992 result(s) for science
Hubay Piano Transferred To The Museum Of Musicology In Budapest
- 12 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The famous Hubay piano, which had been in the U.S. Ambassador’s residence for decades, has been carefully preserved and maintained by the American Embassy. In agreement with the Hubay family and the Institute of Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the precious Bösendorfer piano was transferred to the Museum of Musicology on February 6, 2014, so that it could be enjoyed by a broader ...
Xpat Opinion: Randolph L. Braham’s Open Letter To Holocaust Memorial Center In Budapest
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Anyone who has ever studied the history of the Hungarian Holocaust is familiar with the name of Randolph L. Braham, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of over 60 books and co-authored or wrote chapters in 50 others.
Xpat Opinion: Colleen Bell, US Amb Designate To Hungary, Before The Senate
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On September 26, 2013 I wrote about the likelihood that the next ambassador to Hungary will a political appointee, Colleen Bell, producer of the TV soap “The Bold and the Beautiful.” At the time I expressed my dismay over the appointment. Not because I had anything against Ms Bell but because I consider the political situation so serious in Hungary that I think it would behoove US interests to ...
Ybl Year Honouring Great Hungarian Architect To Feature 200 Programmes
- 21 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- property
Great Hungarian 19th-century architect Miklós Ybl (1814-1891) will be celebrated with about 200 programmes in 2014, to mark his birth bicentenary, officials in charge of the programme told a press conference on Monday.
Xpat Opinion: New Pro-Government Monthly In Hungary Draws Criticism
- 10 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság suggests that a planned ‘exclusive review’ illustrates how the government is attempting to tame authors and artists. The internet is “aflame” with spicy reactions and young right-wing authors who have been queuing up to dissociate themselves from the project.
Hungarian Breakthrough In Neurology
- 8 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Young researchers at the Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) Máté Kisfali and Tibor Lőrincz, working under the direction of MTA’s former President and Full Member Szilveszter E. Vizi, developed a unique method for the examination of nerve cells, reveals The Journal of Physiology – London.
Nora Berend: The Antisemite Question In Hungary
- 8 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nora Berend is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. She received her B.A. at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, spent a year at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and completed her studies at Columbia University where she received her Ph.D.
Martonyi Reopens Hungarian Embassy In Santiago De Chile
- 7 Jan 2014 4:04 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister János Martonyi paid an official visit to Chile between January 5 and 7 and reopened the Hungarian embassy in Santiago de Chile. Martonyi also held talks with Chilean counterpart Alfredo Moreno Charme and expressed thanks for keeping the Chilean embassy in Budapest open despite the closing of the Hungarian one in Chile in 2009, a statement by the ministry said.
Hungary’s Most Powerful Supercomputer To Be Built In Debrecen
- 16 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- tech
Hungary’s most powerful supercomputer is scheduled to be operating in Debrecen University, in the east of the country, by the end of 2014, the head of the sciences faculty told a news conference on Thursday.
Hubay Piano Transferred To The Museum Of Musicology In Budapest
- 12 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The famous Hubay piano, which had been in the U.S. Ambassador’s residence for decades, has been carefully preserved and maintained by the American Embassy. In agreement with the Hubay family and the Institute of Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the precious Bösendorfer piano was transferred to the Museum of Musicology on February 6, 2014, so that it could be enjoyed by a broader ...
Xpat Opinion: Randolph L. Braham’s Open Letter To Holocaust Memorial Center In Budapest
- 27 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Anyone who has ever studied the history of the Hungarian Holocaust is familiar with the name of Randolph L. Braham, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of over 60 books and co-authored or wrote chapters in 50 others.
Xpat Opinion: Colleen Bell, US Amb Designate To Hungary, Before The Senate
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On September 26, 2013 I wrote about the likelihood that the next ambassador to Hungary will a political appointee, Colleen Bell, producer of the TV soap “The Bold and the Beautiful.” At the time I expressed my dismay over the appointment. Not because I had anything against Ms Bell but because I consider the political situation so serious in Hungary that I think it would behoove US interests to ...
Ybl Year Honouring Great Hungarian Architect To Feature 200 Programmes
- 21 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- property
Great Hungarian 19th-century architect Miklós Ybl (1814-1891) will be celebrated with about 200 programmes in 2014, to mark his birth bicentenary, officials in charge of the programme told a press conference on Monday.
Xpat Opinion: New Pro-Government Monthly In Hungary Draws Criticism
- 10 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság suggests that a planned ‘exclusive review’ illustrates how the government is attempting to tame authors and artists. The internet is “aflame” with spicy reactions and young right-wing authors who have been queuing up to dissociate themselves from the project.
Hungarian Breakthrough In Neurology
- 8 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- health & wellness
Young researchers at the Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) Máté Kisfali and Tibor Lőrincz, working under the direction of MTA’s former President and Full Member Szilveszter E. Vizi, developed a unique method for the examination of nerve cells, reveals The Journal of Physiology – London.
Nora Berend: The Antisemite Question In Hungary
- 8 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nora Berend is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. She received her B.A. at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, spent a year at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and completed her studies at Columbia University where she received her Ph.D.
Martonyi Reopens Hungarian Embassy In Santiago De Chile
- 7 Jan 2014 4:04 AM
- current affairs
Foreign Minister János Martonyi paid an official visit to Chile between January 5 and 7 and reopened the Hungarian embassy in Santiago de Chile. Martonyi also held talks with Chilean counterpart Alfredo Moreno Charme and expressed thanks for keeping the Chilean embassy in Budapest open despite the closing of the Hungarian one in Chile in 2009, a statement by the ministry said.
Hungary’s Most Powerful Supercomputer To Be Built In Debrecen
- 16 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- tech
Hungary’s most powerful supercomputer is scheduled to be operating in Debrecen University, in the east of the country, by the end of 2014, the head of the sciences faculty told a news conference on Thursday.