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Xpat Opinion: Former Police Chiefs Reprimanded Over 2006 Riots In Budapest
- 2 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators disagree on the sentences handed down to police commanders for mishandling political violence in September 2006. Leftist authors celebrate the ruling as proof that the police were innocent, while conservatives find the blame apportioned astonishingly light.
Xpat Opinion: Migrant Flow To Hungary Halted
- 26 Oct 2015 10:30 AM
- current affairs
As the flow of illegal migrants arriving in Hungary has almost stopped since the ‘green border’ was sealed last weekend (25 were registered on Tuesday), newspapers continue their ‘dialogue of the deaf’- some dwelling on the human side of the crisis, while others concentrating on the limits of European endurance and tolerance.
Hungarian DK Party Distances Itself From Violent Facebook Group
- 20 Oct 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) has denied any connection with a Facebook group which has recently suggested that the prime minister should be killed. DK said in a statement that the administrator of the group had been expelled from the party in May last year, and was not authorised to use the party’s name.
Electronic Beats Festival Budapest, 16 - 17 October
- 15 Oct 2015 3:50 AM
- entertainment
Press release: We interrupt our regular festival season to bring you this important newsflash — Electronic Beats Festival is coming out of the concert halls and into the clubs and special locations all across town!
4DSOUND: Spatial Sound Exhibition, Art Quarter Budapest, 16 - 17 October
- 15 Oct 2015 3:35 AM
- entertainment
In collaboration with CAFe Contemporary Art Festival Budapest, 4DSOUND is excited to announce the opening of the Institute of Spatial Sound – a new global center for research and development in the field of spatial sound and immersive sonic environments. On Friday 16th and Saturday 17th of October we celebrate the inauguration of the new space at Art Quarter Budapest with a sound exhibition, ...
Xpat Interview: Peter Szilagyi, Associate Professor of Finance at CEU Business School
- 6 Oct 2015 12:00 PM
Peter Szilagyi is Associate Professor of Finance at CEU Business School, and Director of the MSc in Finance program. The MSc in Finance is a one-year program with the possibility to extend, and runs both full and part-time. The next program starts in February 2016, with applications accepted until December 1.
Retail Sales In Hungary Up 4.7% In Aug
- 5 Oct 2015 4:00 AM
- shopping
Retail sales in Hungary climbed by 4.7% in August from the same month a year earlier, preliminary data released by the Central Statistical Office on Monday show. The increase was the same when adjusted for calendar year effects. The unadjusted rise was down from 6.8% in July. Adjusted food sales climbed by 3.7% in August, non-food sales were up 4.6% and fuel sales increased by 7.4%. In ...
Jégbüfé Reopens In Petőfi Utca In Budapest
- 30 Sep 2015 12:35 PM
- food & drink
The iconic confectionary Jégbüfé, operating since the 1950s on Ferenciek tere in downtown Budapest, will soon reopen in nearby Petõfi utca, Magyar Idõk has learnt. The shop will be somewhat smaller and will have a café and a VIP section. The walls will be decorated with pictures taken by French photographer Bruno Borel in the Jégbüfé since 1989.
EC Resumes Development Funding Payments To Hungary
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The European Commission has lifted a ban on the disbursement of European Union economic development funding to Hungary, daily Magyar Idők reported. With a resolution dated September 23, the Brussels commission closed a probe affecting funding worth about 700 billion forints (EUR 2.24bn), the paper said on Saturday.
Xpat Opinion: Former Police Chiefs Reprimanded Over 2006 Riots In Budapest
- 2 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators disagree on the sentences handed down to police commanders for mishandling political violence in September 2006. Leftist authors celebrate the ruling as proof that the police were innocent, while conservatives find the blame apportioned astonishingly light.
Xpat Opinion: Migrant Flow To Hungary Halted
- 26 Oct 2015 10:30 AM
- current affairs
As the flow of illegal migrants arriving in Hungary has almost stopped since the ‘green border’ was sealed last weekend (25 were registered on Tuesday), newspapers continue their ‘dialogue of the deaf’- some dwelling on the human side of the crisis, while others concentrating on the limits of European endurance and tolerance.
Hungarian DK Party Distances Itself From Violent Facebook Group
- 20 Oct 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The leftist Democratic Coalition (DK) has denied any connection with a Facebook group which has recently suggested that the prime minister should be killed. DK said in a statement that the administrator of the group had been expelled from the party in May last year, and was not authorised to use the party’s name.
Electronic Beats Festival Budapest, 16 - 17 October
- 15 Oct 2015 3:50 AM
- entertainment
Press release: We interrupt our regular festival season to bring you this important newsflash — Electronic Beats Festival is coming out of the concert halls and into the clubs and special locations all across town!
4DSOUND: Spatial Sound Exhibition, Art Quarter Budapest, 16 - 17 October
- 15 Oct 2015 3:35 AM
- entertainment
In collaboration with CAFe Contemporary Art Festival Budapest, 4DSOUND is excited to announce the opening of the Institute of Spatial Sound – a new global center for research and development in the field of spatial sound and immersive sonic environments. On Friday 16th and Saturday 17th of October we celebrate the inauguration of the new space at Art Quarter Budapest with a sound exhibition, ...
Xpat Interview: Peter Szilagyi, Associate Professor of Finance at CEU Business School
- 6 Oct 2015 12:00 PM
Peter Szilagyi is Associate Professor of Finance at CEU Business School, and Director of the MSc in Finance program. The MSc in Finance is a one-year program with the possibility to extend, and runs both full and part-time. The next program starts in February 2016, with applications accepted until December 1.
Retail Sales In Hungary Up 4.7% In Aug
- 5 Oct 2015 4:00 AM
- shopping
Retail sales in Hungary climbed by 4.7% in August from the same month a year earlier, preliminary data released by the Central Statistical Office on Monday show. The increase was the same when adjusted for calendar year effects. The unadjusted rise was down from 6.8% in July. Adjusted food sales climbed by 3.7% in August, non-food sales were up 4.6% and fuel sales increased by 7.4%. In ...
Jégbüfé Reopens In Petőfi Utca In Budapest
- 30 Sep 2015 12:35 PM
- food & drink
The iconic confectionary Jégbüfé, operating since the 1950s on Ferenciek tere in downtown Budapest, will soon reopen in nearby Petõfi utca, Magyar Idõk has learnt. The shop will be somewhat smaller and will have a café and a VIP section. The walls will be decorated with pictures taken by French photographer Bruno Borel in the Jégbüfé since 1989.
EC Resumes Development Funding Payments To Hungary
- 28 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The European Commission has lifted a ban on the disbursement of European Union economic development funding to Hungary, daily Magyar Idők reported. With a resolution dated September 23, the Brussels commission closed a probe affecting funding worth about 700 billion forints (EUR 2.24bn), the paper said on Saturday.