59 result(s) for foreign authors
Budapest International Book Festival To Open With Exhibitors From Over Thirty Countries
- 23 Apr 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The 22nd Budapest International Book Festival is to open with around 400 events on Thursday at Budapest’s Millenáris Park. The book fair’s star guest this year will be American writer Jonathan Franzen, whose self-biographical novel Discomfort Zone will be introduced to the public on Saturday. During the festival’s four days, Hungary will host the world’s largest book store.
Hungary Will Be The Special Guest Of Krakow Book Fair
- 27 Oct 2014 8:02 AM
- current affairs
The Krakow Book Fair, organised this year for the eighteenth time and with Hungary as a special guest, starts on 23 October with an opening speech by István Íjgyártó, State Secretary for Cultural Diplomacy.
Hungarian Far-Right Websites Echo Russian Propaganda
- 26 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the Hungarian right-wing has traditionally positioned itself as against Russia, there has been a curious change in the rhetoric recently. Most notably, a number of far-right online forums are wholly supportive of Putin and Russian war propaganda.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian NGOs Suspected Of Embezzlement
- 10 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-liberal dailies sharply criticise the government after police searched the offices of two NGOs. They believe the authorities are simply out to get civic groups which dare to criticise the government. A leading member of the largest pro-government civic organisation rejects accusations of anti-democratic tendencies against the government.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.
Hungarian Higher Education Institutions To Attract More Foreign Students
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
New “Study in Hungary” project was launched which aims to inform foreigners about education opportunities in Hungary.
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 ...
Turkey, Finnish Author Sofi Oksanen Guests Of Honour At 2014 Budapest Book Fair
- 28 Mar 2014 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Turkey and Finnish author Sofi Oksanen will be guests of honour at this year’s Budapest International Book Fair taking place next month, the event’s director said on Tuesday. Turkey, to be a guest of honour country at the fair for the first time, will set up a 150-square-metre stand and present works by authors, the Turkish ambassador told a press conference for the fair.
Xpat Opinion: Culture Wars Over Holocaust Anniversary In Hungary
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator welcomes a statement by the leaders of the Jewish religious communities who are threatening to withdraw from the state commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust, unless the government changes its approach to history and stops implicitly whitewashing Hungarian wartime collaborators. A pro-government columnist accuses critics of denying Hungary’s ...
Budapest International Book Festival To Open With Exhibitors From Over Thirty Countries
- 23 Apr 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The 22nd Budapest International Book Festival is to open with around 400 events on Thursday at Budapest’s Millenáris Park. The book fair’s star guest this year will be American writer Jonathan Franzen, whose self-biographical novel Discomfort Zone will be introduced to the public on Saturday. During the festival’s four days, Hungary will host the world’s largest book store.
Hungary Will Be The Special Guest Of Krakow Book Fair
- 27 Oct 2014 8:02 AM
- current affairs
The Krakow Book Fair, organised this year for the eighteenth time and with Hungary as a special guest, starts on 23 October with an opening speech by István Íjgyártó, State Secretary for Cultural Diplomacy.
Hungarian Far-Right Websites Echo Russian Propaganda
- 26 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Although the Hungarian right-wing has traditionally positioned itself as against Russia, there has been a curious change in the rhetoric recently. Most notably, a number of far-right online forums are wholly supportive of Putin and Russian war propaganda.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian NGOs Suspected Of Embezzlement
- 10 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Left-liberal dailies sharply criticise the government after police searched the offices of two NGOs. They believe the authorities are simply out to get civic groups which dare to criticise the government. A leading member of the largest pro-government civic organisation rejects accusations of anti-democratic tendencies against the government.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.
Hungarian Higher Education Institutions To Attract More Foreign Students
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
New “Study in Hungary” project was launched which aims to inform foreigners about education opportunities in Hungary.
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 ...
Turkey, Finnish Author Sofi Oksanen Guests Of Honour At 2014 Budapest Book Fair
- 28 Mar 2014 8:02 AM
- community & culture
Turkey and Finnish author Sofi Oksanen will be guests of honour at this year’s Budapest International Book Fair taking place next month, the event’s director said on Tuesday. Turkey, to be a guest of honour country at the fair for the first time, will set up a 150-square-metre stand and present works by authors, the Turkish ambassador told a press conference for the fair.
Xpat Opinion: Culture Wars Over Holocaust Anniversary In Hungary
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator welcomes a statement by the leaders of the Jewish religious communities who are threatening to withdraw from the state commemorations to mark the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust, unless the government changes its approach to history and stops implicitly whitewashing Hungarian wartime collaborators. A pro-government columnist accuses critics of denying Hungary’s ...