Gyorgyi Jakobi

Hungary has taken over the Presidency of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River and will hold it through 2005. The presidency and the…

Hungary's media is in a state of rapid change. One of the four national daily newspapers, Magyar Hírlap was closed down by its Swiss owner Michael Ringier just over a week…

Hungarians this week commemorated the anniversary of November 4th 1956 when Soviet tanks crushed the short-lived Hungarian revolution. Awards named after the martyred…

This week, Hungary ordered food retailers to withdraw all products containing paprika from their shelves. The measure was taken when checks found some of the red spice…

A recent television message, believed to have been delivered by the Al-Qaeda terrorist group, called for organised action against Hungary. We spoke to the Director of the…

In Budapest, Picasso has been packing them in at the Palace of Exhibitions. Fifty thousand people have been to see Picasso: Illustrated Books and Espana 1950 - The Decade…

For the first time in Hungary, an employee has made a public complaint about sexual harassment in the workplace. Ironically the complaint comes from a secretary working in…

Britain wants to improve its presence in Hungary - that was the message behind a visit by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Robert Finch to Budapest last week…

Count Pal Teleki, was prime minister of Hungary twice - but has never had a statue - until now. And even now it is controversial, because of Teleki's role in the Second…

The giant Gabcikovo dam on the Danube River has been a source of dispute between Hungary and Slovakia for over a decade. The Project was begun by Hungary and the former…