363 result(s) for transition
What's Next For Bankrupt Amusement Park In Budapest
- 30 Oct 2013 12:35 AM
- entertainment
Once a crowd-puller and a pride of Budapest, the Amusement Park is now closed. The Zoo acquire most of its area and will use it to display subtropical fauna and flora in a spacious glasshouse. As the Roller Coaster, the carousel, the grotto train are considered historical monuments, they will stay. A theme park dedicated to fairy tales will be established along the borderline of the two by 2017. ...
Budapest Pride LGBTQ Film Festival, 26 October – 3 November
- 25 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Debuting this year as a standalone festival, the Budapest Pride LGBTQ Film Festival will be held October 26 through November 3. For years, the film festival had been an integral part of the Budapest Pride Cultural and Film Festival and has now split off into a separate event series. The expanded festival will feature film showings in not just Budapest but also Pécs and Szeged, and the majority of ...
Replacement Buses Will Be In Service On Metro Line M2 In Budapest
- 18 Oct 2013 9:01 AM
- getting around
The last phase of the refurbishment project of metro line M2 is the replacement of the signalling system which has been in operation for more than 40 years. The prerequisite of the installation of the new, computer-controlled and modern equipment was the entering into service of the entire Alstom train fleet.
Xpat Opinion: Merkel’s Germany A Source Of Stability And Growth For The Eurozone And Hungary
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On 22 September, the ruling party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, the CDU and its sister party the CSU, won the biggest victory in German federal elections since 1957. Everywhere else in the Eurozone, voters have punished governments, typically throwing the incumbents out of power. But in Germany, voters rewarded Chancellor Merkel handsomely for her managing of the euro and sovereign debt crises.
Hungary Supports Democratic Transition In Myanmar
- 18 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
It is important that Burma’s democratic transformation is completed successfully, Zsolt Németh, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said after meeting Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel-prize Laureate member of the Burmese opposition September 13, 2013.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Parliament Speaker Kövér’s ‘Rule By Decree’ Case
- 16 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the Speaker of Parliament’s recent radio interview, left-wing columnists accuse Mr. Kövér of proposing the revival of a rule by decree system. Conservative pundits as well as a group of left- liberal constitutional lawyers say that Mr. Kövér had no undemocratic intentions, and agree that the current legislative practice is far too bureaucratic.
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 ...
Analogue TV Broadcasts Ending In Hungary
- 1 Aug 2013 7:00 AM
- entertainment
Analogue television broadcasts will be permanently switched off in 14 counties in central Hungary at 12.30 today, Magyar Hírlap reports. The broadcasts will cease throughout the whole country from November 1, to be replaced by digital services.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán in Transylvania
- 30 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Both left and right-wing commentators missed Romanian politicians at this year’s Fidesz summer university at Tusnádfürdő. A left-wing columnist, however, accuses PM Orbán of trans-border vote hunting while his pro-government counterparts believe that the electoral impact of the Hungarian diaspora will be miniscule.
What's Next For Bankrupt Amusement Park In Budapest
- 30 Oct 2013 12:35 AM
- entertainment
Once a crowd-puller and a pride of Budapest, the Amusement Park is now closed. The Zoo acquire most of its area and will use it to display subtropical fauna and flora in a spacious glasshouse. As the Roller Coaster, the carousel, the grotto train are considered historical monuments, they will stay. A theme park dedicated to fairy tales will be established along the borderline of the two by 2017. ...
Budapest Pride LGBTQ Film Festival, 26 October – 3 November
- 25 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- entertainment
Debuting this year as a standalone festival, the Budapest Pride LGBTQ Film Festival will be held October 26 through November 3. For years, the film festival had been an integral part of the Budapest Pride Cultural and Film Festival and has now split off into a separate event series. The expanded festival will feature film showings in not just Budapest but also Pécs and Szeged, and the majority of ...
Replacement Buses Will Be In Service On Metro Line M2 In Budapest
- 18 Oct 2013 9:01 AM
- getting around
The last phase of the refurbishment project of metro line M2 is the replacement of the signalling system which has been in operation for more than 40 years. The prerequisite of the installation of the new, computer-controlled and modern equipment was the entering into service of the entire Alstom train fleet.
Xpat Opinion: Merkel’s Germany A Source Of Stability And Growth For The Eurozone And Hungary
- 23 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On 22 September, the ruling party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, the CDU and its sister party the CSU, won the biggest victory in German federal elections since 1957. Everywhere else in the Eurozone, voters have punished governments, typically throwing the incumbents out of power. But in Germany, voters rewarded Chancellor Merkel handsomely for her managing of the euro and sovereign debt crises.
Hungary Supports Democratic Transition In Myanmar
- 18 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
It is important that Burma’s democratic transformation is completed successfully, Zsolt Németh, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said after meeting Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel-prize Laureate member of the Burmese opposition September 13, 2013.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Parliament Speaker Kövér’s ‘Rule By Decree’ Case
- 16 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the Speaker of Parliament’s recent radio interview, left-wing columnists accuse Mr. Kövér of proposing the revival of a rule by decree system. Conservative pundits as well as a group of left- liberal constitutional lawyers say that Mr. Kövér had no undemocratic intentions, and agree that the current legislative practice is far too bureaucratic.
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 ...
Analogue TV Broadcasts Ending In Hungary
- 1 Aug 2013 7:00 AM
- entertainment
Analogue television broadcasts will be permanently switched off in 14 counties in central Hungary at 12.30 today, Magyar Hírlap reports. The broadcasts will cease throughout the whole country from November 1, to be replaced by digital services.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM Orbán in Transylvania
- 30 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Both left and right-wing commentators missed Romanian politicians at this year’s Fidesz summer university at Tusnádfürdő. A left-wing columnist, however, accuses PM Orbán of trans-border vote hunting while his pro-government counterparts believe that the electoral impact of the Hungarian diaspora will be miniscule.