325 result(s) for independent media
Ferenc Kumin Takes Part In OSCE Conference On Internet Freedom
- 18 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- tech
Deputy State Secretary for International Communications Ferenc Kumin participated at the conference entitled Internet 2013: Shaping policies to advance media freedom; organised by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, Austria.
Xpat Opionion: ’Hunger Marchers’ Reach Budapest
- 13 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An influential right wing pundit claims the demonstration is a joint MSZP-Jobbik attack on the government, while independent bloggers accuse the official parliamentary guard of complicity in setting up a counter-demonstration banner in front of Parliament. A libertarian commentator finds it rather sad that marching people still expect the government to provide them with “work and bread”, instead ...
Budapest Airport Launches Free Wi-Fi For Passengers
- 7 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- tech
Budapest Airport has provided a wireless internet connection for passengers in all departing passenger circulation areas. From now on, access to the internet is available free of charge on the departure levels of Terminals 2A and 2B and in the SkyCourt. This is another important development focusing on passengers' needs, since nearly everyone carries at least one portable device with a Wi-Fi ...
Ferenc Kumin, Former Duty State Secretary For International Communications
- 5 Jan 2013 11:00 AM
Ferenc Kumin is an economist and political scientist. He holds two MAs from the Corvinus University of Budapest and from CEU, and is a PhD candidate at the former. His fields of interest have been political communication and campaigning, political effect on finances, e-governance and e-democracy, and functioning of the parliamentarian heads of states.
First Hungarian Film & TV Awards Hosted In Budapest In 2013
- 10 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Hakan Yildiz (actor and director) and a group of up and coming independent filmmakers are organizing Hungary’s first official film and TV awards in 2013. The event will feature awards for the best Hungarian films and television productions.
NAWA Budapest News: Building On Our Charity Tradition And Reaching Out….
- 15 Nov 2012 10:30 AM
- community & culture
By The North American Women’s Association (NAWA) of Budapest: Traditionally, NAWA’s November general meeting focuses on its signature charity programs - bingo with the seniors, Adopt-a-Granny and Mikulas- and on preparing the Mikulas (St Nicholas’ Day) gift bags that are distributed to the elderly of two senior homes, and to the children in an orphanage in Budapest. This year, the tradition ...
Interview With U.S Ambassador Kounalakis To Hungary For M1 TV’s “Az Este” Program
- 12 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
M1: 2012 was a long and costly (inaudible) campaign and left somehow the country divided. The balance of power has remained unchanged; the re-elected president has to deal with the Republican congress. The first and biggest challenge of the new Obama administration is to strike a deal with the Republican congress to avoid the fiscal cliff. Do you think it is possible to get a compromise soon?
Xpat Opinion: The Cooperation Of The Hungarian Opposition In Action
- 18 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Last night’s scandalous interview with three opposition personalities on ATV’s “Szabad szemmel” deserves a post even if it was only three days ago that I wrote an article entitled “Hungarian disunity a barrier to a political solution.”
Now On: Nathan Lerner: 'Photo-Eye', Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 10 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Besides director László Moholy-Nagy, his mentor was another Hungarian, György Kepes, who taught him photography. It was following their guidance that Lerner mastered the language of “new vision”. He arrived at his invention, the so-called “light box”, through experiments conducted at the school. Its basic principle was the seemingly evident realization that the lens of the camera can function as ...
Ferenc Kumin Takes Part In OSCE Conference On Internet Freedom
- 18 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- tech
Deputy State Secretary for International Communications Ferenc Kumin participated at the conference entitled Internet 2013: Shaping policies to advance media freedom; organised by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, Austria.
Xpat Opionion: ’Hunger Marchers’ Reach Budapest
- 13 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
An influential right wing pundit claims the demonstration is a joint MSZP-Jobbik attack on the government, while independent bloggers accuse the official parliamentary guard of complicity in setting up a counter-demonstration banner in front of Parliament. A libertarian commentator finds it rather sad that marching people still expect the government to provide them with “work and bread”, instead ...
Budapest Airport Launches Free Wi-Fi For Passengers
- 7 Jan 2013 8:00 AM
- tech
Budapest Airport has provided a wireless internet connection for passengers in all departing passenger circulation areas. From now on, access to the internet is available free of charge on the departure levels of Terminals 2A and 2B and in the SkyCourt. This is another important development focusing on passengers' needs, since nearly everyone carries at least one portable device with a Wi-Fi ...
Ferenc Kumin, Former Duty State Secretary For International Communications
- 5 Jan 2013 11:00 AM
Ferenc Kumin is an economist and political scientist. He holds two MAs from the Corvinus University of Budapest and from CEU, and is a PhD candidate at the former. His fields of interest have been political communication and campaigning, political effect on finances, e-governance and e-democracy, and functioning of the parliamentarian heads of states.
First Hungarian Film & TV Awards Hosted In Budapest In 2013
- 10 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Hakan Yildiz (actor and director) and a group of up and coming independent filmmakers are organizing Hungary’s first official film and TV awards in 2013. The event will feature awards for the best Hungarian films and television productions.
NAWA Budapest News: Building On Our Charity Tradition And Reaching Out….
- 15 Nov 2012 10:30 AM
- community & culture
By The North American Women’s Association (NAWA) of Budapest: Traditionally, NAWA’s November general meeting focuses on its signature charity programs - bingo with the seniors, Adopt-a-Granny and Mikulas- and on preparing the Mikulas (St Nicholas’ Day) gift bags that are distributed to the elderly of two senior homes, and to the children in an orphanage in Budapest. This year, the tradition ...
Interview With U.S Ambassador Kounalakis To Hungary For M1 TV’s “Az Este” Program
- 12 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
M1: 2012 was a long and costly (inaudible) campaign and left somehow the country divided. The balance of power has remained unchanged; the re-elected president has to deal with the Republican congress. The first and biggest challenge of the new Obama administration is to strike a deal with the Republican congress to avoid the fiscal cliff. Do you think it is possible to get a compromise soon?
Xpat Opinion: The Cooperation Of The Hungarian Opposition In Action
- 18 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Last night’s scandalous interview with three opposition personalities on ATV’s “Szabad szemmel” deserves a post even if it was only three days ago that I wrote an article entitled “Hungarian disunity a barrier to a political solution.”
Now On: Nathan Lerner: 'Photo-Eye', Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 10 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Besides director László Moholy-Nagy, his mentor was another Hungarian, György Kepes, who taught him photography. It was following their guidance that Lerner mastered the language of “new vision”. He arrived at his invention, the so-called “light box”, through experiments conducted at the school. Its basic principle was the seemingly evident realization that the lens of the camera can function as ...