The Invisible Migration
Many people, mostly women, go to work from Romania to Hungary and from Hungary even further west. They provide elderly care for wealthier families, usually working off the books. Their work is also...
Old-fashioned government media is being gobbled up by Facebook propaganda
The cornerstone of Fidesz propaganda has been the friendly media; the number of press outlets used to spread their own messages has been growing for a few governing cycles. Recently, however, as it...
Katalin Karikó's impressive ascension is just a glitch in the matrix
Hungarian scientist Katalin Karikó made news due to her contribution to the development of Pfizer's COVID vaccine. Although there are more women in higher education in Hungary than men, female...
Who was the first Hungarian to set foot in America?
It's very likely that Hungarians had visited America before the colonial period. What is questionable, however, is who the first Hungarian visitor was: was it a man who landed with the Vikings, or a...
Meet the 16 year old from Hungary whose idea is to be released by LEGO
A Hungarian high school student won LEGO's idea competition: the foosball table he came up with will be made into an official LEGO model. Meet 16-year-old Donát.
Hundreds returned to Romania – thousands decided to stay
Every year, more and more students cross the border from Hungarian settlements in Romania to continue their secondary education in Hungary. The brain drain is hard on the Hungarian high schools in...
What does goulash have to do with Hungarian gulyás?
If you don't understand Hungarian, you'll probably never know how to make a real stew, goulash or paprikash, and you'll end up with a floury, carroty, potato stew on your plate. How is Hungarian...
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.