This surreal image shows the landscape of Ajka, Hungary, a half year after the Ajka alumina plant accident. On October 4 2010, a corner of the dam of a caustic waste reservoir collapsed, freeing approximately one million cubic metres of liquid waste and flooding the surrounding land to a height of around 2 meters. The …Continue Reading
Faced with soaring unemployment and alack of prospects, many educated young Hungarians are being drawn to the radical right. But will it give them the better future they seek? Until last year, the international media paid little attention to Hungary. This changed when the nationalist and conservative Fidesz party, under the leadership of Viktor Orbán, …Continue Reading
