Launched in the spring of 2021, on the 140th anniversary of the birth of Béla Bartók, the world-famous Hungarian composer, the Bartók Spring International Arts Weeks is a unique event series dedicated to the arts. More >>
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'Budapest Wagner Days', Palace of Arts, 14 - 29 June
- 19 Mar 2024 7:28 AM
“No Tickets for Bayreuth? Budapest Has a Wagner Festival, Too.” So read the headline from the effusive 2013 New York Times review of the Budapest Wagner Days.
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Hungarians Win Oxford Debate Contest
- 19 Mar 2024 6:59 AM
Annamária Wirtz and Flóra Zsoldos, two students at the British International School Budapest have won the Oxford Union debate contests, the world’s biggest high school level debate contests, in the English as a second language category.
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Top 5 Names in Hungary These Days Officially Revealed
- 18 Mar 2024 6:50 AM
Dominik, Oliver, Levente, Mate and Marcell were the five most common boys names in 2023, as they were in 2022, according to the list recently published by the Interior Ministry.
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Events Related to 15 March Commemoration of 1848 Hungarian Revolution in Budapest
- 14 Mar 2024 7:17 AM
On March 15, 1848 - as part of the European revolutionary wave - a revolution broke out in Pest-Buda, and it triumphed without bloodshed with the slogans of national sovereignty and civil transformation ("equality, freedom, brotherhood"). Modern parliamentary Hungary was born, and the process leading to the War of Independence began, aiming to abolish Habsburg rule and achieve independence and constitutional establishment.
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Xpat Explainer: 15 March Commemoration of 1848 Hungarian Revolution
- 11 Mar 2024 7:13 AM
The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions that year, and was closely linked to other 1848 revolutions in the Habsburg areas. The revolution in the Kingdom of Hungary grew into a war for independence from the Austrian Empire, ruled by the Habsburg monarchy.
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The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD 2023/24, Palace of Arts Budapest, 9 March - 13 May
- 9 Mar 2024 6:05 AM
The 2023/24 season at New York’s Metropolitan Opera promises to be even more diverse than usual, a fact that is faithfully reflected in this year’s programme of Met HD Live broadcasts.
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