Author: John Woods

Life-threatening show: teen girls tram surfed in Budapest – photos, videos

Posted by John Woods | Nov 3, 2018 | Society

Living #young and #wild and #free!

#Hungary #Hungarian #tram #Budapest #tramsurf #breakingtherules #danger #fun

Do Americans like traditional Hungarian food like lángos or chimney cake?

Posted by John Woods | Nov 2, 2018 | Business

Do you #like them? And do you know any other #Hungarian #food?

#lángos #chimneycake #gastronomy #Hungary #restaurant #NewYork #California #success #business

Wealthy Hungarians live in the following settlements: which one would you choose?

Posted by John Woods | Nov 2, 2018 | Society

The #nuclearplant in #Paks gives good #salaries, but most #wealthy people live in and around #Budapest, read more HERE:

#Hungary #Hungarian #purchasingpower #household #money

‘Saying goodbye with ‘puszi’ is totally confusing for me’ – foreign athletes about their life in Hungary

Posted by John Woods | Oct 27, 2018 | Society, Sport

Some of them found #gearshifting hard, others appreciate #Hungarian #toughness, but all #love to #live in #Hungary.

#Budapest #foreign #foreignathletes #sport #livinginanothercountry #culture #gastronomy #people #Canada #France #USA

Enchanting! The Royal Palace where Sisi loved to return: Gödöllő – photos, video

Posted by John Woods | Oct 27, 2018 | Special Hungary

The #Versailles-like #RoyalPalace is 30 mins from #Budapest and offers a variety of programs for everybody.

#Hungary #Hungarian #Sisi #Habsburg #FranzJoseph #History #Culture #travel #visit #Gödöllő #recreation

State will watch and rate everybody in Hungary just like in China? – video

Posted by John Woods | Oct 25, 2018 | Society

The #Ministerofinterior would like to connect all surveillance #cameras in #Hungary to use their data to #protect the #citizens.

#digitaldictatorship #China #Hungarian #socialcredit #security #terrorism #protection #AI

Hungary has the weakest army in the region: should the Russians come back? – photos

Posted by John Woods | Oct 25, 2018 | Society

The #HungarianArmy is so weak that it would not be able to resist until #NATO forces arrive in case of a #military #conflict.

#Hungary #Russia #protection #Romania #Slovakia #Serbia #Ukraine #army #armsrace #corruption #ViktorOrban #PM

Why is there a hole in the centre of the Hungarian flag today? – photos, video

Posted by John Woods | Oct 23, 2018 | Special Hungary

In the #horrible #Rákosi-era, the #Hungarian #communists slavishly copied the #coatofarms of the #SovietUnion, but #people hated it.

#Hungary #October23 #Revolution #FreedomFight #Budapest #protester #History

WOW! Two police officers saved the life of a drowning woman on their day-off! – photos

Posted by John Woods | Oct 22, 2018 | Society

The #officer did not hesitate. He jumped after the woman who was already #underwater and managed to take her out with his #partner.

#Hungary #Hungarian #police #lifesaving #heroes #day-off #bravery #alwaysonduty

Climate change in Hungary? Record low water levels hinder shipping on the Danube

Posted by John Woods | Oct 21, 2018 | Business

Being stranded is #expensive so in the #future #water #resource #management and #retention will become #keymatters.

#Hungary #Hungarian #ship #shipping #cargo #problem #climatechange

More than half of the teachers resigned because of the new headmaster

Posted by John Woods | Oct 21, 2018 | Society

The #headmaster elected by a #state #institution wanted to know who #voted against him.

#Hungary #Hungarian #education #school #Budapest #centralization #student #teacher

Why do Hungarians die so early?

Posted by John Woods | Oct 12, 2018 | Society

The life expectancy at birth in #Spain is 81.8 years, in #Hungary: 76 years. Why?

#Hungary #life #lifeexpectancy #Spain #Sweden #money #healthy #beinghealthy #move #balance

Who was Gül baba whose tomb was inaugurated by President Erdogan and PM Orbán? – photos, videos

Posted by John Woods | Oct 11, 2018 | Politics

#Sultan #Suleiman declared him to be the #Muslim #patronsaint of #Buda and allegedly he himself was one of his #coffin-bearers.

#Hungary #Hungarian #Gülbaba #tomb #OttomanEmpire #History #roses #türbe

The government is successful in reducing the number of graduates in Hungary

Posted by John Woods | Oct 11, 2018 | Society

The rate of #graduates is #decreasing almost only in #Hungary in the #EU and this is because the #government’s #education #policy favours the #elite.

#Budapest #Hungarian #university #student #exodus #CorvinusUniversity #money

Swedish newspaper: Budapest is the second most romantic city – video

Posted by John Woods | Oct 10, 2018 | Society

In #Budapest, one can taste #exceptional #dishes, #delicious #local #wines while the #Hungarian #capital offers magnificent #historical #buildings and a #multitude of #shopping opportunities for #tourists, too.

#Hungary #romantic #romance #couples

What happened to the wives and fiancées of the 13 Martyrs of Arad? – 6 October 1849

Posted by John Woods | Oct 6, 2018 | Special Hungary

The 13 Martyrs of Arad executed on 6 October 1849, after the Hungarian Revolution (1848-1849) was militarily defeated
#Hungary #Hungarians #the13martyrsofarad #Arad #execution #nationalpride