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Hungary’s Roma Community Marks 70th Anniversary Of Roma Holocaust
- 4 Aug 2014 7:00 PM
- community & culture
Hungary’s 700,000 strong Roma community is holding memorial events throughout the country today on the occasion of international Roma Holocaust remembrance day.
House Of Fates Project Helped By Intl Working Group
- 1 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An international working group of experts will help the implementation of the House of Fates Holocaust memorial and education centre project, representatives of organisations involved in the project have said.
Now On: Derkovits: The Artist & His Times, National Gallery Budapest
- 13 Jun 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
As part of the ongoing series at the Hungarian National Gallery dealing with the life's works of outstanding Hungarian artists, this exhibition presents the art of one of the major figures from the period between the wars, Gyula Derkovits (1894-1934). The significance of Derkovits was recognized even by the critics, collectors and museum experts of his own age.
“10th Contemporary European Horticulture & Garden Show”, Károlyi Mansion, Hungary
- 27 May 2014 9:00 AM
- property
The 10th European Art of Garden Show, the traditional annual event at the Karolyi château which brings each year together some of the European garden specialists into its splendid surroundings, will take place on May 30th to June 1st. It will focus this year on Mediterranean plants and parks as well as sustainable development in historic parks with the presentation of the “hybrid gardens” and ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary - United States Of Europe?
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On May 25 Hungary will hold its election for the European Parliament. The government party opted to hold the national election on April 6 and a separate EP election seven weeks later. There was nothing that would have prevented the authorities from holding both elections on May 25, but such an arrangement wasn’t deemed advantageous to the governing party.
MR Symphonics, National Concert Hall Budapest, 15 April
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The worlds of gods and men are separated by a vast chasm. This was an idea that fascinated Goethe, Wagner and Hölderlin. The latter was particularly pessimistic about man’s role: to him, fate was nothing more than ceaseless drifting, a blind struggle. Brahms encountered Hölderlin’s poem Hyperions Schicksalslied (Hyperion’s Song of Fate) in his mid thirties, immediately recognising the potential ...
A Turn To The Right In Hungary - An Analysis Of The 2010-2014 Period
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conflicts with Brussels, utility cost cuts, symbolic debates. Just about every conflict of the past four years Viktor Orbán's administration went into was because of sovereignty and the shaping of a new framework for its interpretation. When did the cabinet have to retreat and when did the EU acknowledge that the rebellious Hungarian government was right?
Hungarian Government Green-Lights Contraversial Memorial To “Victims Of German Invasion”
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Protesters in Budapest demolish scaffolds in protest of prime minister Viktor Orban’s decision to proceed with construction of controversial memorial to victims of 1994 German invasion of Hungary.
Innovative 'Artists In The Mirror' Exhibit - Take A Smartphone
- 27 Mar 2014 10:40 AM
- entertainment
The launch of the Budapest Spring Festival also saw the grand opening of the 'Artists in the mirror - self-portraits from the Uffizi gallery' exhibit in the Budapest History Museum. “This time it’s not only not forbidden but encouraged to use smartphones” said Vodafone Hungary CEO Diego Massidda at the opening.
Hungary’s Roma Community Marks 70th Anniversary Of Roma Holocaust
- 4 Aug 2014 7:00 PM
- community & culture
Hungary’s 700,000 strong Roma community is holding memorial events throughout the country today on the occasion of international Roma Holocaust remembrance day.
House Of Fates Project Helped By Intl Working Group
- 1 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
An international working group of experts will help the implementation of the House of Fates Holocaust memorial and education centre project, representatives of organisations involved in the project have said.
Now On: Derkovits: The Artist & His Times, National Gallery Budapest
- 13 Jun 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
As part of the ongoing series at the Hungarian National Gallery dealing with the life's works of outstanding Hungarian artists, this exhibition presents the art of one of the major figures from the period between the wars, Gyula Derkovits (1894-1934). The significance of Derkovits was recognized even by the critics, collectors and museum experts of his own age.
“10th Contemporary European Horticulture & Garden Show”, Károlyi Mansion, Hungary
- 27 May 2014 9:00 AM
- property
The 10th European Art of Garden Show, the traditional annual event at the Karolyi château which brings each year together some of the European garden specialists into its splendid surroundings, will take place on May 30th to June 1st. It will focus this year on Mediterranean plants and parks as well as sustainable development in historic parks with the presentation of the “hybrid gardens” and ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary - United States Of Europe?
- 23 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On May 25 Hungary will hold its election for the European Parliament. The government party opted to hold the national election on April 6 and a separate EP election seven weeks later. There was nothing that would have prevented the authorities from holding both elections on May 25, but such an arrangement wasn’t deemed advantageous to the governing party.
MR Symphonics, National Concert Hall Budapest, 15 April
- 14 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The worlds of gods and men are separated by a vast chasm. This was an idea that fascinated Goethe, Wagner and Hölderlin. The latter was particularly pessimistic about man’s role: to him, fate was nothing more than ceaseless drifting, a blind struggle. Brahms encountered Hölderlin’s poem Hyperions Schicksalslied (Hyperion’s Song of Fate) in his mid thirties, immediately recognising the potential ...
A Turn To The Right In Hungary - An Analysis Of The 2010-2014 Period
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Conflicts with Brussels, utility cost cuts, symbolic debates. Just about every conflict of the past four years Viktor Orbán's administration went into was because of sovereignty and the shaping of a new framework for its interpretation. When did the cabinet have to retreat and when did the EU acknowledge that the rebellious Hungarian government was right?
Hungarian Government Green-Lights Contraversial Memorial To “Victims Of German Invasion”
- 11 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Protesters in Budapest demolish scaffolds in protest of prime minister Viktor Orban’s decision to proceed with construction of controversial memorial to victims of 1994 German invasion of Hungary.
Innovative 'Artists In The Mirror' Exhibit - Take A Smartphone
- 27 Mar 2014 10:40 AM
- entertainment
The launch of the Budapest Spring Festival also saw the grand opening of the 'Artists in the mirror - self-portraits from the Uffizi gallery' exhibit in the Budapest History Museum. “This time it’s not only not forbidden but encouraged to use smartphones” said Vodafone Hungary CEO Diego Massidda at the opening.