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Xpat Opinion: Best Flea Market In Budapest
- 11 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- shopping
There are two major flea markets in Budapest – one is a fair car ride in the south of Budapest, a sprawling, ramshackle bazaar you may know is called Ecseri. The other is a good deal smaller, held in the city park at weekends. For my money, this is a more sensible, manageable alternative; it's perfectly possible to roll out of bed, onto public transport, through Városliget and right up to the ...
Kalocsa Embroidered & Paprika-Scented Stamps Now Available In Hungary
- 16 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- shopping
Kalocsa embroidery is featured on the Hungarian 80 ft stamp, while the HUF 130 stamp shows a string of peppers from Kalocsa and part of the exterior of the Paprika Museum in that town. The stamps in the sheet are arranged head to tail in a tête-bêche format. The design of the stamp and border of the numbered block has artefacts of 'ecclesiastical art' from Kalocsa.
Xpat Opinion: Hungaricums Are Not Completely Hungarian
- 11 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- shopping
During the fall of 2011 a whole team within the Ministry of Agriculture was busy preparing a bill that was supposed to protect Hungary’s national treasures. Half a billion forints was set aside for this purpose. The members of the thirteen-member committee went from county to county to gather items deemed worthy of inclusion on this list. These national treasures are varied, from the Holy Crown ...
West Balkan Defendants Convicted In Hungary
- 2 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pest Central District Court on Wednesday sentenced the four defendants in the West Balkan nightclub disaster to 32 months in prison each. The verdict is open to appeal. Three women were trampled to death and several others were injured in a stampede on January 15, 2011 as about 3,000 people tried to flee the club when a rumour spread that it was on fire.
The Real Wallenberg Year In Hungary
- 3 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2012 – as decided by the government – we commemorate Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish martyr diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarians during the Holocaust. The Wallenberg Commemorative Committee responsible for the preparation of the Centenary, which I chair myself, makes all the efforts to make the Wallenberg Year an occasion to face the terrible tragedy of the Holocaust in a responsible ...
Commemoration Of The Anniversary Of The Murders Of Roma In Hungary
- 23 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Three years ago, a child died in Hungary – he and his father were killed because they were Roma. This unspeakable crime was later followed by further murderous attacks on men, women and children of Roma origin in other towns.
Joint Hungarian-Swedish Stamp Issue In Memory Of Raoul Wallenberg
- 3 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Magyar Posta and the Swedish Post are planning a joint stamp issue in May 2012 in honour of the centenary of the birth of Raoul Wallenberg. The joint stamp issue will coincide with the opening of a special thematic exhibition in the Stamp Museum in Budapest entitled “Rescuers”.
Hungarian Photography Contest Winners Announced
- 27 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"András D. Hajdú, a staff photographer with news website Origo, has won the grand prize of the 30th Hungarian Photography Contest with a series of pictures on the deaths of three women at a stampede at the West Balkan disco last year.
Hungary's Fidesz May Temper Constitutional Curb
- 8 Nov 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"The motion to limit the purview of the Constitutional Court submitted to Parliament by Fidesz MP János Lázár could be fine-tuned, Parliament’s constitutional committee chairman István Balsai told reporters yesterday.
Xpat Opinion: Best Flea Market In Budapest
- 11 Sep 2012 9:00 AM
- shopping
There are two major flea markets in Budapest – one is a fair car ride in the south of Budapest, a sprawling, ramshackle bazaar you may know is called Ecseri. The other is a good deal smaller, held in the city park at weekends. For my money, this is a more sensible, manageable alternative; it's perfectly possible to roll out of bed, onto public transport, through Városliget and right up to the ...
Kalocsa Embroidered & Paprika-Scented Stamps Now Available In Hungary
- 16 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- shopping
Kalocsa embroidery is featured on the Hungarian 80 ft stamp, while the HUF 130 stamp shows a string of peppers from Kalocsa and part of the exterior of the Paprika Museum in that town. The stamps in the sheet are arranged head to tail in a tête-bêche format. The design of the stamp and border of the numbered block has artefacts of 'ecclesiastical art' from Kalocsa.
Xpat Opinion: Hungaricums Are Not Completely Hungarian
- 11 Jul 2012 1:00 AM
- shopping
During the fall of 2011 a whole team within the Ministry of Agriculture was busy preparing a bill that was supposed to protect Hungary’s national treasures. Half a billion forints was set aside for this purpose. The members of the thirteen-member committee went from county to county to gather items deemed worthy of inclusion on this list. These national treasures are varied, from the Holy Crown ...
West Balkan Defendants Convicted In Hungary
- 2 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Pest Central District Court on Wednesday sentenced the four defendants in the West Balkan nightclub disaster to 32 months in prison each. The verdict is open to appeal. Three women were trampled to death and several others were injured in a stampede on January 15, 2011 as about 3,000 people tried to flee the club when a rumour spread that it was on fire.
The Real Wallenberg Year In Hungary
- 3 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2012 – as decided by the government – we commemorate Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish martyr diplomat who saved thousands of Hungarians during the Holocaust. The Wallenberg Commemorative Committee responsible for the preparation of the Centenary, which I chair myself, makes all the efforts to make the Wallenberg Year an occasion to face the terrible tragedy of the Holocaust in a responsible ...
Commemoration Of The Anniversary Of The Murders Of Roma In Hungary
- 23 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Three years ago, a child died in Hungary – he and his father were killed because they were Roma. This unspeakable crime was later followed by further murderous attacks on men, women and children of Roma origin in other towns.
Joint Hungarian-Swedish Stamp Issue In Memory Of Raoul Wallenberg
- 3 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
"Magyar Posta and the Swedish Post are planning a joint stamp issue in May 2012 in honour of the centenary of the birth of Raoul Wallenberg. The joint stamp issue will coincide with the opening of a special thematic exhibition in the Stamp Museum in Budapest entitled “Rescuers”.
Hungarian Photography Contest Winners Announced
- 27 Jan 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"András D. Hajdú, a staff photographer with news website Origo, has won the grand prize of the 30th Hungarian Photography Contest with a series of pictures on the deaths of three women at a stampede at the West Balkan disco last year.
Hungary's Fidesz May Temper Constitutional Curb
- 8 Nov 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"The motion to limit the purview of the Constitutional Court submitted to Parliament by Fidesz MP János Lázár could be fine-tuned, Parliament’s constitutional committee chairman István Balsai told reporters yesterday.