54 result(s) for catholic university
Weekend Escape To Malta From Budapest
- 28 May 2013 9:00 AM
- travel
As WizzAir now provides expats in Hungary with flights timed for a weekend away in Malta, here's an insightful report about the ways locals suggest to enjoy this new 'Wizz destination'. "Two days isn’t enough!” my Maltese friends Michael and Jennifer exclaim when I tell them I’m coming to Malta to experience the island like a local. Their email recommends I stay at least four days, especially ...
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Pope? Does Péter Erdő Have A Chance?
- 7 Mar 2013 10:50 AM
- current affairs
As I mentioned earlier, the Hungarian media is full of stories speculating about the possibility of Péter Erdő succeeding Benedict XVI. Péter Erdő was appointed Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest in December 2002 and was also made a cardinal at the same time. At the time of his appointment he was auxiliary bishop of Székesfehérvár and was only 50 years old. He has a doctorate in theology and canon ...
Xpat Opinion: Moral And Political Confusion In Hungary
- 21 Nov 2012 7:59 AM
- current affairs
"I decided to update three recent posts. On Saturday and Sunday I wrote about LMP’s decision not to begin negotiations with the “Together 2014″ group. Yesterday I reported on the latest plagiarism case involving Zsolt Semjén, chairman of the Christian Democratic People’s Party (KDNP) and deputy to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Holy Mass in English Every Saturday In Downtown Budapest
- 22 Mar 2012 10:30 AM
- community & culture
Weekly Roman Catholic Holy Mass in English at 5pm every Saturday, at the Jesuit Fathers' Church of the Sacred Heart. The young Transylvanian-born Father Lajos Kovács, S.J. delivers carefully prepared homilies that deal with current social problems and personal faith. Organ-accompanied traditional Anglo-American hymns are sung by the community. Lectors are members of the expat community, with ...
Xpat Interview: Calum Ross
- 7 Feb 2011 11:00 AM
I moved to Budapest from Edinburgh in September 2010.
Special Xpat Interview: Péter Bárándy, Lawyer
- 24 Jan 2011 11:00 AM
Dr. Péter Bárándy has been a Member of Budapest Bar Association since 1980, and is considered by his peers to be one of Hungary’s premier lawyers. Born in Budapest on 12 June 1949, after a poor start at school he went on to earn a doctorate in law from ELTE in 1974. He began a joint law office with his famous father
Liszt Year In Hungary In 2011
- 28 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"Next year we are celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of Franz Liszt, a major event for classical music throughout the world. It is a fortunate coincidence that in the same year, in the first half of 2011 Hungary is assuming the Presidency of the European Union, which will provide an opportunity to present the work of Franz Liszt and the Hungarian identity he embraced, in events throughout ...
Report: The First Day On Budapest Sziget Festival Main Stage
- 13 Aug 2010 1:00 AM
- entertainment
"Well, now it really is the first day of Sziget, and finallly we found out that it's not just sunshine- and ideology filled ska which can be damn popular, but also cartoon-metal on the verge of surrealism, idiotic punk and a music-filled version of the Monty Python-world.
Xpat Interview: Mária Schmidt, Chief Director Of House Of Terror Museum
- 28 Mar 2004 12:00 PM
Schmidt Mária (1953, historian, Hungary) graduated in 1978 as a high school teacher of History and German from the Faculty of Arts of Eötvös Loránd University. She gained her MA in 1985 and completed her PhD in 1999. Between 1996 and 2000 lecturer at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Arts, Institute of History; university professor since 2010.
Weekend Escape To Malta From Budapest
- 28 May 2013 9:00 AM
- travel
As WizzAir now provides expats in Hungary with flights timed for a weekend away in Malta, here's an insightful report about the ways locals suggest to enjoy this new 'Wizz destination'. "Two days isn’t enough!” my Maltese friends Michael and Jennifer exclaim when I tell them I’m coming to Malta to experience the island like a local. Their email recommends I stay at least four days, especially ...
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Pope? Does Péter Erdő Have A Chance?
- 7 Mar 2013 10:50 AM
- current affairs
As I mentioned earlier, the Hungarian media is full of stories speculating about the possibility of Péter Erdő succeeding Benedict XVI. Péter Erdő was appointed Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest in December 2002 and was also made a cardinal at the same time. At the time of his appointment he was auxiliary bishop of Székesfehérvár and was only 50 years old. He has a doctorate in theology and canon ...
Xpat Opinion: Moral And Political Confusion In Hungary
- 21 Nov 2012 7:59 AM
- current affairs
"I decided to update three recent posts. On Saturday and Sunday I wrote about LMP’s decision not to begin negotiations with the “Together 2014″ group. Yesterday I reported on the latest plagiarism case involving Zsolt Semjén, chairman of the Christian Democratic People’s Party (KDNP) and deputy to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Holy Mass in English Every Saturday In Downtown Budapest
- 22 Mar 2012 10:30 AM
- community & culture
Weekly Roman Catholic Holy Mass in English at 5pm every Saturday, at the Jesuit Fathers' Church of the Sacred Heart. The young Transylvanian-born Father Lajos Kovács, S.J. delivers carefully prepared homilies that deal with current social problems and personal faith. Organ-accompanied traditional Anglo-American hymns are sung by the community. Lectors are members of the expat community, with ...
Xpat Interview: Calum Ross
- 7 Feb 2011 11:00 AM
I moved to Budapest from Edinburgh in September 2010.
Special Xpat Interview: Péter Bárándy, Lawyer
- 24 Jan 2011 11:00 AM
Dr. Péter Bárándy has been a Member of Budapest Bar Association since 1980, and is considered by his peers to be one of Hungary’s premier lawyers. Born in Budapest on 12 June 1949, after a poor start at school he went on to earn a doctorate in law from ELTE in 1974. He began a joint law office with his famous father
Liszt Year In Hungary In 2011
- 28 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"Next year we are celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of Franz Liszt, a major event for classical music throughout the world. It is a fortunate coincidence that in the same year, in the first half of 2011 Hungary is assuming the Presidency of the European Union, which will provide an opportunity to present the work of Franz Liszt and the Hungarian identity he embraced, in events throughout ...
Report: The First Day On Budapest Sziget Festival Main Stage
- 13 Aug 2010 1:00 AM
- entertainment
"Well, now it really is the first day of Sziget, and finallly we found out that it's not just sunshine- and ideology filled ska which can be damn popular, but also cartoon-metal on the verge of surrealism, idiotic punk and a music-filled version of the Monty Python-world.
Xpat Interview: Mária Schmidt, Chief Director Of House Of Terror Museum
- 28 Mar 2004 12:00 PM
Schmidt Mária (1953, historian, Hungary) graduated in 1978 as a high school teacher of History and German from the Faculty of Arts of Eötvös Loránd University. She gained her MA in 1985 and completed her PhD in 1999. Between 1996 and 2000 lecturer at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Faculty of Arts, Institute of History; university professor since 2010.