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XpatLoop Interview: Laurent Langlais, Lifestyle Consultant
- 23 Nov 2015 11:00 AM
Laurent is French born and raised, and his accent is still here to prove it. Fascinated by cities and the metaphysics from an early age, he always wanted to explore urban reality 2.0. After having worked as a computer artist creating virtual worlds, he left this creative but hectic profession to travel the world and ended up spending much time in Asia. This is where he found his true calling as a ...
The All Nations Lions Club Budapest Puts A Smile On The Faces Of 1,000 Children
- 15 Oct 2015 10:00 AM
- community & culture
Every year the All Nations Lions Club Budapest packs 1,000 bags for giving them away to children in need on St. Nicholas’ Day, putting a big smile on the faces of those girls and boys. However, this more than ten years old tradition of the club would not work without the kind support of organizations, companies and private persons who provide donations and donations in kind. Hence also this year ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
“Europe & Hungary Are Experiencing A Refugee Crisis”
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a very real refugee crisis unfolding in Hungary, and nobody knows how long it will last. The government provides funding for everything except essentials: billions of forints squandered on billboard campaigns and a 175-kilometre border fence, while the migrant servicing system is overwhelmed. The answer has yet to be found on a European level, as well.
The Art Of Being Anita Kroo
- 7 May 2015 11:35 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: It’s not easy being an artist. And not due to the challenges perhaps of creating and existing. More so due to the fact that you as an artist may never truly be understood, not even by yourself. And yet it is this search for identity that fuels art as we know it. Perhaps the longer the search, the greater the art becomes.
XpatLoop Interview: Colm FitzGerald, Travel Writer and Photographer
- 31 Mar 2015 12:00 PM
Colm FitzGerald was born in Ireland and moved to Southern California at the age of three. He grew up in the harbor city of San Pedro and then in the agricultural town of Fillmore.
WAMP – The First Sunday Of Your Favourite Christmas Fair
- 3 Dec 2014 8:01 AM
- shopping
It’s been a tradition for years that WAMP organizes 3 fairs in December. This year again we welcome all who would like to get into the mood for Christmas with all the best Hungarian designers. Meet us on 7th, 14th and 21st December at Hall B, Millenáris.
Hungary’s House Of Parliament Approves Utility Rate Cuts
- 7 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament yesterday approved a third round of cuts in household energy fees, as well as new regulations on the amount of cash that can be withdrawn from ATMs, as part of the same bill.
The ’Helping Hand’ Programme Is Popular In Hungary
- 9 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The needs assessment phase of the national pilot program is completed, currently the assessment and aggregation of nearly 25 000 questionnaires is in progress. ’More and more local governments are ready to connect to the pilot program to assist the elderly’ said Dr. Jeneiné Rubovszky Csilla, the ministerial commissioner for elderly affairs on the press conference held in the Senior living club of ...
XpatLoop Interview: Laurent Langlais, Lifestyle Consultant
- 23 Nov 2015 11:00 AM
Laurent is French born and raised, and his accent is still here to prove it. Fascinated by cities and the metaphysics from an early age, he always wanted to explore urban reality 2.0. After having worked as a computer artist creating virtual worlds, he left this creative but hectic profession to travel the world and ended up spending much time in Asia. This is where he found his true calling as a ...
The All Nations Lions Club Budapest Puts A Smile On The Faces Of 1,000 Children
- 15 Oct 2015 10:00 AM
- community & culture
Every year the All Nations Lions Club Budapest packs 1,000 bags for giving them away to children in need on St. Nicholas’ Day, putting a big smile on the faces of those girls and boys. However, this more than ten years old tradition of the club would not work without the kind support of organizations, companies and private persons who provide donations and donations in kind. Hence also this year ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
“Europe & Hungary Are Experiencing A Refugee Crisis”
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
There is a very real refugee crisis unfolding in Hungary, and nobody knows how long it will last. The government provides funding for everything except essentials: billions of forints squandered on billboard campaigns and a 175-kilometre border fence, while the migrant servicing system is overwhelmed. The answer has yet to be found on a European level, as well.
The Art Of Being Anita Kroo
- 7 May 2015 11:35 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: It’s not easy being an artist. And not due to the challenges perhaps of creating and existing. More so due to the fact that you as an artist may never truly be understood, not even by yourself. And yet it is this search for identity that fuels art as we know it. Perhaps the longer the search, the greater the art becomes.
XpatLoop Interview: Colm FitzGerald, Travel Writer and Photographer
- 31 Mar 2015 12:00 PM
Colm FitzGerald was born in Ireland and moved to Southern California at the age of three. He grew up in the harbor city of San Pedro and then in the agricultural town of Fillmore.
WAMP – The First Sunday Of Your Favourite Christmas Fair
- 3 Dec 2014 8:01 AM
- shopping
It’s been a tradition for years that WAMP organizes 3 fairs in December. This year again we welcome all who would like to get into the mood for Christmas with all the best Hungarian designers. Meet us on 7th, 14th and 21st December at Hall B, Millenáris.
Hungary’s House Of Parliament Approves Utility Rate Cuts
- 7 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliament yesterday approved a third round of cuts in household energy fees, as well as new regulations on the amount of cash that can be withdrawn from ATMs, as part of the same bill.
The ’Helping Hand’ Programme Is Popular In Hungary
- 9 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The needs assessment phase of the national pilot program is completed, currently the assessment and aggregation of nearly 25 000 questionnaires is in progress. ’More and more local governments are ready to connect to the pilot program to assist the elderly’ said Dr. Jeneiné Rubovszky Csilla, the ministerial commissioner for elderly affairs on the press conference held in the Senior living club of ...