MaNDAHungarian National Digital Archive

Modernization and development have always been and will be cornerstones of society. Among others, this is true in case of behaviours and norms, but it applies much more to our articles for personal use, for example. When you think about what these everyday tools might have looked like 100 years ago, you may be surprised at how fast technology is developing. At one moment we are dialling from a phone booth and travelling on coal-powered trains, and at the next almost all the people have smartphones in the pockets and the trains run almost automatically.

No doubt, there are goods that sell themselves, but what happens if a product doesn’t have the right appeal? That's when a skilful seller appears on the scene. But what do you need to succeed? This week, those behind the counter will be in the lead.

Special, unique, inimitable. I would characterise Hungarian hotels with such defining adjectives. I am thinking not only of newer architectural masterpieces, but rather of their much older predecessors. 100 years ago, they created catering buildings that embarrassed their descendants, which still attract attention even today with their detailed elaboration. Keszthely and Pécs have perhaps the most special and long-established hotels among the rural cities of Hungary.

Julius Meinl I opened his first small shop in Vienna in 1862 and began to expand very quickly in other countries of the Monarchy, including Hungary. The prosperous company tried to adapt to the customs of the countries, so Julius Meinl became Gyula Meinl. This week, we are inviting you into the world of commerce again; the history of the Meinl company comes to life.

According to archaeologists, by all indications, around the second millennium BC, tubular arrowheads extended eastward, as against to the composite reflex bow, which spread from east towards west, and the concept of army formation from south to north. When these innovations met in Central Asia around 900 BC, it resulted in the formation of infamous and fearful cavalry armies.