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The Hungarian Folk singer Iren Lovasz has been giving a series of concerts in Saint Stephen's Basilica in Budapest and in several ancient churches around Hungary. A folk…

Imagine waking up one morning to find that your life in the last six months has been turned upside down. You're all alone because you've been neglecting your friends and…

The southern Hungarian town of Baja, which lies on the lower stretch of the river Danube, is famous for its unique fish soup. Baja has traditionally been the place for a…

The Southern Hungarian city of Szeged is the first ever in Hungary to win the Europe prize. This prestigious annual award from the Council of Europe goes to the city doing…

Hungarians last weekend re-elected a government for the first time since 1990 and at the same time increased the government's majority. The major governing Hungarian…

Hungary has some of the worst statistics in the EU for smoking and smoking-related illness and deaths. And there's more cause for concern. Smoking among women and young…

In Hungary, the governing Socialist party MSZP took a narrow lead over the centre right Fidesz-KDNP in the first round of the parliamentary elections. Two smaller parties…

The Budapest Museum of Fine arts is celebrating its centenary with the country's largest art exhibition of all time which opened under the title "Art and Culture in the…

In the mid 1980's Hungary regularly made the headlines for one unhappy reason - it had the world's highest suicide rate - an average of 46 suicides a year for every…

There's an old saying - Books have their fate. And so it was when Russia returned some precious volumes to Hungary. Their fate was to go back on to the same shelves of the…