564 result(s) for swimming
Xpat Opinion: By Treehugger Dan: Balaton Swim 2012
- 10 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
After doing my first Balaton Swim with Kevin Jackson 3 years ago for charity (raising money for the Hungarian Fair Trade Campaign), I have impatiently been waiting to do a second. Two years ago, after many weather postponements, the event was cancelled. Last year I had to pull out with 3 slipped disks. In what must be a first, the event this year went off without a hitch the first try, thus ...
A Weekend In Borsod County By Treehugger Dan
- 4 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Chris, Nora and Gabi came down to the house this weekend. It was chill-out time for them, while I also had to try to deal with the large snake I almost stepped on three weeks ago in the stables. In the morning I whipped up a batch of my famous blueberry pancakes. A friendly expert from Aggtelek National Park came around noon and looked for signs, but did not find anything.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary, A Nation At War Within
- 6 Jun 2012 8:56 AM
- current affairs
"Only this morning I heard a short interview with one of the political scientists of Méltányosság Intézet. “Méltányosság” can be translated as fairness, fair-mindedness, or even impartiality. In any case, this particular associate of the institute was studying the seemingly entrenched inability of Hungarians to conduct civilized and rational dialogue with people who hold opposing views. Not only ...
Hungary Tops European Swimming Competition In Debrecen
- 29 May 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
László Cseh won the third of his three gold medals on the last day of the European Swimming Championships in Debrecen on Sunday, taking Hungary to the top of the medals table in the competition. Hungary won nine gold, ten silver and seven bronze medals, ahead of Germany at eight gold, six silver and four bronze.
Now On: European Swimming Champ's In Debrecen, Hungary
- 24 May 2012 10:40 AM
- sport
The European Swimming Championships are being held in Debrecen, today is the third day of the event - the Mecca of the European swimming - which Hungary is hosting between 21 and 27 May. The opening day was attended by Hungarian Deputy State Secretary for Sport Policy, Pál Szekeres, who handed over the medals to the top three athletes in the men’s 100-metre backstroke event. The Ministry of Human ...
New University Campus Worth Billions To Be Built In Budapest
- 14 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Government has decided on the commencement of one of the largest projects in the capital, the Ludovika University Campus project, and the funding necessary for its implementation, Balázs Fürjes, Government Commissioner for priority Budapest projects said.
'The Olympic Spirit', By Jonathan Knott, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 24 Apr 2012 9:02 AM
- sport
Last week I beat an Olympic champion at tennis. OK, an ex-Olympic champion. A water-polo ex-Olympic champion. And it was Wii tennis (the video game). And he’d never played before. But a win’s a win, right? It was at a fantastic event which the Embassy supported. A competition for able-bodied children and children with disabilities to celebrate 100 days to go to the London Olympics.
The Margaret Island Budapest Water Tower Reopens
- 23 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
On May 2nd 2012 the famous landmark reopens to the public with the first Hungarian visual exhibition. The more than a 101-year-old Margaret Island Water Tower is an industrial monument of Budapest, which is situated on Margaret Island, one of the most beautiful islands of the Danube, which runs through whole Europe and flows between Buda and Pest.
"Virtual Olympics" With Disabled Children In Hungary
- 23 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
On 18 April the British Embassy in Budapest, Semmelweis University’s Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences and Virtual Sport Association organised Virtual Olympics in the Athletic Hall of the Faculty of Physical Education. The aim of the competition was to raise awareness of the equal importance of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and to give opportunity for disabled children to do ...
Xpat Opinion: By Treehugger Dan: Balaton Swim 2012
- 10 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
After doing my first Balaton Swim with Kevin Jackson 3 years ago for charity (raising money for the Hungarian Fair Trade Campaign), I have impatiently been waiting to do a second. Two years ago, after many weather postponements, the event was cancelled. Last year I had to pull out with 3 slipped disks. In what must be a first, the event this year went off without a hitch the first try, thus ...
A Weekend In Borsod County By Treehugger Dan
- 4 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Chris, Nora and Gabi came down to the house this weekend. It was chill-out time for them, while I also had to try to deal with the large snake I almost stepped on three weeks ago in the stables. In the morning I whipped up a batch of my famous blueberry pancakes. A friendly expert from Aggtelek National Park came around noon and looked for signs, but did not find anything.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary, A Nation At War Within
- 6 Jun 2012 8:56 AM
- current affairs
"Only this morning I heard a short interview with one of the political scientists of Méltányosság Intézet. “Méltányosság” can be translated as fairness, fair-mindedness, or even impartiality. In any case, this particular associate of the institute was studying the seemingly entrenched inability of Hungarians to conduct civilized and rational dialogue with people who hold opposing views. Not only ...
Hungary Tops European Swimming Competition In Debrecen
- 29 May 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
László Cseh won the third of his three gold medals on the last day of the European Swimming Championships in Debrecen on Sunday, taking Hungary to the top of the medals table in the competition. Hungary won nine gold, ten silver and seven bronze medals, ahead of Germany at eight gold, six silver and four bronze.
Now On: European Swimming Champ's In Debrecen, Hungary
- 24 May 2012 10:40 AM
- sport
The European Swimming Championships are being held in Debrecen, today is the third day of the event - the Mecca of the European swimming - which Hungary is hosting between 21 and 27 May. The opening day was attended by Hungarian Deputy State Secretary for Sport Policy, Pál Szekeres, who handed over the medals to the top three athletes in the men’s 100-metre backstroke event. The Ministry of Human ...
New University Campus Worth Billions To Be Built In Budapest
- 14 May 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Government has decided on the commencement of one of the largest projects in the capital, the Ludovika University Campus project, and the funding necessary for its implementation, Balázs Fürjes, Government Commissioner for priority Budapest projects said.
'The Olympic Spirit', By Jonathan Knott, British Ambassador To Hungary
- 24 Apr 2012 9:02 AM
- sport
Last week I beat an Olympic champion at tennis. OK, an ex-Olympic champion. A water-polo ex-Olympic champion. And it was Wii tennis (the video game). And he’d never played before. But a win’s a win, right? It was at a fantastic event which the Embassy supported. A competition for able-bodied children and children with disabilities to celebrate 100 days to go to the London Olympics.
The Margaret Island Budapest Water Tower Reopens
- 23 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- entertainment
On May 2nd 2012 the famous landmark reopens to the public with the first Hungarian visual exhibition. The more than a 101-year-old Margaret Island Water Tower is an industrial monument of Budapest, which is situated on Margaret Island, one of the most beautiful islands of the Danube, which runs through whole Europe and flows between Buda and Pest.
"Virtual Olympics" With Disabled Children In Hungary
- 23 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
On 18 April the British Embassy in Budapest, Semmelweis University’s Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences and Virtual Sport Association organised Virtual Olympics in the Athletic Hall of the Faculty of Physical Education. The aim of the competition was to raise awareness of the equal importance of the Olympic and Paralympic Games and to give opportunity for disabled children to do ...