In November 1847, the Pozsony Diet was opened by the emperor of the Austrian empire: Ferdinand. At that time, no one could have imagined this would be the last feudal Diet in Hungarian history. That ...

Csaba Pal Szabo, director of a state-financed Trianon Museum, shows a poster during an interview with AFP journalists on May 25 in Szeged, Hungary. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP/Getty Images) Heather A.

Most European countries have the Romans to thank for their wine industry. But Hungary, with nearly 100 varietals and 22 wine-growing regions, may predate even Julius Caesar. The written proof ...

One of the most important and dramatic dates in Hungarian and European history is 15 March 1848. The dashing poet Sandor Petofi recited the stirring ‘Nemzeti dal’ (‘National ...

Flick through a Hungarian history book for high school students, and you’re left in no doubt about the government’s view on migrants. The section on “Multiculturalism” opens with a photo of refugees ...

Editor’s Note: Lydia Gall is the Eastern Europe and Balkans researcher at Human Rights Watch. The opinions in the article below belong to the author. “We came from wars and places where governments ...