Country Profiles: Hungary

Republic of Hungary -- Magyar Koztarsasag

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Hungary Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics about Hungary: CIA World Factbook
• US Embassy in Budapest
• Embassy of Hungary in Washington, D.C.
• Prime Minister's Office (in English, with links to other government pages)

International Organizations and Development Programs

• U.N. Mission of Hungary Country page contains U.N. related info, as well as other links about the country
• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• Hungary and the IMF The IMF's Hungary Country Page with links to articles

Internet Resources: General

• Hungary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• The Hungarian Home Page Information and documents about Hungary and internet links (In Hungarian and English)
• HuDir Directory of internet resources in and about Hungary
• HipCat's Hungary Page An excellent page devoted to Hungary with links to online radio, museums, etc.
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Hungary Page of the Institute of  East Central Europe at Columbia University
• Slavic-Eurasian Studies Web Directory sponsored by the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center, Japan
• Travel Information Travel to Hungary with the Lonely Planet

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and the Arts

• Hungarian Language Course Study Hungarian Online! Hosted by Harvard University
• Habsburg Source Texts Archive Hosted by Michigan State University, Habsburg journal provides interesting documents concerning Hungary
• Magyar Költészet Hungarian poetry (in Hungarian) online
• Hungarian Culture Collection Hungarian literature (in Hungarian) online

Online News Sites and Servers

• HVG Online Weekly political and economic journal in Hungarian with news abstracts available in English
• Central Europe Online News about Hungary and Central Europe in English
• Web Radio International hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Hungarian Language Study

• Hungarian Courses are offered through the UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
• EAP Study Abroad Programs UC Study Abroad in Hungary
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• The Russian and East European Summer Language Institute at the University of Pittsburgh
• The Debrecen Summer School through the Lajos Kossuth University
• Slavic and Baltic Language Resources  hosted by the University of Wisconsin
• Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages at Indiana University
• Hungarian online dictionaries
• Hungarian-English/English-Hungarian Online Dictionary An online searchable dictionary
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• The Hungarian Academy of Sciences Information about the Academy of Sciences and its library (including searchable database)
• Central European University Information about CEU and its academic programs
• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages The AATSEEL page provides computing resources, information about the annual AATSEEL conference, job listings, study and funding information
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about fellowships for Western and Central Europe
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

The Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság) or Hungary (Magyarország) is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. It is known locally as the Country of the Magyars.