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Icy Weather Cuts Off Electricity Supply In Hungary
- 3 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nearly 40 villages remained without electricity on Tuesday as freezing rain and ice caused power lines and trees to collapse, while many roads had to be closed to traffic. Authorities have banned entry to wooded areas more than 400 metres above sea level in the Pilis, Budai and Visegrádi hills.
Gypsy Craftsmen Exhibition, Budapest Museum Of Ethnography
- 20 Nov 2014 1:55 AM
- community & culture
Need household appliances? Nowadays you can easily buy them in hardware stores. But there was a time when you had to wait until craftsmen visited your house with their ware. Until January 4, 2015, the Budapest Museum of Ethnography has an exhibition about the history of migrant braziers, pot menders and trough carvers. Note that some itinerant craftsmen still rove the roads offering their ...
AmCham Charity Thanksgiving Dinner, 25 November
- 20 Nov 2014 1:35 AM
- community & culture
Invite your family, friends, collegues and business partners to enjoy a festive buffet dinner, children programs and a live performance by Bálint Gájer*. Almost every culture in the world has held celebrations of thanks for a plentiful harvest. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies almost four hundred years ago. Thanksgiving ...
Swiss-Hungarian Film On Hungarian Prostitutes Of Zurich
- 5 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
“Viktoria - A Tale of Grace and Greed” is a feature film, produced with Swiss money, which captures the dramatic ins and outs of Hungarian prostitutes working the streets of Zurich. “Hello Schatzi, jössz fickizni? [will you have sex with me?],” is a phrase in a mixture of Hungarian and German languages one gets to hear on streets of Switzerland’s cities, where local Johns request a bit of sex.
Budapest Festival Orchestra: The Mission Continues
- 3 Nov 2014 8:02 AM
- community & culture
“Why do community programmes matter? Because we are a community orchestra.” (Iván Fischer)
One week, 19 concerts, 14 towns, thousands of people. Following its community week in June, the Budapest Festival Orchestra again intends to give free concerts all around the country, taking music to people who rarely get to concert halls or have never been to a classical music concert.
Invitation: Annual Remembrance Ceremony, Solymár, 9 November 2014
- 31 Oct 2014 11:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2014 the Annual Service of Remembrance will be held on Sunday, 9 November. The traditional service and wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the Commonwealth War Cemetery of Solymár at 10:55. Everybody is welcome to attend the ecumenical service. Those who do are kindly requested to arrive at the cemetery no later than 10:45 please. The service lasts approximately 20 minutes.
Hungary Beset By Growing Regional Differences
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The gap between the fast-growing and sluggish regions of Hungary is widening, we learn from a new study on the status of the country's various districts. Budapest and the northwest regions are head and shoulders above the rest, in particular the northeast and the disadvantaged areas along the Dráva River in the southwest corner of the country.
Hungary’s President: Joint Efforts Needed To Combat Problems Linked To Climate Change
- 21 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government and the opposition, cities and villages, large corporations and small civil organisations, the young and old must join forces to combat problems connected with climate change, President Janos Ader said, briefing parliament about the UN climate summit he attended in New York last month.
Bódvaszilas Cabbage Fesztival, Hungary, 25 October
- 17 Oct 2014 9:02 AM
- food & drink
Everything you ever wanted to know about cabbage, find out in Bódvaszilas. 'Bódvaszilas' cabbage is so good, you don’t even miss the meat.
Icy Weather Cuts Off Electricity Supply In Hungary
- 3 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nearly 40 villages remained without electricity on Tuesday as freezing rain and ice caused power lines and trees to collapse, while many roads had to be closed to traffic. Authorities have banned entry to wooded areas more than 400 metres above sea level in the Pilis, Budai and Visegrádi hills.
Gypsy Craftsmen Exhibition, Budapest Museum Of Ethnography
- 20 Nov 2014 1:55 AM
- community & culture
Need household appliances? Nowadays you can easily buy them in hardware stores. But there was a time when you had to wait until craftsmen visited your house with their ware. Until January 4, 2015, the Budapest Museum of Ethnography has an exhibition about the history of migrant braziers, pot menders and trough carvers. Note that some itinerant craftsmen still rove the roads offering their ...
AmCham Charity Thanksgiving Dinner, 25 November
- 20 Nov 2014 1:35 AM
- community & culture
Invite your family, friends, collegues and business partners to enjoy a festive buffet dinner, children programs and a live performance by Bálint Gájer*. Almost every culture in the world has held celebrations of thanks for a plentiful harvest. The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies almost four hundred years ago. Thanksgiving ...
Swiss-Hungarian Film On Hungarian Prostitutes Of Zurich
- 5 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- entertainment
“Viktoria - A Tale of Grace and Greed” is a feature film, produced with Swiss money, which captures the dramatic ins and outs of Hungarian prostitutes working the streets of Zurich. “Hello Schatzi, jössz fickizni? [will you have sex with me?],” is a phrase in a mixture of Hungarian and German languages one gets to hear on streets of Switzerland’s cities, where local Johns request a bit of sex.
Budapest Festival Orchestra: The Mission Continues
- 3 Nov 2014 8:02 AM
- community & culture
“Why do community programmes matter? Because we are a community orchestra.” (Iván Fischer)
One week, 19 concerts, 14 towns, thousands of people. Following its community week in June, the Budapest Festival Orchestra again intends to give free concerts all around the country, taking music to people who rarely get to concert halls or have never been to a classical music concert.
Invitation: Annual Remembrance Ceremony, Solymár, 9 November 2014
- 31 Oct 2014 11:00 AM
- community & culture
In 2014 the Annual Service of Remembrance will be held on Sunday, 9 November. The traditional service and wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the Commonwealth War Cemetery of Solymár at 10:55. Everybody is welcome to attend the ecumenical service. Those who do are kindly requested to arrive at the cemetery no later than 10:45 please. The service lasts approximately 20 minutes.
Hungary Beset By Growing Regional Differences
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The gap between the fast-growing and sluggish regions of Hungary is widening, we learn from a new study on the status of the country's various districts. Budapest and the northwest regions are head and shoulders above the rest, in particular the northeast and the disadvantaged areas along the Dráva River in the southwest corner of the country.
Hungary’s President: Joint Efforts Needed To Combat Problems Linked To Climate Change
- 21 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government and the opposition, cities and villages, large corporations and small civil organisations, the young and old must join forces to combat problems connected with climate change, President Janos Ader said, briefing parliament about the UN climate summit he attended in New York last month.
Bódvaszilas Cabbage Fesztival, Hungary, 25 October
- 17 Oct 2014 9:02 AM
- food & drink
Everything you ever wanted to know about cabbage, find out in Bódvaszilas. 'Bódvaszilas' cabbage is so good, you don’t even miss the meat.