Agi Varga
articles by the author
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Hungarian folk and world music singer Iren Lovasz discovers churches as favourite concert venues
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…
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Raising awareness of the ups and downs of bipolar illness on a rollercoaster in Hungary
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…
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Celebrating spicy Hungarian fish soup
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…
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Szeged awarded with Europe Prize
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…
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Hungarian government wins second term
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…
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Smoking still number one public health hazard in Hungary
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…
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Hungary's cliff-hanger election
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…
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Hungary's grand exhibition: "Art and Culture in the Era of King Sigismund of Luxembourg"
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…
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Hungarians battle depression with community psychiatry
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…
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Russia returns medieval books to Hungary
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…
