but at the moment it is definitely not a sea, because of its dramatic depth – which is only 3,2 meters on average. Especially the south shore is shallow, it is like a giant children’s pool, where you can […]

Drugstreet scandal at Ozora Festival

A massive group of 480 policemen, tax officers and other authorities cracked down on Ozora Festival in the Middle of Hungary. As a result of the raid, dozens of people were arrested mainly for dealing and possessing of drugs. The police seized a significant quantity of marihuana, mescalin, ecstasy and […]

Sziget Festival 2012 will be broadcast on YouTube live

In some days’ time the biggest Hungarian festival Sziget will start. This year the event will take 8 days and nearly 400 thousand people are expected to arrive at the Danube island of the Hungarian capital city Budapest. Among the headliners there are acts such as Snoop Dogg, the Killers, […]