1,400 result(s) for western europe
Test Track For Selfdriving Cars To Be Built In W Hungary
- 20 May 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
The government plans to build a test track for, primarily, driverless cars, in Zalaegerszeg, in western Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Thursday. Speaking at the “Cars of the Future” conference at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Orbán called the test track a major investment, “the like of which cannot be found” within 500 kilometres of Hungary.
'Freedom Fighter', A Lecture By Victoria Phillips, 20 May
- 19 May 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
While modern dancer Martha Graham claimed throughout her career that she was not political, between 1955 and 1987 she performed under the ageis of the State Department for every seated president in over 25 nations. This presentation will explore her tours in West Berlin, 1957, Poland and Yugoslavia, 1962, and East Berlin in 1987 – side-by-side with President Ronald Reagan as he declaired that the ...
Interview: Szigetvári Says Együtt Is Focused On Bringing In New Voters
- 2 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Beacon sat down recently with Viktor Szigetvári, president of the opposition party Together (Együtt). A great many things were discussed, but the most important takeaways are the following:
Orbán: Hungary Experiencing Economic Boom
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary is experiencing a time of economic prosperity and will take another step forward in 2017, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public Kossuth Radio. Speaking about next year’s budget, the prime minister said wages are continuously growing while unemployment is decreasing, something that Hungary “achieved without loans”.
Chernobyl Marathon, Budapest, 25 – 26 April
- 25 Apr 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The Blinken Open Society Archives invites you to its two-day series of programs spanning from morning till late at night, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl. Evening programs include film and book launches and literary readings to help discuss the events that happened thirty years ago while also touching upon issues concerning the safety of ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Healthcare In The Grip Of A Corrupt Medical Aristocracy
- 19 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A revelatory opinion piece appeared in today’s Index, written by Gabriella Lantos, managing director of the Róbert Károly Private Clinic, which specializes in women’s medicine. Lantos lays out in a convincing way “what is wrong with Hungarian healthcare.”
French-Hungarian Painting Pays Tribute To Paris Terrorist Attack Victims
- 6 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A French and a Hungarian artist have joined together to pay tribute to the victims of last year’s terrorist attacks in Paris. The painting by Marie-Claude Eisenbeth-Combeau and László Albert illustrating French-Hungarian friendship was presented to French Ambassador Eric Fournier by László Szabó, Hungarian foreign affairs state secretary, in Albert’s home town of Kaposvár, in south-western ...
Vera Jonas Experiment: Tiger, Now! Album Release Party, Akvárium, 9 April
- 1 Apr 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Unique, fresh and playful, with a very sensitive and personal voice upfront. Vera Jonas, after earning both Hungarian and international recognition, introduces a new chapter: Vera Jonas Experiment is set to release their latest called Tiger, Now! with an album release party set for Akvárium club on the 9th of April. Be sure to check her out. After finishing with the recording, Vera sat down with ...
Hungarian Government Takes The Islamic State’s Threats Seriously
- 31 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, has said at a press conference that the Government takes the Islamic State’s threats concerning Hungary seriously. The Chief Security Advisor said that the terrorist organisation called Islamic State has issued two statements on a website on which they regularly post threats. In one of them they have threatened the USA, and in the ...
Test Track For Selfdriving Cars To Be Built In W Hungary
- 20 May 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
The government plans to build a test track for, primarily, driverless cars, in Zalaegerszeg, in western Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced on Thursday. Speaking at the “Cars of the Future” conference at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Orbán called the test track a major investment, “the like of which cannot be found” within 500 kilometres of Hungary.
'Freedom Fighter', A Lecture By Victoria Phillips, 20 May
- 19 May 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
While modern dancer Martha Graham claimed throughout her career that she was not political, between 1955 and 1987 she performed under the ageis of the State Department for every seated president in over 25 nations. This presentation will explore her tours in West Berlin, 1957, Poland and Yugoslavia, 1962, and East Berlin in 1987 – side-by-side with President Ronald Reagan as he declaired that the ...
Interview: Szigetvári Says Együtt Is Focused On Bringing In New Voters
- 2 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Beacon sat down recently with Viktor Szigetvári, president of the opposition party Together (Együtt). A great many things were discussed, but the most important takeaways are the following:
Orbán: Hungary Experiencing Economic Boom
- 25 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Hungary is experiencing a time of economic prosperity and will take another step forward in 2017, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public Kossuth Radio. Speaking about next year’s budget, the prime minister said wages are continuously growing while unemployment is decreasing, something that Hungary “achieved without loans”.
Chernobyl Marathon, Budapest, 25 – 26 April
- 25 Apr 2016 2:00 AM
- community & culture
The Blinken Open Society Archives invites you to its two-day series of programs spanning from morning till late at night, commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the nuclear power plant disaster at Chernobyl. Evening programs include film and book launches and literary readings to help discuss the events that happened thirty years ago while also touching upon issues concerning the safety of ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Healthcare In The Grip Of A Corrupt Medical Aristocracy
- 19 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A revelatory opinion piece appeared in today’s Index, written by Gabriella Lantos, managing director of the Róbert Károly Private Clinic, which specializes in women’s medicine. Lantos lays out in a convincing way “what is wrong with Hungarian healthcare.”
French-Hungarian Painting Pays Tribute To Paris Terrorist Attack Victims
- 6 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
A French and a Hungarian artist have joined together to pay tribute to the victims of last year’s terrorist attacks in Paris. The painting by Marie-Claude Eisenbeth-Combeau and László Albert illustrating French-Hungarian friendship was presented to French Ambassador Eric Fournier by László Szabó, Hungarian foreign affairs state secretary, in Albert’s home town of Kaposvár, in south-western ...
Vera Jonas Experiment: Tiger, Now! Album Release Party, Akvárium, 9 April
- 1 Apr 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
Unique, fresh and playful, with a very sensitive and personal voice upfront. Vera Jonas, after earning both Hungarian and international recognition, introduces a new chapter: Vera Jonas Experiment is set to release their latest called Tiger, Now! with an album release party set for Akvárium club on the 9th of April. Be sure to check her out. After finishing with the recording, Vera sat down with ...
Hungarian Government Takes The Islamic State’s Threats Seriously
- 31 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, has said at a press conference that the Government takes the Islamic State’s threats concerning Hungary seriously. The Chief Security Advisor said that the terrorist organisation called Islamic State has issued two statements on a website on which they regularly post threats. In one of them they have threatened the USA, and in the ...















