630 result(s) for hungarian hero
Budapest Taxi Drivers End Demo
- 21 Jan 2016 3:10 AM
- getting around
Taxi drivers ended their demonstration against ride-hailing company Uber in downtown Budapest after talks with government representatives. The drivers will make their way along Andrássy Avenue to Heroes’ Square, doing a lap to top off their nearly four-day demonstration. Earlier in the day, two state secretaries from the development ministry, Gábor Czepek and László Tasó, met representatives of ...
Feast Of Holy Innocents Traditions In Hungary, 28 December
- 27 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In Hungary, the Feast of the Holy Innocents falls on the same day with the traditional "birching", a fertility custom known almost everywhere in Europe. In Hungary, according to tradition on this day, girls were lightly whipped with a young tree shoot, to wish them good health and fertility in the new year.
110 Year Search For Sultan Suleiman In Hungary Seems Fruitful
- 10 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Professor Norbert Pap, who led the discovery of what is thought to be the tomb of Ottoman Grand Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, said in an interview with MTI that in 2013 his team of geographers, historians and archaeologists, using new methodologies in their respective fields, discovered the ruins of the Ottoman settlement known as Turbék, a name derived from the Turkish word “turbeh” meaning ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán Has International Friends On His Side
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left- and right-wing analysts equally recognise that the Hungarian Prime Minister is not isolated any more with his views on immigration in Europe. They differ however on whether he’s right or wrong and whether his position will ultimately prevail.
Now On Until 30 January: In The Workshop Of Lajos Csertő, Kunsthalle Budapest
- 4 Dec 2015 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Lajos Csertő is the classic polyhistor for our age. He has been living and working in his Dunaújváros studio far from the maddening crowd for many decades, experimenting with newer and newer artforms with the same enthusiasm and curiosity as when he was in this twenties. He uses different metals, porcelain, alabaster and wood for his works and most of his public space art production is made of ...
Now On Until 31 January: Schöffer, A Retrospective, Kunsthalle Budapest
- 3 Dec 2015 8:03 AM
- community & culture
It is probably the first and last occasion that this extraordinary collection sourced form the one-time studio of Nicolas Schöffer, renowned for his kinetic light sculpture, will be exhibited in Hungary. The exhibition – realized through the cooperation of the artist’s widow – will present the futuristic-retro work of Nicolas Schöffer, the Hungarian-born French artist from October to January in ...
Orbis To Buy Two Hotels In Budapest
- 27 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- property
Orbis and its Hungarian unit Accor- Pannonia Hotels have signed a preliminary contract for the purchase of two hotels in Budapest for 27.5 million euros, the Polish news agency PAP reported citing an Orbis press release. The two hotels are already being run by the group under a lease agreement. The two hotels are part of the 46 hotels in the region the French Accor agreed to sell to the Polish ...
Anthony Sanchez, Vice President, SAP SuccessFactors
- 16 Nov 2015 11:00 AM
Business brought Anthony Sanchez to Hungary.
Nora Kenyeres, Former CEO, Match Made Abroad
- 11 Nov 2015 11:00 AM
Nora was the Founder and CEO of Match Made Abroad. Match Made Abroad was an exclusive international matchmaking agency headquartered in Budapest. Nora is the first certified matchmaker in Hungary who completed the Matchmaking Institute’s training program in New York.
Budapest Taxi Drivers End Demo
- 21 Jan 2016 3:10 AM
- getting around
Taxi drivers ended their demonstration against ride-hailing company Uber in downtown Budapest after talks with government representatives. The drivers will make their way along Andrássy Avenue to Heroes’ Square, doing a lap to top off their nearly four-day demonstration. Earlier in the day, two state secretaries from the development ministry, Gábor Czepek and László Tasó, met representatives of ...
Feast Of Holy Innocents Traditions In Hungary, 28 December
- 27 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
In Hungary, the Feast of the Holy Innocents falls on the same day with the traditional "birching", a fertility custom known almost everywhere in Europe. In Hungary, according to tradition on this day, girls were lightly whipped with a young tree shoot, to wish them good health and fertility in the new year.
110 Year Search For Sultan Suleiman In Hungary Seems Fruitful
- 10 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Professor Norbert Pap, who led the discovery of what is thought to be the tomb of Ottoman Grand Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, said in an interview with MTI that in 2013 his team of geographers, historians and archaeologists, using new methodologies in their respective fields, discovered the ruins of the Ottoman settlement known as Turbék, a name derived from the Turkish word “turbeh” meaning ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán Has International Friends On His Side
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Left- and right-wing analysts equally recognise that the Hungarian Prime Minister is not isolated any more with his views on immigration in Europe. They differ however on whether he’s right or wrong and whether his position will ultimately prevail.
Now On Until 30 January: In The Workshop Of Lajos Csertő, Kunsthalle Budapest
- 4 Dec 2015 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Lajos Csertő is the classic polyhistor for our age. He has been living and working in his Dunaújváros studio far from the maddening crowd for many decades, experimenting with newer and newer artforms with the same enthusiasm and curiosity as when he was in this twenties. He uses different metals, porcelain, alabaster and wood for his works and most of his public space art production is made of ...
Now On Until 31 January: Schöffer, A Retrospective, Kunsthalle Budapest
- 3 Dec 2015 8:03 AM
- community & culture
It is probably the first and last occasion that this extraordinary collection sourced form the one-time studio of Nicolas Schöffer, renowned for his kinetic light sculpture, will be exhibited in Hungary. The exhibition – realized through the cooperation of the artist’s widow – will present the futuristic-retro work of Nicolas Schöffer, the Hungarian-born French artist from October to January in ...
Orbis To Buy Two Hotels In Budapest
- 27 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- property
Orbis and its Hungarian unit Accor- Pannonia Hotels have signed a preliminary contract for the purchase of two hotels in Budapest for 27.5 million euros, the Polish news agency PAP reported citing an Orbis press release. The two hotels are already being run by the group under a lease agreement. The two hotels are part of the 46 hotels in the region the French Accor agreed to sell to the Polish ...
Anthony Sanchez, Vice President, SAP SuccessFactors
- 16 Nov 2015 11:00 AM
Business brought Anthony Sanchez to Hungary.
Nora Kenyeres, Former CEO, Match Made Abroad
- 11 Nov 2015 11:00 AM
Nora was the Founder and CEO of Match Made Abroad. Match Made Abroad was an exclusive international matchmaking agency headquartered in Budapest. Nora is the first certified matchmaker in Hungary who completed the Matchmaking Institute’s training program in New York.