I left the last two apartments in tears
For the Hungarian Roma, looking for a place to rent can be a disheartening and stressful experience. Discrimination is rarely so open that an official complaint could be submitted about it.
Hungary's current family policy draws a dividing line between the "deserving" and the "undeserving"
July 07. 2022. – 03:15 PM
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Liptai Lívia
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Patakfalvi Dóra
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Spadacene Dominic (translation)
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Sajti-Balogh Mariann
Record low birth rates, rising marriage rates, hundreds of billions of forints dispersed as financial support for families, same-sex couples excluded from adoption – in the final part of Telex's...
"I was being treated as if it were reprehensible that my body was doing its job"
Unsolicited procedures, misdiagnoses, symptoms being labelled as hysteria and obstetric violence – in the fourth of a five-part series, Telex looks at the situation of Hungarian women and healthcare.
"The social capital most squandered these days is that of young Roma women"
What does feminism mean to Roma women? Do women living in deep poverty dare to dream? What are their chances of breaking out of extreme poverty? In part three of our five-part Telex series, we are...
Preschool teacher by day, nail tech by night – just to make ends meet
When comparing the situation of women and men in the labour market, the pay gap comes to mind first, but the problem is much more complex. How is it possible that Hungarian women are more educated...
It's not easy getting a medical report confirming the day-to-day oppression
Violence against women may be the most common human rights violation worldwide, yet it is the least reported crime. What is the current situation of abused women in Hungary and how do the...
Accommodating Ukrainian refugees is as much work as running an Airbnb
Many Hungarians have been housing Ukrainian refugees in their home, and while this is indeed a noble act, there are still utilities to pay, laundry to wash, shopping to do, and cleaning to keep up...
Plasma therapy: the Covid success story that wasn't
Plasma extracted from the blood of recovered Covid patients has been used with great promise in the treatment of the disease worldwide, but it now appears that its efficacy is not proven in most...
What is Fidesz's game plan now that Hungary's economy is passing from seven years of plenty to...
If possible, Orbán would prefer to keep the fixed utility costs, the single-rate tax and the price freezes, but he must also do something about the ballooning deficit and severe inflation. What is...
The Hungarian-American pastor who held services a block away from the White House while working as...
Stephen Sziarto (Sziártó István) was born in 1910 to Hungarian immigrants in the southern part of West Virginia. He was fluent in Hungarian, and despite never having visited Hungary, his dual...