513 result(s) for principal
Xpat Opinion: Teachers & Their Students: The Hungarian Situation
- 21 Jan 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
Although the leaders of HÖOK insist that “student unity” is intact, I see it differently. The Orbán government as usual has managed to drive a wedge between the two organizations: HÖOK, the present-day KISZ, and the newly formed HaHa (Hallgatói Hálózat). Just as it managed to divide the trade unions and negotiate only with the ones loyal to the government. And the same thing happened a couple of ...
Invitation: Café Budapest Contemporary Art Festival, Until 14 October
- 10 Oct 2012 9:10 AM
- entertainment
The Café Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival is one of the principal contemporary art festivals of Budapest and Hungary, an event series featuring today’s progressive art and artists. In an effort to broaden its popular appeal, the Festival will expand its traditional offering of contemporary music, dance and theatre with such new forms as electronic art and visual design. The main festival ...
Visit "Zsolnay Memorial Room" In Budapest
- 2 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Zsolnay Ceramics have been declared "National Treasure", the architectural Zsolnay ceramics deck nearly 200 buildings all over Budapest, and in many more cities around the globe, from Szabadka, Marosvásárhely, Venice, Italy, and Mexico City, on the scanae frons of the auditorium in the Teatro/Museo Nazional; the "Zsolnay Memorial Room" in Budapest, IX. district, is the dwelling place preserves of ...
Hungary Tax Authority Unveils This Year’s List Of Biggest Tax Dodgers
- 2 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Budapest-based company Freedom 2005 tops the second-quarter list of companies and individuals with the highest outstanding tax bills, published on the website of the tax authority NAV. The company owes Ft 2.8 billion in taxes. The highest claim against an individual was Ft 370 million.
2012 Hungarian Grand Prix: Circuit Guide & Drivers View
- 23 Jul 2012 10:00 AM
- entertainment
"The first thing to say about the Hungaroring is that it can be phenomenally dull; at least it could be up until last year. For most of its 25-year history on the calendar, the tight and twisting bowl-shaped track on the outskirts of Budapest came with the reputation of regularly hosting complete snoozefests. Overtaking was (practically) impossible on the narrow track...The advent of ...
Hungarian Cabinet Approves New Draft Civil Code
- 16 Jul 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
The cabinet has approved the draft of a new civil code, Justice Ministry state secretary Robert Repassy announced after the cabinet met last week. It was drafted by a legal codification principal commission run by academician Lajos Vekas, he said. After the 2010 change of government the cabinet asked the commission to draft a new civil code, he added.
Invitation: Győr Ballet, Festival Theatre Budapest, 3 May
- 2 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Belgian choreographer Ben van Cauwenbergh – previously ballet director of the Hessian State Theatre of Wiesbaden, currently filling the same role at the Aalto Theatre in Essen – has drawn inspiration from the multi-faceted music and vivacity of the rock group Queen, and from the personality of Freddie Mercury. In 2004, he created a unique production that melds rock music with the aesthetics ...
Yvette Bozsik Company: Stravinsky Evening, Festival Theatre Budapest, 7 March
- 6 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Stravinsky wrote his ballet The Firebird in 1910, taking the miraculous bird of Eastern Slav mythology as its motif. According to the magical Russian folk tale, the firebird has the power to subdue evil demons, singing the spectres of hell to sleep with its lullaby. Les Noces was the first piece in the Evening of Passion premièred in the Hungarian State Opera House. The music and visual design ...
Hungarian National Philharmonic, National Concert Hall Budapest, 12 January
- 10 Jan 2012 8:02 AM
- community & culture
""The guest artist for the evening, Olga Kern, was born into a family of musicians with Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff in its lineage. She has taken part in numerous competitions, finishing winner or receiving a special prize on almost every occasion. After a gap of 32 years, she was the first woman to win a gold medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
Xpat Opinion: Teachers & Their Students: The Hungarian Situation
- 21 Jan 2013 7:59 AM
- current affairs
Although the leaders of HÖOK insist that “student unity” is intact, I see it differently. The Orbán government as usual has managed to drive a wedge between the two organizations: HÖOK, the present-day KISZ, and the newly formed HaHa (Hallgatói Hálózat). Just as it managed to divide the trade unions and negotiate only with the ones loyal to the government. And the same thing happened a couple of ...
Invitation: Café Budapest Contemporary Art Festival, Until 14 October
- 10 Oct 2012 9:10 AM
- entertainment
The Café Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival is one of the principal contemporary art festivals of Budapest and Hungary, an event series featuring today’s progressive art and artists. In an effort to broaden its popular appeal, the Festival will expand its traditional offering of contemporary music, dance and theatre with such new forms as electronic art and visual design. The main festival ...
Visit "Zsolnay Memorial Room" In Budapest
- 2 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Zsolnay Ceramics have been declared "National Treasure", the architectural Zsolnay ceramics deck nearly 200 buildings all over Budapest, and in many more cities around the globe, from Szabadka, Marosvásárhely, Venice, Italy, and Mexico City, on the scanae frons of the auditorium in the Teatro/Museo Nazional; the "Zsolnay Memorial Room" in Budapest, IX. district, is the dwelling place preserves of ...
Hungary Tax Authority Unveils This Year’s List Of Biggest Tax Dodgers
- 2 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Budapest-based company Freedom 2005 tops the second-quarter list of companies and individuals with the highest outstanding tax bills, published on the website of the tax authority NAV. The company owes Ft 2.8 billion in taxes. The highest claim against an individual was Ft 370 million.
2012 Hungarian Grand Prix: Circuit Guide & Drivers View
- 23 Jul 2012 10:00 AM
- entertainment
"The first thing to say about the Hungaroring is that it can be phenomenally dull; at least it could be up until last year. For most of its 25-year history on the calendar, the tight and twisting bowl-shaped track on the outskirts of Budapest came with the reputation of regularly hosting complete snoozefests. Overtaking was (practically) impossible on the narrow track...The advent of ...
Hungarian Cabinet Approves New Draft Civil Code
- 16 Jul 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
The cabinet has approved the draft of a new civil code, Justice Ministry state secretary Robert Repassy announced after the cabinet met last week. It was drafted by a legal codification principal commission run by academician Lajos Vekas, he said. After the 2010 change of government the cabinet asked the commission to draft a new civil code, he added.
Invitation: Győr Ballet, Festival Theatre Budapest, 3 May
- 2 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Belgian choreographer Ben van Cauwenbergh – previously ballet director of the Hessian State Theatre of Wiesbaden, currently filling the same role at the Aalto Theatre in Essen – has drawn inspiration from the multi-faceted music and vivacity of the rock group Queen, and from the personality of Freddie Mercury. In 2004, he created a unique production that melds rock music with the aesthetics ...
Yvette Bozsik Company: Stravinsky Evening, Festival Theatre Budapest, 7 March
- 6 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"Stravinsky wrote his ballet The Firebird in 1910, taking the miraculous bird of Eastern Slav mythology as its motif. According to the magical Russian folk tale, the firebird has the power to subdue evil demons, singing the spectres of hell to sleep with its lullaby. Les Noces was the first piece in the Evening of Passion premièred in the Hungarian State Opera House. The music and visual design ...
Hungarian National Philharmonic, National Concert Hall Budapest, 12 January
- 10 Jan 2012 8:02 AM
- community & culture
""The guest artist for the evening, Olga Kern, was born into a family of musicians with Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff in its lineage. She has taken part in numerous competitions, finishing winner or receiving a special prize on almost every occasion. After a gap of 32 years, she was the first woman to win a gold medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.