83 result(s) for population in Community & Culture
Now On: West Of Transylvania, East Of The Hungarian Great Plain, Museum Of Ethnography
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Fekete-Körös Valley is situated to the south-east of Nagyvárad (Oradea, Romania) between the Apuseni Mountains (Munţii Apuseni) in Romania and the Great Hungarian Plain. The region was settled by Hungarians – with a focus on its fertile plateau – during the time of the Árpád Dynasty, while the first historical references to Romanian villages date to the end of the 16th century.
Award-Winning Hungarian Violinist Plans Musical Salon In Budapest – An Interview
- 19 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Bela Bartok’s Sonatas for Violin and Sonata for Violin on audio CD has won the prestigious international Gramophone Award. Zoltan Kocsis (laureate of the Hungarian Kossuth Prize twice) plays the piano and Barnabas Kelemen (Kossuth Prize laureate) plays the piano. Kelemen received the Gramophone Award in London in September.
Hungarians Are Unmotivated To Study Foreign Languages
- 20 Sep 2013 7:00 AM
- community & culture
A certificate of proficiency in a foreign language can earn you a rise of HUF 40 000 in the civil service and a comparable rise in the corporate sector – we have learned from the Hungarian Professional Association of Language Schools. That having said, Hungary fares very poorly in foreign language proficiency by comparison to other countries of the European Union. A third of the population ...
Challenging Disability & Ethnicity Discrimination In Education Across C.E. Europe
- 26 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"Today, the New York Times published a letter by Dezideriu Gergely (Executive Director of the European Roma Rights Centre) and myself. It concerns the discrimination in education faced by Roma children and children with disabilities in central and eastern Europe." By Oliver Lewis, Executive Director, Mental Disability Advocacy Center, Budapest. Oliver tweets @olewis75. This article was first ...
Canadian Artist Opens Exhibition In Slovakian Castle
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"Castling - Hradovanie - Váralás", the show will open at 7pm on 18 May 2013 in the Fiľakovo Castle Museum (Füleki Vármúzeum) in Central Slovakia. As you may know, Fülek is a historical town in Slovakia with a Hungarian majority population about 20km from the Hungarian border, situated in the historical County of Nógrád. It is about a 2-hour drive from Budapest.
EIB continues to support student loans in Hungary
- 26 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 100 million to the Student Loan Centre (Diákhitel Központ) in Hungary to be on-lent to students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees at Hungarian higher education institutions.
U. S. Ambassador For Hungary Visits Nyíregyháza
- 6 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Ambassador visited Nyíregyháza with Minister Balog to view government programs supporting integration of the local Roma population. She also presented the Active Citizenship Award to HUMAN-NET.
100.000 Will Be Able To Obtain Language & IT Training Grants In Hungary
- 8 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
One hundred thousand Hungarian adults will be able to obtain training grants in IT and foreign languages. The adult education programme is targeting the unemployed, new mothers, the Roma, those living in the poorest areas and the over-45s. There has never been such a project in Hungary on this scale and with these aims.
Now On: 'Breaking The Ice' Exhibition, Museum Of Ethnography Budapest
- 18 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
For most people climate change remains a distant and intangible risk. In North Greenland, the climate change are a reality. In the recent decades, average temperatures in the Arctic has risen twice as fast as the rest of the world, and climate change is likely to accelerate further in the next decades.
Now On: West Of Transylvania, East Of The Hungarian Great Plain, Museum Of Ethnography
- 27 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Fekete-Körös Valley is situated to the south-east of Nagyvárad (Oradea, Romania) between the Apuseni Mountains (Munţii Apuseni) in Romania and the Great Hungarian Plain. The region was settled by Hungarians – with a focus on its fertile plateau – during the time of the Árpád Dynasty, while the first historical references to Romanian villages date to the end of the 16th century.
Award-Winning Hungarian Violinist Plans Musical Salon In Budapest – An Interview
- 19 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Bela Bartok’s Sonatas for Violin and Sonata for Violin on audio CD has won the prestigious international Gramophone Award. Zoltan Kocsis (laureate of the Hungarian Kossuth Prize twice) plays the piano and Barnabas Kelemen (Kossuth Prize laureate) plays the piano. Kelemen received the Gramophone Award in London in September.
Hungarians Are Unmotivated To Study Foreign Languages
- 20 Sep 2013 7:00 AM
- community & culture
A certificate of proficiency in a foreign language can earn you a rise of HUF 40 000 in the civil service and a comparable rise in the corporate sector – we have learned from the Hungarian Professional Association of Language Schools. That having said, Hungary fares very poorly in foreign language proficiency by comparison to other countries of the European Union. A third of the population ...
Challenging Disability & Ethnicity Discrimination In Education Across C.E. Europe
- 26 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"Today, the New York Times published a letter by Dezideriu Gergely (Executive Director of the European Roma Rights Centre) and myself. It concerns the discrimination in education faced by Roma children and children with disabilities in central and eastern Europe." By Oliver Lewis, Executive Director, Mental Disability Advocacy Center, Budapest. Oliver tweets @olewis75. This article was first ...
Canadian Artist Opens Exhibition In Slovakian Castle
- 15 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"Castling - Hradovanie - Váralás", the show will open at 7pm on 18 May 2013 in the Fiľakovo Castle Museum (Füleki Vármúzeum) in Central Slovakia. As you may know, Fülek is a historical town in Slovakia with a Hungarian majority population about 20km from the Hungarian border, situated in the historical County of Nógrád. It is about a 2-hour drive from Budapest.
EIB continues to support student loans in Hungary
- 26 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 100 million to the Student Loan Centre (Diákhitel Központ) in Hungary to be on-lent to students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees at Hungarian higher education institutions.
U. S. Ambassador For Hungary Visits Nyíregyháza
- 6 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Ambassador visited Nyíregyháza with Minister Balog to view government programs supporting integration of the local Roma population. She also presented the Active Citizenship Award to HUMAN-NET.
100.000 Will Be Able To Obtain Language & IT Training Grants In Hungary
- 8 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
One hundred thousand Hungarian adults will be able to obtain training grants in IT and foreign languages. The adult education programme is targeting the unemployed, new mothers, the Roma, those living in the poorest areas and the over-45s. There has never been such a project in Hungary on this scale and with these aims.
Now On: 'Breaking The Ice' Exhibition, Museum Of Ethnography Budapest
- 18 Jun 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
For most people climate change remains a distant and intangible risk. In North Greenland, the climate change are a reality. In the recent decades, average temperatures in the Arctic has risen twice as fast as the rest of the world, and climate change is likely to accelerate further in the next decades.