Sándor Laczkó

Central Europe's chaotic history, with empires falling and borders going up and coming down has left many minorities stranded - living in the place where their people have…

Budapest's Palace of Arts may have taken a grand name for itself but in this case "Palace" is not an overstatement. The dramatic building sits on the banks of the Danube…

In Hungary farmers face a dilemna over whether to grow crops for food or fuel. A recent study by the OECD suggest food prices could rise by between 20 and 50 percent as a…

Hungary was once known as the "bread-basked of Europe" largely because of the fertile and productive great Hungarian plain. Agriculture now plays a lesser, but still…

Almost two decades after the fall of the Iron Curtain, another important barrier separating members of the former Eastern block from western Europe is to be lifted. As of…

Hungary - and Hungarians - have a long tradition of innovation. From the electric motor to the ball point pen their inventions have touched all of our lives. As Sandor…

"The wine of kings - the king of wines" - is what Louis the 14th, of France is reported to have said as he popped the cork on another bottle of Tokaj wine. This is the…

An "intensely polarised political environment" - is how the 2007 Freedom House report describes the Hungarian situation. It says Hungary is an electoral democracy and puts…

Hungary is trying to bring down its energy consumption. Partly for the obvious reasons; consumers will save money and Hungarians will be doing their bit to lower…

Hungary is famous for turning out scientists and scholars and now it's about to dedicate a whole television channel to science and technology. "Knowledge TV" or 'Think TV…