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Institute For Blind In Budapest To Be Renovated
- 22 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The State Institute for the Blind in Budapest’s 14th District will be renovated this year at a cost of nearly Ft 1 billion, provided by a government subsidy. Work on the 1908 building, designed by architect Béla Lajta, begins in May and is scheduled to be completed in December.
Rudas Spa, Pool Renovation Complete In Budapest
- 16 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Rudas spa and swimming pool re-opened to the general public on Thursday following renovation. The renovation forms part of a complex strategy whose aim is to make Budapest an attractive spa city again, deputy mayor Tamás Szentes said at the opening ceremony. The nearly Ft 500 million project included Ft 393 million in EU funding.
Visit "Zsolnay Memorial Room" In Budapest
- 2 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Zsolnay Ceramics have been declared "National Treasure", the architectural Zsolnay ceramics deck nearly 200 buildings all over Budapest, and in many more cities around the globe, from Szabadka, Marosvásárhely, Venice, Italy, and Mexico City, on the scanae frons of the auditorium in the Teatro/Museo Nazional; the "Zsolnay Memorial Room" in Budapest, IX. district, is the dwelling place preserves of ...
Xpat Opinion: Rolling Into War, Rolling Into Art
- 19 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In the late 1930s, Europe teetered on the verge of what would soon become The 1939-1945 War, or to Americans, the Second World War. Out in Hungary, one newspaper editor was frustrated. He wasted far too much time filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages. He was annoyed that the sharp tip of his fountain pen often tore the paper.
Xpat Opinion: A Few Days In Balatonakarattya
- 23 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
By Treehugger Dan: My weekend plans getting cancelled turned out for the best, as Chris and Nora invited me down to Balaton for a couple days. The family summer cottage has a fantastic view of Balaton. Built in 1969 before Markovecz was well-known, the layout is unusual in its family-centered design, and nothing at all like his later environmental designs incorporating living trees into the ...
Road Developments At Budapest Airport Terminal 2
- 16 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest Airport’s access system at Terminal 2 will be completely renewed in a few weeks’ time, as soon as the reconstruction works have been completed. With the access control system to be installed on the roads in front of the terminal, the airport operator expects greater throughput and enhanced safety. During the first year following the handover of the SkyCourt in 2011, Budapest Airport ...
Xpat Opinion: Constitutional Renewal Must Be Done By Hungarians For Hungarians
- 13 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A conversation between two consitutional legal scholars: Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University and Gábor Halmai, ELTE Budapest and Princeton University.
Unemployement – An Inevitable Fact Of Life
- 10 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It doesn’t matter how qualified or skilled you are; how long you have worked at your company; how good your relationships are with your boss and colleagues – nearly everyone will experience a period of unemployment in their working lives. This is now as certain as retirement and old age!
'The Retrospective Exhibition Of Károly Ferenczy', National Gallery Budapest
- 8 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In public consciousness, Károly Ferenczy's name has been closely associated with the Nagybánya artists' colony (presently Baia Mare, Romania) ever since the latter was established in 1896. As the father of Hungarian impressionism and post-impressionism, and as an outstanding artist and leading master of the artists' colony, Ferenczy has rightfully been regarded as the founder of modern Hungarian ...
Institute For Blind In Budapest To Be Renovated
- 22 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The State Institute for the Blind in Budapest’s 14th District will be renovated this year at a cost of nearly Ft 1 billion, provided by a government subsidy. Work on the 1908 building, designed by architect Béla Lajta, begins in May and is scheduled to be completed in December.
Rudas Spa, Pool Renovation Complete In Budapest
- 16 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Rudas spa and swimming pool re-opened to the general public on Thursday following renovation. The renovation forms part of a complex strategy whose aim is to make Budapest an attractive spa city again, deputy mayor Tamás Szentes said at the opening ceremony. The nearly Ft 500 million project included Ft 393 million in EU funding.
Visit "Zsolnay Memorial Room" In Budapest
- 2 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Zsolnay Ceramics have been declared "National Treasure", the architectural Zsolnay ceramics deck nearly 200 buildings all over Budapest, and in many more cities around the globe, from Szabadka, Marosvásárhely, Venice, Italy, and Mexico City, on the scanae frons of the auditorium in the Teatro/Museo Nazional; the "Zsolnay Memorial Room" in Budapest, IX. district, is the dwelling place preserves of ...
Xpat Opinion: Rolling Into War, Rolling Into Art
- 19 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In the late 1930s, Europe teetered on the verge of what would soon become The 1939-1945 War, or to Americans, the Second World War. Out in Hungary, one newspaper editor was frustrated. He wasted far too much time filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages. He was annoyed that the sharp tip of his fountain pen often tore the paper.
Xpat Opinion: A Few Days In Balatonakarattya
- 23 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
By Treehugger Dan: My weekend plans getting cancelled turned out for the best, as Chris and Nora invited me down to Balaton for a couple days. The family summer cottage has a fantastic view of Balaton. Built in 1969 before Markovecz was well-known, the layout is unusual in its family-centered design, and nothing at all like his later environmental designs incorporating living trees into the ...
Road Developments At Budapest Airport Terminal 2
- 16 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest Airport’s access system at Terminal 2 will be completely renewed in a few weeks’ time, as soon as the reconstruction works have been completed. With the access control system to be installed on the roads in front of the terminal, the airport operator expects greater throughput and enhanced safety. During the first year following the handover of the SkyCourt in 2011, Budapest Airport ...
Xpat Opinion: Constitutional Renewal Must Be Done By Hungarians For Hungarians
- 13 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A conversation between two consitutional legal scholars: Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University and Gábor Halmai, ELTE Budapest and Princeton University.
Unemployement – An Inevitable Fact Of Life
- 10 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It doesn’t matter how qualified or skilled you are; how long you have worked at your company; how good your relationships are with your boss and colleagues – nearly everyone will experience a period of unemployment in their working lives. This is now as certain as retirement and old age!
'The Retrospective Exhibition Of Károly Ferenczy', National Gallery Budapest
- 8 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"In public consciousness, Károly Ferenczy's name has been closely associated with the Nagybánya artists' colony (presently Baia Mare, Romania) ever since the latter was established in 1896. As the father of Hungarian impressionism and post-impressionism, and as an outstanding artist and leading master of the artists' colony, Ferenczy has rightfully been regarded as the founder of modern Hungarian ...