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Xpat Opinion: Hungary At odds With EU Mainstream
- 26 Oct 2015 10:20 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator thinks pro-government critics of European leaders are simply impolite and un-European. A conservative columnist, on the other hand, feels that Hungary has been singled out for unfair treatment in western Europe. The two articles reflect a hundred year old divide that splits “progressives” and “conservatives”, those looking for models in the west versus others accusing it ...
Womex Awards Presented In Budapest
- 26 Oct 2015 8:04 AM
- entertainment
This year’s WOMEX world music festival wound up with an awards ceremony at the Palace of Arts in Budapest. The Artist Award went to Cheikh Lo, a Senegalese musician. The Professional Excellence Award was presented to Ramin Sadighi, a promoter of Iranian music through his label Hermes Records. Glitterbeat took the Label Award, for the second year in a row.
Hungarian Opposition Mark 1956 Anniversary
- 26 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Vona, leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, said in Corvin Alley, a stronghold of revolutionaries in 1956, that the freedom fighters had drawn their strength from the patriotic interwar regime of Miklós Horthy. He said the 1956 revolution was “the most noble act” in Europe’s postwar history.
Uniquely Hungary: Matyó, Where To Buy The Real Thing In Budapest, By Anne Zwack
- 23 Oct 2015 1:30 AM
- shopping
You haven’t been in Hungary twenty four hours before you have discovered Matyó. Matyó is a style of embroidery which has existed in Hungary for over 200 years and it is sold all over Budapest in souvenir shops on the Castle Hill and all over the centre of the city. Matyó emanates from a little triangle of villages 140 kilometres from Budapest on the way to Miskolc, in Mezőkövesd, Tard and ...
Martin Coulam, Operations Development Director, Tesco
- 22 Oct 2015 12:00 PM
Martin joined Tesco UK in 1990, and with their first international deployments he moved to Hungary in 1996, when his first task was to open the Pólus Store in Budapest. The next year he became the New Store Opening Manager for Hungary, as Tesco’s deployment ramped up, and later became the Hypermarket Director of Budaörs store - Tesco’s biggest store anywhere in the group in 2000. In 2003 he was ...
'Art Moments' In Budapest, Now On Until 31 October
- 22 Oct 2015 1:50 AM
- entertainment
The Art Moments 2015 / Central European Visual Art Festival event (AMS) welcomes visitors for the eighth time in 2015. The aim of the art festival is to bring contemporary art closer to both local and expat people in Hungary, and to provide a platform for emerging and well-known artists. Simultaneously, it also provides room for local and foreign talent, strengthening 'the international ...
Hungarian MPs Order Health Tests For Refugees
- 21 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Parliament on Tuesday authorised the national chief medical officer to order compulsory health screening tests of refugees during a state of emergency declared in response to massive immigration. Persons applying for asylum at a transit station must undergo the health screening on the spot. In another development Parliament began debate of a bill on establishing a central database where the faces ...
International Day 2015 - At Britannica International School
- 21 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- specials
Britannica International School held its annual International Day, to celebrate its multicultural atmosphere and diverse student community with an International Food Court, classroom country themed exhibitions, a Flag Parade and an amazingly colourful array of traditional outfits from all around the world.
'The Subways', A38 Budapest, 10 December
- 20 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The garage-indie-rock legend with its high-spirited energy that smashes all hearts and moves all legs on all great festivals returns to the Ship to play a superkicking gig in a true underground mood!
Xpat Opinion: Hungary At odds With EU Mainstream
- 26 Oct 2015 10:20 AM
- current affairs
A left-wing commentator thinks pro-government critics of European leaders are simply impolite and un-European. A conservative columnist, on the other hand, feels that Hungary has been singled out for unfair treatment in western Europe. The two articles reflect a hundred year old divide that splits “progressives” and “conservatives”, those looking for models in the west versus others accusing it ...
Womex Awards Presented In Budapest
- 26 Oct 2015 8:04 AM
- entertainment
This year’s WOMEX world music festival wound up with an awards ceremony at the Palace of Arts in Budapest. The Artist Award went to Cheikh Lo, a Senegalese musician. The Professional Excellence Award was presented to Ramin Sadighi, a promoter of Iranian music through his label Hermes Records. Glitterbeat took the Label Award, for the second year in a row.
Hungarian Opposition Mark 1956 Anniversary
- 26 Oct 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Gábor Vona, leader of the radical nationalist Jobbik party, said in Corvin Alley, a stronghold of revolutionaries in 1956, that the freedom fighters had drawn their strength from the patriotic interwar regime of Miklós Horthy. He said the 1956 revolution was “the most noble act” in Europe’s postwar history.
Uniquely Hungary: Matyó, Where To Buy The Real Thing In Budapest, By Anne Zwack
- 23 Oct 2015 1:30 AM
- shopping
You haven’t been in Hungary twenty four hours before you have discovered Matyó. Matyó is a style of embroidery which has existed in Hungary for over 200 years and it is sold all over Budapest in souvenir shops on the Castle Hill and all over the centre of the city. Matyó emanates from a little triangle of villages 140 kilometres from Budapest on the way to Miskolc, in Mezőkövesd, Tard and ...
Martin Coulam, Operations Development Director, Tesco
- 22 Oct 2015 12:00 PM
Martin joined Tesco UK in 1990, and with their first international deployments he moved to Hungary in 1996, when his first task was to open the Pólus Store in Budapest. The next year he became the New Store Opening Manager for Hungary, as Tesco’s deployment ramped up, and later became the Hypermarket Director of Budaörs store - Tesco’s biggest store anywhere in the group in 2000. In 2003 he was ...
'Art Moments' In Budapest, Now On Until 31 October
- 22 Oct 2015 1:50 AM
- entertainment
The Art Moments 2015 / Central European Visual Art Festival event (AMS) welcomes visitors for the eighth time in 2015. The aim of the art festival is to bring contemporary art closer to both local and expat people in Hungary, and to provide a platform for emerging and well-known artists. Simultaneously, it also provides room for local and foreign talent, strengthening 'the international ...
Hungarian MPs Order Health Tests For Refugees
- 21 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Parliament on Tuesday authorised the national chief medical officer to order compulsory health screening tests of refugees during a state of emergency declared in response to massive immigration. Persons applying for asylum at a transit station must undergo the health screening on the spot. In another development Parliament began debate of a bill on establishing a central database where the faces ...
International Day 2015 - At Britannica International School
- 21 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- specials
Britannica International School held its annual International Day, to celebrate its multicultural atmosphere and diverse student community with an International Food Court, classroom country themed exhibitions, a Flag Parade and an amazingly colourful array of traditional outfits from all around the world.
'The Subways', A38 Budapest, 10 December
- 20 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
The garage-indie-rock legend with its high-spirited energy that smashes all hearts and moves all legs on all great festivals returns to the Ship to play a superkicking gig in a true underground mood!