• Budapest Water Summit, 28 - 30 November

    • 28 Nov 2016 8:01 AM

    The primary message of the World Summit’s slogan “Water connects” is that water, which knows no borders, urges us to develop new kinds of cooperation; it connects water management, industry, agriculture, healthcare and education, as well as countries, regions, generations and cultures, and it is also the ‘source’ of achieving all the sustainability targets with a key impact on all our futures.

  • Five Men Linked To Paramilitary Org Held After Police Raids

    • 25 Nov 2016 8:00 AM

    Five people were held in custody on Thursday after authorities seized weapons in a coordinated raid carried out in several Hungarian localities, police said in a statement. All suspects were linked to the paramilitary organisation Magyar Nemzeti Arcvonal (Hungarian National Front), whose leader was arrested in October after fatally shooting a police officer in Bőny.

  • Kornél Mundruczó & Proton Theatre: Disgrace, Trafó, 30 November

    • 25 Nov 2016 8:00 AM

    Hungarian director and producer Kornél Mundruczó transposes the post-apartheid novel by Nobel Prize winner J.M. Coetzee to his world of merciless reality theatre. He sees in it a parable of the fears of a Europe – and particularly Hungary – confronted with radical change. Mundruczó’s production is a vitriolic lampooning of hatred and exclusion. This performance will be shown with English subtitles.

  • Budapest Through The Lens: 6 Films that Capture Hungarian History & Culture

    • 23 Nov 2016 8:01 AM

    By Andrew Davison: Budapest is an iconic city, with stunning architecture, a vibrant atmosphere and a storied history, so naturally, it’s a city that attracts filmmakers, both locally and from abroad. As Budapest lends itself to being dressed up as Paris, Berlin or even Buenos Aires, you’ll find its familiar streets disguised in dozens of modern movies.