Before immersing herself into the "EU bubble", Eszter reported on conflict and war zones from Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Egypt and other places for Nepszabadsag, Hungary's largest daily for eight years, for which she received several journalism awards. She also covered Hungarian politics, economics, and culture for Agence France Presse (AFP) in Budapest before joining EUobserver in 2015. Her analysis and reports were also published in Foreign Policy magazine and the Berlin Policy Journal.