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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.”
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."
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 ...
'Facts Gaining Traction In Reporting On Hungary', By Ferenc Kumin
- 2 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the old saying goes, it’s not news, if the dog bites the postman. News is when the postman bites the dog. Similarly, the good news from Hungary doesn’t always make for catchy news material. When a government of a small central European country, empowered by a rare supermajority mandate provided by voters in democratic elections, embarks on an ambitious program of renewal, reduces the deficit ...
Karin Olofsdotter, Former Swedish Ambassador To Hungary
- 19 Apr 2013 12:00 PM
Karin Olofsdotter took up the post as Ambassador of Sweden to Hungary in the fall of 2011. She entered the Foreign Service in 1994.
Invitation: 'Economics Of Good & Evil', Theatre Performance Budapest, 26 April
- 18 Apr 2013 10:35 AM
- entertainment
Does it pay to be good? Does economics trump ethics? 300 pages of Tomas Sedlacek’s bestseller are condensed into a theatre performance taking the audience on an exciting journey across economic thinking. In this experimental collage of movement, grotesque sketches and musical numbers viewers will see Gilgamesh, Epicuros and Adam Smith, and hear the words of Moses and contemporary philosophers. ...
Now On In Budapest: The Loveliest Girl In The World Exhibition
- 4 Apr 2013 11:40 AM
- community & culture
The Loveliest Girl In The World exhibition speaks in the intricate process that shapes individuals into full-fledged adults. The exhibition also highlights gender equality and human rights of children in subtle, innovative ways.
Theatre For English-Speakers, Katona József Theatre Budapest, 5-8 March
- 21 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
With a superb cast and internationally acclaimed directors, Katona is one of the major art theatres in Hungary. Katona stages classic Hungarian and international drama, as well as a selection of contemporary plays. Located downtown in the vibrant District V., Katona is a vital part of Budapest’s cultural scene.
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.”
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."
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 ...
'Facts Gaining Traction In Reporting On Hungary', By Ferenc Kumin
- 2 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the old saying goes, it’s not news, if the dog bites the postman. News is when the postman bites the dog. Similarly, the good news from Hungary doesn’t always make for catchy news material. When a government of a small central European country, empowered by a rare supermajority mandate provided by voters in democratic elections, embarks on an ambitious program of renewal, reduces the deficit ...
Karin Olofsdotter, Former Swedish Ambassador To Hungary
- 19 Apr 2013 12:00 PM
Karin Olofsdotter took up the post as Ambassador of Sweden to Hungary in the fall of 2011. She entered the Foreign Service in 1994.
Invitation: 'Economics Of Good & Evil', Theatre Performance Budapest, 26 April
- 18 Apr 2013 10:35 AM
- entertainment
Does it pay to be good? Does economics trump ethics? 300 pages of Tomas Sedlacek’s bestseller are condensed into a theatre performance taking the audience on an exciting journey across economic thinking. In this experimental collage of movement, grotesque sketches and musical numbers viewers will see Gilgamesh, Epicuros and Adam Smith, and hear the words of Moses and contemporary philosophers. ...
Now On In Budapest: The Loveliest Girl In The World Exhibition
- 4 Apr 2013 11:40 AM
- community & culture
The Loveliest Girl In The World exhibition speaks in the intricate process that shapes individuals into full-fledged adults. The exhibition also highlights gender equality and human rights of children in subtle, innovative ways.
Theatre For English-Speakers, Katona József Theatre Budapest, 5-8 March
- 21 Feb 2013 8:00 AM
- entertainment
With a superb cast and internationally acclaimed directors, Katona is one of the major art theatres in Hungary. Katona stages classic Hungarian and international drama, as well as a selection of contemporary plays. Located downtown in the vibrant District V., Katona is a vital part of Budapest’s cultural scene.