• Gourmet Festival 2016, Budapest, 12 - 15 May

    • 12 May 2016 12:55 PM

    The best of everything! – OTP Bank Gourmet Festival awaits all foodies with the usual high quality selection of masterpieces brought by the best chefs of Hungary as well as a very exciting cavalcade of tastes. This time master chefs will not recreate a certain dish, but will focus on two very special ingredients besides their own specialty dishes: game and fish! OTP Bank Gourmet Festival is organized at Millenáris Park in Budapest between 12-15 May, 2016.

  • Bocuse d’Or: Hungarian Crowned Best European Chef

    • 12 May 2016 12:40 PM

    Gastronomes and gourmet connoisseurs need to note this name: Tamás Széll. The 34 year-old chef has won the Bocuse d’Or Europe 2016, the most prestigious reward in the world of European gastronomy. Wednesday, at Budapest, performing live in front of hundreds of enthusiastic supporters, Tamás Széll beat the other 19 participants thanks to his talent and creativity.

  • Happy Kids Brings Fundraising Into Fashion

    • 12 May 2016 8:00 AM

    One of history’s worst earthquakes and tsunamis devastated the Indian Ocean region on 26 December 2004, killing over 230,000 people in fourteen countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters high. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Indonesia was the hardest-hit country, followed by Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand.

  • Public Outrage About UNICEF Hungary's 'Scandalous' Videos

    • 12 May 2016 3:56 AM

    Hungarian unit of UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, recently launched a video campaign asking Hungarians to donate 1 per cent of their personal income tax to support measures against family violence and child abuse in Hungary. The videos used triggered harsh reactions, saying they are “extremist”, “misleading”, “harmful”, “anti-father”, and “anti-family”.

  • Budapest Festival Orchestra Stages Musical Demonstration In Downtown Budapest

    • 9 May 2016 9:01 AM

    The internationally celebrated Budapest Festival Orchestra staged a musical demonstration in downtown Budapest on Saturday to protest against the Municipal Assembly’s decision to reduce funding for the ensemble. “First and foremost, we are here to demonstrate that we really love Budapest and we know that Budapest, too, really loves the Budapest Festival Orchestra,” Iván Fischer, the director, told a crowd that filled Vörösmarty Square.

  • Fungarian: How To Tell The Time In Hungarian

    • 6 May 2016 9:01 AM

    When a Hungarian offers to meet you at FÉL ÖT (half five) what time will you ink in your calendar: 4:30, 5:30, 16:30 or 17:30? Well, only the Germans and the Dutch would get it right, i.e. 4:30 while the British would read it as half past five, which would be FÉL HAT in Hungarian usage.

  • Budapest Hosts Bocuse d'Or European Competition As City's Culinary Fame Grows

    • 6 May 2016 9:00 AM

    Gastronomes and gourmet connoisseurs need to note this name: Tamás Széll. The 34 year-old chef has won the Bocuse d’Or Europe 2016, the most prestigious reward in the world of European gastronomy. Wednesday, at Budapest, performing live in front of hundreds of enthusiastic supporters, Tamás Széll beat the other 19 participants thanks to his talent and creativity.

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