In the 1920s, seaplanes regularly took off the Danube in central Budapest, with passengers travelling on one-off and scheduled flights to several destinations within the country.

To mark the visit of the Spanish royal family in 1908, one of the most respected architects of the time, Géza Maróti, designed a monumental, yet temporary triumphal arch—the grand procession passed through this arch, then after crossing the Chain Bridge, it arrived to its final destination at the Buda Castle.

There is little political will on the part of the European left-wing parties to speak out against dangerous ideas. They often have their eye on winning the ‘Muslim vote’, and as a result, they are reluctant to engage in confrontation.

Hungary’s commitment to countering terrorism is not only in words, but also in deeds, with a significant military force in Iraq engaged in the fight against the Islamic State.

In this article we describe ten wonderful places in Budapest where you can relax a little in the last month of 2022.

‘Giorgia Meloni is clearly a woman of great ability who has risen from difficult circumstances to storm the corridors of power; but she is also a cultivated woman whose thinking does not run along ideological tramlines but adopts a humane and thoughtful attitude to challenges.’

Animatiqua studio used Fortepan’s photos to revive the old Budapest. Pictures of buildings, bridges and squares that can no longer be seen in their original form have been digitalised.

According to the latest poll of the Századvég Foundation, Milorad Dodik, the president of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, has a significant advantage in the campaign leading up to the presidential elections to be held in the Republika Srpska next Sunday.

The ‘folding city’ scene of Inception merits a place among the most memorable film scenes of the last decade – let’s find out what Budapest would look in Christopher Nolan’s film.

The Budapest Unseen photo series presents the city and the urban greenery scattered around the buildings in a new, unusual, yet extremely interesting way.