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Xpat Opinion: Training Skilled Workers & Teaching Foreign Languages In Hungary
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
My post today deals with two aspects of Hungarian education. One is the training of skilled workers and the other, the still sorry state of foreign language education.
Hungarian Leaders Attend Double Canonisation
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian delegation led by President János Áder was present at the canonisation of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II at a mass in Rome on Sunday. Áder, together with other heads of state, exchanged a few words with Pope Francis after the celebration of the mass.
21st International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 24-27 April 2014
- 25 Apr 2014 9:02 AM
- community & culture
On Thursday, 24 April – right between the World Book and Copyright Day on Saint George's Day, 23 April and the World Intellectual Property Day on 25 April –, by evoking the old Catalonian custom of exchanging a gift of flowers and books, Dr Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Public Administration and Justice and deputy prime minister, accompanied by Dr Miklós Bendzsel, president of the Hungarian ...
Hello Spring – WAMP Returns To Erzsébet Square In Budapest, 27 April
- 25 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
Though August is traditionally the month of holidays, WAMP won’t take any days off. Even on the 1st Sunday of the hottest month there will be more than 50 exhibitors at the most famous design fair of Budapest. Beside the already known and like designers new participants will also be introduced. Of course this time too you can meet the Designer of the Month and the Audience Award Designer of the ...
1st Vapiano Budapest Squash Masters, Griff Squash Club, 16 - 18 May
- 24 Apr 2014 10:30 AM
- sport
Good squash for all levels, great social mix for new Budapest squash event: Colin White in partnership with Vapiano our main sponsor, Griff Squash & Fitness Club, Magyar Fallabda (Squash) Szövetség and European Squash Federation would like to invite you to the 1st Vapiano Budapest Squash Masters, which will be part of the new ESF Masters Circuit for 2014. Tournament will be held in the Griff ...
Xpat Opinion: Cat Cafe Budapest
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Cat cafes are predominantly a Japanese phenomenon dating back to around 2004/5, where guests can have a cup of tea and pet and play with cats, or spend time simply watching them. These cafes originally came into being because of rules which prohibited animals in Asian apartments. This concept reached Budapest recently, after already spreading to various countries around the world.
Body Lotion Co-Dance: Stride & Time /Svung, Jurányi House Budapest, 4 May
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The performance investigates the invisibility of change in time. How do we perceive it in a process? Is there a graspable moment of change? Is it just a result, that we recognise after becoming different? What helps to catch it? In others, in ourselves, in our lives? Can we be present in the process of transformation? The piece puts short fragments of time into movement, builds a sequence from ...
Xpat Opinion: Is The “Orbán Régime” Here To Stay In Hungary Until 2022?
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their analyses on the causes of the defeat of the Left at the elections on 6th April, commentators across the political spectrum believe that there will be no left-wing alternative to the incumbent government until the far reaching lessons of two consecutive electoral catastrophes are learned. Opinions differ, however about what those lessons are.
Sweet Enticement – Hungarian Cake Shops
- 18 Apr 2014 9:02 AM
- food & drink
Hungarians who travel around the world may marvel at beautiful scenery and splendid cities, but sooner or later they will miss one thing terribly, and in many places not find it – a really good cake shop. These exist in large numbers in Hungary: big and small, elegant and modest, the kind that are recommended in travel guides and awarded many stars, and the kind that are known only to the locals.
Xpat Opinion: Training Skilled Workers & Teaching Foreign Languages In Hungary
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
My post today deals with two aspects of Hungarian education. One is the training of skilled workers and the other, the still sorry state of foreign language education.
Hungarian Leaders Attend Double Canonisation
- 28 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A Hungarian delegation led by President János Áder was present at the canonisation of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II at a mass in Rome on Sunday. Áder, together with other heads of state, exchanged a few words with Pope Francis after the celebration of the mass.
21st International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 24-27 April 2014
- 25 Apr 2014 9:02 AM
- community & culture
On Thursday, 24 April – right between the World Book and Copyright Day on Saint George's Day, 23 April and the World Intellectual Property Day on 25 April –, by evoking the old Catalonian custom of exchanging a gift of flowers and books, Dr Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Public Administration and Justice and deputy prime minister, accompanied by Dr Miklós Bendzsel, president of the Hungarian ...
Hello Spring – WAMP Returns To Erzsébet Square In Budapest, 27 April
- 25 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- shopping
Though August is traditionally the month of holidays, WAMP won’t take any days off. Even on the 1st Sunday of the hottest month there will be more than 50 exhibitors at the most famous design fair of Budapest. Beside the already known and like designers new participants will also be introduced. Of course this time too you can meet the Designer of the Month and the Audience Award Designer of the ...
1st Vapiano Budapest Squash Masters, Griff Squash Club, 16 - 18 May
- 24 Apr 2014 10:30 AM
- sport
Good squash for all levels, great social mix for new Budapest squash event: Colin White in partnership with Vapiano our main sponsor, Griff Squash & Fitness Club, Magyar Fallabda (Squash) Szövetség and European Squash Federation would like to invite you to the 1st Vapiano Budapest Squash Masters, which will be part of the new ESF Masters Circuit for 2014. Tournament will be held in the Griff ...
Xpat Opinion: Cat Cafe Budapest
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Cat cafes are predominantly a Japanese phenomenon dating back to around 2004/5, where guests can have a cup of tea and pet and play with cats, or spend time simply watching them. These cafes originally came into being because of rules which prohibited animals in Asian apartments. This concept reached Budapest recently, after already spreading to various countries around the world.
Body Lotion Co-Dance: Stride & Time /Svung, Jurányi House Budapest, 4 May
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The performance investigates the invisibility of change in time. How do we perceive it in a process? Is there a graspable moment of change? Is it just a result, that we recognise after becoming different? What helps to catch it? In others, in ourselves, in our lives? Can we be present in the process of transformation? The piece puts short fragments of time into movement, builds a sequence from ...
Xpat Opinion: Is The “Orbán Régime” Here To Stay In Hungary Until 2022?
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their analyses on the causes of the defeat of the Left at the elections on 6th April, commentators across the political spectrum believe that there will be no left-wing alternative to the incumbent government until the far reaching lessons of two consecutive electoral catastrophes are learned. Opinions differ, however about what those lessons are.
Sweet Enticement – Hungarian Cake Shops
- 18 Apr 2014 9:02 AM
- food & drink
Hungarians who travel around the world may marvel at beautiful scenery and splendid cities, but sooner or later they will miss one thing terribly, and in many places not find it – a really good cake shop. These exist in large numbers in Hungary: big and small, elegant and modest, the kind that are recommended in travel guides and awarded many stars, and the kind that are known only to the locals.