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May Celebration: Strauss150 Festival @ Opera House In Budapest
- 20 May 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
From 25 May until 11 June the Opera organizes the Strauss150 Festival to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Along with the popular pieces on the repertoire, the Opera presents a premiere: Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow) is directed by János Szikora. Besides the operas, a symphonic concert compiled from works by Strauss can be heard. It features ...
Israeli Ambassador To Hungary: Ilan Mor: Holocaust Denial Form Of Antisemitism
- 15 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Holocaust denial is a form of anti- Semitism, Ilan Mor, Israel’s ambassador to Hungary, said at a Holocaust memorial event in the south of Hungary. Six million victims of the Shoah were murdered twice, Mor said. Once when they were physically eliminated seventy years ago, and again, when they tried to destroy their memory, he told a two-day conference. He said that anti-Semitism could only be ...
CCCH Event: Hungary: 10 Years In The European Union, 29 May
- 12 May 2014 9:00 AM
- business
On behalf of the current President of the EU-Chambers of Commerce in Hungary, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary (SCCH) and its partners: the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hungary and the Swisscham Hungary kindly invite you to a Business Conference, Panel Discussion and Luncheon about Hungary's ten years within the EU. The series of joint Business Conference initiative was taken by ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary - A Decade In The European Union
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ten years ago, May 1, 2004 – following a referendum April 12, 2003 in which 84 percent of voters expressed their support for accession – Hungary joined the European Union along with nine other former Soviet bloc countries. Hungary had established diplomatic relations with the European Community (predecessor to the EU) in 1988, the first country in the region to do so, then submitted its ...
Peter Gabriel To Perform Iconic Album 'So' , Budapest, 6 May 2014
- 1 May 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of his landmark multi-platinum album ‘So’, a re-mastered CD, 3CD set and a deluxe box set have released and Peter Gabriel was set to bring the tour entitled, ‘Back To Front’. This thiumphant tour continues, and Budapest is among the new cities!
Fine Arts Museum In Budapest To Shut Down For Renovation Next Year
- 30 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Museum of Fine Arts is expected to be closed to the public for 18-24 months from early next year due to renovations. In the meantime the National Gallery will accommodate the museum’s seasonal exhibitions.
Concerts This May At Akvárium Club Budapest
- 30 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Club Akvárium is back, in the heart of Budapest, in the center of Erzsébet square, which has also changed for the better this year. Almost every bit of the Akvárium has changed: more concert halls, unique design elements, better sound and visual systems, and a new restaurant, the Aqua Bistro. But what stays the same is all the great concerts and parties, albeit more frequently and on a grander ...
Video: Rubik's Cube 40th Anniversary Interactive Exhibit
- 30 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- video
One of the most popular puzzle toys in the world, the Rubik's Cube is turning 40. To celebrate the anniversary, its inventor, Hungarian architect Erno Rubik, has teamed up with the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey, for an interactive exhibit. Visitors can admire various cubes from the very first prototype made of wood and rubber bands to the world’s most expensive Rubik’s Cube, ...
Hungarian Pilgrims At Auschwitz-Birkenau Intl March
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian pilgrims are leading this year’s international March of the Living that set out from Auschwitz to Birkenau at 1pm on Monday. The Hungarian participants of the 26th march between the former Nazi death camps include Holocaust survivors, secondary school students, Jews and non-Jewish people and many Roma commemorating the Roma Holocaust.
May Celebration: Strauss150 Festival @ Opera House In Budapest
- 20 May 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
From 25 May until 11 June the Opera organizes the Strauss150 Festival to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. Along with the popular pieces on the repertoire, the Opera presents a premiere: Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow) is directed by János Szikora. Besides the operas, a symphonic concert compiled from works by Strauss can be heard. It features ...
Israeli Ambassador To Hungary: Ilan Mor: Holocaust Denial Form Of Antisemitism
- 15 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Holocaust denial is a form of anti- Semitism, Ilan Mor, Israel’s ambassador to Hungary, said at a Holocaust memorial event in the south of Hungary. Six million victims of the Shoah were murdered twice, Mor said. Once when they were physically eliminated seventy years ago, and again, when they tried to destroy their memory, he told a two-day conference. He said that anti-Semitism could only be ...
CCCH Event: Hungary: 10 Years In The European Union, 29 May
- 12 May 2014 9:00 AM
- business
On behalf of the current President of the EU-Chambers of Commerce in Hungary, the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hungary (SCCH) and its partners: the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hungary and the Swisscham Hungary kindly invite you to a Business Conference, Panel Discussion and Luncheon about Hungary's ten years within the EU. The series of joint Business Conference initiative was taken by ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary - A Decade In The European Union
- 5 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ten years ago, May 1, 2004 – following a referendum April 12, 2003 in which 84 percent of voters expressed their support for accession – Hungary joined the European Union along with nine other former Soviet bloc countries. Hungary had established diplomatic relations with the European Community (predecessor to the EU) in 1988, the first country in the region to do so, then submitted its ...
Peter Gabriel To Perform Iconic Album 'So' , Budapest, 6 May 2014
- 1 May 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of his landmark multi-platinum album ‘So’, a re-mastered CD, 3CD set and a deluxe box set have released and Peter Gabriel was set to bring the tour entitled, ‘Back To Front’. This thiumphant tour continues, and Budapest is among the new cities!
Fine Arts Museum In Budapest To Shut Down For Renovation Next Year
- 30 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Museum of Fine Arts is expected to be closed to the public for 18-24 months from early next year due to renovations. In the meantime the National Gallery will accommodate the museum’s seasonal exhibitions.
Concerts This May At Akvárium Club Budapest
- 30 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Club Akvárium is back, in the heart of Budapest, in the center of Erzsébet square, which has also changed for the better this year. Almost every bit of the Akvárium has changed: more concert halls, unique design elements, better sound and visual systems, and a new restaurant, the Aqua Bistro. But what stays the same is all the great concerts and parties, albeit more frequently and on a grander ...
Video: Rubik's Cube 40th Anniversary Interactive Exhibit
- 30 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- video
One of the most popular puzzle toys in the world, the Rubik's Cube is turning 40. To celebrate the anniversary, its inventor, Hungarian architect Erno Rubik, has teamed up with the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey, for an interactive exhibit. Visitors can admire various cubes from the very first prototype made of wood and rubber bands to the world’s most expensive Rubik’s Cube, ...
Hungarian Pilgrims At Auschwitz-Birkenau Intl March
- 29 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian pilgrims are leading this year’s international March of the Living that set out from Auschwitz to Birkenau at 1pm on Monday. The Hungarian participants of the 26th march between the former Nazi death camps include Holocaust survivors, secondary school students, Jews and non-Jewish people and many Roma commemorating the Roma Holocaust.