A lady rider Jennifer Vass won this year’s National Gallop in Hungary. The lady represented Budapest Ferencváros in this unique race that takes place every year in Heroes’ Square. Some years ago I visited the Italian town Sienna. In this picturesque historic town every year there is a horse race […]
The story that happened in Budapest on 12 September 2012 could have come from a Hollywood comedy, however, it is difficult to laugh at it. On Wednesday, around midday, the news about a gunned student at Budapest University of Technology (BME) spread fast in the Hungarian media. According to the […]
The first tram rails in Budapest were built in 1887 between the West railway station and Király street. It means that the system is 125 years old now, and the anniversary is going to be celebrated in various ways The tram is 125 years old in Budapest – says the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A 35-year-old Slovak lady caused an accident on the Hungarian motorway M3. Her BMW X5 luxury SUV bumped into a Fiat Punto, which got burned out. Three people died on the spot in the flames, one woman passenger passed away two days later in the hospital. The police have found […]
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 […]
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 […]