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Budapest Dance Festival, Now On Until 3 May
- 20 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The Budapest Dance Festival organised by National Dance Theater, held annually features a whole array of dance styles from ballet and contemporary to folk dance. Multitude venues throughout the city welcome both styles and Hungarian as well as international companies. It all lasts for ten days with performers like the Kylian Production, Doug Varone and Dancers, and the Yvette Bozsik Company on ...
EU Film Festival In Chicago Brings Europe To American Movie Lovers
- 20 Mar 2015 7:59 AM
- entertainment
“Hungary is country full of contradictions, a very colorful place that's a happy and depressive place at the same time. I think Budapest is an exeptionally beautiful capital and it's important to me that people abroad feel the same way about it.” Says Gabor Reisz, the director of the Hungarian comedy “For Some Inexplicable Reason” (Van Valami Furcsa es Megmagyarazhatatlan).
Sunday Shopping: 'Visegrád Design Market', 22 March
- 19 Mar 2015 11:35 AM
- shopping
WAMP starts its new season at this Sunday at Millenáris Budapest with the arrival of Spring. Regarded by many as the 'coolest design fair in Hungary', Xpats are invited to check-out around a hundred designers at the first WAMP market of the year. This time well-known Hungarian artists are joined by creative talents from the neighbouring Visegrád countries as well. As usual a gastro section will ...
MÁV Acquires Used Austrian Trains
- 19 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Austrian state railway company ÖBB has delivered 10 used carriages to its Hungarian counterpart MÁV, which have undergone an overhaul and are ready for use. MÁV Start CEO György Záránd said Hungary agreed to buy 55 Lange-Schlieren trains with a maximum speed of 140kph from ÖBB after the Austrian company bought trains capable of 160-180kph.
Hungarian Cabinet To Take Legal Action Against FT
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The cabinet will sue the Financial Times if the British business daily does not print a correction to its article of last week regarding EU objections to Hungary’s deal with Russia on expanding the Paks nuclear plant, spokesman Zoltán Kovács confirmed on Tuesday.
Hungarian Hate Group 'Highwayman Army' Seeks 'Fighters', Jobbik Connection?
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
According to Jobbik MP Tamás “Roy” Sneider, extremist hate group Betyársereg (Highwayman army) needs fighters, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s mother is a Gypsy, and it is better to employ a Muslim as a personal secretary than a Jew. Jobbik must “project calm” and “must not appear violent” but at the same time “must divert Hungarian society in a direction which enables it to ‘radicalize itself”.
Opposition Criticises Launch Of Public TV News Channel In Hungary
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Opposition parties on Monday criticised the renewed programme structure of Hungary’s public media. The changes launched on March 15 by the Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA) include a 24-hour rolling news channel on the frequency formerly occupied by the main channel.
Hungary’s PM Orbán Rejects Charges He Cooperated With Secret Services
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán denied that he cooperated with the communist secret services as alleged by businessman Lajos Simicska. In response to a question by radical nationalist Jobbik lawmaker Ádám Mirkóczki in parliament, Orbán said his current position did not allow him to act as he would like to in reaction to “sleazy accusations” by his former friend who was instrumental in building up the ...
RTL Did Not Make A Deal With Hungarian Gov’t
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
RTL’s German owners never reached a final agreement with the cabinet regarding the advertising tax, regional vice-president Andreas Rudas, confirmed in a Monday interview with Népszabadság. It had been reported that RTL and its parent company Bertelsmann had agreed to withdraw their complaint filed with the EU against Hungary’s tiered tax on advertising revenues, in exchange for a modification or ...
Budapest Dance Festival, Now On Until 3 May
- 20 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The Budapest Dance Festival organised by National Dance Theater, held annually features a whole array of dance styles from ballet and contemporary to folk dance. Multitude venues throughout the city welcome both styles and Hungarian as well as international companies. It all lasts for ten days with performers like the Kylian Production, Doug Varone and Dancers, and the Yvette Bozsik Company on ...
EU Film Festival In Chicago Brings Europe To American Movie Lovers
- 20 Mar 2015 7:59 AM
- entertainment
“Hungary is country full of contradictions, a very colorful place that's a happy and depressive place at the same time. I think Budapest is an exeptionally beautiful capital and it's important to me that people abroad feel the same way about it.” Says Gabor Reisz, the director of the Hungarian comedy “For Some Inexplicable Reason” (Van Valami Furcsa es Megmagyarazhatatlan).
Sunday Shopping: 'Visegrád Design Market', 22 March
- 19 Mar 2015 11:35 AM
- shopping
WAMP starts its new season at this Sunday at Millenáris Budapest with the arrival of Spring. Regarded by many as the 'coolest design fair in Hungary', Xpats are invited to check-out around a hundred designers at the first WAMP market of the year. This time well-known Hungarian artists are joined by creative talents from the neighbouring Visegrád countries as well. As usual a gastro section will ...
MÁV Acquires Used Austrian Trains
- 19 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Austrian state railway company ÖBB has delivered 10 used carriages to its Hungarian counterpart MÁV, which have undergone an overhaul and are ready for use. MÁV Start CEO György Záránd said Hungary agreed to buy 55 Lange-Schlieren trains with a maximum speed of 140kph from ÖBB after the Austrian company bought trains capable of 160-180kph.
Hungarian Cabinet To Take Legal Action Against FT
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The cabinet will sue the Financial Times if the British business daily does not print a correction to its article of last week regarding EU objections to Hungary’s deal with Russia on expanding the Paks nuclear plant, spokesman Zoltán Kovács confirmed on Tuesday.
Hungarian Hate Group 'Highwayman Army' Seeks 'Fighters', Jobbik Connection?
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
According to Jobbik MP Tamás “Roy” Sneider, extremist hate group Betyársereg (Highwayman army) needs fighters, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s mother is a Gypsy, and it is better to employ a Muslim as a personal secretary than a Jew. Jobbik must “project calm” and “must not appear violent” but at the same time “must divert Hungarian society in a direction which enables it to ‘radicalize itself”.
Opposition Criticises Launch Of Public TV News Channel In Hungary
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Opposition parties on Monday criticised the renewed programme structure of Hungary’s public media. The changes launched on March 15 by the Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA) include a 24-hour rolling news channel on the frequency formerly occupied by the main channel.
Hungary’s PM Orbán Rejects Charges He Cooperated With Secret Services
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán denied that he cooperated with the communist secret services as alleged by businessman Lajos Simicska. In response to a question by radical nationalist Jobbik lawmaker Ádám Mirkóczki in parliament, Orbán said his current position did not allow him to act as he would like to in reaction to “sleazy accusations” by his former friend who was instrumental in building up the ...
RTL Did Not Make A Deal With Hungarian Gov’t
- 17 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
RTL’s German owners never reached a final agreement with the cabinet regarding the advertising tax, regional vice-president Andreas Rudas, confirmed in a Monday interview with Népszabadság. It had been reported that RTL and its parent company Bertelsmann had agreed to withdraw their complaint filed with the EU against Hungary’s tiered tax on advertising revenues, in exchange for a modification or ...