Hungary News News Hungary » Culture: Hungary: a landlocked country full of water
Head out of the city, and there’s no place that epitomizes how much Hungarians love water more than Lake Balaton, central Europe’s largest lake. Its 147 miles of shoreline are surrounded by hills and ...
News Hungary » Culture: Hungarian Culture: Vanishing or Reviving?
Zoli has the broad biceps of a wrestler, the burly upper body of a man who chops wood and lifts heavy objects for a living. He’s medium-height, with a thick goatee, and his hair is trimmed down to a ...
News Hungary » Culture: Hungary: Antisemitism as a cultural code
How can Jews feel safer in Hungary than in much of Western Europe while simultaneously believing antisemitism remains deeply embedded in society?
News Hungary » Culture: A New Report Says Victor Orbán’s Government in Hungary Is ‘Systematically’ Curtailing Freedom of Expression
A newly released study warns that artistic freedoms in Hungary are facing graves dangers. The report, titled Systematic Suppression: Hungary’s Arts & Culture in Crisis and released this week by the ...
News Hungary » Culture: Rick Steves says this underrated city is an 'ideal taste of small-town Hungary' with a vibrant culture
This city in Hungary is only 2 hours from Budapest and offers plenty of beautiful views and great wine. Plus, it's endorsed by travel expert Rick Steves.
News Hungary » Culture: Far-Right Purges On Culture Sectors In Slovakia & Hungary Spark Concern Among CEE Delegates In Karlovy Vary: “This Is Not Just A Local Fire”
It’s been nearly a year since Slovakia’s hard-right minister for culture Martina Šimkovičová fired Matej Drlička from his position as director of the Slovak National Theatre, the country’s oldest and ...
News Hungary » Culture: Hungary: How politics and familiarity can make culture more open to Jews
Politics, law, and familiarity can change culture to be more welcoming to Jewish citizenry and visitors, with Hungary showing how certain policies can have a cascading effect on society, Association ...
News Hungary » Culture: László Krasznahorkai, grim Hungarian author whose family hid Jewish roots, wins literature Nobel
This year’s Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to a Hungarian writer whose work offers bleak visions of existence, and whose father hid his Jewish ancestry from him for much of his childhood.
News Hungary » Culture: Orbán escalates culture war in Hungary by mandating two genders only
Emboldened by President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary on Monday escalated his culture war against what he calls “gender madness,” after his governing party voted to amend the ...
News Hungary » Culture: Hungary: the land of thermal spas
The landlocked nation is teeming with thermal water springs—more than 1,300, with 123 in Budapest alone—which bring infinite opportunities for year-round bathing in spas all over the country. These ...
News Hungary » Culture: Hungary's prime minister calls for culture war at right-wing conference in Dallas
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán headlined a conservative political conference in Dallas. In Hungary, he has a "zero migration" policy and has sought to suppress independent voices of dissent. In ...