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Hay Festival Budapest Program: 19 - 21 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- community & culture
On 19 May, Sunday and on Whitsun Monday, there will also be a wide variety of programmes at Hay Festival Budapest for the culture-loving audience. György Dragomán hosts a wine-tasting event and a free poetic walk. The festival’s guests will be the prominent Australian feminist author Germaine Greer and Jaap Scholten, the Dutch writer living in Budapest, and the British Peter Florence, founder and ...
Wizz Air Celebrates 9th Anniversary
- 17 May 2013 9:00 AM
- travel
Wizz Air, the largest low-fare, low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe celebrates its 9th anniversary with a large seat sale. The strong passenger and tourism growth achieved in its home markets Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine is complemented by a growing reach to more destinations as Wizz Air is now operating to 33 countries, ...
Xpat Interview: Philippe Godard, Former General Manager, Sofitel Budapest
- 16 May 2013 12:00 PM
The leading of the Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge will be in the new and sophisticated hands of Philippe Godard, the new General Manager of the luxury hotel Philippe Godard has 20 years of international experience in Hospitality.
Hay Festival Budapest: Nicole Strauss & Marcus du Sautoy On Opening Day
- 16 May 2013 10:35 AM
- community & culture
Audience in Hungary have the chance to meet international authors, thinkers, musicians and well-known Hungarian authors, at the local Hay Festival held between 17-21 May. On the opening day Nicole Krauss, one of the most significant American novelists, presents her most recent novel Great House. László Lovász Wolf Prize winner mathematician talks to the renowned academician Marcus du Sautoy. Read ...
U.S. Embassy Representatives Attend Mihaly Kovats Memorial Ceremony In Hungary
- 16 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Defense Attache Mark Karas and Cultural Affairs Officer Dmitri Tarakhovsky attended a ceremony honoring Mihaly Kovats on May 10, 2013 in Karcag. Colonel Kovats, a native of Karcag, recruited, trained and led the first U.S. cavalry unit into battle and died on May 11, 1779, in a cavalry charge against British troops outside of Charleston, South Carolina.
MasterCard Has Become Main Sponsor Of Balaton Sound Festival In Hungary
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Europe’s best medium-sized festival, which is officially named MasterCard® Balaton Sound from this year, is experiencing an unprecedented attention. Interest has almost doubled in Hungary and abroad as well. As result, there are only 1000 passes available for the public at the moment. The organizers would like to draw everyone’s attention to purchase tickets or passes only from official outlets.
Hay Festival In Budapest Again
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Hay Festival was founded in Hay-on-Wye 25 years ago, and it has grown into one of the most significant cultural series of events in the world, with eleven festivals across five continents. On 17-21 May, the Hungarian audience will have the chance to meet international authors, thinkers, musicians and well-known Hungarian authors, at the Hay Festival, in Petőfi Museum of Literature, the Central ...
Xpat Opinion: Analogue - Exhibition In Kogart House In Budapest
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
21 Hungarian photographers from the 20th century. It is the big debut of the Körmendi – Csák Photography Collection within the confines of a unique exhibition in the Kogart House situated on Andrássy street. The visitors can get a great insight into the world of Hungarian Photography in the 20th century by looking through over 160 photographs made by 21 amazing artists.
Xpat Report: Last Train To Budapest
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"My Dad and I broke down in 1982 in a village called Abaújszánto, Hungary. I was 14 years old and unknowing to me at the time, this moment was to be pivotal and would change my life years later.
Hay Festival Budapest Program: 19 - 21 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- community & culture
On 19 May, Sunday and on Whitsun Monday, there will also be a wide variety of programmes at Hay Festival Budapest for the culture-loving audience. György Dragomán hosts a wine-tasting event and a free poetic walk. The festival’s guests will be the prominent Australian feminist author Germaine Greer and Jaap Scholten, the Dutch writer living in Budapest, and the British Peter Florence, founder and ...
Wizz Air Celebrates 9th Anniversary
- 17 May 2013 9:00 AM
- travel
Wizz Air, the largest low-fare, low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe celebrates its 9th anniversary with a large seat sale. The strong passenger and tourism growth achieved in its home markets Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine is complemented by a growing reach to more destinations as Wizz Air is now operating to 33 countries, ...
Xpat Interview: Philippe Godard, Former General Manager, Sofitel Budapest
- 16 May 2013 12:00 PM
The leading of the Sofitel Budapest Chain Bridge will be in the new and sophisticated hands of Philippe Godard, the new General Manager of the luxury hotel Philippe Godard has 20 years of international experience in Hospitality.
Hay Festival Budapest: Nicole Strauss & Marcus du Sautoy On Opening Day
- 16 May 2013 10:35 AM
- community & culture
Audience in Hungary have the chance to meet international authors, thinkers, musicians and well-known Hungarian authors, at the local Hay Festival held between 17-21 May. On the opening day Nicole Krauss, one of the most significant American novelists, presents her most recent novel Great House. László Lovász Wolf Prize winner mathematician talks to the renowned academician Marcus du Sautoy. Read ...
U.S. Embassy Representatives Attend Mihaly Kovats Memorial Ceremony In Hungary
- 16 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Defense Attache Mark Karas and Cultural Affairs Officer Dmitri Tarakhovsky attended a ceremony honoring Mihaly Kovats on May 10, 2013 in Karcag. Colonel Kovats, a native of Karcag, recruited, trained and led the first U.S. cavalry unit into battle and died on May 11, 1779, in a cavalry charge against British troops outside of Charleston, South Carolina.
MasterCard Has Become Main Sponsor Of Balaton Sound Festival In Hungary
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Europe’s best medium-sized festival, which is officially named MasterCard® Balaton Sound from this year, is experiencing an unprecedented attention. Interest has almost doubled in Hungary and abroad as well. As result, there are only 1000 passes available for the public at the moment. The organizers would like to draw everyone’s attention to purchase tickets or passes only from official outlets.
Hay Festival In Budapest Again
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Hay Festival was founded in Hay-on-Wye 25 years ago, and it has grown into one of the most significant cultural series of events in the world, with eleven festivals across five continents. On 17-21 May, the Hungarian audience will have the chance to meet international authors, thinkers, musicians and well-known Hungarian authors, at the Hay Festival, in Petőfi Museum of Literature, the Central ...
Xpat Opinion: Analogue - Exhibition In Kogart House In Budapest
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
21 Hungarian photographers from the 20th century. It is the big debut of the Körmendi – Csák Photography Collection within the confines of a unique exhibition in the Kogart House situated on Andrássy street. The visitors can get a great insight into the world of Hungarian Photography in the 20th century by looking through over 160 photographs made by 21 amazing artists.
Xpat Report: Last Train To Budapest
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"My Dad and I broke down in 1982 in a village called Abaújszánto, Hungary. I was 14 years old and unknowing to me at the time, this moment was to be pivotal and would change my life years later.