566 result(s) for swimming
Hungary’s PM Promises Four Lane Road To Eger By 2018
- 13 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The city of Eger in the north will be linked to the M3 motorway by a four-lane highway by 2018 under an agreement signed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Eger Mayor László Habis. The agreement also includes a 6.3 billion forint (EUR 21.1m) project to upgrade Eger’s swimming complex and convert it into a swimming and water-polo centre, Orbán told a live televised press conference.
Five Billion Likely To Tune Into 2017 World Aquatics Championships
- 9 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Five billion TV viewers are expected to tune into the Budapest 2017 World Aquatics Championships, the head of Hungary’s swimming federation told business daily Napi Gazdaság. Tamás Gyárfás, who is also the head of the event’s organising committee, said the figure was realistic considering that 4.53 billion watched the 2013 Barcelona event.
Swimming Complex For 2017 Aquatics Championships To Be Built In Budapest
- 1 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Parliament voted with 164 votes in favour, four against and two abstentions to adopt the government’s proposal of building a new state-of-the-art swimming pool adjacent to Budapest’s Dagály baths for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
Xpat Recommendation: Great Weekend Break In Athens
- 28 Mar 2015 7:30 AM
- travel
Athens is still a really great place for a weekend break, for shopping, sight seeing, relaxing and more. Who hasn't heard of the marvelous Acropolis? Nominated as one of the 7 wonders of our modern world, you can see it from your room if you stay at the Hilton in Athens. The Holy Rock of Acropolis dates back to the 5th BC, today it's still well worth seeing. Athens itself has seen times of boom ...
XpatLoop Interview: Zsuzsanna Talabér, Owner, The Massage Corner
- 26 Mar 2015 11:00 AM
I was born in Budapest on the 11th of October 1963. I studied English language and literature at the Cambridge university from 1983 till 1986. Between 1988 and 2013 I worked as translator, interpreter, office manager for the top leaders of several multinational companies. Between 2002 and 2013 I studied and worked in Stockholm, Sweden. I also represented Saab AB, one of the biggest defense ...
Rio Olympics 2016: Hungary Forecast To Win 17 Medals
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Infostrada Sports, the leading full service sports and media company, has issued a projection which forecasts Hungary to win 17 medals at next year’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to their estimate, the medal table will be lead convincingly by the United States and Hungary will be tenth on the list.
Budapest To Host 2017 FINA World Aquatics Championships
- 12 Mar 2015 8:02 AM
- sport
Budapest is to host the 2017 FINA World Championships, which will be the biggest international event so far in the history of Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced at a press conference on Wednesday. He was speaking after signing an agreement on this with the Executive Director of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Cornel Marculescu.
Interview 2: HMA Jonathan Knott, Former British Ambassador To Hungary
- 11 Mar 2015 11:00 AM
What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Hungarian Sports Leader To Become Member Of FINA Executive
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Tamás Gyárfás, the Hungarian sports diplomat who is currently serving as deputy chairman of the International Swimming Federation, is to become a member of FINA Executive, the Federation’s closest decision-making group, following the 2015 World Aquatics Championships to take place this summer in the Russian city of Kazan.
Hungary’s PM Promises Four Lane Road To Eger By 2018
- 13 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The city of Eger in the north will be linked to the M3 motorway by a four-lane highway by 2018 under an agreement signed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Eger Mayor László Habis. The agreement also includes a 6.3 billion forint (EUR 21.1m) project to upgrade Eger’s swimming complex and convert it into a swimming and water-polo centre, Orbán told a live televised press conference.
Five Billion Likely To Tune Into 2017 World Aquatics Championships
- 9 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Five billion TV viewers are expected to tune into the Budapest 2017 World Aquatics Championships, the head of Hungary’s swimming federation told business daily Napi Gazdaság. Tamás Gyárfás, who is also the head of the event’s organising committee, said the figure was realistic considering that 4.53 billion watched the 2013 Barcelona event.
Swimming Complex For 2017 Aquatics Championships To Be Built In Budapest
- 1 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Parliament voted with 164 votes in favour, four against and two abstentions to adopt the government’s proposal of building a new state-of-the-art swimming pool adjacent to Budapest’s Dagály baths for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.
Xpat Recommendation: Great Weekend Break In Athens
- 28 Mar 2015 7:30 AM
- travel
Athens is still a really great place for a weekend break, for shopping, sight seeing, relaxing and more. Who hasn't heard of the marvelous Acropolis? Nominated as one of the 7 wonders of our modern world, you can see it from your room if you stay at the Hilton in Athens. The Holy Rock of Acropolis dates back to the 5th BC, today it's still well worth seeing. Athens itself has seen times of boom ...
XpatLoop Interview: Zsuzsanna Talabér, Owner, The Massage Corner
- 26 Mar 2015 11:00 AM
I was born in Budapest on the 11th of October 1963. I studied English language and literature at the Cambridge university from 1983 till 1986. Between 1988 and 2013 I worked as translator, interpreter, office manager for the top leaders of several multinational companies. Between 2002 and 2013 I studied and worked in Stockholm, Sweden. I also represented Saab AB, one of the biggest defense ...
Rio Olympics 2016: Hungary Forecast To Win 17 Medals
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Infostrada Sports, the leading full service sports and media company, has issued a projection which forecasts Hungary to win 17 medals at next year’s Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to their estimate, the medal table will be lead convincingly by the United States and Hungary will be tenth on the list.
Budapest To Host 2017 FINA World Aquatics Championships
- 12 Mar 2015 8:02 AM
- sport
Budapest is to host the 2017 FINA World Championships, which will be the biggest international event so far in the history of Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced at a press conference on Wednesday. He was speaking after signing an agreement on this with the Executive Director of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Cornel Marculescu.
Interview 2: HMA Jonathan Knott, Former British Ambassador To Hungary
- 11 Mar 2015 11:00 AM
What’s been happening at work and at home since your first Xpat Interview?
Hungarian Sports Leader To Become Member Of FINA Executive
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
Tamás Gyárfás, the Hungarian sports diplomat who is currently serving as deputy chairman of the International Swimming Federation, is to become a member of FINA Executive, the Federation’s closest decision-making group, following the 2015 World Aquatics Championships to take place this summer in the Russian city of Kazan.


















