1,716 result(s) for hungarian history
‘The Island Of Freedom’ Exhibition, Debrecen, Now On Until 6 November
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The first exhibition of the collection of the Ferenczy Museum Center outside Szentendre – with the selection of nearly 250 works on how here – provides a specific insight into the past over one hundred years of Hungarian fine art, from naturalism to public art.
US Embassy Hosts Jazz Concert To Mark 1956 Anniversary
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The US embassy in Budapest hosted a jazz concert organised in cooperation with internet portal JazzMa on Thursday evening to mark the anniversary of Hungary’s failed anti- Soviet uprising in 1956. The concert paid tribute to Hungarian jazz musicians Gábor Szabó, Attila Garai, Iván Zágon, Sándor Dobsa and others, who had made an unauthorised recording in the summer of 1956 with help of US ...
Fungarian: Why Is Halloween Strange For Hungarians?
- 30 Oct 2016 8:10 AM
- community & culture
November 1st is national holiday. According to the Catholic calendar, it’s All Saints’ Day – but Hungarians call it Day of the Dead (Halottak napja), when traditionally it’s a family obligation to tend the graves of their closest relatives.
Lit by thousands of candles, the cemeteries are a melancholic and beautiful sight on this day. The most common flower of the season people put on the graves ...
Xpat Opinion: Russian Military Intelligence And The Hungarian National Front
- 29 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I’d wager to say that not too many people are familiar with a far-right paramilitary organization called Magyar Nemzeti Arcvonal (Hungarian National Front or MNA), although it is perhaps the most important group of its kind today. It espouses the tenets of Hungarism, the brainchild of Ferenc Szálasi, leader of the Arrowcross party which, in the late 1930s, had, for a short while, one million ...
1956 Programmes @ Opera House, Now On Until 4 November
- 28 Oct 2016 12:30 PM
- community & culture
The 60th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution is commemorated by a series of events at the Hungarian State Opera. Beside opera world premieres, ballet performances and symphonic concerts, exhibitions, international guest performances and an open day at the Opera House awaits audiences.
Signing Of Free Trade Agreement Between EU & Canada Is In Hungary’s Interests
- 28 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- business
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, who is on an official visit to Canada, it is in Hungary’s interests that the free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada should come about.
1956, State Commemoration – Orbán: October 23 A ‘Day To Be Proud’
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
October 23 is a day on which Hungarians should be proud, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the state commemoration of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 at Budapest’s Kossuth Square in front of Parliament on Sunday. Even after 60 years, October 23 is still a day that “lifts up and cleanses us”, the prime minister said, calling the national holiday a “shared heritage” of the Hungarian people.
Kodály's The Spinning Room – New Production At Budapest Opera, 23 October
- 22 Oct 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
“A people can best be known through their folk songs,” claimed Zoltán Kodály, one of the crucial proponents of Hungarian music, whose main ambition as a composer, collector of folk songs and music teacher was to inculcate a love for Hungarian folk song and to cultivate a knowledgeable audience.
Codes of Freedom, Museum of Ethnography, Now On Until 27 November
- 21 Oct 2016 9:47 AM
- community & culture
The primary aim of this exhibition is to spotlight, through symbolism, the relationship between the Hungarian Revolutions of 1848 and 1956, and in doing so, to reveal a continuity in the use of symbols that transcended changes in the political power structure.
‘The Island Of Freedom’ Exhibition, Debrecen, Now On Until 6 November
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The first exhibition of the collection of the Ferenczy Museum Center outside Szentendre – with the selection of nearly 250 works on how here – provides a specific insight into the past over one hundred years of Hungarian fine art, from naturalism to public art.
US Embassy Hosts Jazz Concert To Mark 1956 Anniversary
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The US embassy in Budapest hosted a jazz concert organised in cooperation with internet portal JazzMa on Thursday evening to mark the anniversary of Hungary’s failed anti- Soviet uprising in 1956. The concert paid tribute to Hungarian jazz musicians Gábor Szabó, Attila Garai, Iván Zágon, Sándor Dobsa and others, who had made an unauthorised recording in the summer of 1956 with help of US ...
Fungarian: Why Is Halloween Strange For Hungarians?
- 30 Oct 2016 8:10 AM
- community & culture
November 1st is national holiday. According to the Catholic calendar, it’s All Saints’ Day – but Hungarians call it Day of the Dead (Halottak napja), when traditionally it’s a family obligation to tend the graves of their closest relatives.
Lit by thousands of candles, the cemeteries are a melancholic and beautiful sight on this day. The most common flower of the season people put on the graves ...
Xpat Opinion: Russian Military Intelligence And The Hungarian National Front
- 29 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
I’d wager to say that not too many people are familiar with a far-right paramilitary organization called Magyar Nemzeti Arcvonal (Hungarian National Front or MNA), although it is perhaps the most important group of its kind today. It espouses the tenets of Hungarism, the brainchild of Ferenc Szálasi, leader of the Arrowcross party which, in the late 1930s, had, for a short while, one million ...
1956 Programmes @ Opera House, Now On Until 4 November
- 28 Oct 2016 12:30 PM
- community & culture
The 60th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution is commemorated by a series of events at the Hungarian State Opera. Beside opera world premieres, ballet performances and symphonic concerts, exhibitions, international guest performances and an open day at the Opera House awaits audiences.
Signing Of Free Trade Agreement Between EU & Canada Is In Hungary’s Interests
- 28 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- business
According to Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, who is on an official visit to Canada, it is in Hungary’s interests that the free trade agreement between the European Union and Canada should come about.
1956, State Commemoration – Orbán: October 23 A ‘Day To Be Proud’
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
October 23 is a day on which Hungarians should be proud, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the state commemoration of Hungary’s anti-Soviet uprising of 1956 at Budapest’s Kossuth Square in front of Parliament on Sunday. Even after 60 years, October 23 is still a day that “lifts up and cleanses us”, the prime minister said, calling the national holiday a “shared heritage” of the Hungarian people.
Kodály's The Spinning Room – New Production At Budapest Opera, 23 October
- 22 Oct 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
“A people can best be known through their folk songs,” claimed Zoltán Kodály, one of the crucial proponents of Hungarian music, whose main ambition as a composer, collector of folk songs and music teacher was to inculcate a love for Hungarian folk song and to cultivate a knowledgeable audience.
Codes of Freedom, Museum of Ethnography, Now On Until 27 November
- 21 Oct 2016 9:47 AM
- community & culture
The primary aim of this exhibition is to spotlight, through symbolism, the relationship between the Hungarian Revolutions of 1848 and 1956, and in doing so, to reveal a continuity in the use of symbols that transcended changes in the political power structure.