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Hungarians Keener On New Technology Than Average European
- 17 Jun 2016 7:00 AM
- tech
Hungarians are much more open to discovering new technology than the average European but they are less good at understanding news about innovation, a survey on consumer habits revealed. Fully 58 percent of Hungarian respondents said they keep up to date on innovations and 86 percent were interested in information about electronic devices, the poll taken by Samsung in 18 European countries on a ...
UN Expert Calls On Govt To Stop Gender Discrimination
- 30 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government should stop trying to cover up gender discrimination with an ideology based on “conservative family values”, a UN human rights expert said in Budapest. Frances Raday, who heads the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Discrimination against Women, told a press conference that discrimination against women and strengthening the role of women should be treated as two ...
UNICEF Claim Campaign Against Child Abuse Reached Goal In Hungary
- 27 May 2016 9:01 AM
- current affairs
UNICEF Hungary’s campaign against child abuse has reached its aim and started a public debate about the topic, the international organization reports, also stating it regrets that many social organisation misinterpreted the campaign’s message - see related article link below. UNICEF went on to state that nearly 30 000 children over the last 5 years became victims of violence in Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Bill Clinton Accuses Hungarians Of Opting For Autocracy
- 24 May 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators find Bill Clinton’s remarks on Hungary unfair, but for differing reasons. At a Hillary Clinton campaign rally in New Jersey last Friday, the former President said that although Poland and Hungary owed their freedom to the United States, “they want Putin-like leadership: Just give me an authoritarian dictatorship and keep the foreigners out.”
Every Fifth School-Age Child Has Tried Drugs
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of HIV infections has been steadily growing in Hungary in the past decade and every fifth school-age child has tried drugs, the Central Statistical Office said in the survey Magyarország 2015. Efforts to raise AIDS awareness in Hungary are wanting and there are hardly any prevention or screening programmes that could improve the chances of early diagnoses and successful treatment.
Research: What Do The Hungarian Internet Users Think About Autists?
- 14 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
One in 100 persons is autistic in Hungary. You have probably met autists on the bus, in the street, or at school; you just did not recognise why they were so strange. What occurs to you when you hear the word “autism”? Are all autists geniuses in some areas, like the character played by Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man? Would you welcome them around you? One thing is certain: knowledge makes you more ...
Hungarians With Low Level Education & Those Under 30 Use Facebook Most
- 16 Feb 2016 2:10 AM
- tech
The average Hungarian Facebook user spends 86 minutes a day using the social networking site, a survey commissioned by the Hungarian Content Providers’ Association financed by the National Media and Infocommunications Authority shows. Hungarians who use Facebook the most are women, people with low levels of education and those under 30 years of age, according to the survey.
Xpat Review: iPhone 6s The Right Choice For An Expat
- 11 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- specials
We recently had the chance to take the Apple flagship smartphone, the iPhone 6s on a test ride Thanks to the guys at VIP-Phone. As an expat, you are often running around Budapest or the countryside and might lack the time to be patient with a slow smartphone, but the iPhone 6s is clearly not one of those, as it is sold with 2GB of RAM that is coupled with Apple’s well-known processing unit beast, ...
The Survivor's Shadow, Hungarian National Gallery
- 24 Dec 2015 8:15 AM
- community & culture
El Kazovsky (1948-2008) was one of the most original and potent Hungarian artists of the late twentieth century and the turn of the millennium. As a painter, a performance artist, a stage designer and - as we now know - a poet, he left an enormous legacy of works, whose immense vivaciousness and profundity were immediately clear to his contemporaries. This exhibition of close to 400 of his works ...
Hungarians Keener On New Technology Than Average European
- 17 Jun 2016 7:00 AM
- tech
Hungarians are much more open to discovering new technology than the average European but they are less good at understanding news about innovation, a survey on consumer habits revealed. Fully 58 percent of Hungarian respondents said they keep up to date on innovations and 86 percent were interested in information about electronic devices, the poll taken by Samsung in 18 European countries on a ...
UN Expert Calls On Govt To Stop Gender Discrimination
- 30 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government should stop trying to cover up gender discrimination with an ideology based on “conservative family values”, a UN human rights expert said in Budapest. Frances Raday, who heads the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Discrimination against Women, told a press conference that discrimination against women and strengthening the role of women should be treated as two ...
UNICEF Claim Campaign Against Child Abuse Reached Goal In Hungary
- 27 May 2016 9:01 AM
- current affairs
UNICEF Hungary’s campaign against child abuse has reached its aim and started a public debate about the topic, the international organization reports, also stating it regrets that many social organisation misinterpreted the campaign’s message - see related article link below. UNICEF went on to state that nearly 30 000 children over the last 5 years became victims of violence in Hungary.
Xpat Opinion: Bill Clinton Accuses Hungarians Of Opting For Autocracy
- 24 May 2016 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators find Bill Clinton’s remarks on Hungary unfair, but for differing reasons. At a Hillary Clinton campaign rally in New Jersey last Friday, the former President said that although Poland and Hungary owed their freedom to the United States, “they want Putin-like leadership: Just give me an authoritarian dictatorship and keep the foreigners out.”
Every Fifth School-Age Child Has Tried Drugs
- 9 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of HIV infections has been steadily growing in Hungary in the past decade and every fifth school-age child has tried drugs, the Central Statistical Office said in the survey Magyarország 2015. Efforts to raise AIDS awareness in Hungary are wanting and there are hardly any prevention or screening programmes that could improve the chances of early diagnoses and successful treatment.
Research: What Do The Hungarian Internet Users Think About Autists?
- 14 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
One in 100 persons is autistic in Hungary. You have probably met autists on the bus, in the street, or at school; you just did not recognise why they were so strange. What occurs to you when you hear the word “autism”? Are all autists geniuses in some areas, like the character played by Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man? Would you welcome them around you? One thing is certain: knowledge makes you more ...
Hungarians With Low Level Education & Those Under 30 Use Facebook Most
- 16 Feb 2016 2:10 AM
- tech
The average Hungarian Facebook user spends 86 minutes a day using the social networking site, a survey commissioned by the Hungarian Content Providers’ Association financed by the National Media and Infocommunications Authority shows. Hungarians who use Facebook the most are women, people with low levels of education and those under 30 years of age, according to the survey.
Xpat Review: iPhone 6s The Right Choice For An Expat
- 11 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- specials
We recently had the chance to take the Apple flagship smartphone, the iPhone 6s on a test ride Thanks to the guys at VIP-Phone. As an expat, you are often running around Budapest or the countryside and might lack the time to be patient with a slow smartphone, but the iPhone 6s is clearly not one of those, as it is sold with 2GB of RAM that is coupled with Apple’s well-known processing unit beast, ...
The Survivor's Shadow, Hungarian National Gallery
- 24 Dec 2015 8:15 AM
- community & culture
El Kazovsky (1948-2008) was one of the most original and potent Hungarian artists of the late twentieth century and the turn of the millennium. As a painter, a performance artist, a stage designer and - as we now know - a poet, he left an enormous legacy of works, whose immense vivaciousness and profundity were immediately clear to his contemporaries. This exhibition of close to 400 of his works ...