430 result(s) for balkan
Recipe Of The Week: Hungarian Sour Cream Scones
- 7 Mar 2017 6:01 AM
- food & drink
Accroding to historians scones (or pogácsa in Hungarian) are one of the oldest biscuits that were already baked in the time of the Hungarian conquest. Scones are small, round biscuits popular mainly in the Carpathian Basin and on the Balkans. Their name derives from the word focacea (baked dough), which is derivative of the Latin word “focus” that means fire. The word pogácsa was taken over from ...
Watch: Traditional Hungarian Cuisine
- 14 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- food & drink
To understand Hungarian cuisine, we have to take a peek into the past. Today's Hungarian cuisine is a synthesis of ancient Asiatic components mixed with Germanic, Italian, and Slavic elements. The food of Hungary can be considered a melting pot of the continent, with its own original cuisine from the Magyar people.
Freedom House Ranks Hungary ‘Free’ Democracy In 2016 Global Report
- 2 Feb 2017 8:42 AM
- current affairs
Freedom House (FH) has ranked Hungary as a “free” democracy in its 2016 global report released on Wednesday. The human rights watchdog called populists and autocrats “the dual threat” to global democracy. The report for last year evaluated the state of freedom in 195 countries and 14 territories.
Literarium: ’An Evening With Ottó Tolnai’, Mupa, 23 January
- 12 Jan 2017 8:30 AM
- community & culture
We begin our literary series in 2017 with what promises to be a memorable evening in the company of Ottó Tolnai, a magnificent poet and captivating personality from the old-fashioned spa town of Palić (Palics) in Vojvodina, the autonomous province of Serbia.
Fungarian: Attila The Hun(garian)
- 5 Jan 2017 12:00 AM
- community & culture
Every 7th of January I have to call four friends called Attila and congratulate them on their name day. A Hungarian table calendar tells you whose name day it is, and just to make sure every morning the radio announcer congratulates those who are celebrating their name day. In addition a little sign at the florist’s reminds you about the day’s name just in case you forgot.
Wizz Air Flights Cost State HUF 4bn
- 2 Jan 2017 8:14 AM
- travel
The state is paying Ft 4 billion to low cost airline Wizz Air to maintain regularly scheduled flights between Budapest and the Balkan destinations of Podgorica, Pristina, Sarajevo, Skopje and Tirana over four years, according to information published on the EU public procurement website on December 31.
Zoltán Orosz & Friends: New Year’s Concert With World Famous Virtuosi, MOM Cultural Center, 2 January
- 2 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Celebrate the New Year with Zoltan Orosz accordionist and his prestigious musician friends. After India, Singapore and Siberia the world famous accordionist finally delights the audience at home with a fantastic New Year’s concert.
Recipe Of The Week: Hungarian Fish Soup (Halászlé)
- 21 Dec 2016 7:01 AM
- food & drink
In Hungary fish soup (halászlé) is one of the most popular Christmas dishes. Hungarian fish soup halászlé is a hot soup prepared with mixed river fish - characteristic for cuisines of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkans, especially the wider region around the River Danube. The meal originates from Slavic cuisine. Traditionally, fish soup is prepared in a small kettle on an open fire by real ...
Foreign Minister Laments Lack Of Progress In EU Management Of Migrant Crisis
- 13 Dec 2016 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, lamented what he called a “lack of progress” in the European Union’s management of the migrant crisis. Each month the topic of migration is brought up at meetings of EU ministers but “nothing ever happens”, Szijjártó told a press conference.
Recipe Of The Week: Hungarian Sour Cream Scones
- 7 Mar 2017 6:01 AM
- food & drink
Accroding to historians scones (or pogácsa in Hungarian) are one of the oldest biscuits that were already baked in the time of the Hungarian conquest. Scones are small, round biscuits popular mainly in the Carpathian Basin and on the Balkans. Their name derives from the word focacea (baked dough), which is derivative of the Latin word “focus” that means fire. The word pogácsa was taken over from ...
Watch: Traditional Hungarian Cuisine
- 14 Feb 2017 8:00 AM
- food & drink
To understand Hungarian cuisine, we have to take a peek into the past. Today's Hungarian cuisine is a synthesis of ancient Asiatic components mixed with Germanic, Italian, and Slavic elements. The food of Hungary can be considered a melting pot of the continent, with its own original cuisine from the Magyar people.
Freedom House Ranks Hungary ‘Free’ Democracy In 2016 Global Report
- 2 Feb 2017 8:42 AM
- current affairs
Freedom House (FH) has ranked Hungary as a “free” democracy in its 2016 global report released on Wednesday. The human rights watchdog called populists and autocrats “the dual threat” to global democracy. The report for last year evaluated the state of freedom in 195 countries and 14 territories.
Literarium: ’An Evening With Ottó Tolnai’, Mupa, 23 January
- 12 Jan 2017 8:30 AM
- community & culture
We begin our literary series in 2017 with what promises to be a memorable evening in the company of Ottó Tolnai, a magnificent poet and captivating personality from the old-fashioned spa town of Palić (Palics) in Vojvodina, the autonomous province of Serbia.
Fungarian: Attila The Hun(garian)
- 5 Jan 2017 12:00 AM
- community & culture
Every 7th of January I have to call four friends called Attila and congratulate them on their name day. A Hungarian table calendar tells you whose name day it is, and just to make sure every morning the radio announcer congratulates those who are celebrating their name day. In addition a little sign at the florist’s reminds you about the day’s name just in case you forgot.
Wizz Air Flights Cost State HUF 4bn
- 2 Jan 2017 8:14 AM
- travel
The state is paying Ft 4 billion to low cost airline Wizz Air to maintain regularly scheduled flights between Budapest and the Balkan destinations of Podgorica, Pristina, Sarajevo, Skopje and Tirana over four years, according to information published on the EU public procurement website on December 31.
Zoltán Orosz & Friends: New Year’s Concert With World Famous Virtuosi, MOM Cultural Center, 2 January
- 2 Jan 2017 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Celebrate the New Year with Zoltan Orosz accordionist and his prestigious musician friends. After India, Singapore and Siberia the world famous accordionist finally delights the audience at home with a fantastic New Year’s concert.
Recipe Of The Week: Hungarian Fish Soup (Halászlé)
- 21 Dec 2016 7:01 AM
- food & drink
In Hungary fish soup (halászlé) is one of the most popular Christmas dishes. Hungarian fish soup halászlé is a hot soup prepared with mixed river fish - characteristic for cuisines of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkans, especially the wider region around the River Danube. The meal originates from Slavic cuisine. Traditionally, fish soup is prepared in a small kettle on an open fire by real ...
Foreign Minister Laments Lack Of Progress In EU Management Of Migrant Crisis
- 13 Dec 2016 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, lamented what he called a “lack of progress” in the European Union’s management of the migrant crisis. Each month the topic of migration is brought up at meetings of EU ministers but “nothing ever happens”, Szijjártó told a press conference.