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Special Pop-Up Kitchen Outside Finnish Embassy, 21 May
- 18 May 2016 8:30 AM
- community & culture
Finnagora invites xpats to a special Finnish Event: The traditional SOPPA* restaurant will take place again at the courtyard of the Embassy of Finland on the Restaurant Day Budapest Saturday 21st of May. The Finnish innovation, Restaurant Day, has become popular around the world and it has also found its own place in the event scenery of Hungary. Team Finland is organizing the SOPPA* restaurant ...
More Than 600 Turn Out To Protest Liget Budapest Project
- 26 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
More than 600 people took part in a demonstration yesterday to protest plans to transform Városliget (City Park) into a museum quarter, and protest organizers said the area should instead be turned into a “real park”, according to a press release issued by Greenpeace and “Ligetvédők”
Chernobyl Marathon, Budapest, 25 – 26 April
- 25 Apr 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The Blinken Open Society Archives invites you to its two-day series of programs spanning from morning till late at night, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl. Evening programs include film and book launches and literary readings to help discuss the events that happened thirty years ago while also touching upon issues concerning the safety of ...
Hungaroring Celebrates Its 30th Birthday
- 19 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The fact that the Formula 1 race was being organised for the fourth time already in 1989, the year of the political turn, clearly tells what a remarkable pole-position Hungary used to hold among the countries of the former Eastern bloc. The Hungaroring is celebrating its 30th birthday this year and it’s as popular as always, with excellent prospects.
Nine Foreign Films To Compete At Titanic Festival
- 30 Mar 2016 9:03 AM
- entertainment
Nine foreign films will compete for the Breaking Waves Award at this year’s Titanic International Film Festival next month, organisers said. The festival to be held for the 23rd time will open on April 7 with the Australian romantic love story Tanna set on the island of Tanna in the South Pacific.
Titanic International Filmfest, Budapest, 7 - 16 April
- 18 Mar 2016 8:03 AM
- entertainment
The Titanic Filmfest is the biggest international film festival in Hungary. The most outstanding, daring and innovative movie of the festival is rewarded with the ‘Breaking Wawes Award’. The reciever of the award is voted on unanimously by an international jury. In 2016, Budapest celebrates the 23rd Titanic Filmfest. Films from 29 countries, including international premiers are on the program.
Hosting 2017 World Swimming Championship To Cost Hungary USD 312 Million
- 22 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
Hosting the 2017 world swimming championship games in Budapest will cost Hungarian and European taxpayers some HUF 86 billion (USD 312 million) according to latest estimates, or 3.5 times original estimates.
Now On Open Eyes Exhibition, Hungarian National Museum
- 19 Feb 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Now On until 15 March: The beginnings: “I got tuberculosis as a present for my twentieth birthday”, Hemző recalled ironically in a later interview. It was nothing short of a miracle that he survived in the ruined and looted capital after the war. Nevertheless, he managed to turn even the experience of this lethal illness to his advantage in the course of his long and successful career.
Uber Drivers Could Be Stripped Of Licence
- 11 Feb 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Under a proposal now before the government, ride-hailing Uber service providers could lose their licence plates if they are caught breaking rules, János Fónagy, a state secretary at the development ministry, said after talks between the government, taxi drivers’ unions and related authorities.
Special Pop-Up Kitchen Outside Finnish Embassy, 21 May
- 18 May 2016 8:30 AM
- community & culture
Finnagora invites xpats to a special Finnish Event: The traditional SOPPA* restaurant will take place again at the courtyard of the Embassy of Finland on the Restaurant Day Budapest Saturday 21st of May. The Finnish innovation, Restaurant Day, has become popular around the world and it has also found its own place in the event scenery of Hungary. Team Finland is organizing the SOPPA* restaurant ...
More Than 600 Turn Out To Protest Liget Budapest Project
- 26 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
More than 600 people took part in a demonstration yesterday to protest plans to transform Városliget (City Park) into a museum quarter, and protest organizers said the area should instead be turned into a “real park”, according to a press release issued by Greenpeace and “Ligetvédők”
Chernobyl Marathon, Budapest, 25 – 26 April
- 25 Apr 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The Blinken Open Society Archives invites you to its two-day series of programs spanning from morning till late at night, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl. Evening programs include film and book launches and literary readings to help discuss the events that happened thirty years ago while also touching upon issues concerning the safety of ...
Hungaroring Celebrates Its 30th Birthday
- 19 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The fact that the Formula 1 race was being organised for the fourth time already in 1989, the year of the political turn, clearly tells what a remarkable pole-position Hungary used to hold among the countries of the former Eastern bloc. The Hungaroring is celebrating its 30th birthday this year and it’s as popular as always, with excellent prospects.
Nine Foreign Films To Compete At Titanic Festival
- 30 Mar 2016 9:03 AM
- entertainment
Nine foreign films will compete for the Breaking Waves Award at this year’s Titanic International Film Festival next month, organisers said. The festival to be held for the 23rd time will open on April 7 with the Australian romantic love story Tanna set on the island of Tanna in the South Pacific.
Titanic International Filmfest, Budapest, 7 - 16 April
- 18 Mar 2016 8:03 AM
- entertainment
The Titanic Filmfest is the biggest international film festival in Hungary. The most outstanding, daring and innovative movie of the festival is rewarded with the ‘Breaking Wawes Award’. The reciever of the award is voted on unanimously by an international jury. In 2016, Budapest celebrates the 23rd Titanic Filmfest. Films from 29 countries, including international premiers are on the program.
Hosting 2017 World Swimming Championship To Cost Hungary USD 312 Million
- 22 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
Hosting the 2017 world swimming championship games in Budapest will cost Hungarian and European taxpayers some HUF 86 billion (USD 312 million) according to latest estimates, or 3.5 times original estimates.
Now On Open Eyes Exhibition, Hungarian National Museum
- 19 Feb 2016 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Now On until 15 March: The beginnings: “I got tuberculosis as a present for my twentieth birthday”, Hemző recalled ironically in a later interview. It was nothing short of a miracle that he survived in the ruined and looted capital after the war. Nevertheless, he managed to turn even the experience of this lethal illness to his advantage in the course of his long and successful career.
Uber Drivers Could Be Stripped Of Licence
- 11 Feb 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Under a proposal now before the government, ride-hailing Uber service providers could lose their licence plates if they are caught breaking rules, János Fónagy, a state secretary at the development ministry, said after talks between the government, taxi drivers’ unions and related authorities.