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Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán’s Gamble Failed: The Referendum Is Invalid
- 3 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The insidious hate campaign leading up to today’s referendum on compulsory refugee quotas has failed, badly. First of all, only 43.8% of the electorate went to the polls, far below the necessary 50% plus 1. Even more telling is that only 39.93% of the electorate cast a valid vote; 60.07% either spoiled their ballots or didn’t bother to vote. The Two-Tail Dog Party’s campaign to invalidate ballots ...
Tarlós: Budapest Rejects Any Responsibility Over Metro 3 Delay
- 3 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest’s Municipal Council will no longer assume any responsibility for the delay in the third metro line’s upgrade, Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós said on Friday. Tarlós told a press conference that he will turn to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over the “problems in communication” and statements made by government office chief János Lázár on Thursday, of which he said “nothing was true”.
Recipe Of The Week: Hungarian Plum Dumpling
- 28 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- food & drink
Dumplings filled with plum jam or fresh plum, which are sprinkled with cinnamon powder and icing sugar and the dumplings made of potatoes, flour, egg, and salt. We call it "szilvásgombóc" in Hungarian.
OctoberFest Budapest, 29 September – 2 October
- 28 Sep 2016 8:50 AM
- entertainment
The world's biggest beer festival will visit Budapest this year! You can experience the feeling of the real Bavarian Paulaner Oktoberfest Big Tent directly from Munich for the third time in Hungary.
Visegrad Design Fair @ WAMP - Budapest Design Week 2016, 2 October
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
For 10 years now WAMP represents and ensures high quality design. The former art market today is a well-known internationally acclaimed design fair which represents more than thousand designers from Hungary and abroad.
HVG Interview: Former PM Says Hungary Now Full Of Russian Spies
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Interview with Ferenc Gyurcsány appearing in the September 15th edition of hvg: “This is a country in a very dark place, without big common positive experiences and successes.” – Ferenc Gyurcsány
Eyeful Festival Is Back In Budapest, Now On Until 1 October
- 20 Sep 2016 9:06 AM
- entertainment
From September 22 – October 1, 2016, the EYEFUL Festival is back for the fifth time, organized jointly by the Embassy of Switzerland, the Austrian Cultural Forum, and the Goethe-Institute. They are bringing to Budapest’s Művész Cinema the best of new films from German-speaking lands, including a number of prize winners.
Hungary’s President Áder: EU Must Regain Credibility
- 16 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The main task for the European Union is to regain its credibility so as to avoid that public trust towards its institutions further wane, Hungary’s president said in Sofia where János Áder attended a meeting of presidents of the Arraiolos Group. Public trust in the EU will continue to further weaken if its leaders remain unable “to think in strategic terms.”
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.
Xpat Opinion: Viktor Orbán’s Gamble Failed: The Referendum Is Invalid
- 3 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The insidious hate campaign leading up to today’s referendum on compulsory refugee quotas has failed, badly. First of all, only 43.8% of the electorate went to the polls, far below the necessary 50% plus 1. Even more telling is that only 39.93% of the electorate cast a valid vote; 60.07% either spoiled their ballots or didn’t bother to vote. The Two-Tail Dog Party’s campaign to invalidate ballots ...
Tarlós: Budapest Rejects Any Responsibility Over Metro 3 Delay
- 3 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest’s Municipal Council will no longer assume any responsibility for the delay in the third metro line’s upgrade, Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós said on Friday. Tarlós told a press conference that he will turn to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán over the “problems in communication” and statements made by government office chief János Lázár on Thursday, of which he said “nothing was true”.
Recipe Of The Week: Hungarian Plum Dumpling
- 28 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- food & drink
Dumplings filled with plum jam or fresh plum, which are sprinkled with cinnamon powder and icing sugar and the dumplings made of potatoes, flour, egg, and salt. We call it "szilvásgombóc" in Hungarian.
OctoberFest Budapest, 29 September – 2 October
- 28 Sep 2016 8:50 AM
- entertainment
The world's biggest beer festival will visit Budapest this year! You can experience the feeling of the real Bavarian Paulaner Oktoberfest Big Tent directly from Munich for the third time in Hungary.
Visegrad Design Fair @ WAMP - Budapest Design Week 2016, 2 October
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
For 10 years now WAMP represents and ensures high quality design. The former art market today is a well-known internationally acclaimed design fair which represents more than thousand designers from Hungary and abroad.
HVG Interview: Former PM Says Hungary Now Full Of Russian Spies
- 23 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Interview with Ferenc Gyurcsány appearing in the September 15th edition of hvg: “This is a country in a very dark place, without big common positive experiences and successes.” – Ferenc Gyurcsány
Eyeful Festival Is Back In Budapest, Now On Until 1 October
- 20 Sep 2016 9:06 AM
- entertainment
From September 22 – October 1, 2016, the EYEFUL Festival is back for the fifth time, organized jointly by the Embassy of Switzerland, the Austrian Cultural Forum, and the Goethe-Institute. They are bringing to Budapest’s Művész Cinema the best of new films from German-speaking lands, including a number of prize winners.
Hungary’s President Áder: EU Must Regain Credibility
- 16 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The main task for the European Union is to regain its credibility so as to avoid that public trust towards its institutions further wane, Hungary’s president said in Sofia where János Áder attended a meeting of presidents of the Arraiolos Group. Public trust in the EU will continue to further weaken if its leaders remain unable “to think in strategic terms.”
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.