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Advent Fair By The Basilica In Budapest In 2012
- 21 Dec 2012 10:35 AM
- shopping
Christmas markets have a long tradition in Hungary over the weeks of advent and this fair has a lot more to it than just Christmas shopping. It attempts to create community atmosphere, despite the lately popular trends of shopping together, the Advent Fair by the Basilica creates a place where people can spend some time together in the holiday spirit and enjoy a wide range of cultural, ...
Xpat Opinion: Spectacular Renewal Ahead For Budapest's Public Transport
- 13 Dec 2012 10:31 AM
- getting around
Budapest has just accepted the budget to replace 37 yellow trams and 24 red electric trolley buses using EU grants and government funding through the years 2014 and 2015. Most of the current vehicles are 1967 and 1978 models. Furthermore, 150 brand new air-conditioned Mercedes buses will appear on the streets next May. Blue buses provide 40% of the public transport capacity of Budapest; their ...
Xpat Opinion: One Day Of Unity Against Anti-Semitism In Hungary
- 4 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Columnists commenting on Sunday’s anti-Nazi demonstration wonder if the presence of both left and rightwing politicians is a harbinger of a new consensus to reject anti-Semitism. Both pro-government and left-wing pundits are skeptical about the possibility and the desirability of finding such common ground.
Now On: Imre Bukta Exhibition, Műcsarnok Budapest
- 4 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Imre Bukta’s thematic exhibition combines new installations and board paintings with the former, emblematic works of his oeuvre. The exhibited works focus on such issues as the transformation of traditions, the alienation of nature, the decay of built heritage, the crisis of moral values, and the often desperate, day to day struggles of socially marginalized people.
Xpat Opinion: Culture War Around The Hungarian National Theatre
- 29 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A centre-right columnist welcomes the endorsement of the left-leaning director of the National Theater by a prominent right-leaning rock musician as a rare example of how to ease tensions between opposing camps.
Interview With U.S Ambassador Kounalakis To Hungary For M1 TV’s “Az Este” Program
- 12 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
M1: 2012 was a long and costly (inaudible) campaign and left somehow the country divided. The balance of power has remained unchanged; the re-elected president has to deal with the Republican congress. The first and biggest challenge of the new Obama administration is to strike a deal with the Republican congress to avoid the fiscal cliff. Do you think it is possible to get a compromise soon?
Balázs Tapasztó, Former CEO TaxiLike
- 12 Oct 2012 12:00 PM
Balazs Tapaszto is the CEO of the newly established Hungarian start-up TaxiLike. This new company developed their own taxi application for smart phones and offering this for taxi drivers, taxi companies and passengers. The idea is to create direct connection between taxi passengers and taxi drivers using TaxiLike app when passengers can request taxis and select the taxi as they want depending on ...
Art Lecture Series 2012, Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 11 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
When the transcendent content of medieval art gradually lost its power, new artistic aspirations emerged to echo the call of a new era. Man’s relationship with himself and with the world had gone through significant changes in Europe over the course of the fifteeenth and sixteenth centuries, a period associated with the Renaissance. The assertion of the individual and his taste for earthly goods ...
Finnish Design & Gastro Culture At Budapest Design Week
- 20 Sep 2012 12:45 PM
- entertainment
Following the success of our Polish programs last year, the guest of honour at Budapest Design Week organised between 28th September and 7th October this year is Finland, more precisely Fiskars Village that is located about 100 kilometres form Helsinki. In the past two decades a new quality that is attractive and emblematic even for the world at large was created in the small, magical artists' ...
Advent Fair By The Basilica In Budapest In 2012
- 21 Dec 2012 10:35 AM
- shopping
Christmas markets have a long tradition in Hungary over the weeks of advent and this fair has a lot more to it than just Christmas shopping. It attempts to create community atmosphere, despite the lately popular trends of shopping together, the Advent Fair by the Basilica creates a place where people can spend some time together in the holiday spirit and enjoy a wide range of cultural, ...
Xpat Opinion: Spectacular Renewal Ahead For Budapest's Public Transport
- 13 Dec 2012 10:31 AM
- getting around
Budapest has just accepted the budget to replace 37 yellow trams and 24 red electric trolley buses using EU grants and government funding through the years 2014 and 2015. Most of the current vehicles are 1967 and 1978 models. Furthermore, 150 brand new air-conditioned Mercedes buses will appear on the streets next May. Blue buses provide 40% of the public transport capacity of Budapest; their ...
Xpat Opinion: One Day Of Unity Against Anti-Semitism In Hungary
- 4 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Columnists commenting on Sunday’s anti-Nazi demonstration wonder if the presence of both left and rightwing politicians is a harbinger of a new consensus to reject anti-Semitism. Both pro-government and left-wing pundits are skeptical about the possibility and the desirability of finding such common ground.
Now On: Imre Bukta Exhibition, Műcsarnok Budapest
- 4 Dec 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Imre Bukta’s thematic exhibition combines new installations and board paintings with the former, emblematic works of his oeuvre. The exhibited works focus on such issues as the transformation of traditions, the alienation of nature, the decay of built heritage, the crisis of moral values, and the often desperate, day to day struggles of socially marginalized people.
Xpat Opinion: Culture War Around The Hungarian National Theatre
- 29 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A centre-right columnist welcomes the endorsement of the left-leaning director of the National Theater by a prominent right-leaning rock musician as a rare example of how to ease tensions between opposing camps.
Interview With U.S Ambassador Kounalakis To Hungary For M1 TV’s “Az Este” Program
- 12 Nov 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
M1: 2012 was a long and costly (inaudible) campaign and left somehow the country divided. The balance of power has remained unchanged; the re-elected president has to deal with the Republican congress. The first and biggest challenge of the new Obama administration is to strike a deal with the Republican congress to avoid the fiscal cliff. Do you think it is possible to get a compromise soon?
Balázs Tapasztó, Former CEO TaxiLike
- 12 Oct 2012 12:00 PM
Balazs Tapaszto is the CEO of the newly established Hungarian start-up TaxiLike. This new company developed their own taxi application for smart phones and offering this for taxi drivers, taxi companies and passengers. The idea is to create direct connection between taxi passengers and taxi drivers using TaxiLike app when passengers can request taxis and select the taxi as they want depending on ...
Art Lecture Series 2012, Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 11 Oct 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
When the transcendent content of medieval art gradually lost its power, new artistic aspirations emerged to echo the call of a new era. Man’s relationship with himself and with the world had gone through significant changes in Europe over the course of the fifteeenth and sixteenth centuries, a period associated with the Renaissance. The assertion of the individual and his taste for earthly goods ...
Finnish Design & Gastro Culture At Budapest Design Week
- 20 Sep 2012 12:45 PM
- entertainment
Following the success of our Polish programs last year, the guest of honour at Budapest Design Week organised between 28th September and 7th October this year is Finland, more precisely Fiskars Village that is located about 100 kilometres form Helsinki. In the past two decades a new quality that is attractive and emblematic even for the world at large was created in the small, magical artists' ...