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Budapest Photo Wins NatGeo Contest
- 8 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A picture taken by Singapore photographer Triston Yeo of Budapest’s Széchenyi baths won the Cities category in the National Geographic Traveler photo contest, Turizmus Online reported on Wednesday.
Xpat Opinion: Opening Anti-Government Demonstration Of The New Year
- 5 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing bloggers wonder if the demonstrations continuing into the New Year carry messages meaningful enough to eventually produce a new political majority, while conservative commentators suggest that the organisers have yet to offer constructive proposals for Hungary, beyond the desire to rid the country of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Four Questions For Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
- 30 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Dear Prime Minister Orbán:
I am writing to request clarification concerning certain statements you made during the interview broadcast by Hungarian state television Tuesday night, or the night before Christmas Eve.
Museum Of Fine Arts: Reconstruction To Begin In February
- 29 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Budapest’s famous Museum of Fine Arts on Heroes’ Square is to close its doors to visitors for a three-year period of reconstruction. Work on the iconic neo-Renaissance and neo-Classicist building, designed by architects Albert Schickedanz and Ferenc Fülöp Herzog and built between 1900 and 1906, will begin as early as next February.
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
Commissioner For Human Rights Criticizes Hungary
- 22 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Last week Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižneks submitted the findings of his visit to Hungary over the summer. The 43-page report discusses issues concerning media freedom, the fight against intolerance and discrimination, and human rights of immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees. (The full report can be accessed here.)
Sziget Festival Budapest : A Strong Kick-Off
- 12 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The Sziget 2014 aftermovie has been released! And the aim is simple: trying to evoke the atmosphere of last August and providing a brief flashback of this year’s festival holiday in Budapest. Eight months before the start of the 2015 Island of Freedom, the Szitizen community is already shaping up, as more than 10% of the available passes have been sold. Sziget Festival takes place on a beautiful ...
Xpat Opinion: Christmas Fair At Vörösmarty Square In Budapest
- 11 Dec 2014 8:02 AM
- shopping
The Christmas Fair on Vörösmarty Square is the oldest and most spectacular in Budapest. In the heart of the city - framed by historical buldings - the wooden stalls, the smell of mulled wine and finest traditional foods are giving the Vörösmarty Square in the advent time a unique and amazing atmosphere. It is said that this Christmas Market is among Europes top ten markets.
Advent At Deák Square Budapest
- 11 Dec 2014 2:04 AM
- shopping
For the second time The Advent in Budapest Winter Festival is held in Deák Square next to City Hall Park (Városháza park). The capital’s most beautiful and most family oriented Advent event awaits visitors until 21 December.
Budapest Photo Wins NatGeo Contest
- 8 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A picture taken by Singapore photographer Triston Yeo of Budapest’s Széchenyi baths won the Cities category in the National Geographic Traveler photo contest, Turizmus Online reported on Wednesday.
Xpat Opinion: Opening Anti-Government Demonstration Of The New Year
- 5 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-wing bloggers wonder if the demonstrations continuing into the New Year carry messages meaningful enough to eventually produce a new political majority, while conservative commentators suggest that the organisers have yet to offer constructive proposals for Hungary, beyond the desire to rid the country of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Four Questions For Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
- 30 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Dear Prime Minister Orbán:
I am writing to request clarification concerning certain statements you made during the interview broadcast by Hungarian state television Tuesday night, or the night before Christmas Eve.
Museum Of Fine Arts: Reconstruction To Begin In February
- 29 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Budapest’s famous Museum of Fine Arts on Heroes’ Square is to close its doors to visitors for a three-year period of reconstruction. Work on the iconic neo-Renaissance and neo-Classicist building, designed by architects Albert Schickedanz and Ferenc Fülöp Herzog and built between 1900 and 1906, will begin as early as next February.
Hungarian Prosecutors Ask Ministry To Lift Goodfriend’s Immunity
- 23 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Like a bad episode from the Twilight Zone, Hungarian prosecutors today asked the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade to lift US Embassy Chargé d’affaires André Goodfriend’s immunity from prosecution so that he can be tried in Hungary for defamation. Thanks to changes made to the criminal code under the current Fidesz-KDNP government, defamation is now a felony punishable with up to three years ...
Commissioner For Human Rights Criticizes Hungary
- 22 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Last week Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižneks submitted the findings of his visit to Hungary over the summer. The 43-page report discusses issues concerning media freedom, the fight against intolerance and discrimination, and human rights of immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees. (The full report can be accessed here.)
Sziget Festival Budapest : A Strong Kick-Off
- 12 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The Sziget 2014 aftermovie has been released! And the aim is simple: trying to evoke the atmosphere of last August and providing a brief flashback of this year’s festival holiday in Budapest. Eight months before the start of the 2015 Island of Freedom, the Szitizen community is already shaping up, as more than 10% of the available passes have been sold. Sziget Festival takes place on a beautiful ...
Xpat Opinion: Christmas Fair At Vörösmarty Square In Budapest
- 11 Dec 2014 8:02 AM
- shopping
The Christmas Fair on Vörösmarty Square is the oldest and most spectacular in Budapest. In the heart of the city - framed by historical buldings - the wooden stalls, the smell of mulled wine and finest traditional foods are giving the Vörösmarty Square in the advent time a unique and amazing atmosphere. It is said that this Christmas Market is among Europes top ten markets.
Advent At Deák Square Budapest
- 11 Dec 2014 2:04 AM
- shopping
For the second time The Advent in Budapest Winter Festival is held in Deák Square next to City Hall Park (Városháza park). The capital’s most beautiful and most family oriented Advent event awaits visitors until 21 December.