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Govt Ready To Cover Budapest Agglomeration Transport Costs
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is ready to cover the cost of public transport services in the Budapest agglomeration with retroactive effect to January 1, 2016, the development minister told the mayor of Budapest, according to a statement released by the ministry.
Hungarian Govt Spox: Strict Laws Prevent Foreigners Buying Farmland
- 18 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- property
Hungarian laws are very strict in preventing that foreigners should buy Hungarian farmland, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. Farmland auctions will continue in February, according to a Thursday announcement by government office chief János Lázár. He said only about a dozen foreigners could buy land under the scheme.
Hungary’s Fourth Biggest City Miskolc Mass Transport Strike Likely
- 5 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
The Miskolc bus and tram drivers union will begin talks with the city tomorrow on providing minimum services during a strike, as the two sides have failed to reach agreement on 2015 wages. The union and Miskolc Holding agreed last April on a 3% wage hike for 2015, retroactive to January, for all 3,000 workers of the public transport company. However, the raises were never paid, due to “liquidity ...
Xpat Opinion: Laughable Hungarian Legislation Is Not Funny
- 16 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- business
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: The appearance of corruption has long been a problem for this government, but in the first week of December, officials were so blatant in their efforts to circumvent scrutiny that it was almost humorous. In truth, the way these maneuvers destroy trust in our leadership is not very funny.
Now On Until 31 December: The Lonely Cedar – Csontváry’s Genius, Budapest
- 10 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
After several years’ preparation, a comprehensive retrospective show of the painter Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka opened in the former Army Headquarters building of the Buda Castle.
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853–1919) is one of the most influential figures of Hungarian fine arts. The exhibitions he meticulously organised by himself practically never elicited any critical response from his ...
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853–1919) is one of the most influential figures of Hungarian fine arts. The exhibitions he meticulously organised by himself practically never elicited any critical response from his ...
Now On Until 31 January: Schöffer, A Retrospective, Kunsthalle Budapest
- 3 Dec 2015 8:03 AM
- community & culture
It is probably the first and last occasion that this extraordinary collection sourced form the one-time studio of Nicolas Schöffer, renowned for his kinetic light sculpture, will be exhibited in Hungary. The exhibition – realized through the cooperation of the artist’s widow – will present the futuristic-retro work of Nicolas Schöffer, the Hungarian-born French artist from October to January in ...
Secret Police Film Festival, Budapest, 2 December
- 2 Dec 2015 8:36 AM
- entertainment
The retrospective film program includes an international selection of training films, newsreels and operative films produced by Communist Secret Police 1962-1989. The program explores how the secret police imagined and managed their surveillance activities and what they were actually seeing while watching. Also in the program are creative documentary films composed of and built around secret ...
Secret Police Film Festival, Budapest, 25 November
- 24 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
In connection to the 'Watching You, Watching Me' exhibition at Galeria Centralis
The Blinken Open Society Archives presents: Secret Police Film Festival 5/6 on
25 November 2015 at 6.30 pm. Theme: The Stasi. What were they seeing while watching?
Uniquely Hungary: Delighted To See Ludwig Go Pop In Budapest, By Anne Zwack
- 21 Oct 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Until I came to this sensational exhibition at the Ludwig Museum I didn’t know I liked Pop Art. Basically I only knew Warhol’s Campbell Soup and Lichtenstein’s comic strips which are here as well, but I was unprepared for the arresting impact of this huge collection of art works whose artistic quality, it seems to me, outweighs what they call in marketing meetings here the “Vow Effect”.
Govt Ready To Cover Budapest Agglomeration Transport Costs
- 26 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is ready to cover the cost of public transport services in the Budapest agglomeration with retroactive effect to January 1, 2016, the development minister told the mayor of Budapest, according to a statement released by the ministry.
Hungarian Govt Spox: Strict Laws Prevent Foreigners Buying Farmland
- 18 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- property
Hungarian laws are very strict in preventing that foreigners should buy Hungarian farmland, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. Farmland auctions will continue in February, according to a Thursday announcement by government office chief János Lázár. He said only about a dozen foreigners could buy land under the scheme.
Hungary’s Fourth Biggest City Miskolc Mass Transport Strike Likely
- 5 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
The Miskolc bus and tram drivers union will begin talks with the city tomorrow on providing minimum services during a strike, as the two sides have failed to reach agreement on 2015 wages. The union and Miskolc Holding agreed last April on a 3% wage hike for 2015, retroactive to January, for all 3,000 workers of the public transport company. However, the raises were never paid, due to “liquidity ...
Xpat Opinion: Laughable Hungarian Legislation Is Not Funny
- 16 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- business
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal: The appearance of corruption has long been a problem for this government, but in the first week of December, officials were so blatant in their efforts to circumvent scrutiny that it was almost humorous. In truth, the way these maneuvers destroy trust in our leadership is not very funny.
Now On Until 31 December: The Lonely Cedar – Csontváry’s Genius, Budapest
- 10 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
After several years’ preparation, a comprehensive retrospective show of the painter Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka opened in the former Army Headquarters building of the Buda Castle.
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853–1919) is one of the most influential figures of Hungarian fine arts. The exhibitions he meticulously organised by himself practically never elicited any critical response from his ...
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853–1919) is one of the most influential figures of Hungarian fine arts. The exhibitions he meticulously organised by himself practically never elicited any critical response from his ...
Now On Until 31 January: Schöffer, A Retrospective, Kunsthalle Budapest
- 3 Dec 2015 8:03 AM
- community & culture
It is probably the first and last occasion that this extraordinary collection sourced form the one-time studio of Nicolas Schöffer, renowned for his kinetic light sculpture, will be exhibited in Hungary. The exhibition – realized through the cooperation of the artist’s widow – will present the futuristic-retro work of Nicolas Schöffer, the Hungarian-born French artist from October to January in ...
Secret Police Film Festival, Budapest, 2 December
- 2 Dec 2015 8:36 AM
- entertainment
The retrospective film program includes an international selection of training films, newsreels and operative films produced by Communist Secret Police 1962-1989. The program explores how the secret police imagined and managed their surveillance activities and what they were actually seeing while watching. Also in the program are creative documentary films composed of and built around secret ...
Secret Police Film Festival, Budapest, 25 November
- 24 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
In connection to the 'Watching You, Watching Me' exhibition at Galeria Centralis
The Blinken Open Society Archives presents: Secret Police Film Festival 5/6 on
25 November 2015 at 6.30 pm. Theme: The Stasi. What were they seeing while watching?
Uniquely Hungary: Delighted To See Ludwig Go Pop In Budapest, By Anne Zwack
- 21 Oct 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Until I came to this sensational exhibition at the Ludwig Museum I didn’t know I liked Pop Art. Basically I only knew Warhol’s Campbell Soup and Lichtenstein’s comic strips which are here as well, but I was unprepared for the arresting impact of this huge collection of art works whose artistic quality, it seems to me, outweighs what they call in marketing meetings here the “Vow Effect”.