415 result(s) for political history
Expat Explainer: Poets, Politicians & Saints - Budapest’s Changing Street Names
- 12 Feb 2024 5:23 PM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- getting around
A third of Budapest’s 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in their history. A third of those now bear the name of a real or fictitious person, the most popular being Attila József. A look at the reasons for renaming and the issues of political memory it spotlights.
Budapest Independent Film Festival, Kino Café, 9 - 10 February
- 31 Jan 2024 9:08 AM
- entertainment
After last year’s sold-out success, the Budapest Independent Film Festival is returning to the beloved Kino Cafe Mozi on 9-10 February 2024 for one more unique cinematic experience. This year’s edition features short and feature-length independent films by Hungarian and international filmmakers.
Interview: Emese Danks, Member of Advisory Board of the BFO's Managing Director
- 19 Jan 2024 8:14 AM
- community & culture
Emese Danks has been involved in the work of the advisory board of the BFO’s managing director, Orsolya Erdődy, for several years.
'Fashion & the City': Explore the History of Fashion in Budapest
- 16 Jan 2024 6:21 AM
- community & culture
Open until April 2024. The BHM Kiscell Museum celebrates the 150th anniversary of the ‘birth’ of Budapest – the unification of the towns of Pest, Buda and Óbuda – with a comprehensive exhibition about the past 150 years of fashion in Budapest.
'Crossing Lines' - Politics of Images, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Centre Budapest
- 8 Jan 2024 10:13 AM
- entertainment
On display until 14 January 2024. Until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, aggressive acts of appropriating territories seemed to be a historical phenomenon. In a world of sovereign national states, borders are believed to symbolize the static state of affairs.
Hungarian Opinion: New Year Expectations - Both Pessimistic & Hopeful Views from Left & Right
- 8 Jan 2024 9:27 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Opposition-leaning commentators depict a pessimistic image of Hungary’s political future, while their pro-government counterparts hope that the country has left the difficulties of the past two years behind.
“Scandalous And Hostile”: Hungary Set to Veto Bulgaria's Schengen Membership
- 18 Dec 2023 10:40 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungary has made it clear to Bulgaria that it will veto the country’s Schengen membership if a “punitive tariff” on gas transits is maintained by Bulgaria in the long term, the foreign minister said.
Watch: Orbán Re-Elected Leader of Fidesz - Party Congress Round-Up
- 20 Nov 2023 3:23 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The 30th congress of ruling Fidesz re-elected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as the party’s leader on Saturday. In his speech to the congress, Orbán said it was an “honour” to be given the mandate to lead the “most successful political community of the country, of Europe”.
'World Not Interested in Hungary's Sovereignty', Says Orbán
- 14 Nov 2023 7:23 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Orbán said the lesson learnt from the 2002 election defeat was that “we believed that if we live in democracy, nothing threatens us anymore”,
Expat Explainer: Poets, Politicians & Saints - Budapest’s Changing Street Names
- 12 Feb 2024 5:23 PM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- getting around
A third of Budapest’s 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in their history. A third of those now bear the name of a real or fictitious person, the most popular being Attila József. A look at the reasons for renaming and the issues of political memory it spotlights.
Budapest Independent Film Festival, Kino Café, 9 - 10 February
- 31 Jan 2024 9:08 AM
- entertainment
After last year’s sold-out success, the Budapest Independent Film Festival is returning to the beloved Kino Cafe Mozi on 9-10 February 2024 for one more unique cinematic experience. This year’s edition features short and feature-length independent films by Hungarian and international filmmakers.
Interview: Emese Danks, Member of Advisory Board of the BFO's Managing Director
- 19 Jan 2024 8:14 AM
- community & culture
Emese Danks has been involved in the work of the advisory board of the BFO’s managing director, Orsolya Erdődy, for several years.
'Fashion & the City': Explore the History of Fashion in Budapest
- 16 Jan 2024 6:21 AM
- community & culture
Open until April 2024. The BHM Kiscell Museum celebrates the 150th anniversary of the ‘birth’ of Budapest – the unification of the towns of Pest, Buda and Óbuda – with a comprehensive exhibition about the past 150 years of fashion in Budapest.
'Crossing Lines' - Politics of Images, Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Centre Budapest
- 8 Jan 2024 10:13 AM
- entertainment
On display until 14 January 2024. Until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, aggressive acts of appropriating territories seemed to be a historical phenomenon. In a world of sovereign national states, borders are believed to symbolize the static state of affairs.
Hungarian Opinion: New Year Expectations - Both Pessimistic & Hopeful Views from Left & Right
- 8 Jan 2024 9:27 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Opposition-leaning commentators depict a pessimistic image of Hungary’s political future, while their pro-government counterparts hope that the country has left the difficulties of the past two years behind.
“Scandalous And Hostile”: Hungary Set to Veto Bulgaria's Schengen Membership
- 18 Dec 2023 10:40 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungary has made it clear to Bulgaria that it will veto the country’s Schengen membership if a “punitive tariff” on gas transits is maintained by Bulgaria in the long term, the foreign minister said.
Watch: Orbán Re-Elected Leader of Fidesz - Party Congress Round-Up
- 20 Nov 2023 3:23 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The 30th congress of ruling Fidesz re-elected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as the party’s leader on Saturday. In his speech to the congress, Orbán said it was an “honour” to be given the mandate to lead the “most successful political community of the country, of Europe”.
'World Not Interested in Hungary's Sovereignty', Says Orbán
- 14 Nov 2023 7:23 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Orbán said the lesson learnt from the 2002 election defeat was that “we believed that if we live in democracy, nothing threatens us anymore”,