Summary

The 2005/3 issue of the journal Prágai Tükör begins with an interview with the Hungarian ambassador to the Czech Republic István Szabó who reviews the most important events of his first year in office and evaluates the current state of the Czech-Hungarian political relations. In the A Few Books section, there are three reviews. Ilona Gál and Pavel Sladký write about the Czech translation of Sándor Tar's novel Szürke galamb (The Gray Pidgeon). Ferenc Farkas reviews László Gulyás's book about two regions of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Zoltán Kokes introduces a new book about the organisations of Hungarian minorities in Western Europe. The Some Literature section presents the chapter about Bohemia from Márton Szepsi Csombor's travel book Europica Varietas written in 1620. In the Our History section, we start Helena Nosková's study about the Hungarian minority in Slovakia after World War II. In the first part of the three-part-series, on the bases of archives documents, the author analyses the circumstances of the deportation of members of the Hungarian minority into the Czech parts of the former Czechoslovakia. The About Languages - About Our Language section brings Géza Balázs' article about the humour of the Hungarian language. There are several contributions in the Meeting of Cultures section. Vladimír Říha writes about the concert of Budapest Festival Orchestra with the conductor Iván Fischer. Pavel Sladký reviews the Hungarian films shown on the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - this year Márta Mészáros: A temetetlen halott (The Unburied Man), Áron Gauder: Nyócker (District) and Adrian Robert Pejo: Dallas Pashamende. Michal Procházka interviews the director of the Unburied Man, Márta Mészáros. The section ends with Linda Konášová's review on István Gaál's film Sodrásban (Within the Current) made in 1964. Czech literature is represented in the journal by a short story written by Miroslav Horníček and translated by Margit Zádor.

In the supplement of the journal, (Tü)körkép, Ferenc Farkas writes about the Hungarian historic sites in Cracow. Dávid Császár describes his stay in the USA as well as the Work and Travel project. Tünde Ambrus analyses the interest of students in the events held by the Association of Hungarians. Kornélia Dienes reports on the Prague - The Heart of Nations festival. Zoltán Kokes writes about the commemoration ceremony held in honour of János Esterházy and the recently established Artúr Görgey Association that was founded in order to care for the Czech-Hungarian scientific relations. Szilvássy Katalin reports on the concert of the legendary Hungarian rock group Omega that was held in Prague recently. There is an interview with Anna Szőcs who has lived in Prague for more than fifty years. The Hungarian Nobel Price winners series presents Elie Wiesel. The supplement ends with the Children's Pages.