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Xpat Opinion: Corruption Cases Eroding Faith
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal:It’s about time someone looked into Péter Juhász’s allegations. According to the fifth district councilman, his own local government has been giving away real estate at fabulous discounts to friends of the people in power for years now.
Don Giovanni, Budapest Erkel Theatre, 24 March
- 24 Mar 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For more than two centuries, what is possibly Mozart's most enigmatic work has both enchanted and perplexed audiences. This masterpiece relating the tragi-comic adventures of the already mythologised seducer from Seville is actually a wide-screen "grand epic" embracing the entire world.
English School Of Budapest: UK Comic Relief Charity Project
- 24 Mar 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
The English School of Budapest took part in the UK Comic Relief charity project “Make Your Face Funny for Money” between 16 and 20 March. The money raised was donated to the Piros Orr Bohócdoktorok Alapítvány (Red Nose Clown Doctors Foundation). As in schools across the UK, our children painted their faces and used wigs, hats and props to take souvenir photos, while their parents donated money ...
Rapport Between Hungary & United States Improves
- 24 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Now that the US has a new ambassador in Hungary: Colleen Bell, you might ask if relations between Hungary and the US are changing. Sources that Heti Válasz have asked have confirmed that saying that Washington has become more pragmatic and Budapest is now more responsive to US interests in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks and Paks 2.
European Greens Hold Hearing On Hungary Paks Project
- 20 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Rebecca Harms, co-leader of the Green group in the European Parliament, and Hungarian MEP Benedek Jávor held a hearing dedicated to the planned upgrade of Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant. At the hearing, Harms noted that the Greens have fundamental objection to nuclear technology, but also added that circumstances around Hungary’s decision to add two new blocks to the plant using a Russian ...
EU Film Festival In Chicago Brings Europe To American Movie Lovers
- 20 Mar 2015 7:59 AM
- entertainment
“Hungary is country full of contradictions, a very colorful place that's a happy and depressive place at the same time. I think Budapest is an exeptionally beautiful capital and it's important to me that people abroad feel the same way about it.” Says Gabor Reisz, the director of the Hungarian comedy “For Some Inexplicable Reason” (Van Valami Furcsa es Megmagyarazhatatlan).
More Names Added To Sziget Festival Budapest Line-Up
- 19 Mar 2015 5:00 AM
- entertainment
More than twenty new acts are announced for various stages on the Island of Freedom to join the likes of Robbie Williams, Florence and the Machine, Martin Garrix, Alt-J and more then forty other acts. The non-stop week of fun is once again guaranteed, this year between 10-17 August.
One Of The Biggest Hybrid Bus Fleets In Europe Started To Operate In Budapest
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Since 1 March 2015 twenty-eight brand new, diesel-powered hybrid buses are in operation in Budapest, and with that it is one of the largest diesel-electric bus fleets of Europe. In the framework of the vehicle stock development project launched as part of the programme of Mayor István Tarlós, hybrid buses are oprated along lines 5, 7, and 9 during all the week round since 1st March.
Budapest Castle Hill Funicular Is 145 Years Old
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The development of the line took place between 1868 and 1870. The complete track was 95 meters long and the elevation between the bottom and top stations reached 50 meters. The idea of building the Sikló was initiated by count Széchenyi Ödön, who had seen a similar construction in Lyon. He thought that on the hillside of the Castle a steam-powered and rope-towed railway could make the transport ...
Xpat Opinion: Corruption Cases Eroding Faith
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal:It’s about time someone looked into Péter Juhász’s allegations. According to the fifth district councilman, his own local government has been giving away real estate at fabulous discounts to friends of the people in power for years now.
Don Giovanni, Budapest Erkel Theatre, 24 March
- 24 Mar 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
For more than two centuries, what is possibly Mozart's most enigmatic work has both enchanted and perplexed audiences. This masterpiece relating the tragi-comic adventures of the already mythologised seducer from Seville is actually a wide-screen "grand epic" embracing the entire world.
English School Of Budapest: UK Comic Relief Charity Project
- 24 Mar 2015 8:02 AM
- community & culture
The English School of Budapest took part in the UK Comic Relief charity project “Make Your Face Funny for Money” between 16 and 20 March. The money raised was donated to the Piros Orr Bohócdoktorok Alapítvány (Red Nose Clown Doctors Foundation). As in schools across the UK, our children painted their faces and used wigs, hats and props to take souvenir photos, while their parents donated money ...
Rapport Between Hungary & United States Improves
- 24 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Now that the US has a new ambassador in Hungary: Colleen Bell, you might ask if relations between Hungary and the US are changing. Sources that Heti Válasz have asked have confirmed that saying that Washington has become more pragmatic and Budapest is now more responsive to US interests in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks and Paks 2.
European Greens Hold Hearing On Hungary Paks Project
- 20 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Rebecca Harms, co-leader of the Green group in the European Parliament, and Hungarian MEP Benedek Jávor held a hearing dedicated to the planned upgrade of Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant. At the hearing, Harms noted that the Greens have fundamental objection to nuclear technology, but also added that circumstances around Hungary’s decision to add two new blocks to the plant using a Russian ...
EU Film Festival In Chicago Brings Europe To American Movie Lovers
- 20 Mar 2015 7:59 AM
- entertainment
“Hungary is country full of contradictions, a very colorful place that's a happy and depressive place at the same time. I think Budapest is an exeptionally beautiful capital and it's important to me that people abroad feel the same way about it.” Says Gabor Reisz, the director of the Hungarian comedy “For Some Inexplicable Reason” (Van Valami Furcsa es Megmagyarazhatatlan).
More Names Added To Sziget Festival Budapest Line-Up
- 19 Mar 2015 5:00 AM
- entertainment
More than twenty new acts are announced for various stages on the Island of Freedom to join the likes of Robbie Williams, Florence and the Machine, Martin Garrix, Alt-J and more then forty other acts. The non-stop week of fun is once again guaranteed, this year between 10-17 August.
One Of The Biggest Hybrid Bus Fleets In Europe Started To Operate In Budapest
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Since 1 March 2015 twenty-eight brand new, diesel-powered hybrid buses are in operation in Budapest, and with that it is one of the largest diesel-electric bus fleets of Europe. In the framework of the vehicle stock development project launched as part of the programme of Mayor István Tarlós, hybrid buses are oprated along lines 5, 7, and 9 during all the week round since 1st March.
Budapest Castle Hill Funicular Is 145 Years Old
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The development of the line took place between 1868 and 1870. The complete track was 95 meters long and the elevation between the bottom and top stations reached 50 meters. The idea of building the Sikló was initiated by count Széchenyi Ödön, who had seen a similar construction in Lyon. He thought that on the hillside of the Castle a steam-powered and rope-towed railway could make the transport ...