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Where Has All The Wine Gone In Hungary?
- 8 Nov 2013 11:30 AM
- food & drink
Awash with wine as we are in Hungary, it’s nigh on impossible to imagine that globally, we could be in crisis. If anything, I’m noticing more cellars adding their bottles to the supermarket shelves, which may simply mean that marketing has upped a notch or two. Or perhaps I’m being a little more adventurous and dipping my palette into new waters. My current favourite wine region is Szekszárd; ...
Austrian Charged With Running Over A Hungarian Policeman Faces Trial In Szeged
- 8 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thomas Robert B., an Austrian citizen, who is charged with running over Imre Kenéz, a Hungarian motorcycle policeman intentionally at Apátfalva, Csongrád county, in October 2012, refused to testify in court on October 24. Earlier, when interviewed by police, he denied having run over that policeman deliberately.
Xpat Opinion: Political Controversy Over The Role Of Regent Miklós Horthy (1920-1944)
- 5 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Sunday marked the unveiling of a bronze bust of Admiral Miklós Horthy. The bust is located on the property of a Hungarian Reformed Church in Budapest, but it is visible from the busy Szabadság tér. The minister of the church is Lóránt Hegedüs, whose wife is a Jobbik member of parliament. This is not the first time that Hegedüs has prompted controversy with his extremist political views and ...
Hungarian Pays Romanian Fine With Coins Weighing Over A Ton
- 30 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Romanian police fined an ethnic Hungarians woman for handing out bilingual price cards to vendors in a vegetable market. An unprecedented grassroots campaign followed in which the sum of the fine was collected in penny coins – weighing more than a ton.
Xpat Opinion: Growing Troubles In Opposition Circles In Hungary
- 29 Oct 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
It was only a few days ago that the democratic opposition’s mass rally ended with a protest from the crowd itself–a demand for unity and the resultant quasi demonstration against Attila Mesterházy, chairman of MSZP.
Massive March Demands Autonomy For Szekler Land
- 27 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
“We want autonomy, not independence,” “Romania is our country too,” read placards under which an estimated 120 000 Szeklers (a subgroup of ethnic Hungarians in Romania) were marching along road no. 11 between Braşov (Brassó) and Bacău (Bákó) on Sunday, October 27.
Another Hungarian Astronaut? New Space Strategy For Hungary
- 19 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The Ministry of National Development has recently prepared a National Space Strategy for the period 2014-2020, to be submitted to the government soon, Károly Balázs Solymár, Deputy State Secretary for Infocommunications of the Ministry of National Development said at the conference of the Hungarian Space Cluster (HUNSPACE) in Budapest on October 9, 2013. The main patron of the event was Minister ...
Invitation: Cafe Budapest Jazzmarathon, Budapest Jazz Club, 18 October
- 15 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Calling all English speaking jazz lovers in Budapest to The Harmonia Jazz Workshop at the Budapest Jazz Club, this time as part of the annual Cafe Budapest Jazzmarathon with an exceptional kick-off time at 8.30 p.m. on Friday, 18th October 2013 proudly presents the singing sensation from Romania Luiza Zan. (Before Luiza at 7 p.m. Ninagram, after Luiza at 10 p.m. Lőrinc Barabás takes the stage ...
Romanians Hate Hungary, Russia
- 15 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Romanians harbour the most negative feelings toward Hungary and Russia, a opinion poll conducted by the daily Adevarul says. While 55.7% of respondents had negative feelings about Hungarians, 29% expressly like them. Some 45% dislike Russia with 37% in the opposite camp.
Where Has All The Wine Gone In Hungary?
- 8 Nov 2013 11:30 AM
- food & drink
Awash with wine as we are in Hungary, it’s nigh on impossible to imagine that globally, we could be in crisis. If anything, I’m noticing more cellars adding their bottles to the supermarket shelves, which may simply mean that marketing has upped a notch or two. Or perhaps I’m being a little more adventurous and dipping my palette into new waters. My current favourite wine region is Szekszárd; ...
Austrian Charged With Running Over A Hungarian Policeman Faces Trial In Szeged
- 8 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Thomas Robert B., an Austrian citizen, who is charged with running over Imre Kenéz, a Hungarian motorcycle policeman intentionally at Apátfalva, Csongrád county, in October 2012, refused to testify in court on October 24. Earlier, when interviewed by police, he denied having run over that policeman deliberately.
Xpat Opinion: Political Controversy Over The Role Of Regent Miklós Horthy (1920-1944)
- 5 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
Sunday marked the unveiling of a bronze bust of Admiral Miklós Horthy. The bust is located on the property of a Hungarian Reformed Church in Budapest, but it is visible from the busy Szabadság tér. The minister of the church is Lóránt Hegedüs, whose wife is a Jobbik member of parliament. This is not the first time that Hegedüs has prompted controversy with his extremist political views and ...
Hungarian Pays Romanian Fine With Coins Weighing Over A Ton
- 30 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Romanian police fined an ethnic Hungarians woman for handing out bilingual price cards to vendors in a vegetable market. An unprecedented grassroots campaign followed in which the sum of the fine was collected in penny coins – weighing more than a ton.
Xpat Opinion: Growing Troubles In Opposition Circles In Hungary
- 29 Oct 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
It was only a few days ago that the democratic opposition’s mass rally ended with a protest from the crowd itself–a demand for unity and the resultant quasi demonstration against Attila Mesterházy, chairman of MSZP.
Massive March Demands Autonomy For Szekler Land
- 27 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
“We want autonomy, not independence,” “Romania is our country too,” read placards under which an estimated 120 000 Szeklers (a subgroup of ethnic Hungarians in Romania) were marching along road no. 11 between Braşov (Brassó) and Bacău (Bákó) on Sunday, October 27.
Another Hungarian Astronaut? New Space Strategy For Hungary
- 19 Oct 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The Ministry of National Development has recently prepared a National Space Strategy for the period 2014-2020, to be submitted to the government soon, Károly Balázs Solymár, Deputy State Secretary for Infocommunications of the Ministry of National Development said at the conference of the Hungarian Space Cluster (HUNSPACE) in Budapest on October 9, 2013. The main patron of the event was Minister ...
Invitation: Cafe Budapest Jazzmarathon, Budapest Jazz Club, 18 October
- 15 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Calling all English speaking jazz lovers in Budapest to The Harmonia Jazz Workshop at the Budapest Jazz Club, this time as part of the annual Cafe Budapest Jazzmarathon with an exceptional kick-off time at 8.30 p.m. on Friday, 18th October 2013 proudly presents the singing sensation from Romania Luiza Zan. (Before Luiza at 7 p.m. Ninagram, after Luiza at 10 p.m. Lőrinc Barabás takes the stage ...
Romanians Hate Hungary, Russia
- 15 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Romanians harbour the most negative feelings toward Hungary and Russia, a opinion poll conducted by the daily Adevarul says. While 55.7% of respondents had negative feelings about Hungarians, 29% expressly like them. Some 45% dislike Russia with 37% in the opposite camp.