214 result(s) for summer 2015
Pro-Olympic Sentiment Up In Hungary
- 2 Dec 2015 11:00 AM
- sport
A majority of Hungarians already supports Budapest’s bid to host the Olympic Summer Games in 2024, a recent survey by Nézőpont Institute showed. Fifty-three percent of respondents said they would be glad to see an Olympics in Hungary, as against 40% in August 2014 and 49% in July this year.
Secret Police Film Festival, Budapest, 2 December
- 2 Dec 2015 8:36 AM
- entertainment
The retrospective film program includes an international selection of training films, newsreels and operative films produced by Communist Secret Police 1962-1989. The program explores how the secret police imagined and managed their surveillance activities and what they were actually seeing while watching. Also in the program are creative documentary films composed of and built around secret ...
Internet In Hungary: (Dis)Connecting Families?
- 26 Nov 2015 6:30 AM
- tech
Telecommunications in general play a key role in the lives of 85% of adult Hungarian Internet users. Specifically, the Internet is of major significance, as it has also become indispensable for purposes other than keeping in touch with others. To 83% of Internet users, being online can now be a family program that may include social media usage, online shopping, listening to music, or watching ...
Sziget 2016 Special Tickets Available Today, Interview With 'Island of Freedom' Founder
- 24 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Tickets for Sziget 2016 are now on sale, with special offers available for the first 24 hours. We've got the details from the super-man who founded one of Europe’s most popular cultural events. Also below you can now watch the best bits from Sziget this year - which XpatLoop.com asked founder Károly Gerendai about, amongst other related topics including his future. As you may know, he's one of ...
Inside Look. Film Laboratory, Budapest, 3 - 6 December 2015
- 24 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Europe’s Roma communities face deepening challenges of discrimination, violence and poverty. The US minority rights movement, which has had some notable successes over the past 50 years, also faces continuing problems, including police violence. We believe that a sharing of their struggles would be worthwhile as everyone searches for effective remedies.
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 ...
Mongooz & Magnet & MY BABY (NL) @ Akvárium Club Budapest, 3 December
- 18 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"The trio Mongooz and the Magnet bring their special brand of no-bullshit feel-good rhythms, with a characteristic dirty edge. Composed of three gentlemen from Hungary, Norway, and Ireland sporting electric guitar, double bass and drums, the band draw their roots from pop and soul music across the world, and with blues as their compass they've set a path that "flows from gritty guitar lead lines ...
Xploring Hungary: Sweet Wine & Renovated Terézia Chapel In Tokaj-Hegyalja
- 21 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Apart from the renewal of the Terézia Chapel having more than 250 years history, several other touristic developments are going to be completed by the end of October 2015 at the Gróf Degenfeld Winery. Nearby the winery and the castle hotel located in Tarcal, a new trail has been launched to lead visitors to the vineyard. Indeed, a wall presenting the various rocks found all over the surrounding ...
Editors (UK), A38 Ship Budapest, 8 December
- 15 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
One of the prominent bands of the British indie scene, the Editors are preparing a new album. Their music that loosely melts together guitar sound with electronika will be featured on their upcoming fifth album which they are going to present on their tour in Budapest too at the Barba Negra Music Club.
Pro-Olympic Sentiment Up In Hungary
- 2 Dec 2015 11:00 AM
- sport
A majority of Hungarians already supports Budapest’s bid to host the Olympic Summer Games in 2024, a recent survey by Nézőpont Institute showed. Fifty-three percent of respondents said they would be glad to see an Olympics in Hungary, as against 40% in August 2014 and 49% in July this year.
Secret Police Film Festival, Budapest, 2 December
- 2 Dec 2015 8:36 AM
- entertainment
The retrospective film program includes an international selection of training films, newsreels and operative films produced by Communist Secret Police 1962-1989. The program explores how the secret police imagined and managed their surveillance activities and what they were actually seeing while watching. Also in the program are creative documentary films composed of and built around secret ...
Internet In Hungary: (Dis)Connecting Families?
- 26 Nov 2015 6:30 AM
- tech
Telecommunications in general play a key role in the lives of 85% of adult Hungarian Internet users. Specifically, the Internet is of major significance, as it has also become indispensable for purposes other than keeping in touch with others. To 83% of Internet users, being online can now be a family program that may include social media usage, online shopping, listening to music, or watching ...
Sziget 2016 Special Tickets Available Today, Interview With 'Island of Freedom' Founder
- 24 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Tickets for Sziget 2016 are now on sale, with special offers available for the first 24 hours. We've got the details from the super-man who founded one of Europe’s most popular cultural events. Also below you can now watch the best bits from Sziget this year - which XpatLoop.com asked founder Károly Gerendai about, amongst other related topics including his future. As you may know, he's one of ...
Inside Look. Film Laboratory, Budapest, 3 - 6 December 2015
- 24 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Europe’s Roma communities face deepening challenges of discrimination, violence and poverty. The US minority rights movement, which has had some notable successes over the past 50 years, also faces continuing problems, including police violence. We believe that a sharing of their struggles would be worthwhile as everyone searches for effective remedies.
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 ...
Mongooz & Magnet & MY BABY (NL) @ Akvárium Club Budapest, 3 December
- 18 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"The trio Mongooz and the Magnet bring their special brand of no-bullshit feel-good rhythms, with a characteristic dirty edge. Composed of three gentlemen from Hungary, Norway, and Ireland sporting electric guitar, double bass and drums, the band draw their roots from pop and soul music across the world, and with blues as their compass they've set a path that "flows from gritty guitar lead lines ...
Xploring Hungary: Sweet Wine & Renovated Terézia Chapel In Tokaj-Hegyalja
- 21 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Apart from the renewal of the Terézia Chapel having more than 250 years history, several other touristic developments are going to be completed by the end of October 2015 at the Gróf Degenfeld Winery. Nearby the winery and the castle hotel located in Tarcal, a new trail has been launched to lead visitors to the vineyard. Indeed, a wall presenting the various rocks found all over the surrounding ...
Editors (UK), A38 Ship Budapest, 8 December
- 15 Oct 2015 9:00 AM
- entertainment
One of the prominent bands of the British indie scene, the Editors are preparing a new album. Their music that loosely melts together guitar sound with electronika will be featured on their upcoming fifth album which they are going to present on their tour in Budapest too at the Barba Negra Music Club.