When I listen to the Hungarian people, they have no expectation that help will come from the government.

BBC: Living with Hungary's toxic sludge

The West, even during Soviet times, had represented Ukrainian culture more organically: people preferred to speak Ukrainian, integrated with some Hungarian and Polish words.

FORBES: Language As A Weapon of Mass Distraction

Last year Hungarian police sought help from the FBI after a series of attacks on Roma settlements in which six people were killed, including a five-year-old boy, Robika Csorba, and his father, Robert.

ECONOMIST: Europe's Roma

Just as Dr Ericsson took people with no discernible talent and turned them into champions, so, in a fashion, did a Hungarian, Laszlo Polgar.

ECONOMIST: Who wants to be a genius?