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Romania and Bulgaria are trying to convince the skeptics of their Schengen accession
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Romania and Bulgaria are trying to convince the skeptics of their Schengen accession

The accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area is still blocked. When can they succeed? Only Croatia joined the Schengen Area on 1 January, as Austria and the Netherlands blocked the accession of Bulgaria and Romania. Still, the two countries continue working hard to become members of the
Holland Marcsi, who travels through time and loves it
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Holland Marcsi, who travels through time and loves it

Marielle van Luijk, also known as Holland Marcsi (Dutch Mary—the Transl.), came all the way from Utrecht, the Netherlands to Mátészalka, Hungary, where she focuses on playing folk-inspired classical music and collecting Hungarian folk costumes. Her story may seem quite unexpected at first, but as you get to know
Shades of the grotesque—this is how a Dutch photographer saw Budapest in the ’80s
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Shades of the grotesque—this is how a Dutch photographer saw Budapest in the ’80s

Men clinging to window grates and crawling on sidewalks, broken cars and bent lampposts, twisted postures, and surreal situations. Photographs of the Dutch Hans van der Meer of Budapest in the 1980s, some of which have never been seen before, have now returned to the Hungarian capital. Hans van der