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Xpat Opinion: Goodfriend A Good Friend In Time Of Need
- 12 Feb 2015 7:35 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: Back in July, this column bemoaned the delay by the U.S. Senate in approving Colleen Bell as the next American ambassador to Hungary. Shortly after that, current events forced America’s top local representative, André Goodfriend, to transform himself from a mild−mannered chargé d’affaires into a superhero, and we were perfectly happy to ...
500 000 More Visitors To Museums Managed By Ministry Last Year
- 11 Feb 2015 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Museums around the country managed by the Ministry of Human Resources had a total of almost 2.2 million visitors in 2014 – 500 000 more than in the previous year -, with Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts being the most popular.
Caro Emerald & Enter Shikari @ Campus Festival Hungary
- 11 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The most successful Dutch jazz singer of all time and one of the most energic rock bands from the UK will perform live at this year's Campus Festival, starting on 22 July 2015. These acts add a strong international character to the biggest summer open-air event of Eastern Hungary, held in Debrecen, the second city of the country. The first press release of the festival is the following.
Prominent Personalities Leave Hungary's HírTV
- 11 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Popular television presenter Andrea Kovács has handed in her notice to her employers at HírTV, news site Pestisracok reports. She told the website that she cannot follow the U-turn against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made by the channel’s owner Lajos Simicska on Friday.
Budapest’s Top 10 Gastro Pubs
- 5 Feb 2015 10:55 AM
- entertainment
Budapest Dining Guide staff has once again gone on a mission to find the best places to eat in town, only this time, their focus was (taking a heavy cue from British tradition) on finding the best gastropubs. The restaurant guide picked the top 10 hot-spots, which all have two things in common: great food and beers to match.
Budapest’s French Institute Gets Makeover
- 5 Feb 2015 10:30 AM
- property
A sort of agora, a community meeting point has been created in the rebuilt lobby of Budapest’s French Institute, French Ambassador to Hungary H. E. Roland Galharague said at the festive inauguration of the redeveloped building on Friday.
See What Happened @ AISB High School Bonfire
- 29 Jan 2015 12:55 AM
- community & culture
What does it take to get the kids of today out of the comfort of their warm, comfortable habitat late on a cold Friday afternoon? Some may say a holiday in the Caribbean, a million pounds, a trip to the moon, a night out with their favourite pop star.
Grand Chinese New Year Concert In Budapest, 26 January
- 26 Jan 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
After last year's Chinese New Year Concert, the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall is once again sprinkled with the exciting, scintillating musical spices of Asia. What we should not expect, however, is a musically alien Chinese production that is hard for Western ears to grasp: instead, the audience will be transported on a Far Eastern adventure full of grace and melody that is far more redolent ...
Xpat Opinion: Unorthodox Hungarian Policies Suddenly Applauded?
- 26 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading pro-government journalist quotes international comments in praise of PM Orbán, for deciding to convert mortgages denominated in foreign currencies before the surge of the Swiss Franc. The move helped hundreds of thousands of households avert catastrophic losses.
Xpat Opinion: Goodfriend A Good Friend In Time Of Need
- 12 Feb 2015 7:35 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: Back in July, this column bemoaned the delay by the U.S. Senate in approving Colleen Bell as the next American ambassador to Hungary. Shortly after that, current events forced America’s top local representative, André Goodfriend, to transform himself from a mild−mannered chargé d’affaires into a superhero, and we were perfectly happy to ...
500 000 More Visitors To Museums Managed By Ministry Last Year
- 11 Feb 2015 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Museums around the country managed by the Ministry of Human Resources had a total of almost 2.2 million visitors in 2014 – 500 000 more than in the previous year -, with Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts being the most popular.
Caro Emerald & Enter Shikari @ Campus Festival Hungary
- 11 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The most successful Dutch jazz singer of all time and one of the most energic rock bands from the UK will perform live at this year's Campus Festival, starting on 22 July 2015. These acts add a strong international character to the biggest summer open-air event of Eastern Hungary, held in Debrecen, the second city of the country. The first press release of the festival is the following.
Prominent Personalities Leave Hungary's HírTV
- 11 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Popular television presenter Andrea Kovács has handed in her notice to her employers at HírTV, news site Pestisracok reports. She told the website that she cannot follow the U-turn against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán made by the channel’s owner Lajos Simicska on Friday.
Budapest’s Top 10 Gastro Pubs
- 5 Feb 2015 10:55 AM
- entertainment
Budapest Dining Guide staff has once again gone on a mission to find the best places to eat in town, only this time, their focus was (taking a heavy cue from British tradition) on finding the best gastropubs. The restaurant guide picked the top 10 hot-spots, which all have two things in common: great food and beers to match.
Budapest’s French Institute Gets Makeover
- 5 Feb 2015 10:30 AM
- property
A sort of agora, a community meeting point has been created in the rebuilt lobby of Budapest’s French Institute, French Ambassador to Hungary H. E. Roland Galharague said at the festive inauguration of the redeveloped building on Friday.
See What Happened @ AISB High School Bonfire
- 29 Jan 2015 12:55 AM
- community & culture
What does it take to get the kids of today out of the comfort of their warm, comfortable habitat late on a cold Friday afternoon? Some may say a holiday in the Caribbean, a million pounds, a trip to the moon, a night out with their favourite pop star.
Grand Chinese New Year Concert In Budapest, 26 January
- 26 Jan 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
After last year's Chinese New Year Concert, the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall is once again sprinkled with the exciting, scintillating musical spices of Asia. What we should not expect, however, is a musically alien Chinese production that is hard for Western ears to grasp: instead, the audience will be transported on a Far Eastern adventure full of grace and melody that is far more redolent ...
Xpat Opinion: Unorthodox Hungarian Policies Suddenly Applauded?
- 26 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A leading pro-government journalist quotes international comments in praise of PM Orbán, for deciding to convert mortgages denominated in foreign currencies before the surge of the Swiss Franc. The move helped hundreds of thousands of households avert catastrophic losses.