1,716 result(s) for hungarian history
Finnish Folk Hop Ensemble Tuuletar @ Budapest A Cappella Festival
- 15 Jun 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Finnish award-winning vocal group Tuuletar will perform at the Budapest A Cappella Festival on the 18th of June. Since 2012 this exceptional group has been enchanting audiences of all ages and cultures with their freshly invigorating and self-composed music and heartfelt and tribal spirit. Tuuletar has won acclaim and prizes at several international competitions. As a consequence their calendar ...
President Expresses Condolences Over Orlando Shooting
- 14 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian President János Áder has expressed condolences to US President Barack Obama over Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando, Florida that left 50 people dead and at least 53 wounded. “I was deeply shocked to hear the sad news about the cruel shooting in Orlando that killed so many innocent people,” Áder wrote in a letter.
Expulsion Of Germans One Of “Darkest Chapters” In Hungarian History, Says State Secretary
- 13 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The expulsion of ethnic Germans from Hungary from the end of WWII was one of the “darkest chapters of Hungarian history,” a state secretary at the prime minister’s office said in Bonyhád, in southern Hungary, on Saturday. Árpád Potápi addressed the unveiling ceremony of a plaque for those Germans who were forced from their homes in Bonyhád and other localities in Tolna county.
'Hey, June!', Mupa Budapest, Now On Until 28 June
- 9 Jun 2016 11:55 AM
- community & culture
Organisers tell XpatLoop that, "Müpa Budapest’s inaugural summer pop music festival offers a special opportunity for bands to put on performances, regarding both sound and scene, that cannot be performed in such ways elsewhere. Everyone prepares for the Müpa Budapest concerts with great efforts, new ideas and special surprises so it is no exaggeration that the evenings of the Hey, June! festival ...
Budapest A Cappella Festival, Várkert Bazár, 17 - 19 June
- 8 Jun 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The latest music festival of Budapest, the purely vocal Budapest A Cappella Festival – featuring music versatile in space, time and genre – introduces exciting international productions and the very best from Hungary. The program will be organized by Hangvető on June 17-19 at the Várkert Bazár Öntőház courtyard – also sponsoring the event – as part of the Dunapest (contemporary all-art festival).
Hungary Marks Trianon Anniversary
- 6 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commemorative events were held over the weekend throughout Hungary and the Carpathian Basin to mark the Day of National Cohesion, held on June 4, the anniversary of the signing of the WWI Trianon peace treaty. Hungarian communities have become stronger not only in the Carpathian Basin but across the world in the past decade, House Speaker László Kövér said on a commercial radio channel. June 4 ...
Bartók Plus Opera Festival Miskolc 2016, 11 - 19 June
- 3 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Press release: As you have already got used to it, in 2016, at the Opera Festival in Miskolc you can find a varied, rich program, and besides operas, several other classical and non-classical genres will be represented, too.
Unique Heritage Transport Services In Budapest
- 26 May 2016 9:08 AM
- getting around
From May 2016 to the end of September, transport and history fans can get the chance to travel aboard vintage trams christened Danube Heritage and Thermal Heritage as well as the Snow White vintage boat at weekends. The Danube Heritage tram runs on the route of tram 2 in Pest which was chosen as one of the ten most beautiful tramlines in the world, while the Thermal Heritage tram runs in Buda on ...
Ferencváros Block Rehabilitation Has Won A Property Development Oscar
- 26 May 2016 9:00 AM
- property
Press release: The Ferencváros block rehabilitation scheme launched in 1990 has won the most eminent international accolade in the architecture profession, the FIABCI Prix d’Excellence for the year 2016. Top architectural achievements are recognised by the international award, equivalent to an Oscar in the profession, and for the first time in the 61 years since its inception, a Hungarian entry ...
Finnish Folk Hop Ensemble Tuuletar @ Budapest A Cappella Festival
- 15 Jun 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Finnish award-winning vocal group Tuuletar will perform at the Budapest A Cappella Festival on the 18th of June. Since 2012 this exceptional group has been enchanting audiences of all ages and cultures with their freshly invigorating and self-composed music and heartfelt and tribal spirit. Tuuletar has won acclaim and prizes at several international competitions. As a consequence their calendar ...
President Expresses Condolences Over Orlando Shooting
- 14 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian President János Áder has expressed condolences to US President Barack Obama over Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando, Florida that left 50 people dead and at least 53 wounded. “I was deeply shocked to hear the sad news about the cruel shooting in Orlando that killed so many innocent people,” Áder wrote in a letter.
Expulsion Of Germans One Of “Darkest Chapters” In Hungarian History, Says State Secretary
- 13 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The expulsion of ethnic Germans from Hungary from the end of WWII was one of the “darkest chapters of Hungarian history,” a state secretary at the prime minister’s office said in Bonyhád, in southern Hungary, on Saturday. Árpád Potápi addressed the unveiling ceremony of a plaque for those Germans who were forced from their homes in Bonyhád and other localities in Tolna county.
'Hey, June!', Mupa Budapest, Now On Until 28 June
- 9 Jun 2016 11:55 AM
- community & culture
Organisers tell XpatLoop that, "Müpa Budapest’s inaugural summer pop music festival offers a special opportunity for bands to put on performances, regarding both sound and scene, that cannot be performed in such ways elsewhere. Everyone prepares for the Müpa Budapest concerts with great efforts, new ideas and special surprises so it is no exaggeration that the evenings of the Hey, June! festival ...
Budapest A Cappella Festival, Várkert Bazár, 17 - 19 June
- 8 Jun 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The latest music festival of Budapest, the purely vocal Budapest A Cappella Festival – featuring music versatile in space, time and genre – introduces exciting international productions and the very best from Hungary. The program will be organized by Hangvető on June 17-19 at the Várkert Bazár Öntőház courtyard – also sponsoring the event – as part of the Dunapest (contemporary all-art festival).
Hungary Marks Trianon Anniversary
- 6 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commemorative events were held over the weekend throughout Hungary and the Carpathian Basin to mark the Day of National Cohesion, held on June 4, the anniversary of the signing of the WWI Trianon peace treaty. Hungarian communities have become stronger not only in the Carpathian Basin but across the world in the past decade, House Speaker László Kövér said on a commercial radio channel. June 4 ...
Bartók Plus Opera Festival Miskolc 2016, 11 - 19 June
- 3 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Press release: As you have already got used to it, in 2016, at the Opera Festival in Miskolc you can find a varied, rich program, and besides operas, several other classical and non-classical genres will be represented, too.
Unique Heritage Transport Services In Budapest
- 26 May 2016 9:08 AM
- getting around
From May 2016 to the end of September, transport and history fans can get the chance to travel aboard vintage trams christened Danube Heritage and Thermal Heritage as well as the Snow White vintage boat at weekends. The Danube Heritage tram runs on the route of tram 2 in Pest which was chosen as one of the ten most beautiful tramlines in the world, while the Thermal Heritage tram runs in Buda on ...
Ferencváros Block Rehabilitation Has Won A Property Development Oscar
- 26 May 2016 9:00 AM
- property
Press release: The Ferencváros block rehabilitation scheme launched in 1990 has won the most eminent international accolade in the architecture profession, the FIABCI Prix d’Excellence for the year 2016. Top architectural achievements are recognised by the international award, equivalent to an Oscar in the profession, and for the first time in the 61 years since its inception, a Hungarian entry ...