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New Year’s Eve Traditions In Hungary
- 6 Dec 2010 7:45 AM
- community & culture
"The 31st of December has been the last day of the year only since the 17th century. Those days in some villages it was believed that animals speak in human voices on this day. It was forbidden to hang out clothes, because if they did so someone from the family would hang themselves. Many people went to church to bury the old year. In Transylvania a straw-puppet was buried, symbolizing the death ...
Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking, Budapest, 27 - 28 November
- 15 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- entertainment
"Raindance, a film festival and film school based primarily in London, has started to offer some courses here in Budapest. Elliot Grove, the founder of Raindance will be in Budapest November 25-28, doing a night class and a weekend workshop, teaching the practical principles of the film industry.
Raindance Expands Into Budapest
- 4 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"Started in London 18 years ago, Raindance has become synonymous with independent DIY filmmaking and a guiding light for independent filmmaker's looking to break into the international film industry. Founded by Canadian Elliot Grove in 1992, Raindance today encompasses a series of film industry courses and lectures, Europe's largest truly independent film festival, the British Independent Film ...
Hungarian Wins London Photo Contest
- 22 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"Hungarian Bence Máté has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award given by London's Natural History Museum and the BBC, with a picture of leaf-cutting ants in the rain forests of Costa Rica.
Red Sludge: Eight Dead, Will Heads Roll In Hungary?
- 13 Oct 2010 8:55 AM
- current affairs
So far an aluminum toxic sludge spill has claimed the lives of eight people in Hungary, according to authorities reports. The body of the eighth victim of the water poisoning was found near the town of Devecser (Western Hungary). Government officials said that the poison was allegedly caused by neglect at the Hungarian Aluminium Co (MAL), where a sludge reservoir had burst a week earlier, pouring ...
WWF: Loopholes In EU Legislation Permitted Inadequate Storage At Hungarian Site
- 12 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"Standards for Hungarian tailing dam number 10 at the Ajka Alumina plant in western Hungary were entirely inadequate, underlining loopholes in EU legislation and national enforcement, WWF said today as new information became available regarding heavy metals contained in the spill.
Katy Perry's Video Made In Budapest
- 7 Oct 2010 11:00 AM
- entertainment
"Katy Perry and Deutsche Telekom Recruit More than 250 Winning Fans to Participate in Her Official Music Video for ‘Firework’: Unique Documentary TV Commercial Capturing Memorable Experience for Fans Set to Premiere
WWF Fears Environmental Impact Of Red Mud Disaster In Hungary
- 7 Oct 2010 9:40 AM
- current affairs
"WWF is fearful of the long term environmental impacts following the breach of the residue reservoir of the Ajkai Aluminia Refinery about 160 kilometres south west of Budapest. Four died, six are still missing and 113 were injured as about one million cubic metres of red mud erupted over six villages at 12:25 Monday after the dam broke. The possibly slightly radioactive and highly corrosive ...
Olivia Newton-John To Walk Across Budapest On 2 October
- 29 Sep 2010 9:50 AM
- health & wellness
This world famous Grammy-award winning singer will join a walk for charity over the Chain Bridge in Budapest to support Breast Cancer Awareness. This annual event was launched back in 2002 by then US Ambassador to Hungary Nancy Goodman Brinker. The walk aims to promote early screening for breast cancer, which is one of Hungary's top causes of death for women.
New Year’s Eve Traditions In Hungary
- 6 Dec 2010 7:45 AM
- community & culture
"The 31st of December has been the last day of the year only since the 17th century. Those days in some villages it was believed that animals speak in human voices on this day. It was forbidden to hang out clothes, because if they did so someone from the family would hang themselves. Many people went to church to bury the old year. In Transylvania a straw-puppet was buried, symbolizing the death ...
Lo-To-No Budget Filmmaking, Budapest, 27 - 28 November
- 15 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- entertainment
"Raindance, a film festival and film school based primarily in London, has started to offer some courses here in Budapest. Elliot Grove, the founder of Raindance will be in Budapest November 25-28, doing a night class and a weekend workshop, teaching the practical principles of the film industry.
Raindance Expands Into Budapest
- 4 Nov 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"Started in London 18 years ago, Raindance has become synonymous with independent DIY filmmaking and a guiding light for independent filmmaker's looking to break into the international film industry. Founded by Canadian Elliot Grove in 1992, Raindance today encompasses a series of film industry courses and lectures, Europe's largest truly independent film festival, the British Independent Film ...
Hungarian Wins London Photo Contest
- 22 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"Hungarian Bence Máté has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award given by London's Natural History Museum and the BBC, with a picture of leaf-cutting ants in the rain forests of Costa Rica.
Red Sludge: Eight Dead, Will Heads Roll In Hungary?
- 13 Oct 2010 8:55 AM
- current affairs
So far an aluminum toxic sludge spill has claimed the lives of eight people in Hungary, according to authorities reports. The body of the eighth victim of the water poisoning was found near the town of Devecser (Western Hungary). Government officials said that the poison was allegedly caused by neglect at the Hungarian Aluminium Co (MAL), where a sludge reservoir had burst a week earlier, pouring ...
WWF: Loopholes In EU Legislation Permitted Inadequate Storage At Hungarian Site
- 12 Oct 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"Standards for Hungarian tailing dam number 10 at the Ajka Alumina plant in western Hungary were entirely inadequate, underlining loopholes in EU legislation and national enforcement, WWF said today as new information became available regarding heavy metals contained in the spill.
Katy Perry's Video Made In Budapest
- 7 Oct 2010 11:00 AM
- entertainment
"Katy Perry and Deutsche Telekom Recruit More than 250 Winning Fans to Participate in Her Official Music Video for ‘Firework’: Unique Documentary TV Commercial Capturing Memorable Experience for Fans Set to Premiere
WWF Fears Environmental Impact Of Red Mud Disaster In Hungary
- 7 Oct 2010 9:40 AM
- current affairs
"WWF is fearful of the long term environmental impacts following the breach of the residue reservoir of the Ajkai Aluminia Refinery about 160 kilometres south west of Budapest. Four died, six are still missing and 113 were injured as about one million cubic metres of red mud erupted over six villages at 12:25 Monday after the dam broke. The possibly slightly radioactive and highly corrosive ...
Olivia Newton-John To Walk Across Budapest On 2 October
- 29 Sep 2010 9:50 AM
- health & wellness
This world famous Grammy-award winning singer will join a walk for charity over the Chain Bridge in Budapest to support Breast Cancer Awareness. This annual event was launched back in 2002 by then US Ambassador to Hungary Nancy Goodman Brinker. The walk aims to promote early screening for breast cancer, which is one of Hungary's top causes of death for women.