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Now On: Honoré Daumier Exhibition, Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 4 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The earliest Daumier prints in the museum’s collection are political caricatures created in the 1830s which were were published in various satirical magazines. The artist mainly aimed at “pear-head” Louis-Philippe, the Citizen King, but also parodied politicians and members of parliament who were in his service. His most well-known caricatures were conceived in defence of the freedom of the press ...
Xpat Opinion: Voter Registration Annulled On Formal Grounds By Hungary's Constitutional Court
- 2 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the message and the wider implications of a first decision by the Constitutional Court to strike down mandatory voter registration.
Cezanne Show In Budapest Makes Its Case Well
- 20 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Budapest citizens shivering in the dank cold this winter are lucky enough to be able to enjoy a beakerful of the warm South at the Cezanne show in the Fine Arts Museum. It's wall-to-wall Mont Saint-Victoire and chestnut walks in Aix: toujours Provence. Unlike at the Milan Cezanne exhibition last year, this presentation in Hungary takes a far more workmanlike approach, positioning Cezanne in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Not Only The University Students Are Unhappy In Hungary
- 12 Dec 2012 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Already yesterday news leaked out from government circles that taking on the university students might not have been the brightest idea. Even Zsolt Bayer warned the government that it must take the students seriously because otherwise “we might be swept away.” Orbán and his old college friends who run the country nowadays should know the strength of a student revolt, he warned. It’s enough to ...
250 To Be Fired By State Media In Hungary
- 21 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Some 250 people working for state-owned media outlets will be dismissed in the first week of December, Népszabadság reports. More than 30 will be dismissed from the news agency MTI, 80 from Magyar Rádió and nearly 140 from MTV and Duna TV. State media manager MTVA announced in late October that it was preparing to dismiss 250-260 staff.
Now On: The Way We Are, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
- 26 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts’ Department of Prints and Drawings preserves close to 600 lithographs by the outstanding French graphic artist, Daumier. In 2009 tender funds granted by the National Cultural Foundation enabled the urgently needed preservation work for the sheets. As part of the project the museum undertook the task of displaying the results of the work in an exhibition, since the last ...
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Judge’s Approach To The Vandalisation Of Horthy’s Statue
- 1 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators are appalled by the statement of a judge who convicted but at the same time praised a protester for damaging a statue recently erected to Hungary’s interwar ruler. Left-wing analysts welcome the judge’s position and disagree with the Vice President of the Supreme Court, who scolded his colleague for expressing a personal opinion when issuing his verdict.
Nokia Completes Job Cuts In Komarom, Hungary
- 26 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Nokia has axed a further 200 jobs at its plant in Komarom in the third and final wave of job cuts that total 2,300, factory council head Zoltan Laszlo confirmed. Employees were given generous compensation, three months extra pay in addition to the legal minimum and job-seeking benefits as well, he added.
Xpat Opinion: Azeri Axe Murderer & Confronting The IMF – Last Week’s Lead Stories In Hungary
- 10 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The dominant themes in Hungarian politics last week, the extradition of the Azeri murderer and the Prime Minister’s stance on the IMF talks are interpreted along political lines: commentators on the left call Orbán names including “traitor” and “liar”, while the premier’s supporters argue that critics on the left have no national feelings at all.
Now On: Honoré Daumier Exhibition, Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 4 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The earliest Daumier prints in the museum’s collection are political caricatures created in the 1830s which were were published in various satirical magazines. The artist mainly aimed at “pear-head” Louis-Philippe, the Citizen King, but also parodied politicians and members of parliament who were in his service. His most well-known caricatures were conceived in defence of the freedom of the press ...
Xpat Opinion: Voter Registration Annulled On Formal Grounds By Hungary's Constitutional Court
- 2 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Analysts ponder the message and the wider implications of a first decision by the Constitutional Court to strike down mandatory voter registration.
Cezanne Show In Budapest Makes Its Case Well
- 20 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Budapest citizens shivering in the dank cold this winter are lucky enough to be able to enjoy a beakerful of the warm South at the Cezanne show in the Fine Arts Museum. It's wall-to-wall Mont Saint-Victoire and chestnut walks in Aix: toujours Provence. Unlike at the Milan Cezanne exhibition last year, this presentation in Hungary takes a far more workmanlike approach, positioning Cezanne in the ...
Xpat Opinion: Not Only The University Students Are Unhappy In Hungary
- 12 Dec 2012 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Already yesterday news leaked out from government circles that taking on the university students might not have been the brightest idea. Even Zsolt Bayer warned the government that it must take the students seriously because otherwise “we might be swept away.” Orbán and his old college friends who run the country nowadays should know the strength of a student revolt, he warned. It’s enough to ...
250 To Be Fired By State Media In Hungary
- 21 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Some 250 people working for state-owned media outlets will be dismissed in the first week of December, Népszabadság reports. More than 30 will be dismissed from the news agency MTI, 80 from Magyar Rádió and nearly 140 from MTV and Duna TV. State media manager MTVA announced in late October that it was preparing to dismiss 250-260 staff.
Now On: The Way We Are, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
- 26 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts’ Department of Prints and Drawings preserves close to 600 lithographs by the outstanding French graphic artist, Daumier. In 2009 tender funds granted by the National Cultural Foundation enabled the urgently needed preservation work for the sheets. As part of the project the museum undertook the task of displaying the results of the work in an exhibition, since the last ...
Xpat Opinion: A Hungarian Judge’s Approach To The Vandalisation Of Horthy’s Statue
- 1 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Right-wing commentators are appalled by the statement of a judge who convicted but at the same time praised a protester for damaging a statue recently erected to Hungary’s interwar ruler. Left-wing analysts welcome the judge’s position and disagree with the Vice President of the Supreme Court, who scolded his colleague for expressing a personal opinion when issuing his verdict.
Nokia Completes Job Cuts In Komarom, Hungary
- 26 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Nokia has axed a further 200 jobs at its plant in Komarom in the third and final wave of job cuts that total 2,300, factory council head Zoltan Laszlo confirmed. Employees were given generous compensation, three months extra pay in addition to the legal minimum and job-seeking benefits as well, he added.
Xpat Opinion: Azeri Axe Murderer & Confronting The IMF – Last Week’s Lead Stories In Hungary
- 10 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The dominant themes in Hungarian politics last week, the extradition of the Azeri murderer and the Prime Minister’s stance on the IMF talks are interpreted along political lines: commentators on the left call Orbán names including “traitor” and “liar”, while the premier’s supporters argue that critics on the left have no national feelings at all.


















