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A Little Help From My Friends: Part 2 By Greg Dorey, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 10 Dec 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"The harrowing media pictures of Hungary's red sludge disaster are the past. The clear-up is underway, but other people's problems have displaced the red sludge from the headlines. So what is life in the affected villages like now? And how is remediation work progressing?
Gift Of Life, Tolerance Without Boundaries By Greg Dorey, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 7 Dec 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"I am just travelling slowly back to Budapest through driving snow, having spent the afternoon in the West Hungarian city of Győr. I had discussions with the Mayor (recently made Head of the Hungarian Olympic Committee); the Chairman of the County Council; the "Kisalfold" newspaper, a British investment (who also interviewed me for their next edition); and the Rector of Győr's impressive and ...
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 ...
Red Sludge Catastrophe Exhibition, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
- 1 Dec 2010 8:45 AM
- community & culture
"This red sludge relief exhibition shows photos, videos, and childrens drawings of the catastrophe. Also on display are protective clothing and accessories used by volunteers who attended the site. Exhibition tickets are 500 Ft, the whole amount goes to the victims in Devecser. The Hungarian National Museum, Múzeum krt. 14-16 Budapest, transfers all donations to the aid account of the Mayor's ...
Piece Of Ocean On The Danube In Hungary
- 18 Nov 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The “Debrecen ex Kassa”, a river ship lying at anchor on the Danube near Batthyány Square is soon to be converted Hungary’s first Marine and Underwater Archeology Museum. The idea of presenting such an exhibition on a ship is so far without precedent even on an international scale. The 300-million-HUF project will be conducted by the Octopus Association of Hungarian underwater archeologists and ...
Duodji - Sami Handicrafts At Museum of Ethnography Budapest
- 10 Nov 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"Duodji - Sámi Handicrafts by Ilmari Tapiola in the Museum of Ethnography. Ilmari Tapiola (b. 1955; Sámi name Gáva-Jon Ilmar) comes from a village of Kaava (Gávva) on the Teno River (Deatnu) in the municipality of Utsjoki. Tapiola is both a reindeer herder, an entrepreneur in the field of fishing tourism and a maker of handicraft.
Video: Red Mud, Blue Danube Hungary
- 27 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- video
"A red desert landscape has enveloped entire villages in Hungary, in the wake of the toxic sludge disaster. The people living along the Danube River wonder what will happen to them...."Source: Euronews.net
Red Sludge Aftermath: "Hungary Is A Safe Place To Stay"
- 20 Oct 2010 9:51 AM
- community & culture
"Staying in Hungary is completely safe, experts reassure travellers to Budapest. The rupture of the red sludge reservoir in Hungary has caused a localised emergency situation afflicting three villages 160 km from the capital, Budapest. The dam burst poses no threat at all to anyone planning to travel to Budapest or stay elsewhere in Hungary.
WHO/Europe to Assess Health Impact Of Sludge Spill In Hungary
- 20 Oct 2010 2:00 AM
- health & wellness
"A team of WHO experts is travelling to Hungary today to provide additional expertise to the Government-led assessment of potential short- and long-term health impact of a sludge spill that affected the country’s western territories on 4 October 2010.
A Little Help From My Friends: Part 2 By Greg Dorey, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 10 Dec 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"The harrowing media pictures of Hungary's red sludge disaster are the past. The clear-up is underway, but other people's problems have displaced the red sludge from the headlines. So what is life in the affected villages like now? And how is remediation work progressing?
Gift Of Life, Tolerance Without Boundaries By Greg Dorey, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 7 Dec 2010 12:00 AM
- community & culture
"I am just travelling slowly back to Budapest through driving snow, having spent the afternoon in the West Hungarian city of Győr. I had discussions with the Mayor (recently made Head of the Hungarian Olympic Committee); the Chairman of the County Council; the "Kisalfold" newspaper, a British investment (who also interviewed me for their next edition); and the Rector of Győr's impressive and ...
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 ...
Red Sludge Catastrophe Exhibition, Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
- 1 Dec 2010 8:45 AM
- community & culture
"This red sludge relief exhibition shows photos, videos, and childrens drawings of the catastrophe. Also on display are protective clothing and accessories used by volunteers who attended the site. Exhibition tickets are 500 Ft, the whole amount goes to the victims in Devecser. The Hungarian National Museum, Múzeum krt. 14-16 Budapest, transfers all donations to the aid account of the Mayor's ...
Piece Of Ocean On The Danube In Hungary
- 18 Nov 2010 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The “Debrecen ex Kassa”, a river ship lying at anchor on the Danube near Batthyány Square is soon to be converted Hungary’s first Marine and Underwater Archeology Museum. The idea of presenting such an exhibition on a ship is so far without precedent even on an international scale. The 300-million-HUF project will be conducted by the Octopus Association of Hungarian underwater archeologists and ...
Duodji - Sami Handicrafts At Museum of Ethnography Budapest
- 10 Nov 2010 1:00 AM
- community & culture
"Duodji - Sámi Handicrafts by Ilmari Tapiola in the Museum of Ethnography. Ilmari Tapiola (b. 1955; Sámi name Gáva-Jon Ilmar) comes from a village of Kaava (Gávva) on the Teno River (Deatnu) in the municipality of Utsjoki. Tapiola is both a reindeer herder, an entrepreneur in the field of fishing tourism and a maker of handicraft.
Video: Red Mud, Blue Danube Hungary
- 27 Oct 2010 1:00 AM
- video
"A red desert landscape has enveloped entire villages in Hungary, in the wake of the toxic sludge disaster. The people living along the Danube River wonder what will happen to them...."Source: Euronews.net
Red Sludge Aftermath: "Hungary Is A Safe Place To Stay"
- 20 Oct 2010 9:51 AM
- community & culture
"Staying in Hungary is completely safe, experts reassure travellers to Budapest. The rupture of the red sludge reservoir in Hungary has caused a localised emergency situation afflicting three villages 160 km from the capital, Budapest. The dam burst poses no threat at all to anyone planning to travel to Budapest or stay elsewhere in Hungary.
WHO/Europe to Assess Health Impact Of Sludge Spill In Hungary
- 20 Oct 2010 2:00 AM
- health & wellness
"A team of WHO experts is travelling to Hungary today to provide additional expertise to the Government-led assessment of potential short- and long-term health impact of a sludge spill that affected the country’s western territories on 4 October 2010.