215 result(s) for writers
Bridging Europe Culture Festival, Budapest, Until 16 September
- 12 Sep 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The Bridging Europe arts festival will focus on German culture during its four-day programme starting on Sept. 10 this year. The festival organised for the second time by the Palace of Arts and the Budapest Festival Orchestra seeks to find connections between Hungarian culture and the cultures of other countries through music. Last year the Czech Republic was in focus.
Budapest Writers’ Lab
- 22 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Basics of Writing Fiction is a 10-week course devoted to 1) studying the elements of fiction and 2) putting that knowledge into practice. The class will be as much about discussing theory and technique as about cultivating a regular habit of working. Participants will be expected to write every week, both in and out of the session. When a student has a piece they are comfortable sharing, ...
Writers Come To Blows In Tokaj Bar In Hungary
- 15 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Poet and former LMP politician Endre Kukorelly suffered serious injuries when a fellow writer from Transylvania, Levente Csender, knocked him down at a Tokaj writers camp in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Taste Hungary Wins The Drinks Business Award For "Best Contribution To Wine & Spirits Tourism"
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- business
TASTE HUNGARY, a Budapest-based tourism company which organizes food and wine tours featuring Hungary's leading wineries and food producers, has won the prestigious Drinks Business Award 2014 in the category of Best Contribution to Wine & Spirits Tourism. The awards were unveiled at the London Wine Fair on June 3rd.
21st International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 24-27 April 2014
- 25 Apr 2014 9:02 AM
- community & culture
On Thursday, 24 April – right between the World Book and Copyright Day on Saint George's Day, 23 April and the World Intellectual Property Day on 25 April –, by evoking the old Catalonian custom of exchanging a gift of flowers and books, Dr Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Public Administration and Justice and deputy prime minister, accompanied by Dr Miklós Bendzsel, president of the Hungarian ...
Xpat Opinion: Week-Long Demonstration In Budapest Was Not In Vain
- 24 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many people labeled the dogged effort of a small group of protesters against the erection of the proposed monument to the victims of the German “occupation” of Hungary a waste of time and energy. What will they achieve? Nothing. They dismantled the barricade around the proposed site ten or eleven times, but work on the foundation for the monument continued unabated. The monument showing ...
Xpat Opinion: No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague delivered a speech on Tuesday in London at the Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet, a traditional affair. A Financial Times reporter, Kiran Stacey, gave an account under the headline “William Hague Warns Against Creeping Oligarchisation of the Balkans.”
The City Of Light Writers, The Whale Budapest, 21 March
- 13 Mar 2014 8:02 AM
- entertainment
The anniversary exhibition of the Camera Anima Free School. The Camera Anima (Szellemkép) Free School celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2014. The school is also a production agency, a lab, a studio, an organizer of competitions and exhibitions: a meeting point of creative minds that is closely associated with Szellemkép, an arts journal launched 25 years ago.
120th Anniversary Of New York Palace Budapest
- 12 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- specials
The history of the New York Palace dates back to the 70s of the 19th century when a talented young man from Upper Hungary called Max Aufricht arrived to Budapest with a teacher’s diploma and a silver forint in his pocket. But his poverty was paired with immense ambition; he obtained a doctoral degree in law and learned French.
Bridging Europe Culture Festival, Budapest, Until 16 September
- 12 Sep 2014 9:04 AM
- community & culture
The Bridging Europe arts festival will focus on German culture during its four-day programme starting on Sept. 10 this year. The festival organised for the second time by the Palace of Arts and the Budapest Festival Orchestra seeks to find connections between Hungarian culture and the cultures of other countries through music. Last year the Czech Republic was in focus.
Budapest Writers’ Lab
- 22 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"The Basics of Writing Fiction is a 10-week course devoted to 1) studying the elements of fiction and 2) putting that knowledge into practice. The class will be as much about discussing theory and technique as about cultivating a regular habit of working. Participants will be expected to write every week, both in and out of the session. When a student has a piece they are comfortable sharing, ...
Writers Come To Blows In Tokaj Bar In Hungary
- 15 Aug 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Poet and former LMP politician Endre Kukorelly suffered serious injuries when a fellow writer from Transylvania, Levente Csender, knocked him down at a Tokaj writers camp in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Taste Hungary Wins The Drinks Business Award For "Best Contribution To Wine & Spirits Tourism"
- 11 Jun 2014 9:00 AM
- business
TASTE HUNGARY, a Budapest-based tourism company which organizes food and wine tours featuring Hungary's leading wineries and food producers, has won the prestigious Drinks Business Award 2014 in the category of Best Contribution to Wine & Spirits Tourism. The awards were unveiled at the London Wine Fair on June 3rd.
21st International Book Festival Budapest, Millenáris, 24-27 April 2014
- 25 Apr 2014 9:02 AM
- community & culture
On Thursday, 24 April – right between the World Book and Copyright Day on Saint George's Day, 23 April and the World Intellectual Property Day on 25 April –, by evoking the old Catalonian custom of exchanging a gift of flowers and books, Dr Tibor Navracsics, Minister of Public Administration and Justice and deputy prime minister, accompanied by Dr Miklós Bendzsel, president of the Hungarian ...
Xpat Opinion: Week-Long Demonstration In Budapest Was Not In Vain
- 24 Apr 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Many people labeled the dogged effort of a small group of protesters against the erection of the proposed monument to the victims of the German “occupation” of Hungary a waste of time and energy. What will they achieve? Nothing. They dismantled the barricade around the proposed site ten or eleven times, but work on the foundation for the monument continued unabated. The monument showing ...
Xpat Opinion: No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague delivered a speech on Tuesday in London at the Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet, a traditional affair. A Financial Times reporter, Kiran Stacey, gave an account under the headline “William Hague Warns Against Creeping Oligarchisation of the Balkans.”
The City Of Light Writers, The Whale Budapest, 21 March
- 13 Mar 2014 8:02 AM
- entertainment
The anniversary exhibition of the Camera Anima Free School. The Camera Anima (Szellemkép) Free School celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2014. The school is also a production agency, a lab, a studio, an organizer of competitions and exhibitions: a meeting point of creative minds that is closely associated with Szellemkép, an arts journal launched 25 years ago.
120th Anniversary Of New York Palace Budapest
- 12 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- specials
The history of the New York Palace dates back to the 70s of the 19th century when a talented young man from Upper Hungary called Max Aufricht arrived to Budapest with a teacher’s diploma and a silver forint in his pocket. But his poverty was paired with immense ambition; he obtained a doctoral degree in law and learned French.