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Carl Bernstein At Hay Festival In Budapest About Obama, Watergate & Journalism
- 26 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On Tuesday, May 21 the Hay Festival of Literature in Budapest featured a discussion with iconic American investigative journalist, Carl Bernstein. The event was held on the last day of the Festival, a grand finale for a week which was kicked off with a discussion featuring world-renowned novelist Nicole Krauss. The event was held in the Petofi Museum of Literature and the moderator for the ...
Escape From Budapest To Samui: Bhundhari Spa Resort & Villas
- 22 Jun 2013 8:00 AM
- travel
This luxury resort is a unique blend of classic Thai architecture and hospitality, smart design and contemporary elegance. As part of a warm welcome, full of smiles, I was informed Bhundhari means lotus or water-lily in Sanskrit. It’s the spiritual flower of Buddhism, and like a lotus flower the hotels’ holistic beauty lifts the spirits and provides positive inspiration. The resort is idyllically ...
Accident Investigation & Rescue Exercise Organised By Railway Company In Hungary
- 21 Jun 2013 7:00 AM
- getting around
Railway professionals and ambulance, police and fire service representatives also participated in the rescue exercise organised by GYSEV Zrt. in Sopron on 19 June 2013. During the simulation a yard locomotive collided with two motor vehicles. As Mr Zoltán Schváb, Deputy State Secretary for Transport under the Ministry of National Development emphasized at the venue, similar exercises are ...
Right-Of-Centre Hungarian Opinion On The NSA Scandal
- 20 Jun 2013 12:30 PM
- current affairs
Two leading columnists of pro-government dailies find it absurd that the US should take the high ground and lecture Hungary on human rights and the rule of law, while it spies on its own citizens. In Magyar Hírlap Zsolt Bayer starts his open letter to US Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis with a description of a full body search performed by the military under Socialism when military service ...
Invitation: Strawberry Festival, Tahitótfalu, Hungary, 5 - 7 July
- 20 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
Tahitótfalu villagers have several decades of tradition and experience in growing strawberries. At the beginning of the twentieth century strawberries were transported by a special type of ship, the so-called "Kofa ship" ("kofa" meaning a loud elderly lady selling her produce on the marketplace).
British Embassy In Budapest Announces Compressed Summer Hours
- 20 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The British Embassy in Budapest will work compressed summer hours between Monday, 1 July 2013 and Friday, 30 August 2013. The opening hours during this period will be Monday to Thursday, 8am to 4:30pm, Friday, 8am to 1pm.
Traffic Changes In Budapest Due To Danube Flooding - 14 June Noon
- 14 Jun 2013 10:10 AM
- getting around
Upper embankment roads are reopened to road traffic – flood traffic update summary. On 11 June 2013, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós ordered BKK, Municipal Disaster Management, Budapest Sewage Works, Budapest Transport Company BKV and the Budapest Police to jointly assess the situation at Batthyány tér and decide on how to alleviate the traffic restrictions affecting Budapest residents in line with ...
Fundraising Swim Across Balaton By British Ambassador To Hungary
- 14 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
British Ambassador to Hungary Jonathan Knott is preparing for a charity swim across the Lake Balaton. The high ranking UK diplomat will swim 5200 meters from Révfülöp to Balatonboglár on 6 July with the aim of raising funds for the Hungarian National Lifesavers Service Association (VMSZ) and its British sister agency, the Royal National Lifesavers Institute (RNLI).
Xpat Opinion: How The Venice Commission Has Got It Wrong Re Hungary
- 14 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin: The government of Hungary has issued a detailed response to the Venice Commission’s (prematurely leaked) draft report regarding Hungary’s Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law. At 17 pages, it’s detailed and comprehensive and covers far too much ground for this blog, so I’ll give just a brief rundown of some of the most important issues here and encourage readers to check out ...
Carl Bernstein At Hay Festival In Budapest About Obama, Watergate & Journalism
- 26 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
On Tuesday, May 21 the Hay Festival of Literature in Budapest featured a discussion with iconic American investigative journalist, Carl Bernstein. The event was held on the last day of the Festival, a grand finale for a week which was kicked off with a discussion featuring world-renowned novelist Nicole Krauss. The event was held in the Petofi Museum of Literature and the moderator for the ...
Escape From Budapest To Samui: Bhundhari Spa Resort & Villas
- 22 Jun 2013 8:00 AM
- travel
This luxury resort is a unique blend of classic Thai architecture and hospitality, smart design and contemporary elegance. As part of a warm welcome, full of smiles, I was informed Bhundhari means lotus or water-lily in Sanskrit. It’s the spiritual flower of Buddhism, and like a lotus flower the hotels’ holistic beauty lifts the spirits and provides positive inspiration. The resort is idyllically ...
Accident Investigation & Rescue Exercise Organised By Railway Company In Hungary
- 21 Jun 2013 7:00 AM
- getting around
Railway professionals and ambulance, police and fire service representatives also participated in the rescue exercise organised by GYSEV Zrt. in Sopron on 19 June 2013. During the simulation a yard locomotive collided with two motor vehicles. As Mr Zoltán Schváb, Deputy State Secretary for Transport under the Ministry of National Development emphasized at the venue, similar exercises are ...
Right-Of-Centre Hungarian Opinion On The NSA Scandal
- 20 Jun 2013 12:30 PM
- current affairs
Two leading columnists of pro-government dailies find it absurd that the US should take the high ground and lecture Hungary on human rights and the rule of law, while it spies on its own citizens. In Magyar Hírlap Zsolt Bayer starts his open letter to US Ambassador Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis with a description of a full body search performed by the military under Socialism when military service ...
Invitation: Strawberry Festival, Tahitótfalu, Hungary, 5 - 7 July
- 20 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- food & drink
Tahitótfalu villagers have several decades of tradition and experience in growing strawberries. At the beginning of the twentieth century strawberries were transported by a special type of ship, the so-called "Kofa ship" ("kofa" meaning a loud elderly lady selling her produce on the marketplace).
British Embassy In Budapest Announces Compressed Summer Hours
- 20 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The British Embassy in Budapest will work compressed summer hours between Monday, 1 July 2013 and Friday, 30 August 2013. The opening hours during this period will be Monday to Thursday, 8am to 4:30pm, Friday, 8am to 1pm.
Traffic Changes In Budapest Due To Danube Flooding - 14 June Noon
- 14 Jun 2013 10:10 AM
- getting around
Upper embankment roads are reopened to road traffic – flood traffic update summary. On 11 June 2013, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós ordered BKK, Municipal Disaster Management, Budapest Sewage Works, Budapest Transport Company BKV and the Budapest Police to jointly assess the situation at Batthyány tér and decide on how to alleviate the traffic restrictions affecting Budapest residents in line with ...
Fundraising Swim Across Balaton By British Ambassador To Hungary
- 14 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- sport
British Ambassador to Hungary Jonathan Knott is preparing for a charity swim across the Lake Balaton. The high ranking UK diplomat will swim 5200 meters from Révfülöp to Balatonboglár on 6 July with the aim of raising funds for the Hungarian National Lifesavers Service Association (VMSZ) and its British sister agency, the Royal National Lifesavers Institute (RNLI).
Xpat Opinion: How The Venice Commission Has Got It Wrong Re Hungary
- 14 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin: The government of Hungary has issued a detailed response to the Venice Commission’s (prematurely leaked) draft report regarding Hungary’s Fourth Amendment to the Fundamental Law. At 17 pages, it’s detailed and comprehensive and covers far too much ground for this blog, so I’ll give just a brief rundown of some of the most important issues here and encourage readers to check out ...