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Campaign For Hungary’s Local Elections Starts
- 25 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The campaign for Hungary’s local elections started officially on Saturday. Hungarian President János Áder has set October 12 as the date of the local elections, when Hungary’s national and ethnic minorities will also elect local representatives. The official campaign for the local elections starts on the 50th day prior to the date of the election under the election procedures law.
Budapest Council Approves Raising Loan For Metro 3 Upgrade
- 25 Aug 2014 5:04 AM
- getting around
The Municipal Council of Budapest has voted to move ahead on the financing of renovations on the city’s Metro Line 3, including making preparations for a loan to fund the project. The councillors voted with 28 in favour and two against, with only representatives of the opposition E-PM party opposing the motion.
Hungarian Film Week To Make A Debut
- 19 Aug 2014 11:00 AM
- entertainment
A Hungarian Film Week will be held in October. The event featuring movie productions and TV films of the past three years will take place from October 13 to 19, Ágnes Havas, the head of the co-organising Hungarian National Film Fund, said on Monday. Celebrating a special centenary, the Film Week will open with the screening of an early film made by Oscar-winning Hungarian-born Hollywood director ...
Nationwide Photo Campaign Launched To Promote Budapest
- 19 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest Festival and Tourism Centre has launched a new city communications photo campaign, titled Budapest in front of our eyes, aiming at the promotion of the Hungarian capital city.
Sziget Fest Budapest Expected To Attract Record 400,000 Visitors
- 11 Aug 2014 9:10 AM
- entertainment
A record number of around 400,000 visitors are expected to attend the Sziget Festival that will begin on Budapest’s Óbuda Island on Monday. It shows unprecedented interest in the event that weekly passes have all been sold in advance for the first time in the festival’s history, organisers said.
Video Article: Hungary's PM Speech: The Era Of Welfare States Is Over
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At the Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that liberalism is a system of ideals that has a tangible power for social organisation. If people want to change what they don’t like in the world, they must come forward with a similarly mature system of ideals, he added.
Intercontinental Budapest Has Been Voted Hungary’s Leading Business Hotel By World Travel Awards
- 6 Aug 2014 10:00 AM
- specials
World Travel Awards™ is voted for by travel and tourism professionals worldwide, and this accolade recognises the commitment to excellence organisations that have demonstrated in the last twelve months InterContinental Budapest is awarded with as Hungary’s Leading Business Hotel in 2014.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.
Religious Freedom Report On Hungary Published By US State Dept
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor recently released its annual International Religious Freedom Report. The report spotlights typical examples of abuses and restrictions representative of problems of religious freedom reported in each country, shedding light on the nature, scope and severity of religious freedom violations. The US State Department helped to ...
Campaign For Hungary’s Local Elections Starts
- 25 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The campaign for Hungary’s local elections started officially on Saturday. Hungarian President János Áder has set October 12 as the date of the local elections, when Hungary’s national and ethnic minorities will also elect local representatives. The official campaign for the local elections starts on the 50th day prior to the date of the election under the election procedures law.
Budapest Council Approves Raising Loan For Metro 3 Upgrade
- 25 Aug 2014 5:04 AM
- getting around
The Municipal Council of Budapest has voted to move ahead on the financing of renovations on the city’s Metro Line 3, including making preparations for a loan to fund the project. The councillors voted with 28 in favour and two against, with only representatives of the opposition E-PM party opposing the motion.
Hungarian Film Week To Make A Debut
- 19 Aug 2014 11:00 AM
- entertainment
A Hungarian Film Week will be held in October. The event featuring movie productions and TV films of the past three years will take place from October 13 to 19, Ágnes Havas, the head of the co-organising Hungarian National Film Fund, said on Monday. Celebrating a special centenary, the Film Week will open with the screening of an early film made by Oscar-winning Hungarian-born Hollywood director ...
Nationwide Photo Campaign Launched To Promote Budapest
- 19 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest Festival and Tourism Centre has launched a new city communications photo campaign, titled Budapest in front of our eyes, aiming at the promotion of the Hungarian capital city.
Sziget Fest Budapest Expected To Attract Record 400,000 Visitors
- 11 Aug 2014 9:10 AM
- entertainment
A record number of around 400,000 visitors are expected to attend the Sziget Festival that will begin on Budapest’s Óbuda Island on Monday. It shows unprecedented interest in the event that weekly passes have all been sold in advance for the first time in the festival’s history, organisers said.
Video Article: Hungary's PM Speech: The Era Of Welfare States Is Over
- 8 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
At the Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán declared that liberalism is a system of ideals that has a tangible power for social organisation. If people want to change what they don’t like in the world, they must come forward with a similarly mature system of ideals, he added.
Intercontinental Budapest Has Been Voted Hungary’s Leading Business Hotel By World Travel Awards
- 6 Aug 2014 10:00 AM
- specials
World Travel Awards™ is voted for by travel and tourism professionals worldwide, and this accolade recognises the commitment to excellence organisations that have demonstrated in the last twelve months InterContinental Budapest is awarded with as Hungary’s Leading Business Hotel in 2014.
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Weeklies On Orbán’s ‘Illiberal Democracy’
- 6 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In their comments on the Prime Minister’s speech in Baile Tusnad (Tusnádfürdő) on July 26th, left-liberal weeklies accuse Viktor Orbán of openly opting for dictatorship instead of western democracy. Pro-government analysts retort that the speech has been distorted by the left.
Religious Freedom Report On Hungary Published By US State Dept
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor recently released its annual International Religious Freedom Report. The report spotlights typical examples of abuses and restrictions representative of problems of religious freedom reported in each country, shedding light on the nature, scope and severity of religious freedom violations. The US State Department helped to ...