453 result(s) for generation z
RIP: Péter Zwack, Hungarian Businessman & Budapest Ambassador
- 8 Aug 2012 12:40 PM
- community & culture
Péter János Zwack, born in Budapest on 21 May 1927, passed away on 5 August 2012 in Italy. According to Italian papers, he was at Venturina thermal bath near Livorno where he suddenly felt ill, collapsed, and despite all efforts they could not save his life. A businessman and diplomat - former Hungarian Ambassador to the United States between 1990 and 1991 - Péter Zwack was superb ambassador for ...
Xpat Interview: Alex Hope, Regional Sales Head For Sony Consumer Electronics
- 7 Aug 2012 12:00 PM
Born in 1972 in Nyon, Switzerland, Alex has been living and working in Hungary for 12 years. Currently, Alex is Regional Sales Head for Sony Consumer Electronics covering 9 countries (Former Yugoslavia and the Balkans). While he is based in Hungary, and travels extensively in the region, he has never worked directly on/for the Hungarian market. During his career he has lived & worked in ...
Book Review: The Stone Roses War And Peace, By Simon Spence
- 19 Jul 2012 12:30 PM
- entertainment
The Stone Roses are one of the headline acts at the 20th Sziget Festival in Budapest - recently named as Europe’s Best Major Festival. XpatLoop.com recommends this fresh and definitive Stone Roses story, which is a must-buy for real Roses fans. Based on 400 hours of interviews with over seventy of The Stone Roses’ closest ...
Invitation: G3 Concert, Budapest Sportaréna, 1 August
- 13 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"G3 in an almost annual live music show and concert tour featuring three select guitarists of the generation; hence its name. It was created by guitarist Joe Satriani in 1996. Since its inception G3 has featured many guitarists including Steve VAi, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne, Shepherd, Yngwie Malmasteen, John Petrucci, Robert Fripp, Paul Gilbert, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Adrian Legg and ...
Xpat Interview Two: Peter Zwack: RIP
- 6 Jul 2012 12:00 PM
What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat interview? I have triumphantly survived yet another important birthday. The company has also triumphantly survived the crisis and we have just come out with a new product, Unicum Szilva.
Beijing Opera Production "Red Cliff", Opera House Budapest, 4 - 5 July
- 3 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing brings its unique opera production Red Cliff to Budapest for the first time.
Invitation: 2nd Nufolk Festival – Enjoy World Music In Budapest
- 30 Jun 2012 9:02 AM
- entertainment
The best Hungarian world music bands give concerts between 27 and 30 June 2012 at the 2nd Nufolk Festival in Kobuci Kert, Óbuda. One of the nicest open air bars in Budapest provides 12 concerts in 4 days by internationally acclaimed bands like Besh o droM, The Balkan Fanatik, Napra, Kerekes Band and Ferenczi György és a Rackajam.
Holocaust Survivor & Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel Returns Hungarian Award
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A right-wing columnist downplays the importance of Elie Wiesel’s decision to return the highest Hungarian state honour in protest against what he sees as the government’s efforts to restore anti-Semitic icons. A left-wing pundit, on the other hand, believes that the case will receive international attention and further harm the image of the Orbán government. A centrist commentator notes that the ...
Calvinist Hymns XI, National Concert Hall Budapest, 30 June
- 25 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The concert “Calvinist Hymns” has been organised every year since 2002 with the objective to make a concert recording of the hymns and psalms of the Reformed Song Book with the performance of professional artists. This event has become the greatest musical occasion of the Reformed Communities in the Carpathian Basin. Every year a live CD and DVD are published of the concert, so during the last 10 ...
RIP: Péter Zwack, Hungarian Businessman & Budapest Ambassador
- 8 Aug 2012 12:40 PM
- community & culture
Péter János Zwack, born in Budapest on 21 May 1927, passed away on 5 August 2012 in Italy. According to Italian papers, he was at Venturina thermal bath near Livorno where he suddenly felt ill, collapsed, and despite all efforts they could not save his life. A businessman and diplomat - former Hungarian Ambassador to the United States between 1990 and 1991 - Péter Zwack was superb ambassador for ...
Xpat Interview: Alex Hope, Regional Sales Head For Sony Consumer Electronics
- 7 Aug 2012 12:00 PM
Born in 1972 in Nyon, Switzerland, Alex has been living and working in Hungary for 12 years. Currently, Alex is Regional Sales Head for Sony Consumer Electronics covering 9 countries (Former Yugoslavia and the Balkans). While he is based in Hungary, and travels extensively in the region, he has never worked directly on/for the Hungarian market. During his career he has lived & worked in ...
Book Review: The Stone Roses War And Peace, By Simon Spence
- 19 Jul 2012 12:30 PM
- entertainment
The Stone Roses are one of the headline acts at the 20th Sziget Festival in Budapest - recently named as Europe’s Best Major Festival. XpatLoop.com recommends this fresh and definitive Stone Roses story, which is a must-buy for real Roses fans. Based on 400 hours of interviews with over seventy of The Stone Roses’ closest ...
Invitation: G3 Concert, Budapest Sportaréna, 1 August
- 13 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
"G3 in an almost annual live music show and concert tour featuring three select guitarists of the generation; hence its name. It was created by guitarist Joe Satriani in 1996. Since its inception G3 has featured many guitarists including Steve VAi, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne, Shepherd, Yngwie Malmasteen, John Petrucci, Robert Fripp, Paul Gilbert, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Adrian Legg and ...
Xpat Interview Two: Peter Zwack: RIP
- 6 Jul 2012 12:00 PM
What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat interview? I have triumphantly survived yet another important birthday. The company has also triumphantly survived the crisis and we have just come out with a new product, Unicum Szilva.
Beijing Opera Production "Red Cliff", Opera House Budapest, 4 - 5 July
- 3 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing brings its unique opera production Red Cliff to Budapest for the first time.
Invitation: 2nd Nufolk Festival – Enjoy World Music In Budapest
- 30 Jun 2012 9:02 AM
- entertainment
The best Hungarian world music bands give concerts between 27 and 30 June 2012 at the 2nd Nufolk Festival in Kobuci Kert, Óbuda. One of the nicest open air bars in Budapest provides 12 concerts in 4 days by internationally acclaimed bands like Besh o droM, The Balkan Fanatik, Napra, Kerekes Band and Ferenczi György és a Rackajam.
Holocaust Survivor & Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel Returns Hungarian Award
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A right-wing columnist downplays the importance of Elie Wiesel’s decision to return the highest Hungarian state honour in protest against what he sees as the government’s efforts to restore anti-Semitic icons. A left-wing pundit, on the other hand, believes that the case will receive international attention and further harm the image of the Orbán government. A centrist commentator notes that the ...
Calvinist Hymns XI, National Concert Hall Budapest, 30 June
- 25 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The concert “Calvinist Hymns” has been organised every year since 2002 with the objective to make a concert recording of the hymns and psalms of the Reformed Song Book with the performance of professional artists. This event has become the greatest musical occasion of the Reformed Communities in the Carpathian Basin. Every year a live CD and DVD are published of the concert, so during the last 10 ...