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Hungary, One Story At A Time.
Original videos and stories about Hungary’s people, culture, and everyday life, through the eyes of Ray Brown.
Stories Worth A Closer Look.
Inside Hungary’s Versailles: The Story Behind Esterházy Palace
Behind the splendor of Esterházy Palace in Fertőd are Haydn’s working musicians, a Soviet inscription and decades of…
Ryanair Has More Flights For Budapest. I Asked About The Rest Of Hungary.
Ryanair’s Budapest expansion prompted a question about the rest of Hungary. A conversation with Dara Brady, plus the…
Old Friends, New Energy Fight: Poland, Hungary And The Grid Bill
An American at Budapest’s Polish-Hungarian Energy Forum discovers the history behind an old friendship, and a very current…
Discovering Debrecen, One Conversation At A Time
A day in Debrecen with Hungarian food journalists gave me a reason to look east from Budapest. At…
My First Dining Guide Gala: Inside Hungary’s Restaurant Of The Year 2026
Hungary's restaurant year gets read out loud in one evening, and in 2026 it came with a twist:…
The Budapest Business Journal’s Back To Business Party At Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill
Hungary's oldest surviving English-language newspaper was started by Americans in 1992, when almost nobody in the country spoke…
Sarawak Came To Budapest: Hungary’s Quiet Trade Link To Borneo
A state on the island of Borneo flew its trade chief to a hotel on the Danube to…
What Budapest Gives My Son Without Ever Teaching Him
A bridge that was blown up and rebuilt, a parliament too big to take in at once, a…
India’s 80th Independence Day In Budapest Opened With A Hungarian Poet
The Embassy of India marked 79 years of freedom in a Budapest garden by opening with Hungary's national…
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