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Family Programmes On St Stephen's Day, Budapest, 20 August
- 15 Aug 2013 9:45 AM
- community & culture
Visitors are offered a variety of folk dance shows and concerts on Clark Ádám Square. Stilts parade, inauguration of Hungary’s birthday cake, traditional dancers, folk singers, and the performance of the popular TV production, School of Singing will offer real family entertainment.
Xpat Opinion: Some Hungarian Citizens Are More Equal Than Others
- 12 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I simply can’t understand the Hungarian opposition’s lack of initiative and its sluggish reactions to unacceptable actions that are being taken day in and day out by Fidesz and the Fidesz-ruled parliament. Often, opposition politicians wake up only when a government official reveals by a slip of the tongue the real intention of a piece of legislation.
Xpat Opinion: Magyar Roots On The Washington Mall
- 2 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival opened today in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall. The festival, an international exposition of living cultural heritage that began in 1967, this year features Hungarian culture under the banner “Hungarian Heritage: Roots to Revival.”
Hungarian Conductor Ivan Fischer Became Honorary Member Of Royal Academy Of Music
- 1 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ivan Fischer, Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Konzerthaus Berlin, was awarded with an Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music. The Honorary Membership is limited to 300 persons; Mendelssohn, Liszt, Stravinsky and Casals are amongst those who received this honour.
American Independence Day Celebration, City Park Budapest, 30 June
- 27 Jun 2013 12:00 PM
- community & culture
The local committees of Democrats Abroad and Republicans Abroad welcome all Americans and friends of Americans for an Independence Day summer barbecue at the Kertem beer garden in City Park on Sunday, 30 June. We will have an afternoon of live music, grilled burgers, and pot-luck.
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 ...
Gyula Horn, Leader In Hungary’s Transition From Communism, Dies At 80
- 21 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who helped trigger events that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall when he symbolically cut the Iron Curtain in 1989, died June 19 at a hospital in Budapest. He was 80. The government announced the death but did not disclose a cause."
US Lawyers To Question Hungarian War Crimes Suspect Csatáry
- 27 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
American lawyers involved in the Holocaust lawsuit launched in 2010 against state railway company MÁV will travel to Hungary in June to question war crimes suspect László Csatáry at the Buda Central District Court.
Hay Festival Budapest Program: 19 - 21 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- community & culture
On 19 May, Sunday and on Whitsun Monday, there will also be a wide variety of programmes at Hay Festival Budapest for the culture-loving audience. György Dragomán hosts a wine-tasting event and a free poetic walk. The festival’s guests will be the prominent Australian feminist author Germaine Greer and Jaap Scholten, the Dutch writer living in Budapest, and the British Peter Florence, founder and ...
Family Programmes On St Stephen's Day, Budapest, 20 August
- 15 Aug 2013 9:45 AM
- community & culture
Visitors are offered a variety of folk dance shows and concerts on Clark Ádám Square. Stilts parade, inauguration of Hungary’s birthday cake, traditional dancers, folk singers, and the performance of the popular TV production, School of Singing will offer real family entertainment.
Xpat Opinion: Some Hungarian Citizens Are More Equal Than Others
- 12 Aug 2013 1:00 AM
- current affairs
I simply can’t understand the Hungarian opposition’s lack of initiative and its sluggish reactions to unacceptable actions that are being taken day in and day out by Fidesz and the Fidesz-ruled parliament. Often, opposition politicians wake up only when a government official reveals by a slip of the tongue the real intention of a piece of legislation.
Xpat Opinion: Magyar Roots On The Washington Mall
- 2 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival opened today in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall. The festival, an international exposition of living cultural heritage that began in 1967, this year features Hungarian culture under the banner “Hungarian Heritage: Roots to Revival.”
Hungarian Conductor Ivan Fischer Became Honorary Member Of Royal Academy Of Music
- 1 Jul 2013 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Ivan Fischer, Music Director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Konzerthaus Berlin, was awarded with an Honorary Membership of the Royal Academy of Music. The Honorary Membership is limited to 300 persons; Mendelssohn, Liszt, Stravinsky and Casals are amongst those who received this honour.
American Independence Day Celebration, City Park Budapest, 30 June
- 27 Jun 2013 12:00 PM
- community & culture
The local committees of Democrats Abroad and Republicans Abroad welcome all Americans and friends of Americans for an Independence Day summer barbecue at the Kertem beer garden in City Park on Sunday, 30 June. We will have an afternoon of live music, grilled burgers, and pot-luck.
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 ...
Gyula Horn, Leader In Hungary’s Transition From Communism, Dies At 80
- 21 Jun 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who helped trigger events that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall when he symbolically cut the Iron Curtain in 1989, died June 19 at a hospital in Budapest. He was 80. The government announced the death but did not disclose a cause."
US Lawyers To Question Hungarian War Crimes Suspect Csatáry
- 27 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
American lawyers involved in the Holocaust lawsuit launched in 2010 against state railway company MÁV will travel to Hungary in June to question war crimes suspect László Csatáry at the Buda Central District Court.
Hay Festival Budapest Program: 19 - 21 May
- 18 May 2013 5:00 AM
- community & culture
On 19 May, Sunday and on Whitsun Monday, there will also be a wide variety of programmes at Hay Festival Budapest for the culture-loving audience. György Dragomán hosts a wine-tasting event and a free poetic walk. The festival’s guests will be the prominent Australian feminist author Germaine Greer and Jaap Scholten, the Dutch writer living in Budapest, and the British Peter Florence, founder and ...