539 result(s) for the promise
Orange Chicken – Economic Relations Of Hungary & PR Of China – An In-Depth Analysis
- 3 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary has signed several bilateral agreements with the PR of China, which it calls the main pillar of its “opening to the East”, but that seems to be a first step rather the much desired boost for the Hungarian economy.
Invitation: Smiling Hospital Foundation Budapest, Grand Gala, 1 March
- 20 Feb 2014 11:00 AM
- community & culture
The 10th Anniversary Grand Gala of the Smiling Hospital Foundation will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 1, 2014 in the ballroom of the InterContinental Hotel, Apáczai Csere János utca 12-14. Budapest 1052. The Smiling Hospital Foundation (which motto is: Happiness Helps Healing) sends 450 volunteer story tellers, puppeteers, musicians, jugglers, etc. into the children’s ward of 23 ...
Invitation: Recirquel - Night Circus, Festival Theatre Budapest, 18 Feb
- 17 Feb 2014 8:01 AM
- entertainment
The contemporary circus series that began this year at the Palace of Arts continues with a very special production. The brand new performance, which is bringing together a team of the most talented young acrobats in Hungary, is evocatively titled Night Circus and it premiered at the Palace of Arts in April, 2013 at the 33rd annual Budapest Spring Festival.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Socialist Party's Vice Chairman’s Undeclared Assets Case Still In Focus
- 17 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A business weekly suggests that the mishandling of public funds in the 18th district of Budapest (in the pre-2010 period) must have given ample opportunity for Socialist luminaries to enrich themselves. A liberal commentator thinks that accusing Fidesz of having an even bigger appetite since then is no answer to the present case in which a leading Socialist politician was caught red handed.
Invitation: Bach Marathon, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 2 February
- 30 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The first marathon at the Palace of Arts in 2008 showcased the works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The series of 11 concerts on a single day covered a cross-section of the great master's ouevre and exceeded all expectations with its unique theme and atmosphere. In the years that followed, the organisers put together marathon programmes of the work of Dvořák, Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart and Bartók.
Xpat Opinion: Colleen Bell, US Amb Designate To Hungary, Before The Senate
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On September 26, 2013 I wrote about the likelihood that the next ambassador to Hungary will a political appointee, Colleen Bell, producer of the TV soap “The Bold and the Beautiful.” At the time I expressed my dismay over the appointment. Not because I had anything against Ms Bell but because I consider the political situation so serious in Hungary that I think it would behoove US interests to ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Socialists Basic Income Deemed Unrealistic – For Different Reasons
- 15 Jan 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist suspects that the Socialists will promise to introduce a guaranteed basic income for all inhabitants, although they know that the project is infeasible. The leading left-wing daily on the other hand deems the idea technically possible, but as it would be disadvantageous for the middle class, no sane politician will dare to endorse it.
Invitation: Jazz Showcase, National Concert Hall Budapest, 11 January
- 9 Jan 2014 8:12 AM
- entertainment
The gala concert of the three-day Jazz Talent Exchange promises to be one of the grandest occasions not only of the Jazz Showcase, but of the season as a whole. The first half of the two-part evening, in keeping with the message of the Showcase, will feature a concert of a master and his pupils, as Károly Binder, head of the jazz department of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music and an “old hand” ...
Nora Berend: The Antisemite Question In Hungary
- 8 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nora Berend is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. She received her B.A. at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, spent a year at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and completed her studies at Columbia University where she received her Ph.D.
Orange Chicken – Economic Relations Of Hungary & PR Of China – An In-Depth Analysis
- 3 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- business
Hungary has signed several bilateral agreements with the PR of China, which it calls the main pillar of its “opening to the East”, but that seems to be a first step rather the much desired boost for the Hungarian economy.
Invitation: Smiling Hospital Foundation Budapest, Grand Gala, 1 March
- 20 Feb 2014 11:00 AM
- community & culture
The 10th Anniversary Grand Gala of the Smiling Hospital Foundation will take place at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 1, 2014 in the ballroom of the InterContinental Hotel, Apáczai Csere János utca 12-14. Budapest 1052. The Smiling Hospital Foundation (which motto is: Happiness Helps Healing) sends 450 volunteer story tellers, puppeteers, musicians, jugglers, etc. into the children’s ward of 23 ...
Invitation: Recirquel - Night Circus, Festival Theatre Budapest, 18 Feb
- 17 Feb 2014 8:01 AM
- entertainment
The contemporary circus series that began this year at the Palace of Arts continues with a very special production. The brand new performance, which is bringing together a team of the most talented young acrobats in Hungary, is evocatively titled Night Circus and it premiered at the Palace of Arts in April, 2013 at the 33rd annual Budapest Spring Festival.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Socialist Party's Vice Chairman’s Undeclared Assets Case Still In Focus
- 17 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A business weekly suggests that the mishandling of public funds in the 18th district of Budapest (in the pre-2010 period) must have given ample opportunity for Socialist luminaries to enrich themselves. A liberal commentator thinks that accusing Fidesz of having an even bigger appetite since then is no answer to the present case in which a leading Socialist politician was caught red handed.
Invitation: Bach Marathon, Palace Of Arts Budapest, 2 February
- 30 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The first marathon at the Palace of Arts in 2008 showcased the works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The series of 11 concerts on a single day covered a cross-section of the great master's ouevre and exceeded all expectations with its unique theme and atmosphere. In the years that followed, the organisers put together marathon programmes of the work of Dvořák, Beethoven, Schubert, Mozart and Bartók.
Xpat Opinion: Colleen Bell, US Amb Designate To Hungary, Before The Senate
- 24 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On September 26, 2013 I wrote about the likelihood that the next ambassador to Hungary will a political appointee, Colleen Bell, producer of the TV soap “The Bold and the Beautiful.” At the time I expressed my dismay over the appointment. Not because I had anything against Ms Bell but because I consider the political situation so serious in Hungary that I think it would behoove US interests to ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Socialists Basic Income Deemed Unrealistic – For Different Reasons
- 15 Jan 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative columnist suspects that the Socialists will promise to introduce a guaranteed basic income for all inhabitants, although they know that the project is infeasible. The leading left-wing daily on the other hand deems the idea technically possible, but as it would be disadvantageous for the middle class, no sane politician will dare to endorse it.
Invitation: Jazz Showcase, National Concert Hall Budapest, 11 January
- 9 Jan 2014 8:12 AM
- entertainment
The gala concert of the three-day Jazz Talent Exchange promises to be one of the grandest occasions not only of the Jazz Showcase, but of the season as a whole. The first half of the two-part evening, in keeping with the message of the Showcase, will feature a concert of a master and his pupils, as Károly Binder, head of the jazz department of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music and an “old hand” ...
Nora Berend: The Antisemite Question In Hungary
- 8 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nora Berend is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. She received her B.A. at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, spent a year at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and completed her studies at Columbia University where she received her Ph.D.