211 result(s) for brit media
Counter-Terror Forces Evacuate British International School, Budapest
- 10 Dec 2015 8:15 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s secret service and counter-terrorism unit (TEK) were called to the British International School in Óbuda after the school received a bomb threat. A suspect was reportedly charged in the incident, according to online daily HVG. Other reliable news sources reported that authorities stormed the building with sniffer dogs and bomb experts.
Anti-Refugee Online Commenters Meet Actual Refugees In Hungary
- 2 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ongoing refugee crisis in Budapest has brought with it the inevitable wave of anti-refugee commentary and trolling in various Facebook groups and on the comment pages of local news media covering the situation.
More Britons And Less Russians Visit Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 9:04 AM
- travel
The number of overnight stays by foreign visitors in Hungarian hotels has kept rising in the first half of 2015, despite of the declining number of Ukrainian, Russian and German tourists. In the first six month of 2015 the number of domestic overnight stays rose exactly by 8.2% compared to the previous year; 3.547 million. The nights spent by foreigners has grown by 4.3% which is 4.783 million in ...
Busho International Short Film Festival, On Until 6 September
- 28 Aug 2015 9:06 AM
- entertainment
Press release: The second decade of the Busho International Short Film Festival will begin in the first week of September. In the past decade, - parallel with the technological developments - incredible changes have manifested themselves at the festival. The last several years it has stabilized itself, and we have managed to bring a consistent quality from year to year, which the organizers have ...
Diplomats Discuss Corruption Issues At Sziget Festival Budapest
- 14 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Diplomats of several western countries noted the grave social and economic consequences of corruption at a press conference held at the Sziget Festival. Senior embassy staff of France, the Netherlands and Great Britain discussed the importance of fighting corruption at a press conference organised by Transparency International Hungary.
Florence + The Machine (UK) @ Sziget Budapest, 11 August 9.30 pm
- 11 Aug 2015 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Florence and the Machine (styled as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band, consisting of lead singer Florence Welch, Isabella Summers, and a collaboration of other artists. The band's music had received praise across the media, especially from the BBC, before they gained mainstream success. Specifically, the BBC played a large part in their rise to prominence by promoting ...
Always Drinking Marching Band (E) @ Sziget Budapest, 16 August 6.15 pm
- 11 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Always Drinking Marching Band is a company made up by musicians, actors, technicians, dancers, pub poets (and many others, of course), that has been performing in the streets since 1997, throughout Spain but also elsewhere in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.Our name refers to the Mediterranean “ mode de vie”, which includes socializing with buddies on streets and squares, having some beers ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Scene Is Still In Flux
- 6 Aug 2015 8:58 AM
- business
Although the Hungarian government’s only concern of late seems to be how to keep asylum seekers out of the country, I don’t want to succumb to the same tunnel vision. And so today I’m turning to the state of the Hungarian media. So-called public (közszolgálati) television and radio are by now mere mouthpieces of government propaganda. Magyar Rádió is still, by default, the station that most ...
Laugh, Brody, Laugh!, English Comedy, Brody Studios Budapest, 12 August
- 5 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Join our fourteenth comedy night hosted by our very own Brody Studios member Rupert Slade and featuring international stars Kevin Hayes and Gareth Berliner. Rupert spent his early 20’s performing poetry in coffee shops in London. He won the first "gift of the gab" held in Budapest back in 2009, all who know him know he can talk the hind legs off a donkey. He has been running various media ...
Counter-Terror Forces Evacuate British International School, Budapest
- 10 Dec 2015 8:15 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s secret service and counter-terrorism unit (TEK) were called to the British International School in Óbuda after the school received a bomb threat. A suspect was reportedly charged in the incident, according to online daily HVG. Other reliable news sources reported that authorities stormed the building with sniffer dogs and bomb experts.
Anti-Refugee Online Commenters Meet Actual Refugees In Hungary
- 2 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The ongoing refugee crisis in Budapest has brought with it the inevitable wave of anti-refugee commentary and trolling in various Facebook groups and on the comment pages of local news media covering the situation.
More Britons And Less Russians Visit Hungary
- 7 Sep 2015 9:04 AM
- travel
The number of overnight stays by foreign visitors in Hungarian hotels has kept rising in the first half of 2015, despite of the declining number of Ukrainian, Russian and German tourists. In the first six month of 2015 the number of domestic overnight stays rose exactly by 8.2% compared to the previous year; 3.547 million. The nights spent by foreigners has grown by 4.3% which is 4.783 million in ...
Busho International Short Film Festival, On Until 6 September
- 28 Aug 2015 9:06 AM
- entertainment
Press release: The second decade of the Busho International Short Film Festival will begin in the first week of September. In the past decade, - parallel with the technological developments - incredible changes have manifested themselves at the festival. The last several years it has stabilized itself, and we have managed to bring a consistent quality from year to year, which the organizers have ...
Diplomats Discuss Corruption Issues At Sziget Festival Budapest
- 14 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Diplomats of several western countries noted the grave social and economic consequences of corruption at a press conference held at the Sziget Festival. Senior embassy staff of France, the Netherlands and Great Britain discussed the importance of fighting corruption at a press conference organised by Transparency International Hungary.
Florence + The Machine (UK) @ Sziget Budapest, 11 August 9.30 pm
- 11 Aug 2015 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Florence and the Machine (styled as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band, consisting of lead singer Florence Welch, Isabella Summers, and a collaboration of other artists. The band's music had received praise across the media, especially from the BBC, before they gained mainstream success. Specifically, the BBC played a large part in their rise to prominence by promoting ...
Always Drinking Marching Band (E) @ Sziget Budapest, 16 August 6.15 pm
- 11 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Always Drinking Marching Band is a company made up by musicians, actors, technicians, dancers, pub poets (and many others, of course), that has been performing in the streets since 1997, throughout Spain but also elsewhere in Europe, Asia, Africa and America.Our name refers to the Mediterranean “ mode de vie”, which includes socializing with buddies on streets and squares, having some beers ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Scene Is Still In Flux
- 6 Aug 2015 8:58 AM
- business
Although the Hungarian government’s only concern of late seems to be how to keep asylum seekers out of the country, I don’t want to succumb to the same tunnel vision. And so today I’m turning to the state of the Hungarian media. So-called public (közszolgálati) television and radio are by now mere mouthpieces of government propaganda. Magyar Rádió is still, by default, the station that most ...
Laugh, Brody, Laugh!, English Comedy, Brody Studios Budapest, 12 August
- 5 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Join our fourteenth comedy night hosted by our very own Brody Studios member Rupert Slade and featuring international stars Kevin Hayes and Gareth Berliner. Rupert spent his early 20’s performing poetry in coffee shops in London. He won the first "gift of the gab" held in Budapest back in 2009, all who know him know he can talk the hind legs off a donkey. He has been running various media ...