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Xpat Guide: Top Sounds @ Sziget 2015
- 13 Aug 2015 3:55 AM
- entertainment
Sziget o'clock has arrived, and as your (p)leisure time is valuable we've reviewed the whole line-up and come up with a short-list of the top names playing live this year. We've been picky, and kept it all focused on the most famous names in the music biz. It goes without saying that tastes vary, so we're just aiming to remind you of the top headliners, plus one or two special picks from the vast ...
Kings Of Leon, Sziget Budapest, 15 August 9.30pm
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget is proud to announce Kings of Leon at this year's Island of Freedom. Their headline gig on the 15th August is one of the very few chances to meet the band in Europe during the summer. Who is excited? Kings of Leon arrives to Sziget this summer! A huge piece of news, especially that this is an almost exclusive gig in Europe for the summer season.
Rudimental (UK), Sziget Budapest, 16 August 5.45pm
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Rudimental are an English drum and bass band who are signed to Asylum Records and independent label Black Butter. The quartet consists of Piers Agget, Amir Amor, Kesi Dryden and DJ Locksmith (Leon Rolle). They were nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2013, and won several awards including the Brit Award, and the Mobo Award for Best Album. Rudimental also received nominations at the MTV Europe Music ...
Sziget Founder Welcomes Expats To Island Of Freedom
- 10 Aug 2015 2:50 AM
- entertainment
Tickets for this year’s Sziget Festival are selling well, organisers told XpatLoop.com today, and it looks like Robbie Williams
will be playing to a full house in Budapest at Sziget next Monday 10 August. We met Károly Gerendai, the Founder of Sziget Festival, and he shared a few ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Scene Is Still In Flux
- 6 Aug 2015 8:58 AM
- business
Although the Hungarian government’s only concern of late seems to be how to keep asylum seekers out of the country, I don’t want to succumb to the same tunnel vision. And so today I’m turning to the state of the Hungarian media. So-called public (közszolgálati) television and radio are by now mere mouthpieces of government propaganda. Magyar Rádió is still, by default, the station that most ...
Sziget Festival Ready To Rock Record Crowd
- 31 Jul 2015 2:00 AM
- entertainment
The Sziget crew is expecting a similarly big crowd as last year, meanwhile the event that’s already among the biggest in Europe managed to grow in maximum capacity. “We expect that also this year we will host more than 400 000 fans throughout the whole week – said main organizer KarolyGerendai. “This year we managed to restructure the festival area in a way that it can conveniently host an even ...
Expat Art Scene: Where To See, Study & Exhibit Art
- 30 Jul 2015 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Art enthusiasts rejoice, creativity is in Budapest’s blood, from the work of great architecture that brightens up the cityscape, to the minds behind many of it quirky ruin pubs. If you’re a budding artist, newly arrived and keen to see what the city has to offer, or you’re a veteran expat seeking new inspiration, we found some great ways to get your creative juices flowing.
Interview 4: Diego Massidda, Former CEO, Vodafone Hungary
- 29 Jul 2015 12:00 PM
1. Since we last met Vodafone Hungary abolished roaming charges - how is this working out for customers, and your business? Have other companies followed your lead?
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán’s Speech At Tusnádfürdő
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators find PM Orbán’s speech focusing on illegal migration at Fidesz’s annual summer university more moderate and cautious than his addresses in previous years. In his address at the Youth Free University at the Carpathian resort town of Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő), in Romania, Viktor Orbán talked about the challenges facing Europe and Hungary. He underlined that the European Union has been ...
Xpat Guide: Top Sounds @ Sziget 2015
- 13 Aug 2015 3:55 AM
- entertainment
Sziget o'clock has arrived, and as your (p)leisure time is valuable we've reviewed the whole line-up and come up with a short-list of the top names playing live this year. We've been picky, and kept it all focused on the most famous names in the music biz. It goes without saying that tastes vary, so we're just aiming to remind you of the top headliners, plus one or two special picks from the vast ...
Kings Of Leon, Sziget Budapest, 15 August 9.30pm
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Sziget is proud to announce Kings of Leon at this year's Island of Freedom. Their headline gig on the 15th August is one of the very few chances to meet the band in Europe during the summer. Who is excited? Kings of Leon arrives to Sziget this summer! A huge piece of news, especially that this is an almost exclusive gig in Europe for the summer season.
Rudimental (UK), Sziget Budapest, 16 August 5.45pm
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Rudimental are an English drum and bass band who are signed to Asylum Records and independent label Black Butter. The quartet consists of Piers Agget, Amir Amor, Kesi Dryden and DJ Locksmith (Leon Rolle). They were nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2013, and won several awards including the Brit Award, and the Mobo Award for Best Album. Rudimental also received nominations at the MTV Europe Music ...
Sziget Founder Welcomes Expats To Island Of Freedom
- 10 Aug 2015 2:50 AM
- entertainment
Tickets for this year’s Sziget Festival are selling well, organisers told XpatLoop.com today, and it looks like Robbie Williams
will be playing to a full house in Budapest at Sziget next Monday 10 August. We met Károly Gerendai, the Founder of Sziget Festival, and he shared a few ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Scene Is Still In Flux
- 6 Aug 2015 8:58 AM
- business
Although the Hungarian government’s only concern of late seems to be how to keep asylum seekers out of the country, I don’t want to succumb to the same tunnel vision. And so today I’m turning to the state of the Hungarian media. So-called public (közszolgálati) television and radio are by now mere mouthpieces of government propaganda. Magyar Rádió is still, by default, the station that most ...
Sziget Festival Ready To Rock Record Crowd
- 31 Jul 2015 2:00 AM
- entertainment
The Sziget crew is expecting a similarly big crowd as last year, meanwhile the event that’s already among the biggest in Europe managed to grow in maximum capacity. “We expect that also this year we will host more than 400 000 fans throughout the whole week – said main organizer KarolyGerendai. “This year we managed to restructure the festival area in a way that it can conveniently host an even ...
Expat Art Scene: Where To See, Study & Exhibit Art
- 30 Jul 2015 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Art enthusiasts rejoice, creativity is in Budapest’s blood, from the work of great architecture that brightens up the cityscape, to the minds behind many of it quirky ruin pubs. If you’re a budding artist, newly arrived and keen to see what the city has to offer, or you’re a veteran expat seeking new inspiration, we found some great ways to get your creative juices flowing.
Interview 4: Diego Massidda, Former CEO, Vodafone Hungary
- 29 Jul 2015 12:00 PM
1. Since we last met Vodafone Hungary abolished roaming charges - how is this working out for customers, and your business? Have other companies followed your lead?
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán’s Speech At Tusnádfürdő
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators find PM Orbán’s speech focusing on illegal migration at Fidesz’s annual summer university more moderate and cautious than his addresses in previous years. In his address at the Youth Free University at the Carpathian resort town of Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő), in Romania, Viktor Orbán talked about the challenges facing Europe and Hungary. He underlined that the European Union has been ...