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Hungary’s Largest-Circulation Tabloid Weekly Goes Out Of Business
- 23 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“Helyi Téma”, the freely circulated pro-government tabloid weekly newspaper distributed to several hundred thousand households every week, is to go out of print after the company publishing it has been placed under enforcement by bailiffs, according to press reports. The paper, owned by right-wing billionaire Tamás Vitézy, was first published in 2004 in Budapest and had been distibuted across the ...
European Greens Hold Hearing On Hungary Paks Project
- 20 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Rebecca Harms, co-leader of the Green group in the European Parliament, and Hungarian MEP Benedek Jávor held a hearing dedicated to the planned upgrade of Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant. At the hearing, Harms noted that the Greens have fundamental objection to nuclear technology, but also added that circumstances around Hungary’s decision to add two new blocks to the plant using a Russian ...
Hungary 1% Negative Inflation In Feb
- 11 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- shopping
Consumer prices in Hungary fell by an annual 1% in February after a drop of 1.4% in January, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. Emerging market analysts in London had forecast the February decline at 1.2-1.4%. In a month-on-month comparison, the headline consumer price index rose by 0.5% in February, price growth seen for the first time since mid-2014.
B My Lake Festival 2015
- 10 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
B.my.Lake - The Winner Of The “Best New Festival” (European Festival Awards 2014)
Debut of B.my.Lake Festival was the highlight of the summer of electronic music lovers. B.my.Lake, the winner of EFA’s „Best New European Festival” in 2014, is taking place 19th-22th August. The festival is a true gap-filler in the European festival scene and it’s bringing the finest electronic musicians ...
Debut of B.my.Lake Festival was the highlight of the summer of electronic music lovers. B.my.Lake, the winner of EFA’s „Best New European Festival” in 2014, is taking place 19th-22th August. The festival is a true gap-filler in the European festival scene and it’s bringing the finest electronic musicians ...
Hungary’s Opposition Warns Against Ad Tax
- 4 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The proposed general 5% tax on advertising revenue will wipe out small media outlets, opposition parties warned yesterday. Socialist MP Ágnes Kunhalmi described the tax as a politically motivated tool for destroying independent media.
Hungarian HírTV News Editor Departs
- 4 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Katalin Mentes, chief editor of HírTV’s main news programme “Híradó”, is leaving the television channel after 12 years, it was confirmed to Origo on Tuesday.
Now On: Illuminations, Műcsarnok Budapest
- 3 Mar 2015 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Oriented towards cultural history, this thematic exhibit applies diverse interpretations to the genre of the artist’s book, while making its own contribution to the current discourse on the future of the book. The book appears simultaneously as the symbol of the continuously passing present, and as a precious, hidden nook of what has formerly appeared eternal, the Gutenberg Galaxy.
Coming Soon: Light Path, Műcsarnok Budapest, 7 March
- 3 Mar 2015 8:04 AM
- community & culture
UNESCO proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. The Kunsthalle Budapest contributes an exhibition of the Munkácsy Prize-winner Attila Csáji to the initiative. The physical and spiritual dimension of light has assumed a crucial role in the oeuvre of Csáji (1939).
Hungarian Macaron Day, Akvárium Budapest, 20 March 2015
- 2 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- food & drink
The annual Macaron Day in Budapest is inspired by the Jour du Macaron held on the same day in Paris and the Macaron Day in New York City. It's dedicated to the famous French macaron, a round crunchy pastry sandwiched together with a soft creamy center.
Hungary’s Largest-Circulation Tabloid Weekly Goes Out Of Business
- 23 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
“Helyi Téma”, the freely circulated pro-government tabloid weekly newspaper distributed to several hundred thousand households every week, is to go out of print after the company publishing it has been placed under enforcement by bailiffs, according to press reports. The paper, owned by right-wing billionaire Tamás Vitézy, was first published in 2004 in Budapest and had been distibuted across the ...
European Greens Hold Hearing On Hungary Paks Project
- 20 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Rebecca Harms, co-leader of the Green group in the European Parliament, and Hungarian MEP Benedek Jávor held a hearing dedicated to the planned upgrade of Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant. At the hearing, Harms noted that the Greens have fundamental objection to nuclear technology, but also added that circumstances around Hungary’s decision to add two new blocks to the plant using a Russian ...
Hungary 1% Negative Inflation In Feb
- 11 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- shopping
Consumer prices in Hungary fell by an annual 1% in February after a drop of 1.4% in January, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. Emerging market analysts in London had forecast the February decline at 1.2-1.4%. In a month-on-month comparison, the headline consumer price index rose by 0.5% in February, price growth seen for the first time since mid-2014.
B My Lake Festival 2015
- 10 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
B.my.Lake - The Winner Of The “Best New Festival” (European Festival Awards 2014)
Debut of B.my.Lake Festival was the highlight of the summer of electronic music lovers. B.my.Lake, the winner of EFA’s „Best New European Festival” in 2014, is taking place 19th-22th August. The festival is a true gap-filler in the European festival scene and it’s bringing the finest electronic musicians ...
Debut of B.my.Lake Festival was the highlight of the summer of electronic music lovers. B.my.Lake, the winner of EFA’s „Best New European Festival” in 2014, is taking place 19th-22th August. The festival is a true gap-filler in the European festival scene and it’s bringing the finest electronic musicians ...
Hungary’s Opposition Warns Against Ad Tax
- 4 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The proposed general 5% tax on advertising revenue will wipe out small media outlets, opposition parties warned yesterday. Socialist MP Ágnes Kunhalmi described the tax as a politically motivated tool for destroying independent media.
Hungarian HírTV News Editor Departs
- 4 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Katalin Mentes, chief editor of HírTV’s main news programme “Híradó”, is leaving the television channel after 12 years, it was confirmed to Origo on Tuesday.
Now On: Illuminations, Műcsarnok Budapest
- 3 Mar 2015 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Oriented towards cultural history, this thematic exhibit applies diverse interpretations to the genre of the artist’s book, while making its own contribution to the current discourse on the future of the book. The book appears simultaneously as the symbol of the continuously passing present, and as a precious, hidden nook of what has formerly appeared eternal, the Gutenberg Galaxy.
Coming Soon: Light Path, Műcsarnok Budapest, 7 March
- 3 Mar 2015 8:04 AM
- community & culture
UNESCO proclaimed 2015 as the International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies. The Kunsthalle Budapest contributes an exhibition of the Munkácsy Prize-winner Attila Csáji to the initiative. The physical and spiritual dimension of light has assumed a crucial role in the oeuvre of Csáji (1939).
Hungarian Macaron Day, Akvárium Budapest, 20 March 2015
- 2 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- food & drink
The annual Macaron Day in Budapest is inspired by the Jour du Macaron held on the same day in Paris and the Macaron Day in New York City. It's dedicated to the famous French macaron, a round crunchy pastry sandwiched together with a soft creamy center.