• Budapest A Cappella Festival, Várkert Bazár, 17 - 19 June

    • 8 Jun 2016 9:04 AM

    The latest music festival of Budapest, the purely vocal Budapest A Cappella Festival – featuring music versatile in space, time and genre – introduces exciting international productions and the very best from Hungary. The program will be organized by Hangvető on June 17-19 at the Várkert Bazár Öntőház courtyard – also sponsoring the event – as part of the Dunapest (contemporary all-art festival).

  • Video: Plane Landed On Hungarian Highway

    • 3 Jun 2016 9:00 AM

    Miraculously no-one was hurt when a small plane made an emergency landing on this busy road in Budapest. Engine failure is thought to have forced the pilot to bring the Cessna down on the highway in the Hungarian capital.

  • Xpat Opinion: U.S. Undersecretary Sarah Sewall In Hungary

    • 3 Jun 2016 9:00 AM

    Sarah Sewall, U.S. undersecretary for civilian security, democracy, and human rights, paid a visit to Hungary at the end of May. As one of the Hungarian papers noted, she was the highest-ranking U.S. diplomat to visit Hungary since the summer of 2011, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a quick trip to Hungary.

  • Budapest Brain Bar 2016, 2 - 4 June

    • 2 Jun 2016 12:40 PM

    Brain Bar Budapest is where the challengers and trendsetters from across Europe and beyond give us a glimpse of what’s to come. Brain Bar kicks off where other festivals throw in the towel, say the organisers. They take the hottest potatoes and toss them into the interdisciplinary oven with extra paprika, apparently, letting ideas and visions challenge each other. Philosophers take on disrupters. It's great fun!

  • Fashion Retailers Decide Weather Or Not

    • 1 Jun 2016 9:00 AM

    Being on the cutting edge of fashion and staying in profit is a delicate balance for the world's big clothing retailers, and the weather is one huge factor that's completely out of their control. Understanding how customers react to climatic condition is vital.

  • Xpat Report: Canadian Embassy In Budapest Supports Hungarian Youth

    • 31 May 2016 9:00 AM

    From April to May 2016, the Embassy of Canada in Budapest was home to a moving student-made art exhibit that creatively communicated the importance of human rights and the value of diversity. The exhibit, consisting of 10 art pieces and 3D installations, was the collective output of over 200 students, who participated in a project to promote tolerance and inclusion through media and education.