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Xpat Opinion: What’s Going On Here? About The New Hungarian Electoral System
- 4 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The media monitors at a Hungarian-language news site called Galamus have stumbled across something truly extraordinary. On 27 February, Galamus published an article allegedly written by Kim Lane Scheppele about the new Hungarian electoral system. (It’s full of the usual slanted information, but more on the content another time.) More precisely, the Galamus article is supposedly the ...
Xpat Opinion: History Of Valentin's Day In Hungary
- 10 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
St.Valentine’s Day has been celebrated in Britain for centuries. February 14th is associated with romantic love, and since the late 18th century cards have been sent – often anonymously - by those unable to express their love and admiration personally to the object of their desires.
Crisis Over For Hungary Tourism, Says Varga
- 3 Feb 2014 8:02 AM
- travel
The crisis is now behind Hungary’s tourism; all its major indicators have improved and the sector is doing better than in years before the crisis, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said on Saturday.
Escape From Budapest To W Bangkok
- 7 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- travel
Bangkok at its brightest! That's the promise of this ultra stylish property set in the pulsating heart of the Thai capital. Surrounded by spicy street markets, vibrant nightlife, top shops and restaurants, W Bangkok offers a unique mix of cutting-edge design and passion for fashion, music and entertainment.
Xpat Opinion: Tourism, Employment: Hungary’s Recovery Trends
- 22 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
While the government shutdown in the United States and a risk of default send shivers through the global economy, recent figures in Hungary continue to encourage cautious optimism, building on positive indicators I reported last month. Indeed, the government has drawn up budgets for 2014 based on a GDP growth estimate of 2 percent. That is 0.6% lower than what Bank of America Merrill Lynch ...
Xpat Opinion: New Poll On Hungarian Anti-Semitism
- 20 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
In the last few days I have encountered a number of studies, television interviews, and polls on Hungarian anti-Semitism. The inspiration for this sudden burst of information is undoubtedly an international conference organized by the Tom Lantos Institute, which is described as “an independent human and minority rights organization with a particular focus on Jewish and Roma communities and other ...
Jazz Lovers Guide To Budapest For October 2013
- 3 Oct 2013 10:35 AM
- entertainment
Beautiful collisions of screaming horns, deep bass beats, soulful guitars, and other instruments of transcendent audio chaos continually reverberate across Budapest’s diverse jazz soundscape. This month boogies with an especially bountiful selection of jazz performances by local musicians and acclaimed international acts, happening in venues ranging from the country’s grandest music hall to ...
Invitation: Exhibition Of Photographers In The Margaret Island Water Tower In Budapest
- 5 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
New exhibition was opened on 1st September 2013 in the Margaret Island Water Tower’s Visual Art Gallery. The title of this exhibition: The Classics of Hungarian photography – Photos of the City by Demeter Balla, Tamás Féner and Péter Korniss
The exhibition displays the work of three photographers whose outstanding contributions have revolutionized classical city photography and who have received ...
Xpat Event Report: Smiling Hospital Foundation's Silent Auction
- 1 Jul 2013 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The Smiling Hospital Foundation (SHF) conducted a silent auction with posters from professional painters on display, in Vaci 1 Shopping Center. The foundation has been visiting Hungarian hospitals since 2004, putting smiles onto sick children’s faces. In 2011, the mural-painting projects began, where volunteers of supportive companies and SHF started painting the children’s wards of hospitals in ...
Xpat Opinion: What’s Going On Here? About The New Hungarian Electoral System
- 4 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The media monitors at a Hungarian-language news site called Galamus have stumbled across something truly extraordinary. On 27 February, Galamus published an article allegedly written by Kim Lane Scheppele about the new Hungarian electoral system. (It’s full of the usual slanted information, but more on the content another time.) More precisely, the Galamus article is supposedly the ...
Xpat Opinion: History Of Valentin's Day In Hungary
- 10 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
St.Valentine’s Day has been celebrated in Britain for centuries. February 14th is associated with romantic love, and since the late 18th century cards have been sent – often anonymously - by those unable to express their love and admiration personally to the object of their desires.
Crisis Over For Hungary Tourism, Says Varga
- 3 Feb 2014 8:02 AM
- travel
The crisis is now behind Hungary’s tourism; all its major indicators have improved and the sector is doing better than in years before the crisis, Economy Minister Mihály Varga said on Saturday.
Escape From Budapest To W Bangkok
- 7 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- travel
Bangkok at its brightest! That's the promise of this ultra stylish property set in the pulsating heart of the Thai capital. Surrounded by spicy street markets, vibrant nightlife, top shops and restaurants, W Bangkok offers a unique mix of cutting-edge design and passion for fashion, music and entertainment.
Xpat Opinion: Tourism, Employment: Hungary’s Recovery Trends
- 22 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
While the government shutdown in the United States and a risk of default send shivers through the global economy, recent figures in Hungary continue to encourage cautious optimism, building on positive indicators I reported last month. Indeed, the government has drawn up budgets for 2014 based on a GDP growth estimate of 2 percent. That is 0.6% lower than what Bank of America Merrill Lynch ...
Xpat Opinion: New Poll On Hungarian Anti-Semitism
- 20 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
In the last few days I have encountered a number of studies, television interviews, and polls on Hungarian anti-Semitism. The inspiration for this sudden burst of information is undoubtedly an international conference organized by the Tom Lantos Institute, which is described as “an independent human and minority rights organization with a particular focus on Jewish and Roma communities and other ...
Jazz Lovers Guide To Budapest For October 2013
- 3 Oct 2013 10:35 AM
- entertainment
Beautiful collisions of screaming horns, deep bass beats, soulful guitars, and other instruments of transcendent audio chaos continually reverberate across Budapest’s diverse jazz soundscape. This month boogies with an especially bountiful selection of jazz performances by local musicians and acclaimed international acts, happening in venues ranging from the country’s grandest music hall to ...
Invitation: Exhibition Of Photographers In The Margaret Island Water Tower In Budapest
- 5 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
New exhibition was opened on 1st September 2013 in the Margaret Island Water Tower’s Visual Art Gallery. The title of this exhibition: The Classics of Hungarian photography – Photos of the City by Demeter Balla, Tamás Féner and Péter Korniss
The exhibition displays the work of three photographers whose outstanding contributions have revolutionized classical city photography and who have received ...
Xpat Event Report: Smiling Hospital Foundation's Silent Auction
- 1 Jul 2013 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The Smiling Hospital Foundation (SHF) conducted a silent auction with posters from professional painters on display, in Vaci 1 Shopping Center. The foundation has been visiting Hungarian hospitals since 2004, putting smiles onto sick children’s faces. In 2011, the mural-painting projects began, where volunteers of supportive companies and SHF started painting the children’s wards of hospitals in ...