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Xpat Opinion: Hungary Continues To Spend Billions On Empty Soccer Stadiums
- 21 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The construction of modern soccer stadiums across Hungary has not appreciably boosted attendance at first division games, according to data published by Hungarian sports website Nso.hu. First division matches during the 2015-2016 season were attended by only some 2700 spectators on average. The biggest attendance was at the game between last season’s champion, Ferencváros, and its rival, Haladás, ...
Rio 2016: Hungarian Olympic Team’s Official “Anthem” Unveiled
- 14 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The Hungarian team’s official song for the 2016 Rio Olympics has been officially introduced to the public on Tuesday.
“Hallhatatlanok” (“Immortals”), written by rapper Deniz – real name Dénes Rizner – is meant to relate to everyonbe who have ever done sport or merely rooted for a Hungarian Gold. The song was also played at Hungarian Olympians’ oath-taking ceremony held in the Palace of Arts, ...
International Choral Celebration - Opening Concert, National Concert Hall, 9 July
- 8 Jul 2016 5:04 AM
- community & culture
Last year's Choral Celebration proved it: choral music is truly fascinating and has countless faces. This concert, at which the cream of the crop of the choral music world are making their Budapest débuts, attempts to give a taste of these, with something worth looking at for everybody: spiritual life, African music of primal power and the exhilarating sounds of the Balkans, as well as the gentle ...
New Record Set At The Balaton Cross Swimming Competition
- 7 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Index.hu writes that a new record was set at the cross swimming competition of Lake Balaton; two Hungarians who are to compete in Rio later this year, Márk Papp and Éva Risztov, claimed the victory amongst the male and the female contestants.
Hungarian Grand Prix – One Of The Major Events Of The Summer
- 30 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Classical. This is what it has become over the past years, the race track of Hungaroring. It was built almost three decades ago as a rarity of its time, for being the first one beyond the Iron Curtain, and now it is still special as the third behind Monte-Carlo and Monza to have continuously featured in the F1 race calendar.
Night Of The Museums In Hungary, 25 June
- 23 Jun 2016 5:04 AM
- community & culture
It was 13 years ago that this national museum programme was launched with the aim of entertaining through education and learning. There are those who believe that if someone visits museums, then they must live in the past. However, it’s the complete opposite: by visiting we open ourselves to the present and the future - read on to find out why!
Night of Museums: Olympics & Politics Exhibition, Open Society Archives, 25 June
- 22 Jun 2016 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Exhibition in Galeria Centralis - 16:00-00:55 Olympics and Politics - Berlin / Barcelona 1936
In the summer of 1936, two European cities planned to host major sports events. While Berlin was preparing for the Games of the XI Olympiad, Barcelona was getting ready for the Olimpíada Popular (Popular Olympic Games, The People’s Olympics, or: the Workers’ Olympics).
In the summer of 1936, two European cities planned to host major sports events. While Berlin was preparing for the Games of the XI Olympiad, Barcelona was getting ready for the Olimpíada Popular (Popular Olympic Games, The People’s Olympics, or: the Workers’ Olympics).
Olympics & Politics Exhibition, Galeria Centralis, 23 June - 28 August
- 21 Jun 2016 9:02 AM
- entertainment
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Berlin Summer Olympics and the Olimpíada Popular, the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives presents the exhibition Olympics and Politics – Berlin / Barcelona 1936, which examines how these international sporting events became the terrains for ideological and physical battles in the heavily politicised 1930s, and how the two Games acquired ...
MTVA Concludes Broadcast Agreement For Olympics
- 20 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Hungary’s public media fund MTVA has concluded an agreement for public media to broadcast summer and winter Olympics between 2018 and 2024. The MTVA called the agreement “historic” in significance and said in a statement that this was the first time that the Games will be aired in Hungarian language throughout the Carpathian Basin.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary Continues To Spend Billions On Empty Soccer Stadiums
- 21 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The construction of modern soccer stadiums across Hungary has not appreciably boosted attendance at first division games, according to data published by Hungarian sports website Nso.hu. First division matches during the 2015-2016 season were attended by only some 2700 spectators on average. The biggest attendance was at the game between last season’s champion, Ferencváros, and its rival, Haladás, ...
Rio 2016: Hungarian Olympic Team’s Official “Anthem” Unveiled
- 14 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The Hungarian team’s official song for the 2016 Rio Olympics has been officially introduced to the public on Tuesday.
“Hallhatatlanok” (“Immortals”), written by rapper Deniz – real name Dénes Rizner – is meant to relate to everyonbe who have ever done sport or merely rooted for a Hungarian Gold. The song was also played at Hungarian Olympians’ oath-taking ceremony held in the Palace of Arts, ...
International Choral Celebration - Opening Concert, National Concert Hall, 9 July
- 8 Jul 2016 5:04 AM
- community & culture
Last year's Choral Celebration proved it: choral music is truly fascinating and has countless faces. This concert, at which the cream of the crop of the choral music world are making their Budapest débuts, attempts to give a taste of these, with something worth looking at for everybody: spiritual life, African music of primal power and the exhilarating sounds of the Balkans, as well as the gentle ...
New Record Set At The Balaton Cross Swimming Competition
- 7 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Index.hu writes that a new record was set at the cross swimming competition of Lake Balaton; two Hungarians who are to compete in Rio later this year, Márk Papp and Éva Risztov, claimed the victory amongst the male and the female contestants.
Hungarian Grand Prix – One Of The Major Events Of The Summer
- 30 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Classical. This is what it has become over the past years, the race track of Hungaroring. It was built almost three decades ago as a rarity of its time, for being the first one beyond the Iron Curtain, and now it is still special as the third behind Monte-Carlo and Monza to have continuously featured in the F1 race calendar.
Night Of The Museums In Hungary, 25 June
- 23 Jun 2016 5:04 AM
- community & culture
It was 13 years ago that this national museum programme was launched with the aim of entertaining through education and learning. There are those who believe that if someone visits museums, then they must live in the past. However, it’s the complete opposite: by visiting we open ourselves to the present and the future - read on to find out why!
Night of Museums: Olympics & Politics Exhibition, Open Society Archives, 25 June
- 22 Jun 2016 9:02 AM
- entertainment
Exhibition in Galeria Centralis - 16:00-00:55 Olympics and Politics - Berlin / Barcelona 1936
In the summer of 1936, two European cities planned to host major sports events. While Berlin was preparing for the Games of the XI Olympiad, Barcelona was getting ready for the Olimpíada Popular (Popular Olympic Games, The People’s Olympics, or: the Workers’ Olympics).
In the summer of 1936, two European cities planned to host major sports events. While Berlin was preparing for the Games of the XI Olympiad, Barcelona was getting ready for the Olimpíada Popular (Popular Olympic Games, The People’s Olympics, or: the Workers’ Olympics).
Olympics & Politics Exhibition, Galeria Centralis, 23 June - 28 August
- 21 Jun 2016 9:02 AM
- entertainment
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Berlin Summer Olympics and the Olimpíada Popular, the Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives presents the exhibition Olympics and Politics – Berlin / Barcelona 1936, which examines how these international sporting events became the terrains for ideological and physical battles in the heavily politicised 1930s, and how the two Games acquired ...
MTVA Concludes Broadcast Agreement For Olympics
- 20 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Hungary’s public media fund MTVA has concluded an agreement for public media to broadcast summer and winter Olympics between 2018 and 2024. The MTVA called the agreement “historic” in significance and said in a statement that this was the first time that the Games will be aired in Hungarian language throughout the Carpathian Basin.