170 result(s) for initiative in Community & Culture
U.S. Ambassador Presented The Active Citizenship Award At Sziget Festival In Budapest
- 10 Aug 2012 9:01 AM
- community & culture
U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis presented the Active Citizenship Award to the NGO Ability Park at the Sziget Festival on August 9, 2012. During a visit to the Ability Park tent, Ambassador Kounalakis praised the organization’s efforts to raise awareness for the rights of people with disabilities, including through the outreach they are conducting at the Sziget festival. ...
Hungarian – Italian Cultural Season 2013 Tent At The Sziget Festival
- 9 Aug 2012 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The Government is promoting the Hungarian – Italian Cultural Season 2013 (which starts on 1 January) by setting up a Hungarian – Italian tent at the Sziget Festival. The slogan of the 2013 event series – which aims to strengthen diplomatic and cultural relations between the two nations – is Találkozások/Incontri (‘Meetings’). Visitors to the festival can meet Hungarian and Italian celebrities in ...
Active Citizenship Award To March Of The Living In Hungary
- 30 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ambassador Kounalakis and Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal presented the Embassy’s Active Citizenship Award to Gabor Gordon of March of the Living Hungary on July 20.
Special Envoy Hannah Rosenthal Honors March Of The Living Hungary
- 24 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
March of the Living Hungary (MLH) was presented with U.S. Embassy’s Active Citizenship Award on July 20. Ambassador Kounalakis noted in her remarks that in the past two and a half years she had met a lot of people in Hungary who had made the country and their communities more livable through their hard work. She said there was “no better example for this attitude than March of the Living Hungary ...
U.S. Ambassador Participates In Budapest Pride
- 12 Jul 2012 12:35 PM
- community & culture
Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis and U.S. Embassy Budapest staff participated in the Budapest Pride March on July 7, to demonstrate Embassy support for the Hungarian LGBT community as part of Secretary of State Clinton’s initiative to promote human/minority rights issues throughout the world. In the United States, President Obama declared June to be Pride Month to highlight the ...
Holocaust Survivor & Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel Returns Hungarian Award
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A right-wing columnist downplays the importance of Elie Wiesel’s decision to return the highest Hungarian state honour in protest against what he sees as the government’s efforts to restore anti-Semitic icons. A left-wing pundit, on the other hand, believes that the case will receive international attention and further harm the image of the Orbán government. A centrist commentator notes that the ...
Xpat Women's Photo Contest Announced In Hungary
- 19 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Six years ago Expatclic Italia launched a photo contest on the theme: "Citizens of the World – how women see expatriation". We wanted to provide a space where expatriate women could let loose their creativity on a topic that is rarely expressed in images.
Now On: 'Women, Hand-Woven Rugs, Home Industry ', Museum Of Ethnography
- 18 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In some peasant communities wool carpets were major items in a woman's trousseau. They were spread on the beds for display in the front room, used as table covers, served to emphasise the solemnity of an occasion and placed as a background for family photos. In the last third of the 19th century, together with other creations of folk art, scholars and politicians became aware of woven carpets, ...
Hay Festival To Pollinate Ideas In Hungary
- 26 Apr 2012 11:01 AM
- community & culture
Famously described as the Woodstock of the mind by Bill Clinton, the Hay Festival is one of the world's most prestigious literature and arts festivals. Hay Budapest will feature an exciting mix of Hungarian, Central European, British and Spanish authors and thinkers. Bob Geldof, Jung Chang, Ben Okri, Hanif Kureishi, and György Dragomán are some of the distinguished guests at the first Hay ...
U.S. Ambassador Presented The Active Citizenship Award At Sziget Festival In Budapest
- 10 Aug 2012 9:01 AM
- community & culture
U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis presented the Active Citizenship Award to the NGO Ability Park at the Sziget Festival on August 9, 2012. During a visit to the Ability Park tent, Ambassador Kounalakis praised the organization’s efforts to raise awareness for the rights of people with disabilities, including through the outreach they are conducting at the Sziget festival. ...
Hungarian – Italian Cultural Season 2013 Tent At The Sziget Festival
- 9 Aug 2012 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The Government is promoting the Hungarian – Italian Cultural Season 2013 (which starts on 1 January) by setting up a Hungarian – Italian tent at the Sziget Festival. The slogan of the 2013 event series – which aims to strengthen diplomatic and cultural relations between the two nations – is Találkozások/Incontri (‘Meetings’). Visitors to the festival can meet Hungarian and Italian celebrities in ...
Active Citizenship Award To March Of The Living In Hungary
- 30 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ambassador Kounalakis and Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal presented the Embassy’s Active Citizenship Award to Gabor Gordon of March of the Living Hungary on July 20.
Special Envoy Hannah Rosenthal Honors March Of The Living Hungary
- 24 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
March of the Living Hungary (MLH) was presented with U.S. Embassy’s Active Citizenship Award on July 20. Ambassador Kounalakis noted in her remarks that in the past two and a half years she had met a lot of people in Hungary who had made the country and their communities more livable through their hard work. She said there was “no better example for this attitude than March of the Living Hungary ...
U.S. Ambassador Participates In Budapest Pride
- 12 Jul 2012 12:35 PM
- community & culture
Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis and U.S. Embassy Budapest staff participated in the Budapest Pride March on July 7, to demonstrate Embassy support for the Hungarian LGBT community as part of Secretary of State Clinton’s initiative to promote human/minority rights issues throughout the world. In the United States, President Obama declared June to be Pride Month to highlight the ...
Holocaust Survivor & Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel Returns Hungarian Award
- 29 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A right-wing columnist downplays the importance of Elie Wiesel’s decision to return the highest Hungarian state honour in protest against what he sees as the government’s efforts to restore anti-Semitic icons. A left-wing pundit, on the other hand, believes that the case will receive international attention and further harm the image of the Orbán government. A centrist commentator notes that the ...
Xpat Women's Photo Contest Announced In Hungary
- 19 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Six years ago Expatclic Italia launched a photo contest on the theme: "Citizens of the World – how women see expatriation". We wanted to provide a space where expatriate women could let loose their creativity on a topic that is rarely expressed in images.
Now On: 'Women, Hand-Woven Rugs, Home Industry ', Museum Of Ethnography
- 18 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In some peasant communities wool carpets were major items in a woman's trousseau. They were spread on the beds for display in the front room, used as table covers, served to emphasise the solemnity of an occasion and placed as a background for family photos. In the last third of the 19th century, together with other creations of folk art, scholars and politicians became aware of woven carpets, ...
Hay Festival To Pollinate Ideas In Hungary
- 26 Apr 2012 11:01 AM
- community & culture
Famously described as the Woodstock of the mind by Bill Clinton, the Hay Festival is one of the world's most prestigious literature and arts festivals. Hay Budapest will feature an exciting mix of Hungarian, Central European, British and Spanish authors and thinkers. Bob Geldof, Jung Chang, Ben Okri, Hanif Kureishi, and György Dragomán are some of the distinguished guests at the first Hay ...