Kerry Skyring

This coming week will see ceremonies in Budapest and other capitals of Central Europe marking the 50th anniversary of Hungary's 1956 uprising against the Soviet Union. An…

The new EU member states of Central Europe are currently embroiled in either political or financial turmoil - or both. There have been violent anti-government protests in…

Budapest has again seen massive protests as the opposition party Fidesz again calls out its supporters to demand that Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany resign. But the Prime…

This week Budapest was the scene of violent riots and Hungary's Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany looked like a politician without a future. A political storm blew up over a…

A young Austrian woman who was abducted as a ten year old girl and spent the next eight years in a tiny cellar spoke to the media this week about her experience. In…

The Brain Drain of trained medical staff is being felt right across Central Europe. In Hungary, for instance, one consultant estimates there are three thousand vacancies…

US President George W. Bush was in Budapest this week where he took part in ceremonies marking 50 years since the uprising against Soviet control. Speaking on the Gellert…

It is two years since fireworks and parties celebrated the enlargement of the European Union by ten new members. This was particularly significant in Central Europe where…