42 result(s) for political issue in Community & Culture
Now On: The Way We Are, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
- 26 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts’ Department of Prints and Drawings preserves close to 600 lithographs by the outstanding French graphic artist, Daumier. In 2009 tender funds granted by the National Cultural Foundation enabled the urgently needed preservation work for the sheets. As part of the project the museum undertook the task of displaying the results of the work in an exhibition, since the last ...
Now On: 'What Is Hungarian? Contemporary Answers', Műcsarnok Budapest
- 23 Aug 2012 12:45 PM
- community & culture
National identity has been one of the most prominent topics of Hungarian public discussions for more than two centuries now. Questions appear in numerous works of art, particularly after the birth of Historicism, the last great consistent stylistic trend of Romanticism. In the first part of the 19th century, in the so-called Reform Era, in the wake of German treatises on the character of nations, ...
The Real Wallenberg Year In Hungary
- 3 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2012 – as decided by the government – we commemorate Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish martyr diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarians during the Holocaust. The Wallenberg Commemorative Committee responsible for the preparation of the Centenary, which I chair myself, makes all the efforts to make the Wallenberg Year an occasion to face the terrible tragedy of the Holocaust in a responsible ...
U.S. Congressional Delegation To Honor Raoul Wallenberg In Budapest
- 27 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"On Friday, February 24 at 3:45, a U.S. Congressional delegation led by Representative Dan Burton (R-IN) will take part in a commemoration ceremony at the Raoul Wallenberg statue in Budapest’s II district. Speaking on behalf of the delegation will be Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY).
Raoul Wallenberg Commemoration, British Embassy Budapest, 15 October
- 13 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"The British Embassy together with the Raoul Wallenberg Association are organising a ceremony at which a plaque will be unveiled commemorating the courageous efforts of Raoul Wallenberg who gave shelter for Hungarian Jews in the building of the British Embassy (Hazai Bank at that time).
Updated: Jolie Children Start Expat School in Budapest
- 7 Oct 2010 10:30 AM
- community & culture
Just like other expat kids in Hungary, on Monday morning this week Shiloh, Pax and Maddox all attended class in Budapest. Unlike most expat children though the Jolie-Pitt kids had former-SAS bodyguards, as well as police and paparazzi, around them at the start of school. Some local mothers were apparently disappointed that Angelina didn't bother taking the kids to school herself, Brad wasn't ...
Now On: The Way We Are, Museum of Fine Arts Budapest
- 26 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts’ Department of Prints and Drawings preserves close to 600 lithographs by the outstanding French graphic artist, Daumier. In 2009 tender funds granted by the National Cultural Foundation enabled the urgently needed preservation work for the sheets. As part of the project the museum undertook the task of displaying the results of the work in an exhibition, since the last ...
Now On: 'What Is Hungarian? Contemporary Answers', Műcsarnok Budapest
- 23 Aug 2012 12:45 PM
- community & culture
National identity has been one of the most prominent topics of Hungarian public discussions for more than two centuries now. Questions appear in numerous works of art, particularly after the birth of Historicism, the last great consistent stylistic trend of Romanticism. In the first part of the 19th century, in the so-called Reform Era, in the wake of German treatises on the character of nations, ...
The Real Wallenberg Year In Hungary
- 3 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2012 – as decided by the government – we commemorate Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish martyr diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarians during the Holocaust. The Wallenberg Commemorative Committee responsible for the preparation of the Centenary, which I chair myself, makes all the efforts to make the Wallenberg Year an occasion to face the terrible tragedy of the Holocaust in a responsible ...
U.S. Congressional Delegation To Honor Raoul Wallenberg In Budapest
- 27 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"On Friday, February 24 at 3:45, a U.S. Congressional delegation led by Representative Dan Burton (R-IN) will take part in a commemoration ceremony at the Raoul Wallenberg statue in Budapest’s II district. Speaking on behalf of the delegation will be Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY).
Raoul Wallenberg Commemoration, British Embassy Budapest, 15 October
- 13 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- community & culture
"The British Embassy together with the Raoul Wallenberg Association are organising a ceremony at which a plaque will be unveiled commemorating the courageous efforts of Raoul Wallenberg who gave shelter for Hungarian Jews in the building of the British Embassy (Hazai Bank at that time).
Updated: Jolie Children Start Expat School in Budapest
- 7 Oct 2010 10:30 AM
- community & culture
Just like other expat kids in Hungary, on Monday morning this week Shiloh, Pax and Maddox all attended class in Budapest. Unlike most expat children though the Jolie-Pitt kids had former-SAS bodyguards, as well as police and paparazzi, around them at the start of school. Some local mothers were apparently disappointed that Angelina didn't bother taking the kids to school herself, Brad wasn't ...