Budapest Week - Volume 4 / Number 52
March 02-
1995-03-08
Article
Author
Julius Strauss
Column
News
Title
New tricks for old dogs
Cover page
Cover page title
The long road to NATO
Cover page subtitle
Hungary's politicians are pushing for Alliance membership, but how prepared is the military?
Page No.
3
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
David Sterling
Title / Description of the Illustration
Despite limited Western training and some elite units, like the soldiers above preparing for UN peace-keeping service, Hungary's military may be further from NATO-quality than politicians here are apt to say.
Page No.
3
Column
News
News Flash
Title
Surányi supports forint
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
Horn better than Antall
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
Unions oppose wage restraint proposal
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
Kfts set up for crime
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
SPA ready to sell
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
Medicine prices rise
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
Disappearing trains
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
No guns in Diósgyőr
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
FKGP wants referendum
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
Public transit fares up
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
US supports Bokros
Page No.
4
Column
News
News Flash
Title
Prognosis to close
Page No.
4
Author
Lucy Hooker
Column
News
Title
City to impose car curbs
Page No.
5
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Katalin Széphegyi
Title / Description of the Illustration
Budapest city council has promised a range of new projects aimed at clearing the air in the capitol.
Page No.
5
Author
Lucy Mallows
Column
Party Line
Title
Békesi attacks "Good King" Gyula
Page No.
5
Author
Julius Strauss
Column
News
Title
Hungarian goose takes up military post in West
Page No.
5
Author
John Nadler
Column
News
Title
Magyar roots found deep in Asia
Subtitle
In northeast China, the graves of the dead and the songs of the living yield secrets to the 1,000 year mystery of Hungary's origins.
Cover page
Cover page title
Xinjiang Magyars
Cover page subtitle
Anthropologists are finding the roots of the Magyar nation among the dead, and the living, in northwest China
Page No.
6
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
MTI
Title / Description of the Illustration
Hungarian anthropologists unearth the carved figure of a horse's head while searching for clues to the ancient roots of the Magyar race in northeast China.
Page No.
6
Photographer or Photoagency
MTI
Title / Description of the Illustration
A statue in Budapest hints at the Asian origin of Hungarians.
Page No.
6
Author
Adam LeBor
Column
Regional
Title
Birth rates tumble
Subtitle
Women across the region are turning away from their traditional roles.
Page No.
7
Column
Editorial
Title
Who will be history's master?
Page No.
8
Column
Comment
Title
15 minutes of fame
Subtitle
No. 45: Jacob he Goose
Page No.
8
Author
Michael Blumenthal
Column
Opinion
Title
Elegy for the lángos
Page No.
8-9
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Milorad Krstic
Title / Description of the Illustration
Caricature.
Page No.
8
Author
Justin Horner
Column
The Mail
Title
Privatizers shouldn't ignore Hungary
Page No.
9
Author
Hakeem Babalola
Column
The Mail
Title
Go slow on privatization
Page No.
9
Author
John Nadler
Column
Business
Title
Expansion brings boost in cable TV subscriber base
Page No.
10
Author
Simon Evans
Column
Cover Story
Title
A gaming gentleman among life's players
Subtitle
István Vágó brings style and class to imported American razzmatazz.
Cover page
Cover page title
Let's make a deal!
Cover page subtitle
The American game show is here, but Hungarians aren't only contestants, they're major players
Cover page Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Hadley Kincade
Title / Description of the Illustration
István Vágó, the host of Mindent vagy Semmit!
Page No.
1
Page No.
11
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Hadley Kincade
Title / Description of the Illustration
István Vágó, host of Mindent vagy Semmit, keeps up a good-natured rapport on and off camera.
Page No.
11
Photographer or Photoagency
Hadley Kincade
Title / Description of the Illustration
Contestant Péter Varnyú stands with Vágó by the car so nearly his. Instead he had to settle for kitchenware, sponsors' gifts and a bunch of memories.
Page No.
11
Author
Peterjon Cresswell
Column
Features
Title
The High Noon Puppet
Cover page
Cover page title
A fat man's folly
Cover page subtitle
A self-made billionaire builds his own 20,000-seat soccer stadium in the vast expanse of the puszta
Page No.
12
Illustration
Photographer or Photoagency
Katalin Széphegyi
Title / Description of the Illustration
Stadler Stadium rises above the sand and Gémes wells typical of the puszta.
Page No.
12-13
Photographer or Photoagency
Katalin Széphegyi
Title / Description of the Illustration
Village life hasn't changed in Akasztó despite a local billionaire's concrete megalomania.
Page No.
12
Photographer or Photoagency
Katalin Széphegyi
Title / Description of the Illustration
József Stadler has become the county's largest personality since poet Sándor Petőfi.
Page No.
12
Photographer or Photoagency
Katalin Széphegyi
Title / Description of the Illustration
"This county had gone 2,000 years without a team in the first division."
Page No.
12
Photographer or Photoagency
Katalin Széphegyi
Title / Description of the Illustration
Construction of the stadium has cost Stadler a nine-figure sum.
Page No.
13
Photographer or Photoagency
Katalin Széphegyi
Title / Description of the Illustration
The finishing touches are added before the big kick-off on Saturday.
Page No.
13
Photographer or Photoagency
Katalin Széphegyi
Title / Description of the Illustration
A thirty-room hotel is being built to entertain Stadler's foreign guests.
Page No.
13
Author
Andrew G. Singer
Column
Eating Out
Title
Diary of an unpleasant evening
Page No.
14
Author
István Miklósfai
Column
Week's Picks
Title
Tell me more
Page No.
15
Illustration
Title / Description of the Illustration
Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, conductor of the Hungarian State Orchestra.
Page No.
15
Author
Tanya Nagel
Column
Week's Picks
Title
Outlines of an artist's lonely life
Page No.
15
Illustration
Title / Description of the Illustration
Painting of László Fehér.
Page No.
15
Author
Bob Cohen
Column
Week's Picks
Title
Ringing Strings at Cimbalom Fest
Page No.
15
Illustration
Title / Description of the Illustration
Dulcimer player.
Page No.
15
Author
Andrew G. Singer
Column
Review
The Last Word
Title
Branagh's latest creation still-born
Page No.
21
Illustration
Title / Description of the Illustration
A stitched-together Robert De Niro terrifies his maker's bride (Helena Bonham Carter) in the stilted Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
Page No.
21
Author
Dork Zygotian
Column
The Last Word
Title
Kali, ex-pat reaper of souls
Page No.
21
Author
Lynda Barry
Column
Ernie Pook's Comeek by Linda Barry
Title
Real Christmas
Page No.
23
Column
Entertainment
News
Title
Local artist wins "Silver Bear" in Berlin
Page No.
24
Illustration
Title / Description of the Illustration
Two scenes from "My Baby Left Me," a short animated film by artist Milorad Krstic. The film won second prize in the animated short film category at the Berlin International Film Festival in February.
Page No.
24