Let Me See His Grave, I’ll Tell You Who He Was!

The vast majority of excavations are done before some kind of construction or investment…Specialists often find cemeteries; graves first present themselves as dark spots to the trained eye. This was no different in 2021–22, when the Janus Pannonius Museum and Ásatárs Ltd excavated the site on the outskirts of the village of Babarc in Baranya County, in connection with the construction of the M6 motorway. Then, an Early Avar cemetery was uncovered on a three-hectare area of loess moorland rising from the Danube.

Hungarian Minority May Tip the Scales in Romanian Presidential Run-Off

Romanians will cast their votes on Sunday in the run-off of the most controversial presidential election in the country’s recent history. With George Simion and Nicușor Dan running neck and neck in the polls, the outcome could be decided by both the diaspora and the Hungarian community living in Romania.

Polish Presidential Election: A Battle for Sovereignty and Rule of Law

Poles will head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president for a five-year term. The stakes are exceptionally high: should Donald Tusk’s candidate, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, secure victory, there will be no remaining institutional counterweight to the Polish Prime Minister’s ongoing crackdown on political opponents.

Being Useful a Little Every Day — An Interview with Éva Pápai

‘When I arrived here as a young woman in my twenties, full of deep Catholic faith and great enthusiasm, Fathers Kristóf Hites, Pius Horváth, Egon Jávor, and József Jaszovszky all embraced and supported me. They gave me wings and helped me fulfill the goals of the Catholic Mission.’

IMEC Conference Co-hosted by the Israeli SIGNAL Group and the Danube Institute

Budapest-based Danube Institute and the Israeli SIGNAL Group co-organized a conference on the India–Middle East–Europe Corridor (IMEC)—an alternative transport route proposed in 2023 by G20 countries to link Asia to Europe while countering China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Experts and policymakers argued that IMEC could represent a new vision of multipolar cooperation, economic resilience, and strategic autonomy.

Carried by the Waves of History: The Hungarian Diaspora in Lima

‘It is no surprise, then, that even Peru, a mountainous country far from the Pacific coast, a subject of many tales about the Incas, was also home to Hungarians throughout history. This is not just a tale of curious travels from Central Europe to Latin America, but a history of our relationship to the great migratory waves that have impacted our region…’