Budapest Week - Volume 4 / Number 51
February 23-
1995-03-01
Article
Author
Lucy Mallows
Column
News
Title
Grim Reaper favors Magyars
Cover page
Cover page title
Free to die young
Cover page subtitle
Life expectancy for Hungarian men is as low as ever in last 50 years, and falling
Page No.
3
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Hadley Kincade
Title / Description of the Illustration
Marton Czika smokes two packs of cigarettes a day and has only one lung. Heavy smoking in just one of the many factors contributing to ill health in Hungary.
Page No.
3
Author
Christopher Condon
Column
News
Title
Greek students barred
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
Chinatown to open
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
US to sell arms in region
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
E. Europe not ready for EU
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
Blue Buda, Red Pest
Page No.
4
Author
Lucy Mallows
Column
News
Title
Meet the new doctor, much like the old doctor
Page No.
5
Author
Lucy Mallows
Column
Party Line
Title
SZDSZ gives in over Suchman
Page No.
5
Author
Simon Evans
Column
News
Title
GE's Tungsram cuts sports funding
Page No.
5
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Hadley Kincade
Title / Description of the Illustration
Karla Karch, a Canadian and the only foreign member of the Tungsram women's Basketball team, won't be affected by the cuts this season, but they may prevent her return to Hungarian professional basketball next season.
Page No.
5
Author
Christopher Condon
Column
News
Title
Pető speaks out on "autocratic" PM
Subtitle
SZDSZ chief Iván Pető talks about Gyula Horn, Free Democrat woes and the coalition"s last chance.
Cover page
Cover page title
Coalition Blues
Cover page subtitle
SZDSZ head Iván Pető shares his party's frustrations over Gyula Horn and the coalition's failures
Page No.
6
Author
Sarah Roe
Column
News
Title
Coffee importers play down carcinogen scare
Page No.
6
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Hadley Kincade
Title / Description of the Illustration
Hungarian officials have warned that some coffee imports have unacceptably high levels of Ochrotoxin A, a natural carcinogen produced by a mold-like fungus. Coffee importers deny the levels found are dangerous.
Page No.
6
Author
Tim Judah
Column
Regional
Title
New Yugoslav war looms
Subtitle
The Croats are preparing for a counter-attack. But they may have miscalculated.
Cover page
Cover page title
Balkan fuse burns low
Cover page subtitle
As the UN prepares to leave Croatia, Serbs and Croats ready for combat
Page No.
7
Column
Editorial
Title
GE brings a good thing to an end
Page No.
8
Title
15 minutes of fame
Subtitle
No. 44: The Grim Reaper
Page No.
8
Author
László Petrovics-Ofner
Column
Opinion
Title
On dying young, Hungarian style
Subtitle
This is the way the world ends, This is the way the world ends, Not with a bang but a whimper. T. S. Eliot
Page No.
8-9
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Milorad Krstic
Title / Description of the Illustration
Caricature.
Page No.
8
Author
Paul Olchvary
Column
The Mail
Title
Booming self-interest
Page No.
9
Column
Property
Title
Survey: uncertainty rules Budapest market
Page No.
10
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
DTZ
Title / Description of the Illustration
Expectations for an oversupply of office space in downtown Budapest in 1995.
Page No.
10
Column
Property
Title
Preservationists fight for Castle Hill houses
Page No.
10
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Katalin Széphegyi
Title / Description of the Illustration
Controversy surrounds the privatization of historic residences on Castle Hill. Local authorities can block a sale if the potential buyer cannot afford to restore the property.
Page No.
10
Author
Tanya Nagel
Column
Property
Title
New multi-complex in Óbuda
Page No.
11
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Katalin Széphegyi
Title / Description of the Illustration
DTZ's latest project, the new Buda Square office and shopping complex in Óbuda, scheduled to open in March.
Page No.
11
Author
Lucy Mallows
Column
Property
Title
Buda Plaza not just more of the same
Page No.
11
Author
Adam LeBor
Column
Cover Story
Title
Subterranean Homeless Blues
Cover page
Cover page title
Rotting in Romania
Cover page subtitle
Bucharest's street kids survive in the sewers on a diet of solvents and little sympathy
Cover page Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Hadley Kincade
Title / Description of the Illustration
Street kid in Bucharest.
Page No.
1
Page No.
12-13
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Hadley Kincade
Title / Description of the Illustration
Mihai is one of the younger kids who hang out around the Gara de Nord. Like most of them he is unsure how old he really is. He says he is 12 but he is the size of an eight year old.
Page No.
12-13
Photographer or Photoagency
Hadley Kincade
Title / Description of the Illustration
In lieu of breakfast, the kid name "The Peasant" breathes deeply from a bag of Aurolac.
Page No.
12-13
Photographer or Photoagency
Hadley Kincade
Title / Description of the Illustration
A soup kitchen behind the Gara de Nord provides a meal for approximately $1. Ion devours an orange before receiving a lunch of soup and bread.
Page No.
13
Photographer or Photoagency
Hadley Kincade
Title / Description of the Illustration
In one of the heating channels, Moldevan, 20 years old, stretches out on a dirty blanket. The pipes are big enough for one of two people to sleep on and are sorrounded by a mix of garbage and reeking liquid.
Page No.
13
Photographer or Photoagency
Hadley Kincade
Title / Description of the Illustration
Ion summons his friend from the manhole where they are sleeping. They complain that the heating pipes become too hot, but they are there only to escape from the bitter cold.
Page No.
13
Author
Andrew G. Singer
Column
Eating Out
Title
Bargain bucket Mediterranean
Page No.
14
Author
István Miklósfai
Column
Week's Picks
Title
Mad about you
Page No.
15
Illustration
Title / Description of the Illustration
Maria Callas as Lucy Ashton.
Page No.
15
Author
Tanya Nagel
Column
Week's Picks
Title
In reverence of a jazz giant
Page No.
15
Illustration
Page No.
15
Author
István Miklósfai
Column
Week's Picks
Title
M. Debussy's original fantasy
Page No.
15
Illustration
Page No.
15
Author
John Nadler
Column
Entertainment
Title
Lean film festival yields gems
Page No.
21
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Károly Fehér
Title / Description of the Illustration
A clip from top Film Festival winner A Részleg, directed by Péter Gothár.
Page No.
21
Author
Lynda Barry
Column
Ernie Pook's Comeek by Linda Barry
Title
You do!
Page No.
23