23 result(s) for the hague
Interview 3: Károly Gerendai, Founder of Sziget
- 10 Aug 2017 12:00 PM
Károly is regarded as one of post-communist Hungary’s greatest success stories: from roadie to head of the company organising several of the country’s biggest festivals, including one of Europe’s most popular cultural events, Budapest's Sziget Festival.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Slams Zeid Over Speech Against European ‘Populists’
- 7 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The high commissioner of the UN’s Human Rights Council is unfit for his post or any other post in the United Nations, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said, commenting on Zeid Raad Al Hussein’s recent remarks on “populism” in Europe.
Saint Elisabeth Candle Light Concert, Károlyi Castle, Hungary, 21 November
- 7 Nov 2014 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Lucia Giraudo, originally from Argentina, is a solo, chamber, and orchestral baroque violinist currently living in the Netherlands. She has performed with ensembles such as Divino Sospiro, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Academia Montis Regalis, Harmonie Universelle and Holland Baroque Society. Lucia is co-founder of the Dutch ensemble Radio Antiqua and performs regularly as a member of ...
Xpat Opinion: The Financial Times Acknowledges Mistake Re Hungary
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is a little late and not exactly a correction, but the Financial Times changed the text. Last week, I wrote about an unfortunate incident with the FT. The post entitled, “No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary,” has all the details, but here it is in brief: an FT political correspondent reported that UK Foreign Secretary William Hague referred to central Europe and Hungary in a ...
Xpat Opinion: No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague delivered a speech on Tuesday in London at the Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet, a traditional affair. A Financial Times reporter, Kiran Stacey, gave an account under the headline “William Hague Warns Against Creeping Oligarchisation of the Balkans.”
US Ready To Export Liquefied Natural Gas To CEE
- 27 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The US is ready to help out countries in central and eastern Europe by exporting liquefied natural gas to them (LNG), John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives, said late on Tuesday after meeting Anita Orbán, Hungary’s ambassador for energy security.
Now On: This Must Be The Place, Ludwig Museum Budapest
- 1 Aug 2013 7:01 AM
- community & culture
Pieter Hugo’s (b. Johannesburg, 1976) career is quite young, yet his photography is already so comprehensive that we can rightly speak of a consistent oeuvre. Since 2003 Hugo has photographed people and themes exclusively in sub-Saharan Africa. Daily life in post-colonial Africa, the complex conditions after the end of apartheid in his own land and the impact of global trade and commerce are ...
Xpat Opinion: Historic Hungarian-Serbian Reconciliation
- 2 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian analysts appreciate the efforts made by Serbia’s leaders to relegate nationalist hatreds to the past, as the two presidents paid joint tribute to the victims of World War II massacres.“Sin has no nationality” runs the headline in Népszabadság over a report by István Tanács about a ceremony attended by the two presidents, János Áder of Hungary and Tomislav Nikolić of Serbia in Csúrog ...
Biffy Clyro, Mika & Many Others Visit The Island Of Freedom In Budapest
- 4 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
About two dozen new acts received their “concert visa” to Sziget, the ‘Island of Freedom’. Among the names we can find one of the best British live bands, Biffy Clyro, and one of the most talented and fun performer of today’s pop scene, Mika. In addition the suggestive, dynamic electronic production of Nero and many more will perform as well. The non-stop week of fun is once again guaranteed, ...
Interview 3: Károly Gerendai, Founder of Sziget
- 10 Aug 2017 12:00 PM
Károly is regarded as one of post-communist Hungary’s greatest success stories: from roadie to head of the company organising several of the country’s biggest festivals, including one of Europe’s most popular cultural events, Budapest's Sziget Festival.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Slams Zeid Over Speech Against European ‘Populists’
- 7 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The high commissioner of the UN’s Human Rights Council is unfit for his post or any other post in the United Nations, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said, commenting on Zeid Raad Al Hussein’s recent remarks on “populism” in Europe.
Saint Elisabeth Candle Light Concert, Károlyi Castle, Hungary, 21 November
- 7 Nov 2014 8:04 AM
- community & culture
Lucia Giraudo, originally from Argentina, is a solo, chamber, and orchestral baroque violinist currently living in the Netherlands. She has performed with ensembles such as Divino Sospiro, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Academia Montis Regalis, Harmonie Universelle and Holland Baroque Society. Lucia is co-founder of the Dutch ensemble Radio Antiqua and performs regularly as a member of ...
Xpat Opinion: The Financial Times Acknowledges Mistake Re Hungary
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is a little late and not exactly a correction, but the Financial Times changed the text. Last week, I wrote about an unfortunate incident with the FT. The post entitled, “No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary,” has all the details, but here it is in brief: an FT political correspondent reported that UK Foreign Secretary William Hague referred to central Europe and Hungary in a ...
Xpat Opinion: No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague delivered a speech on Tuesday in London at the Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet, a traditional affair. A Financial Times reporter, Kiran Stacey, gave an account under the headline “William Hague Warns Against Creeping Oligarchisation of the Balkans.”
US Ready To Export Liquefied Natural Gas To CEE
- 27 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The US is ready to help out countries in central and eastern Europe by exporting liquefied natural gas to them (LNG), John Boehner, Speaker of the House of Representatives, said late on Tuesday after meeting Anita Orbán, Hungary’s ambassador for energy security.
Now On: This Must Be The Place, Ludwig Museum Budapest
- 1 Aug 2013 7:01 AM
- community & culture
Pieter Hugo’s (b. Johannesburg, 1976) career is quite young, yet his photography is already so comprehensive that we can rightly speak of a consistent oeuvre. Since 2003 Hugo has photographed people and themes exclusively in sub-Saharan Africa. Daily life in post-colonial Africa, the complex conditions after the end of apartheid in his own land and the impact of global trade and commerce are ...
Xpat Opinion: Historic Hungarian-Serbian Reconciliation
- 2 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian analysts appreciate the efforts made by Serbia’s leaders to relegate nationalist hatreds to the past, as the two presidents paid joint tribute to the victims of World War II massacres.“Sin has no nationality” runs the headline in Népszabadság over a report by István Tanács about a ceremony attended by the two presidents, János Áder of Hungary and Tomislav Nikolić of Serbia in Csúrog ...
Biffy Clyro, Mika & Many Others Visit The Island Of Freedom In Budapest
- 4 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
About two dozen new acts received their “concert visa” to Sziget, the ‘Island of Freedom’. Among the names we can find one of the best British live bands, Biffy Clyro, and one of the most talented and fun performer of today’s pop scene, Mika. In addition the suggestive, dynamic electronic production of Nero and many more will perform as well. The non-stop week of fun is once again guaranteed, ...