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Bomb Found On Coach In Hungary May Have Been Planted By ISIS
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Bulgarian sources have claimed that a powerful bomb found on a long-distance coach at the Annahegy motorway rest stop in the Hungarian town of Törökbálint may have been planted by ISIS or another Middle Eastern terrorist group. The pipe bomb was planted on Omega Group’s bus heading from Prague to the Bulgarian city of Varna by a Czech or Slovak citizen, according to the carrier’s director ...
Budapest Mayor Promises “Spectacular” Makeover From EU Funding
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest is slated for some new spectacular developments financed from European Union funding by 2020, Mayor István Tarlós said. The city is set to complete significant tourism and public utilities projects from EU funds, Tarlós told public news channel M1.
Cameras In Ózd, Hungary Record Public Work, Not Workers Themselves
- 14 May 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Cameras installed in Ózd in connection with fostered work are used for monitoring the work done by public workers rather than the workers themselves, the mayor of the city in north-east Hungary said. This type of video surveillance falls in line with guidelines set earlier by the data protection ombudsman, Dávid Janiczak said. The aim is to keep record of the work performed and the practice has ...
Guardian: Budapest’s Margaret Island Among Ten Best Islands In Europe
- 14 May 2015 1:40 AM
- getting around
British newspaper The Guardian has listed Margaret Island among Europe’s ten best but lesser-known islands. “Margaret Island, in the middle of the Danube in central Budapest, spends winter shrouded in mist; come summer the island is an oasis in the midst the city. Encircled by a 5km asphalt running track and jetties from which to launch small boats (and bodies – some of the swimmers here are ...
Munkácsy’s Christ Trilogy Reunited In E Hungary
- 13 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian painter Mihály Munkácsy’s famous Christ Trilogy was reunited in Debrecen, in eastern Hungary, after Christ before Pilate (1881) arrived in the city’s Déri Museum. Zoltán Balog, Hungary’s human resources minister, announced in February that the state had acquired the painting. Debrecen mayor László Papp said the painting’s return was a historic event, and noted that the trilogy ...
World’s Rarest Type Of Tiger Arrives To Hungarian Zoo
- 8 May 2015 9:01 AM
- entertainment
A two-year-old female tiger belonging to the world’s rarest – and smallest – sub-species has arrived to Nyíregyháza zoo in the northeast of the country from the Dutch city of Arnhem. Sumatran tigers are faced by an immediate threat of extinction, with less than 100 examples living in the wild left.
New Rising Talents At WAMP, Erzsébet Square Budapest, 10 May
- 7 May 2015 12:00 PM
- shopping
WAMP at Erzsébet square belongs to the usual spring-summer cityscape for nearly a decade by now. Wamping can be a whole day thing to do, and it is a perfect free time activity, which is more than just simple shopping, it is also about gathering new impulses and inspiration, meeting designers, and connecting and chatting with others. WAMP is a thriving shopping and meeting point which provides an ...
The Art Of Being Anita Kroo
- 7 May 2015 11:35 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: It’s not easy being an artist. And not due to the challenges perhaps of creating and existing. More so due to the fact that you as an artist may never truly be understood, not even by yourself. And yet it is this search for identity that fuels art as we know it. Perhaps the longer the search, the greater the art becomes.
Food Truck Show, Dürer Garden Budapest, 8 - 10 May
- 7 May 2015 10:40 AM
- food & drink
Press release: The Food Truck Show in Budapest is held the first time this year with the purpose to show the so called "Food Trucks" which are increasingly popular in Budapest. Over the past years these food trucks could be found around the city at daytime and at night giving out tasty food.
Bomb Found On Coach In Hungary May Have Been Planted By ISIS
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Bulgarian sources have claimed that a powerful bomb found on a long-distance coach at the Annahegy motorway rest stop in the Hungarian town of Törökbálint may have been planted by ISIS or another Middle Eastern terrorist group. The pipe bomb was planted on Omega Group’s bus heading from Prague to the Bulgarian city of Varna by a Czech or Slovak citizen, according to the carrier’s director ...
Budapest Mayor Promises “Spectacular” Makeover From EU Funding
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest is slated for some new spectacular developments financed from European Union funding by 2020, Mayor István Tarlós said. The city is set to complete significant tourism and public utilities projects from EU funds, Tarlós told public news channel M1.
Cameras In Ózd, Hungary Record Public Work, Not Workers Themselves
- 14 May 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Cameras installed in Ózd in connection with fostered work are used for monitoring the work done by public workers rather than the workers themselves, the mayor of the city in north-east Hungary said. This type of video surveillance falls in line with guidelines set earlier by the data protection ombudsman, Dávid Janiczak said. The aim is to keep record of the work performed and the practice has ...
Guardian: Budapest’s Margaret Island Among Ten Best Islands In Europe
- 14 May 2015 1:40 AM
- getting around
British newspaper The Guardian has listed Margaret Island among Europe’s ten best but lesser-known islands. “Margaret Island, in the middle of the Danube in central Budapest, spends winter shrouded in mist; come summer the island is an oasis in the midst the city. Encircled by a 5km asphalt running track and jetties from which to launch small boats (and bodies – some of the swimmers here are ...
Munkácsy’s Christ Trilogy Reunited In E Hungary
- 13 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian painter Mihály Munkácsy’s famous Christ Trilogy was reunited in Debrecen, in eastern Hungary, after Christ before Pilate (1881) arrived in the city’s Déri Museum. Zoltán Balog, Hungary’s human resources minister, announced in February that the state had acquired the painting. Debrecen mayor László Papp said the painting’s return was a historic event, and noted that the trilogy ...
World’s Rarest Type Of Tiger Arrives To Hungarian Zoo
- 8 May 2015 9:01 AM
- entertainment
A two-year-old female tiger belonging to the world’s rarest – and smallest – sub-species has arrived to Nyíregyháza zoo in the northeast of the country from the Dutch city of Arnhem. Sumatran tigers are faced by an immediate threat of extinction, with less than 100 examples living in the wild left.
New Rising Talents At WAMP, Erzsébet Square Budapest, 10 May
- 7 May 2015 12:00 PM
- shopping
WAMP at Erzsébet square belongs to the usual spring-summer cityscape for nearly a decade by now. Wamping can be a whole day thing to do, and it is a perfect free time activity, which is more than just simple shopping, it is also about gathering new impulses and inspiration, meeting designers, and connecting and chatting with others. WAMP is a thriving shopping and meeting point which provides an ...
The Art Of Being Anita Kroo
- 7 May 2015 11:35 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: It’s not easy being an artist. And not due to the challenges perhaps of creating and existing. More so due to the fact that you as an artist may never truly be understood, not even by yourself. And yet it is this search for identity that fuels art as we know it. Perhaps the longer the search, the greater the art becomes.
Food Truck Show, Dürer Garden Budapest, 8 - 10 May
- 7 May 2015 10:40 AM
- food & drink
Press release: The Food Truck Show in Budapest is held the first time this year with the purpose to show the so called "Food Trucks" which are increasingly popular in Budapest. Over the past years these food trucks could be found around the city at daytime and at night giving out tasty food.