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Miklós Tamás, Former Chairman, City Taxi
- 31 Mar 2015 12:00 PM
Since 2005, I have been the Company Chairman of City Taxi, one of the most well known and popular taxi companies in Budapest. City Taxi operates as a cooperative with more than 400 taxi owners, in addition to which we work with more than 400 subcontract taxi drivers.
Simicska: Orbán Said He Refused To Enroll As Spy But “Now I Don’t Know What To Think”
- 12 Mar 2015 12:30 AM
- current affairs
Businessman Lajos Simicska has said that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán “reported on him” to the communist authorities with his knowledge during their military service in the 1980s. Simicska told the Mandiner blog in an interview that the authorities had put him under surveillance during the communist era.
Business Wine Event, Duna Palota, 14 March 2015
- 10 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- food & drink
Are you an entrepreneur, or plan to become one? Do you happen to be a manager, or even a CEO? Are you involved in the Hungarian SME and start-up scene on some level? If you are any of the above, or just a connoisseur of culinary treats and exquisite wines, then this is an event you will not want to miss.
Wales: Land Of The Red Dragon By Jonathan Knott, UK Ambassador To Hungary
- 27 Feb 2015 8:06 AM
- community & culture
Fans of J.K. Rowling will remember that a Common Welsh Dragon featured in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’, the fourth book of her immensely popular series. That dragon was green in colour, but the dragon on the flag flying outside the British Embassy today is a vibrant red.
Home Building Permits Rise 30% In Hungary
- 25 Feb 2015 3:00 AM
- property
The number of permits issued for new home construction rose 30.4%, reaching a total of 6,947 in the first three quarters of 2014, Central Statistics Office (KSH) revealed today. New permits were issued for an area exceeding 799,300 sqm; this figure was up by 27.0%.
U.S. Embassy Budapest: Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy Budapest is soliciting applications for the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institutes. Two four-week Institutes, offered in summer 2015, will accommodate up to 90 Fellows total. Each Institute, one at Wake Forest University in North Carolina and the other at Purdue University in Indiana, will be designed for 35 European students and 10 Americans, ages 16 to ...
Now On: Rippl-Rónai & Maillol, Hungarian National Gallery
- 10 Feb 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
József Rippl-Rónai had at least as great an impact on modern Hungarian art as Aristide Maillol had on modern European sculpture. The friendship between these two influential artists, and the artistic documents of their relationship, are the focus of an exhibition opened at the Hungarian National Gallery in December 2014.
Lajos Simicska: I Will Not Be Orban’s Partner In Building A New Dictatorship
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz oligarch and Hungarian media and construction tycoon Lajos Simicska gave yet another interview, this time to Hungarian website Magyar Narancs. Simicska talks about his split with Orban over the latter’s plans to create a new dictatorship.
Photo: Viktor Orban (left) and Lajos Simicska (right) during the first Orban government (2008-2012)
Photo: Viktor Orban (left) and Lajos Simicska (right) during the first Orban government (2008-2012)
Xpat Report: 2015's First Grandhouse Luncheon
- 30 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The first monthly Grandhouse luncheon of the season on January 21, 2015, held as usual in the restrained elegance of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences dining hall, met with the largest attendance of the past two years. Ambassadors Gordan Radman (Croatia), Gajus Scheltema (Holland), Kevin Dowling (Ireland), Igor Esmerov (Macedonia) and Rastilav Káer (Slovakia) were among the distinguished guests ...
Miklós Tamás, Former Chairman, City Taxi
- 31 Mar 2015 12:00 PM
Since 2005, I have been the Company Chairman of City Taxi, one of the most well known and popular taxi companies in Budapest. City Taxi operates as a cooperative with more than 400 taxi owners, in addition to which we work with more than 400 subcontract taxi drivers.
Simicska: Orbán Said He Refused To Enroll As Spy But “Now I Don’t Know What To Think”
- 12 Mar 2015 12:30 AM
- current affairs
Businessman Lajos Simicska has said that Prime Minister Viktor Orbán “reported on him” to the communist authorities with his knowledge during their military service in the 1980s. Simicska told the Mandiner blog in an interview that the authorities had put him under surveillance during the communist era.
Business Wine Event, Duna Palota, 14 March 2015
- 10 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- food & drink
Are you an entrepreneur, or plan to become one? Do you happen to be a manager, or even a CEO? Are you involved in the Hungarian SME and start-up scene on some level? If you are any of the above, or just a connoisseur of culinary treats and exquisite wines, then this is an event you will not want to miss.
Wales: Land Of The Red Dragon By Jonathan Knott, UK Ambassador To Hungary
- 27 Feb 2015 8:06 AM
- community & culture
Fans of J.K. Rowling will remember that a Common Welsh Dragon featured in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’, the fourth book of her immensely popular series. That dragon was green in colour, but the dragon on the flag flying outside the British Embassy today is a vibrant red.
Home Building Permits Rise 30% In Hungary
- 25 Feb 2015 3:00 AM
- property
The number of permits issued for new home construction rose 30.4%, reaching a total of 6,947 in the first three quarters of 2014, Central Statistics Office (KSH) revealed today. New permits were issued for an area exceeding 799,300 sqm; this figure was up by 27.0%.
U.S. Embassy Budapest: Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institute
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The U.S. Embassy Budapest is soliciting applications for the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Summer Institutes. Two four-week Institutes, offered in summer 2015, will accommodate up to 90 Fellows total. Each Institute, one at Wake Forest University in North Carolina and the other at Purdue University in Indiana, will be designed for 35 European students and 10 Americans, ages 16 to ...
Now On: Rippl-Rónai & Maillol, Hungarian National Gallery
- 10 Feb 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
József Rippl-Rónai had at least as great an impact on modern Hungarian art as Aristide Maillol had on modern European sculpture. The friendship between these two influential artists, and the artistic documents of their relationship, are the focus of an exhibition opened at the Hungarian National Gallery in December 2014.
Lajos Simicska: I Will Not Be Orban’s Partner In Building A New Dictatorship
- 9 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Fidesz oligarch and Hungarian media and construction tycoon Lajos Simicska gave yet another interview, this time to Hungarian website Magyar Narancs. Simicska talks about his split with Orban over the latter’s plans to create a new dictatorship.
Photo: Viktor Orban (left) and Lajos Simicska (right) during the first Orban government (2008-2012)
Photo: Viktor Orban (left) and Lajos Simicska (right) during the first Orban government (2008-2012)
Xpat Report: 2015's First Grandhouse Luncheon
- 30 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The first monthly Grandhouse luncheon of the season on January 21, 2015, held as usual in the restrained elegance of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences dining hall, met with the largest attendance of the past two years. Ambassadors Gordan Radman (Croatia), Gajus Scheltema (Holland), Kevin Dowling (Ireland), Igor Esmerov (Macedonia) and Rastilav Káer (Slovakia) were among the distinguished guests ...