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Invitation: Balanescu Quartet: “25 Years”, Festival Theatre Budapest, 17 April
- 11 Apr 2013 9:30 AM
- community & culture
Formed in London in 1987, the Balanescu Quartet ranks as one of the world’s leading string quartets. The intention of its founder, Romanian-born Alexander Balanescu, was to rise above generic limitations and create a new musical universe in which contemporary classical music, pop, jazz, folk traditions and electronic music might strike a common chord.
Budapest Named 'Best Value For A City Break'
- 28 Mar 2013 7:00 AM
- travel
Hungary’s capital has just been named as this year’s best value city break destination, in the new City Costs Barometer released by the UK Post Office 'Travel Money' guide. The reports’s key findings show that Budapest has overtaken last year’s best bargain, Riga, to emerge as the cheapest of 25 city break destinations for meals, drinks, sightseeing, city travel and hotel accommodation.
Xpat Opinion: Experiencing Expat Tax At Ecseri Market In Budapest
- 1 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- shopping
One of my favorite things to do on Saturday mornings is to visit Ecseri Piac. A junker’s paradise, Ecseri is the largest and most famous flea market in Budapest. You can find just about anything there: old teddy bears, clocks, furniture, paintings, communist relics, false teeth. Since I’m a regular, several of the vendors recognize me. One toothless woman shouts “Amerikai” (American) every time I ...
National Philharmonic Orchestra Concert, Budapest, 28 February
- 27 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A selection of works with a connection to Vienna feature at this special concert. Born 115 years ago, Erich Wolfgang Korngold caused a sensation as a composer while still a child – perhaps predestined to do so by his given middle name of Wolfgang. Among the greats of the time, he captured the attention of Mahler, Puccini, Richard Strauss, Sibelius, Arthur Nikisch and Károly Goldmark. He was aged ...
Gluttonous Thursday In Budapest On 31 January
- 24 Jan 2013 11:00 AM
- food & drink
There is one Thursday every year that is different from all the others in Hungary, known as Torkos Csütörtök - expats know it as Gluttonous Thursday. On this day anyone can eat and drink for half price in more than 1000 restaurants in Hungary.
Advent Fair By The Basilica In Budapest In 2012
- 21 Dec 2012 10:35 AM
- shopping
Christmas markets have a long tradition in Hungary over the weeks of advent and this fair has a lot more to it than just Christmas shopping. It attempts to create community atmosphere, despite the lately popular trends of shopping together, the Advent Fair by the Basilica creates a place where people can spend some time together in the holiday spirit and enjoy a wide range of cultural, ...
Invitation: Speed Business Meeting, Budapest, 11 December
- 22 Nov 2012 9:40 AM
- business
The French-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the DEFH (Dirigeants et Entrepreneurs Francophones en Hongrie) and The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hungary and their cooperating partners, Belgian Business Club, British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary, Irish Hungarian Business Circle, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hungary, Joint Venture Association, Netherlands-Hungarian Chamber of ...
New Water Purification Kit Developed By The Hungarian Defence Forces
- 22 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The companies of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have developed water purification and arsenic removal devices based on a new patent. The recent innovations include a bus that may be deployed in extreme circumstances too, Zoltán Borbíró, the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence told the Hungarian News Agency MTI in an interview.
First OLT Express Flight From Dresden Arrives At Budapest Airport
- 27 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- travel
The southeastern German city, served from the Hungarian capital decades ago by Interflugand Malév, has long been missing from Budapest Airport‘s route network.
Invitation: Balanescu Quartet: “25 Years”, Festival Theatre Budapest, 17 April
- 11 Apr 2013 9:30 AM
- community & culture
Formed in London in 1987, the Balanescu Quartet ranks as one of the world’s leading string quartets. The intention of its founder, Romanian-born Alexander Balanescu, was to rise above generic limitations and create a new musical universe in which contemporary classical music, pop, jazz, folk traditions and electronic music might strike a common chord.
Budapest Named 'Best Value For A City Break'
- 28 Mar 2013 7:00 AM
- travel
Hungary’s capital has just been named as this year’s best value city break destination, in the new City Costs Barometer released by the UK Post Office 'Travel Money' guide. The reports’s key findings show that Budapest has overtaken last year’s best bargain, Riga, to emerge as the cheapest of 25 city break destinations for meals, drinks, sightseeing, city travel and hotel accommodation.
Xpat Opinion: Experiencing Expat Tax At Ecseri Market In Budapest
- 1 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- shopping
One of my favorite things to do on Saturday mornings is to visit Ecseri Piac. A junker’s paradise, Ecseri is the largest and most famous flea market in Budapest. You can find just about anything there: old teddy bears, clocks, furniture, paintings, communist relics, false teeth. Since I’m a regular, several of the vendors recognize me. One toothless woman shouts “Amerikai” (American) every time I ...
National Philharmonic Orchestra Concert, Budapest, 28 February
- 27 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A selection of works with a connection to Vienna feature at this special concert. Born 115 years ago, Erich Wolfgang Korngold caused a sensation as a composer while still a child – perhaps predestined to do so by his given middle name of Wolfgang. Among the greats of the time, he captured the attention of Mahler, Puccini, Richard Strauss, Sibelius, Arthur Nikisch and Károly Goldmark. He was aged ...
Gluttonous Thursday In Budapest On 31 January
- 24 Jan 2013 11:00 AM
- food & drink
There is one Thursday every year that is different from all the others in Hungary, known as Torkos Csütörtök - expats know it as Gluttonous Thursday. On this day anyone can eat and drink for half price in more than 1000 restaurants in Hungary.
Advent Fair By The Basilica In Budapest In 2012
- 21 Dec 2012 10:35 AM
- shopping
Christmas markets have a long tradition in Hungary over the weeks of advent and this fair has a lot more to it than just Christmas shopping. It attempts to create community atmosphere, despite the lately popular trends of shopping together, the Advent Fair by the Basilica creates a place where people can spend some time together in the holiday spirit and enjoy a wide range of cultural, ...
Invitation: Speed Business Meeting, Budapest, 11 December
- 22 Nov 2012 9:40 AM
- business
The French-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the DEFH (Dirigeants et Entrepreneurs Francophones en Hongrie) and The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hungary and their cooperating partners, Belgian Business Club, British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary, Irish Hungarian Business Circle, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Hungary, Joint Venture Association, Netherlands-Hungarian Chamber of ...
New Water Purification Kit Developed By The Hungarian Defence Forces
- 22 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The companies of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have developed water purification and arsenic removal devices based on a new patent. The recent innovations include a bus that may be deployed in extreme circumstances too, Zoltán Borbíró, the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence told the Hungarian News Agency MTI in an interview.
First OLT Express Flight From Dresden Arrives At Budapest Airport
- 27 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- travel
The southeastern German city, served from the Hungarian capital decades ago by Interflugand Malév, has long been missing from Budapest Airport‘s route network.