31 result(s) for litter
WAMP: ’Vote For Design’, Budapest, 8 April
- 4 Apr 2018 9:24 AM
- shopping
On the 8th of April (the Election Day in Hungary) WAMP will vote for Hungarian design with its best local designers, event organisers told XpatLoop. Before returning to its regular summer location at Erzsébet square, this Sunday Hungary’s best design fair awaits design fans with a thematic event where not only the date and location will be special, but the selection of the exhibiting designers ...
Xpat Opinion: The Deadly Embrace Of Hungarian Television Propaganda
- 4 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Yesterday, while waiting for the results of the anti-refugee referendum, I decided to take a look at Channel M1, one of Magyar Televízió’s four or five channels. This particular channel is devoted to news and political discussions. I must admit that I hadn’t bothered to watch it before, though of course I knew that since 2010, when Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party won the election, MTV had become a ...
Isabel Val Project: Lights Of Budapest
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Throughout most of the 20th century, neon lights were the sign of progress and modernity – and behind the Iron Curtain, the illusion of it. Fixed upon the crumbling facades of the once magnificent buildings of post-war Budapest, neon lights beamed banal advertisements and Communist propaganda just like in any other country of the Eastern Bloc.
FAO Hungarian Office: Ten Steps Towards Sustainability
- 1 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Our planet is heating up. Glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising, and extreme weather events like droughts, cyclones and floods are becoming more common. All of these events have two things in common: 1) they have the worst effect on the world’s poorest people, many of whom work as farmers, and make it harder for them to grow food, and 2) they threaten the global goal to end hunger by 2030.
Budapest District Files Complaint Over Neglected Socialist Centre
- 12 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- property
The council of Budapest’s District 8 has filed a criminal complaint concerning the neglected former headquarters of the Socialist Party in II János Pál square (formerly Köztársaság sq). The municipality said that the derelict building was a hazard and called for an investigation into the responsibility of the owners.
120th Anniversary Of New York Palace Budapest
- 12 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- specials
The history of the New York Palace dates back to the 70s of the 19th century when a talented young man from Upper Hungary called Max Aufricht arrived to Budapest with a teacher’s diploma and a silver forint in his pocket. But his poverty was paired with immense ambition; he obtained a doctoral degree in law and learned French.
Invitation: Christmas Kreatim Exhibition & Design Fair, Kunsthalle, Budapest
- 14 Dec 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Christmas is just around the corner... Do you feel the pressure to find something great for your boy/girl-friend, colleagues, friends, parents, brothers and sisters? In November you may want something unique which makes those you love feel deeply touched. But in December the reality is getting closer and you compromise with literally ANYTHING you can easily buy... And what happens with these ...
'You Pick It!' Campaign Finishes Successfully In Hungary
- 4 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The national TeSzedd! (“You Pick It!”) litter collection drive has come to a successful close once again with a record 1,025 settlements joining the initiative in 2013, Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Zoltán Illés told the press in Budapest today.
Xpat Opinion: Police Excess In Hungary: Two Recent Stories
- 9 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I said a couple of days ago that I had gained the impression that members of the Hungarian police force have been emboldened in the last three years. They feel that the government believes in strict rules and often opts for punishment as an answer to social ills. Since most of the police force are Jobbik and Fidesz supporters, they believe that Sándor Pintér’s ministry of the interior as well as ...
WAMP: ’Vote For Design’, Budapest, 8 April
- 4 Apr 2018 9:24 AM
- shopping
On the 8th of April (the Election Day in Hungary) WAMP will vote for Hungarian design with its best local designers, event organisers told XpatLoop. Before returning to its regular summer location at Erzsébet square, this Sunday Hungary’s best design fair awaits design fans with a thematic event where not only the date and location will be special, but the selection of the exhibiting designers ...
Xpat Opinion: The Deadly Embrace Of Hungarian Television Propaganda
- 4 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Yesterday, while waiting for the results of the anti-refugee referendum, I decided to take a look at Channel M1, one of Magyar Televízió’s four or five channels. This particular channel is devoted to news and political discussions. I must admit that I hadn’t bothered to watch it before, though of course I knew that since 2010, when Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party won the election, MTV had become a ...
Isabel Val Project: Lights Of Budapest
- 14 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Throughout most of the 20th century, neon lights were the sign of progress and modernity – and behind the Iron Curtain, the illusion of it. Fixed upon the crumbling facades of the once magnificent buildings of post-war Budapest, neon lights beamed banal advertisements and Communist propaganda just like in any other country of the Eastern Bloc.
FAO Hungarian Office: Ten Steps Towards Sustainability
- 1 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Our planet is heating up. Glaciers are melting, sea levels are rising, and extreme weather events like droughts, cyclones and floods are becoming more common. All of these events have two things in common: 1) they have the worst effect on the world’s poorest people, many of whom work as farmers, and make it harder for them to grow food, and 2) they threaten the global goal to end hunger by 2030.
Budapest District Files Complaint Over Neglected Socialist Centre
- 12 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- property
The council of Budapest’s District 8 has filed a criminal complaint concerning the neglected former headquarters of the Socialist Party in II János Pál square (formerly Köztársaság sq). The municipality said that the derelict building was a hazard and called for an investigation into the responsibility of the owners.
120th Anniversary Of New York Palace Budapest
- 12 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- specials
The history of the New York Palace dates back to the 70s of the 19th century when a talented young man from Upper Hungary called Max Aufricht arrived to Budapest with a teacher’s diploma and a silver forint in his pocket. But his poverty was paired with immense ambition; he obtained a doctoral degree in law and learned French.
Invitation: Christmas Kreatim Exhibition & Design Fair, Kunsthalle, Budapest
- 14 Dec 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Christmas is just around the corner... Do you feel the pressure to find something great for your boy/girl-friend, colleagues, friends, parents, brothers and sisters? In November you may want something unique which makes those you love feel deeply touched. But in December the reality is getting closer and you compromise with literally ANYTHING you can easily buy... And what happens with these ...
'You Pick It!' Campaign Finishes Successfully In Hungary
- 4 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The national TeSzedd! (“You Pick It!”) litter collection drive has come to a successful close once again with a record 1,025 settlements joining the initiative in 2013, Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Zoltán Illés told the press in Budapest today.
Xpat Opinion: Police Excess In Hungary: Two Recent Stories
- 9 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I said a couple of days ago that I had gained the impression that members of the Hungarian police force have been emboldened in the last three years. They feel that the government believes in strict rules and often opts for punishment as an answer to social ills. Since most of the police force are Jobbik and Fidesz supporters, they believe that Sándor Pintér’s ministry of the interior as well as ...