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Xpat Opinion: The “Ethics” Of A Car Accident In Hungary
- 21 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Today’s topic, a car accident, is not the usual fare of this blog. Admittedly, one of the people injured in the accident was the Hungarian minister of defense, Csaba Hende, but that wouldn’t be sufficient reason to blog about it. (Fortunately no one died and the minister’s Audi wasn’t even a total loss.) I decided to write about it because I think it reveals more about Hungary and Hungarians than ...
Invitation: Czech Contemporary Evening With Budapest Festival Orchestra, 19 September
- 17 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Born in 1959, Martin Smolka is one of the leading figures on the Czech music scene. He describes the piece here, composed in 2007, as “a poetical idea of angels sitting in their angelic cars and sounding their horns, reminding us of Jericho’s trumpets.” In 2011, František Chaloupka (born 1981) took part in a workshop in Frankfurt led by Péter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern, which focused on the ...
Xpat Opinion: EU Fund Freeze For Hungary Lifted
- 11 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator believes that the government has won an important battle against the European Commission which tried to punish Hungary by suspending EU funds.
Updated: Budapest Summer Festival 2013 Program
- 21 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
This year’s Budapest Summer Festival offers exceptional programs and gifts to you, so that artist and guest can celebrate together!
Invitation: Jazz Concert At The Palace Of Arts Budapest, 20 August
- 15 Aug 2013 9:43 AM
- community & culture
Some things never change – holiday celebrations among them. And so, too, the Festive Jam Session which has now become an indispensable part of the programme at the Palace of Arts, will take place as just one of many events in the capital to mark the 20 August holiday. This year, as in every year since 2005, the Palace of Arts puts on a series of free jazz concerts inside and outside the building ...
Andrea Bocelli, Budapest Sportaréna, 9 November
- 24 Jun 2013 1:00 AM
- entertainment
The most thrilling concert of 2013. After seven years Andrea Bocelli is back to Hungary.
“You can only see properly with your heart”- these well-known words of St.-Exupery’s Little Prince could stand as a motto for the exceptional career of this genius singer.
“You can only see properly with your heart”- these well-known words of St.-Exupery’s Little Prince could stand as a motto for the exceptional career of this genius singer.
Budapest Summer Festival 2013, Performances On Városmajor Open-Air Stage
- 23 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
This year’s Budapest Summer Festival starts 14 June and offers exceptional programs and gifts to you, so that artist and guest can celebrate together.
Invitation: 'Economics Of Good & Evil', Theatre Performance Budapest, 26 April
- 18 Apr 2013 10:35 AM
- entertainment
Does it pay to be good? Does economics trump ethics? 300 pages of Tomas Sedlacek’s bestseller are condensed into a theatre performance taking the audience on an exciting journey across economic thinking. In this experimental collage of movement, grotesque sketches and musical numbers viewers will see Gilgamesh, Epicuros and Adam Smith, and hear the words of Moses and contemporary philosophers. ...
Xpat Invitation: Hay Festival Budapest 2013
- 11 Apr 2013 9:55 AM
- community & culture
Among the biggest names appearing this year is Nicole Krauss, trumpeted by the New York Times as “one of the most important novelists in the United States”. Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Maths at the University of Oxford, will be here to read from his new book about the ‘mysteries of symmetry’. Joumana Haddad, a Lebanese poet, journalist and translator, will also take part, as will Fernando ...
Xpat Opinion: The “Ethics” Of A Car Accident In Hungary
- 21 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Today’s topic, a car accident, is not the usual fare of this blog. Admittedly, one of the people injured in the accident was the Hungarian minister of defense, Csaba Hende, but that wouldn’t be sufficient reason to blog about it. (Fortunately no one died and the minister’s Audi wasn’t even a total loss.) I decided to write about it because I think it reveals more about Hungary and Hungarians than ...
Invitation: Czech Contemporary Evening With Budapest Festival Orchestra, 19 September
- 17 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Born in 1959, Martin Smolka is one of the leading figures on the Czech music scene. He describes the piece here, composed in 2007, as “a poetical idea of angels sitting in their angelic cars and sounding their horns, reminding us of Jericho’s trumpets.” In 2011, František Chaloupka (born 1981) took part in a workshop in Frankfurt led by Péter Eötvös and the Ensemble Modern, which focused on the ...
Xpat Opinion: EU Fund Freeze For Hungary Lifted
- 11 Sep 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A pro-government commentator believes that the government has won an important battle against the European Commission which tried to punish Hungary by suspending EU funds.
Updated: Budapest Summer Festival 2013 Program
- 21 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
This year’s Budapest Summer Festival offers exceptional programs and gifts to you, so that artist and guest can celebrate together!
Invitation: Jazz Concert At The Palace Of Arts Budapest, 20 August
- 15 Aug 2013 9:43 AM
- community & culture
Some things never change – holiday celebrations among them. And so, too, the Festive Jam Session which has now become an indispensable part of the programme at the Palace of Arts, will take place as just one of many events in the capital to mark the 20 August holiday. This year, as in every year since 2005, the Palace of Arts puts on a series of free jazz concerts inside and outside the building ...
Andrea Bocelli, Budapest Sportaréna, 9 November
- 24 Jun 2013 1:00 AM
- entertainment
The most thrilling concert of 2013. After seven years Andrea Bocelli is back to Hungary.
“You can only see properly with your heart”- these well-known words of St.-Exupery’s Little Prince could stand as a motto for the exceptional career of this genius singer.
“You can only see properly with your heart”- these well-known words of St.-Exupery’s Little Prince could stand as a motto for the exceptional career of this genius singer.
Budapest Summer Festival 2013, Performances On Városmajor Open-Air Stage
- 23 May 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
This year’s Budapest Summer Festival starts 14 June and offers exceptional programs and gifts to you, so that artist and guest can celebrate together.
Invitation: 'Economics Of Good & Evil', Theatre Performance Budapest, 26 April
- 18 Apr 2013 10:35 AM
- entertainment
Does it pay to be good? Does economics trump ethics? 300 pages of Tomas Sedlacek’s bestseller are condensed into a theatre performance taking the audience on an exciting journey across economic thinking. In this experimental collage of movement, grotesque sketches and musical numbers viewers will see Gilgamesh, Epicuros and Adam Smith, and hear the words of Moses and contemporary philosophers. ...
Xpat Invitation: Hay Festival Budapest 2013
- 11 Apr 2013 9:55 AM
- community & culture
Among the biggest names appearing this year is Nicole Krauss, trumpeted by the New York Times as “one of the most important novelists in the United States”. Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Maths at the University of Oxford, will be here to read from his new book about the ‘mysteries of symmetry’. Joumana Haddad, a Lebanese poet, journalist and translator, will also take part, as will Fernando ...