57 result(s) for alföld
Budapest Jewish Summer Festival With Focus On Holocaust 70th Anniversary
- 4 Sep 2014 4:40 AM
- community & culture
This year’s Jewish Summer Festival held until Sept. 7 features music, literature, theatre, film and fine art, with a focus on the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust. Some 30 productions with more than 500 contributors at more than ten venues are featured in the week-long festival. In addition to Budapest, events are held in Gyöngyös, Pécs and Veszprém.
Hungarian National Theatre Ticket Sales Off By A Third
- 25 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Ticket sales at the National Theatre (Nemzeti Szinház) fell one third in the first year of the artistic stewardship of Attila Vidnyánszky, who succeeded Róbert Alföldi in August 2013 as part of the ongoing “culture wars” waged by ruling party Fidesz against left-wing and liberal establishment figures and cultural institutions.
'Easter In Skanzen', Szentendre, Hungary, 19 - 21 April
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The season’s opening event will celebrate rebirth, the purifying human and awakening nature. Because of the festival, believers can take part in a church service. Tradition keeping groups will present the customs of the Easter holiday cycle.
New Civil Code Comes Into Force On 15 March 2014 In Hungary
- 13 Mar 2014 10:50 AM
- business
Changes to Hungary’s civil code come into effect on 15 March 2014, the day Hungarians mark the start of the ill-fated Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The new civil code requires all Hungarian limited liability companies have at least HUF 3 million capital equity in order to legally operate.
Fact & Fiction In Foreign Media Reports About Hungary
- 27 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Orbán’s regime is Fascist with a human face; the constitution prohibits abortion, and judges of the Constitutional Court are sacked at will – these and other allegations can be read in foreign media reports about Hungary. The sources of those articles tend to be the same “independent” Hungarian intellectuals, says Heti Válasz.
Xpat Opinion: Foreign Press Under Fire In Hungary
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government weekly carries a long list of baseless allegations about Hungary in the foreign press, while a liberal news outlet criticizes Die Welt for misinterpreting an interview with a Hungarian historian, and failing to provide space for a rebuttal.
Xpat Opinion: Vígszínház - Another Battle In The Culture War In Budapest
- 3 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal commentator thinks Budapest Mayor István Tarlós should take the blame for a decision to change the leadership of a major Budapest theatre, instead of playing it safe with hand-picked expert reviewers.Following the highly emotional debates and protests around the leadership change in the National Theatre, another theatre (Vígszínház) is facing a similar storm.
Invitation: Martin McDonagh: The Lonesome West, Atrium Budapest, 1 April
- 28 Apr 2013 7:00 AM
- entertainment
Fratricidal struggle in two acts: Coleman and Valene, who have just recently lost their father in a curious accident, are living at the edge of a godforsaken Irish village. In the midst of their great grief – in which the massively alcoholic priest, Father Welsh tries to comfort them – their days are spent with annoying, pranking, and constantly bothering each other. What’s more, for them, this ...
Photo Report: Children’s Dance House At Budapest's Palace of Arts
- 18 Apr 2013 10:30 AM
- community & culture
Last Sunday morning I went along to the 'Palace of Arts' (MUPA) to check-out 'Hungarian folk dance for beginners' - and they were truly beginners, some even in their nappies! Once a month, the Children's Dance House is incorporated into the Sunday program of the Palace of Arts. Expert and charismatic dance instructor Farkas Zoltan ‘Batyu’ and his wife Toth Ildiko ‘Fecske’ showed children ...
Budapest Jewish Summer Festival With Focus On Holocaust 70th Anniversary
- 4 Sep 2014 4:40 AM
- community & culture
This year’s Jewish Summer Festival held until Sept. 7 features music, literature, theatre, film and fine art, with a focus on the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust. Some 30 productions with more than 500 contributors at more than ten venues are featured in the week-long festival. In addition to Budapest, events are held in Gyöngyös, Pécs and Veszprém.
Hungarian National Theatre Ticket Sales Off By A Third
- 25 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Ticket sales at the National Theatre (Nemzeti Szinház) fell one third in the first year of the artistic stewardship of Attila Vidnyánszky, who succeeded Róbert Alföldi in August 2013 as part of the ongoing “culture wars” waged by ruling party Fidesz against left-wing and liberal establishment figures and cultural institutions.
'Easter In Skanzen', Szentendre, Hungary, 19 - 21 April
- 17 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The season’s opening event will celebrate rebirth, the purifying human and awakening nature. Because of the festival, believers can take part in a church service. Tradition keeping groups will present the customs of the Easter holiday cycle.
New Civil Code Comes Into Force On 15 March 2014 In Hungary
- 13 Mar 2014 10:50 AM
- business
Changes to Hungary’s civil code come into effect on 15 March 2014, the day Hungarians mark the start of the ill-fated Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The new civil code requires all Hungarian limited liability companies have at least HUF 3 million capital equity in order to legally operate.
Fact & Fiction In Foreign Media Reports About Hungary
- 27 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Orbán’s regime is Fascist with a human face; the constitution prohibits abortion, and judges of the Constitutional Court are sacked at will – these and other allegations can be read in foreign media reports about Hungary. The sources of those articles tend to be the same “independent” Hungarian intellectuals, says Heti Válasz.
Xpat Opinion: Foreign Press Under Fire In Hungary
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government weekly carries a long list of baseless allegations about Hungary in the foreign press, while a liberal news outlet criticizes Die Welt for misinterpreting an interview with a Hungarian historian, and failing to provide space for a rebuttal.
Xpat Opinion: Vígszínház - Another Battle In The Culture War In Budapest
- 3 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A liberal commentator thinks Budapest Mayor István Tarlós should take the blame for a decision to change the leadership of a major Budapest theatre, instead of playing it safe with hand-picked expert reviewers.Following the highly emotional debates and protests around the leadership change in the National Theatre, another theatre (Vígszínház) is facing a similar storm.
Invitation: Martin McDonagh: The Lonesome West, Atrium Budapest, 1 April
- 28 Apr 2013 7:00 AM
- entertainment
Fratricidal struggle in two acts: Coleman and Valene, who have just recently lost their father in a curious accident, are living at the edge of a godforsaken Irish village. In the midst of their great grief – in which the massively alcoholic priest, Father Welsh tries to comfort them – their days are spent with annoying, pranking, and constantly bothering each other. What’s more, for them, this ...
Photo Report: Children’s Dance House At Budapest's Palace of Arts
- 18 Apr 2013 10:30 AM
- community & culture
Last Sunday morning I went along to the 'Palace of Arts' (MUPA) to check-out 'Hungarian folk dance for beginners' - and they were truly beginners, some even in their nappies! Once a month, the Children's Dance House is incorporated into the Sunday program of the Palace of Arts. Expert and charismatic dance instructor Farkas Zoltan ‘Batyu’ and his wife Toth Ildiko ‘Fecske’ showed children ...