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Updated: Fridge - The Biggest Snow Festival In Budapest, 21 - 23 Nov
- 21 Nov 2013 12:45 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Cultural Management presents the biggest snow festival of the region at the end of November. Fridge is already known in Hungary, but this year the festival fans can enjoy the event parallel in Vienna as well. The event merges the most spectacular winter sports with all-star music performers.
Invitation: International Women's Club Of Budapest's Holiday Bazaar, 1 December
- 21 Nov 2013 12:30 AM
- community & culture
The International Women’s Club of Budapest is proud to announce their 31st Annual Holiday Bazaar. The IWC Budapest invites you to participate in our Holiday Festival and Bazaar on Sunday, December 1, 2013 from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. The event will be held at the Budapest Marriot Hotel, located at H-1052 Budapest, Apáczai Cs. J. u. 4.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Just Announced His Government’s Motto: Glory To God Alone
- 18 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
We all know about Viktor Orbán’s infatuation with the spiritual in the last few years. Maybe I just don’t remember properly, but I can’t recall much piety in his speeches during his first premiership between 1998 and 2002. Today, by contrast, his speeches are teeming with Biblical quotations and Latin religious phrases. And his generosity toward the “established” churches, especially the Catholic ...
Xpat Opinion: Unintended Consequences Of Expanding Hungarian Citizenship
- 17 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government has been actively recruiting new citizens from the neighboring countries, presumably to add to their vote total at the next national election. In order to be eligible for citizenship a person must have at least one ancestor who was a Hungarian citizen. He must also have some knowledge of the Hungarian language.
Flavors Of The Levant – From London To Budapest
- 15 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- food & drink
Starting next week (November 21-22) Globalist Kitchen (Globalista Konyha) is launching a series of pop-up restaurants in Budapest, inviting experienced and exciting young chefs from London to Budapest. They often come from restaurants overlooked by tourists, or where booking a table proves to be quite difficult, because the locals are enamored by the cuisine.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM: US Is A Defining Power, A Key Ally
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Long a subject of the rumor mill, it became official last week: the new U.S. ambassador to Hungary will be Ms. Colleen Bradley Bell. Budapest looks forward to receiving the President Obama’s top envoy, and I hope I will get the chance to meet her in person at some point after she gets settled in. Though some like to make a lot out of issues that have come up in Hungary-US relations over the last ...
Miskolc Northern Ring Road In Hungary To Be Completed By Late Spring 2015
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
Minister of State for Infrastructure Pál Völner, Member of Parliament of the region Katalin Csöbör and Head of Communications of the National Infrastructure Development Co. Ltd. Dániel Loppert laid the foundation stone of the Miskolc Northern Ring on 13 November 2013. The 2x1 lane stretch of 5.8 km to be funded from the New Széchenyi Plan is to be ready for use by traffic in late spring 2015.
Xpat Opinion: Feminism In Hungary
- 14 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central Statistical Office made a surprising announcement today. As a result of car production, a good harvest, and an uptick in the construction industry the Hungarian GDP grew by 1.7% in the third quarter of the year. On the basis of this data the government predicts continuous, sustained growth; a few others expressed fear that the upsurge signals only a short-term improvement. Since I ...
Xpat Opinion: Foreign Press Under Fire In Hungary
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government weekly carries a long list of baseless allegations about Hungary in the foreign press, while a liberal news outlet criticizes Die Welt for misinterpreting an interview with a Hungarian historian, and failing to provide space for a rebuttal.
Updated: Fridge - The Biggest Snow Festival In Budapest, 21 - 23 Nov
- 21 Nov 2013 12:45 AM
- entertainment
Sziget Cultural Management presents the biggest snow festival of the region at the end of November. Fridge is already known in Hungary, but this year the festival fans can enjoy the event parallel in Vienna as well. The event merges the most spectacular winter sports with all-star music performers.
Invitation: International Women's Club Of Budapest's Holiday Bazaar, 1 December
- 21 Nov 2013 12:30 AM
- community & culture
The International Women’s Club of Budapest is proud to announce their 31st Annual Holiday Bazaar. The IWC Budapest invites you to participate in our Holiday Festival and Bazaar on Sunday, December 1, 2013 from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM. The event will be held at the Budapest Marriot Hotel, located at H-1052 Budapest, Apáczai Cs. J. u. 4.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PM Just Announced His Government’s Motto: Glory To God Alone
- 18 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
We all know about Viktor Orbán’s infatuation with the spiritual in the last few years. Maybe I just don’t remember properly, but I can’t recall much piety in his speeches during his first premiership between 1998 and 2002. Today, by contrast, his speeches are teeming with Biblical quotations and Latin religious phrases. And his generosity toward the “established” churches, especially the Catholic ...
Xpat Opinion: Unintended Consequences Of Expanding Hungarian Citizenship
- 17 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian government has been actively recruiting new citizens from the neighboring countries, presumably to add to their vote total at the next national election. In order to be eligible for citizenship a person must have at least one ancestor who was a Hungarian citizen. He must also have some knowledge of the Hungarian language.
Flavors Of The Levant – From London To Budapest
- 15 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- food & drink
Starting next week (November 21-22) Globalist Kitchen (Globalista Konyha) is launching a series of pop-up restaurants in Budapest, inviting experienced and exciting young chefs from London to Budapest. They often come from restaurants overlooked by tourists, or where booking a table proves to be quite difficult, because the locals are enamored by the cuisine.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM: US Is A Defining Power, A Key Ally
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Long a subject of the rumor mill, it became official last week: the new U.S. ambassador to Hungary will be Ms. Colleen Bradley Bell. Budapest looks forward to receiving the President Obama’s top envoy, and I hope I will get the chance to meet her in person at some point after she gets settled in. Though some like to make a lot out of issues that have come up in Hungary-US relations over the last ...
Miskolc Northern Ring Road In Hungary To Be Completed By Late Spring 2015
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
Minister of State for Infrastructure Pál Völner, Member of Parliament of the region Katalin Csöbör and Head of Communications of the National Infrastructure Development Co. Ltd. Dániel Loppert laid the foundation stone of the Miskolc Northern Ring on 13 November 2013. The 2x1 lane stretch of 5.8 km to be funded from the New Széchenyi Plan is to be ready for use by traffic in late spring 2015.
Xpat Opinion: Feminism In Hungary
- 14 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central Statistical Office made a surprising announcement today. As a result of car production, a good harvest, and an uptick in the construction industry the Hungarian GDP grew by 1.7% in the third quarter of the year. On the basis of this data the government predicts continuous, sustained growth; a few others expressed fear that the upsurge signals only a short-term improvement. Since I ...
Xpat Opinion: Foreign Press Under Fire In Hungary
- 13 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government weekly carries a long list of baseless allegations about Hungary in the foreign press, while a liberal news outlet criticizes Die Welt for misinterpreting an interview with a Hungarian historian, and failing to provide space for a rebuttal.