1,311 result(s) for origin of hungarian
Video: New Luxury Rail Journey Between Budapest & Venice
- 2 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
Golden Eagle Luxury Trains, a UK-based company, specializes in long-distance rail tours such as its flagship Trans-Siberian Express. They are known for their journeys that take passengers to places that are less explored and also more difficult to access for individual travelers. In the fall of 2014, a new era started when Golden Eagle launched its first rail journey between Budapest and Tehran. ...
Xpat Report: Jane Goodall At Grandhouse Luncheon In Budapest
- 23 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The season’s last Grandhouse luncheon on June 16 hosted Dame Jane Goodall of chimpanzee fame before a blockbuster rapt audience of 85 guests, a roster of ambassadors among them, this time not as usual at the Academy of Science but at Kogart House gallery restaurant along the World Heritage listed Andrássy út.
Xpat Interview: Stephen Spinder, Award Winning Photographer
- 22 Jun 2015 12:00 PM
Stephen Spinder is an American professional photographer, artist, dancer, originally from Rochester, NY. He graduated from SUNY Oswego in upstate New York and continued his formal education at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Hungarian Cabinet Office Moves To List Another Munkácsy Painting
- 17 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Plans are afoot to include Mihály Munkácsy’s state-owned painting Christ before Pilate on a list of protected artworks. The move by the prime minister’s office in conjunction with the National Bank of Hungary comes on the heels of another initiative to include Munkácsy’s privately owned Golgotha on the protected list which prevents a work from being taken out of the country. Further, any change ...
Forster Centre: Munkácsy Artwork On Loan To Hungary Safe
- 16 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Art objects borrowed from abroad to be displayed in Hungary are under “strict protection” ensured by relevant laws, the Forster Centre, Hungary’s cultural heritage authority, said in a statement on Monday. Under the same rules, paintings imported to Hungary on condition that the object should in the future be returned to the country of origin, cannot be placed on a national list of protected ...
Hungarain Socialist Leader: Politics Based On Hate “Dead End”
- 15 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Addressing the 10th congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Hungarian Socialist Party’s leader, József Tóbiás, called the politics of hate a dead end. A migration policy based on “internal solidarity” and “shared responsibility” in the EU would lead to a good outcome, he insisted. The Socialists have a common belief that all men are created equal, and no one should be excluded on ...
Jubilee Beer Festival - Buda Castle, Budapest, On Until 14 June
- 12 Jun 2015 11:01 AM
- food & drink
Press release: For the fifth time the largest Hungarian Beer Festival opens up in the prestigious Buda Castle. At this four-day-long festival 200 different kinds and types of imported and local beer specialties are available - and for those who wish for lighter tastes the Cider Park offers relief. Besides the traditional and brand new larger and smaller brewhouses, this year the Belgian beer ...
Hungarian Minister Calls For Stronger Int Cooperation In Media
- 11 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a need for stronger and more direct international cooperation in the media, Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog told public radio, commenting on talks with Britain’s culture, media and sport minister John Whittingdale. They discussed a draft European Commission directive on protecting children’s rights and human rights by enforcing the regulations in the “country of origin” where the ...
Főzdefeszt Craft-Beer & Street Food Show, 5 – 7 June
- 4 Jun 2015 11:50 AM
- food & drink
Hungary’s famous craft-beer festival is rolling again at June 5-7 at Budapest’s biggest and most elegant historical park – Városliget. Hungary’s craft-beer scene has seen an incredible growth in the last few years and still gaining speed! So has Főzdefeszt that has grown from a festival attracting 10.000 visitors to a mass-celebration with 40-50.000 people twice a year.
Video: New Luxury Rail Journey Between Budapest & Venice
- 2 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
Golden Eagle Luxury Trains, a UK-based company, specializes in long-distance rail tours such as its flagship Trans-Siberian Express. They are known for their journeys that take passengers to places that are less explored and also more difficult to access for individual travelers. In the fall of 2014, a new era started when Golden Eagle launched its first rail journey between Budapest and Tehran. ...
Xpat Report: Jane Goodall At Grandhouse Luncheon In Budapest
- 23 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The season’s last Grandhouse luncheon on June 16 hosted Dame Jane Goodall of chimpanzee fame before a blockbuster rapt audience of 85 guests, a roster of ambassadors among them, this time not as usual at the Academy of Science but at Kogart House gallery restaurant along the World Heritage listed Andrássy út.
Xpat Interview: Stephen Spinder, Award Winning Photographer
- 22 Jun 2015 12:00 PM
Stephen Spinder is an American professional photographer, artist, dancer, originally from Rochester, NY. He graduated from SUNY Oswego in upstate New York and continued his formal education at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Hungarian Cabinet Office Moves To List Another Munkácsy Painting
- 17 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Plans are afoot to include Mihály Munkácsy’s state-owned painting Christ before Pilate on a list of protected artworks. The move by the prime minister’s office in conjunction with the National Bank of Hungary comes on the heels of another initiative to include Munkácsy’s privately owned Golgotha on the protected list which prevents a work from being taken out of the country. Further, any change ...
Forster Centre: Munkácsy Artwork On Loan To Hungary Safe
- 16 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Art objects borrowed from abroad to be displayed in Hungary are under “strict protection” ensured by relevant laws, the Forster Centre, Hungary’s cultural heritage authority, said in a statement on Monday. Under the same rules, paintings imported to Hungary on condition that the object should in the future be returned to the country of origin, cannot be placed on a national list of protected ...
Hungarain Socialist Leader: Politics Based On Hate “Dead End”
- 15 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Addressing the 10th congress of the Party of European Socialists (PES), the Hungarian Socialist Party’s leader, József Tóbiás, called the politics of hate a dead end. A migration policy based on “internal solidarity” and “shared responsibility” in the EU would lead to a good outcome, he insisted. The Socialists have a common belief that all men are created equal, and no one should be excluded on ...
Jubilee Beer Festival - Buda Castle, Budapest, On Until 14 June
- 12 Jun 2015 11:01 AM
- food & drink
Press release: For the fifth time the largest Hungarian Beer Festival opens up in the prestigious Buda Castle. At this four-day-long festival 200 different kinds and types of imported and local beer specialties are available - and for those who wish for lighter tastes the Cider Park offers relief. Besides the traditional and brand new larger and smaller brewhouses, this year the Belgian beer ...
Hungarian Minister Calls For Stronger Int Cooperation In Media
- 11 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a need for stronger and more direct international cooperation in the media, Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog told public radio, commenting on talks with Britain’s culture, media and sport minister John Whittingdale. They discussed a draft European Commission directive on protecting children’s rights and human rights by enforcing the regulations in the “country of origin” where the ...
Főzdefeszt Craft-Beer & Street Food Show, 5 – 7 June
- 4 Jun 2015 11:50 AM
- food & drink
Hungary’s famous craft-beer festival is rolling again at June 5-7 at Budapest’s biggest and most elegant historical park – Városliget. Hungary’s craft-beer scene has seen an incredible growth in the last few years and still gaining speed! So has Főzdefeszt that has grown from a festival attracting 10.000 visitors to a mass-celebration with 40-50.000 people twice a year.