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WHO: World No Tobacco Day, Hungary, 31 May
- 29 May 2015 9:01 AM
- health & wellness
Eliminating the illicit trade in tobacco would generate an annual tax windfall of US$ 31 billion for governments, improve public health, help cut crime and curb an important revenue source for the tobacco industry. Those are the key themes of World No Tobacco Day on May 31 when the World Health Organization will urge Member States to sign the Protocol to Eliminate the Illicit Trade in Tobacco ...
Stereo MC's Live Band Show In Akvárium Club Budapest, 30 May
- 25 May 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Rob Birch and Nick Hallam are gearing up to present a Saturday night full of different musical genres at Budapest's downtown Akvárium Klub. Plus they’ll have established drum & bass MC Five Alive to assist them in their mission to rock Budapest again. Together as always, see the video below, they’re sure to get everyone moving and jumping on the dance floor at Akvárium's 'Kis Hall'.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Top 5 Equestrian Parks In Hungary
- 17 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Where to experience the famous Hungarian horse-culture? Well, there are a lot of horse-parks and stables all around the country, and here we suggest you the best five of them. At these places you will find traditional restaurant and hospitality, accommodation, amazing ambience, impressive horse-shows and first class horse riding services.
Enter The Amazing World Of Filmmaking @ Korda Film Studios In Etyek
- 10 Apr 2015 12:55 PM
- entertainment
Offering a new experience for film lovers, the Korda Filmpark is the first movie-themed visitors center in Central-Eastern Europe, located 30 kilometers from Budapest, in Etyek. The Filmpark can be found amongst the stages and backlot sets of Korda Studios, where international feature films such as Hellboy 2: The Golden Army and Season of the Witch, and TV mega-productions The Borgiasand World ...
Hungarian Conductor Ivan Fischer Receives Award For Lifetime Achievement
- 9 Apr 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Following in the footsteps of Placido Domingo, Gustavo Dudamel and Quincy Jones, this year Ivan Fischer has been granted the Abu Dhabi Festival Award for his lifetime contribution to the arts. Iván Fischer, Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, has been presented with the 2015 Abu Dhabi Festival Award, which is bestowed each year on artists who have made an exceptional contribution ...
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]
Lola Arias (ARG), Trafó Budapest. 27 - 28 November
- 20 Nov 2014 3:20 AM
- entertainment
In Spanish with Hungarian and English surtitles
"When I was 7 years old I used to wear my mother’s clothes and walk around the house stepping on my dress like a miniature queen. Twenty years later I find a pair of my mother’s jeans from the 70’s and they are just my size. I put them on and begin to walk toward the past. On an avenue, I meet my parents when they were young and we all go for a ...
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán: Hungary’s Brave PM Who Is Not A Communist
- 9 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On October 28 József Szájer, a Fidesz member of the European Parliament, gave an interview to Inforádió, a station close to the government party. To long-time readers of Hungarian Spectrum or those who have been following Hungarian politics in the last twenty-five years Szájer is a familiar figure. However, since we have a lot of new subscribers who might be less familiar with the leading figures ...
WHO: World No Tobacco Day, Hungary, 31 May
- 29 May 2015 9:01 AM
- health & wellness
Eliminating the illicit trade in tobacco would generate an annual tax windfall of US$ 31 billion for governments, improve public health, help cut crime and curb an important revenue source for the tobacco industry. Those are the key themes of World No Tobacco Day on May 31 when the World Health Organization will urge Member States to sign the Protocol to Eliminate the Illicit Trade in Tobacco ...
Stereo MC's Live Band Show In Akvárium Club Budapest, 30 May
- 25 May 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Rob Birch and Nick Hallam are gearing up to present a Saturday night full of different musical genres at Budapest's downtown Akvárium Klub. Plus they’ll have established drum & bass MC Five Alive to assist them in their mission to rock Budapest again. Together as always, see the video below, they’re sure to get everyone moving and jumping on the dance floor at Akvárium's 'Kis Hall'.
Xpat Opinion: Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis On Her Years In Hungary, Part I
- 13 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I just received Eleni Kounalakis’s Madam Ambassador: Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties, and Democracy in Budapest (New York: The New Press), recounting her years in Budapest as U.S. Ambassador. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the book, which luckily, despite its subtitle, has little to do with dinner parties. Instead, we have an account of the turbulent first three years of ...
Top 5 Equestrian Parks In Hungary
- 17 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Where to experience the famous Hungarian horse-culture? Well, there are a lot of horse-parks and stables all around the country, and here we suggest you the best five of them. At these places you will find traditional restaurant and hospitality, accommodation, amazing ambience, impressive horse-shows and first class horse riding services.
Enter The Amazing World Of Filmmaking @ Korda Film Studios In Etyek
- 10 Apr 2015 12:55 PM
- entertainment
Offering a new experience for film lovers, the Korda Filmpark is the first movie-themed visitors center in Central-Eastern Europe, located 30 kilometers from Budapest, in Etyek. The Filmpark can be found amongst the stages and backlot sets of Korda Studios, where international feature films such as Hellboy 2: The Golden Army and Season of the Witch, and TV mega-productions The Borgiasand World ...
Hungarian Conductor Ivan Fischer Receives Award For Lifetime Achievement
- 9 Apr 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Following in the footsteps of Placido Domingo, Gustavo Dudamel and Quincy Jones, this year Ivan Fischer has been granted the Abu Dhabi Festival Award for his lifetime contribution to the arts. Iván Fischer, Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, has been presented with the 2015 Abu Dhabi Festival Award, which is bestowed each year on artists who have made an exceptional contribution ...
Meet Lajos Simicska: Fidesz’s Enigmatic Oligarch
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“From the time of its founding Fidesz did not have outside supporters. We wanted to avoid being beholden to domestic and foreign groups, and for this reason had to develop our own sources of income.” – Lajos Simicska, Fidesz economic director, October 1994 “Hungary needs large Hungarian companies in the financial sector, the insurance […]
Lola Arias (ARG), Trafó Budapest. 27 - 28 November
- 20 Nov 2014 3:20 AM
- entertainment
In Spanish with Hungarian and English surtitles
"When I was 7 years old I used to wear my mother’s clothes and walk around the house stepping on my dress like a miniature queen. Twenty years later I find a pair of my mother’s jeans from the 70’s and they are just my size. I put them on and begin to walk toward the past. On an avenue, I meet my parents when they were young and we all go for a ...
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán: Hungary’s Brave PM Who Is Not A Communist
- 9 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On October 28 József Szájer, a Fidesz member of the European Parliament, gave an interview to Inforádió, a station close to the government party. To long-time readers of Hungarian Spectrum or those who have been following Hungarian politics in the last twenty-five years Szájer is a familiar figure. However, since we have a lot of new subscribers who might be less familiar with the leading figures ...