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Some Music, Something Else, Open Society Archives, 28 April
- 26 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives invited young composers to enter the music competition based on the exhibition, Some Kind of Opposition… by Axel Braun. The selected scores will be performed in the framework of the concert entitled, Some Music, Something Else. The concert will be the closing event of the exhibition.
Austria Resumes Border Controls
- 26 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Austrian authorities reintroduced checks and controls on the Hungarian border yesterday, creating lines of traffic four kilometres long on the M1 motorway leading towards Hegyeshalom. The checks will be extended to the southern part of the Burgenland border from next week.
Historic Debrecen Church Vandalised
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The mayor of Debrecen spoke out yesterday against vandals who had painted a cross turned upside down and a swastika on the Grand Church, the city’s most prominent building. A pastor at the church has filed a report about the case and Debrecen police have launched an investigation.
New PM’s Office Breaks Heritage Rules
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- property
Contrary to former plans made public, a balcony is being built on the Danube-facing side of the Carmelite convent in Buda Castle now being converted for use as the Prime Minister’s Office. As the balcony is not part of the original 250-year old building, the addition may violate regulations regarding cultural heritage.
Swimming Federation Backs Gyárfás
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The Hungarian Swimming Federation’s annual general meeting gave a vote of confidence in president Tamás Gyárfás with 118 affirmative votes, against only one dissension and one abstention on Sunday. Gyárfás said in a speech to the gathering that no matter how unfair he considers the attacks of recent weeks, he feels that he must tolerate the slaps and cannot hide as his responsibility is so large.
Xpat Opinion: Medián Poll On Hungarian Anti-Semitism
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A while back Medián conducted a survey on anti-Semitism in Hungary. It just made its findings public. The document is almost forty pages long, full of tables and graphs, and defies being summarized in a few paragraphs. Here I will concentrate on a couple of areas of the study I personally found interesting and/or significant.
Chernobyl Marathon, Budapest, 25 – 26 April
- 25 Apr 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The Blinken Open Society Archives invites you to its two-day series of programs spanning from morning till late at night, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl. Evening programs include film and book launches and literary readings to help discuss the events that happened thirty years ago while also touching upon issues concerning the safety of ...
Surreal Interaction: Miracles Of The Night In Trafó, 10 May
- 22 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Symptoms’ performance The Miracles of the Night will be performed on May 10th at Trafó House of Contemporary Arts. The performance was presented in the spring of last year and since then the company has played all the performances to full houses.
Ritz-Carlton Leader Thrilled By Budapest
- 22 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- travel
Budapest needs to market itself more intensively on the global tourism market, otherwise it is missing out on lots of opportunities, president Herve Humler of the newly opened Ritz-Carlton, told Népszabadság in an interview. The Ritz-Carlton opened its first Budapest hotel last week with 170 rooms and 30 suites following an extensive renovation of the building that once housed Le Meridien.
Some Music, Something Else, Open Society Archives, 28 April
- 26 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives invited young composers to enter the music competition based on the exhibition, Some Kind of Opposition… by Axel Braun. The selected scores will be performed in the framework of the concert entitled, Some Music, Something Else. The concert will be the closing event of the exhibition.
Austria Resumes Border Controls
- 26 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Austrian authorities reintroduced checks and controls on the Hungarian border yesterday, creating lines of traffic four kilometres long on the M1 motorway leading towards Hegyeshalom. The checks will be extended to the southern part of the Burgenland border from next week.
Historic Debrecen Church Vandalised
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The mayor of Debrecen spoke out yesterday against vandals who had painted a cross turned upside down and a swastika on the Grand Church, the city’s most prominent building. A pastor at the church has filed a report about the case and Debrecen police have launched an investigation.
New PM’s Office Breaks Heritage Rules
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- property
Contrary to former plans made public, a balcony is being built on the Danube-facing side of the Carmelite convent in Buda Castle now being converted for use as the Prime Minister’s Office. As the balcony is not part of the original 250-year old building, the addition may violate regulations regarding cultural heritage.
Swimming Federation Backs Gyárfás
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The Hungarian Swimming Federation’s annual general meeting gave a vote of confidence in president Tamás Gyárfás with 118 affirmative votes, against only one dissension and one abstention on Sunday. Gyárfás said in a speech to the gathering that no matter how unfair he considers the attacks of recent weeks, he feels that he must tolerate the slaps and cannot hide as his responsibility is so large.
Xpat Opinion: Medián Poll On Hungarian Anti-Semitism
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A while back Medián conducted a survey on anti-Semitism in Hungary. It just made its findings public. The document is almost forty pages long, full of tables and graphs, and defies being summarized in a few paragraphs. Here I will concentrate on a couple of areas of the study I personally found interesting and/or significant.
Chernobyl Marathon, Budapest, 25 – 26 April
- 25 Apr 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The Blinken Open Society Archives invites you to its two-day series of programs spanning from morning till late at night, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl. Evening programs include film and book launches and literary readings to help discuss the events that happened thirty years ago while also touching upon issues concerning the safety of ...
Surreal Interaction: Miracles Of The Night In Trafó, 10 May
- 22 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The Symptoms’ performance The Miracles of the Night will be performed on May 10th at Trafó House of Contemporary Arts. The performance was presented in the spring of last year and since then the company has played all the performances to full houses.
Ritz-Carlton Leader Thrilled By Budapest
- 22 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- travel
Budapest needs to market itself more intensively on the global tourism market, otherwise it is missing out on lots of opportunities, president Herve Humler of the newly opened Ritz-Carlton, told Népszabadság in an interview. The Ritz-Carlton opened its first Budapest hotel last week with 170 rooms and 30 suites following an extensive renovation of the building that once housed Le Meridien.