• Craig David Gets Symphonic In Budapest On 3 May

    • 20 Apr 2015 9:00 AM

    Craig David + Caramel's concert on May 3rd promises to be really be a 'super concert' of sound pleasure, showing the British singer in an extraordinary format, unique in Europe, and in the world. The career of Craig David started as a radio and club DJ. Thanks to his talent he soon became a superstar with 13 hit singles, 13 million records sold, and many sold out concerts.

  • PM's Office: "We Must Be Better Hungarians"

    • 19 Apr 2015 9:00 AM

    In a speech given on the Memorial Day for Hungarian Victims of the Holocaust, János Lázár said that “the nation is more than just a community of interests: the nation is a community of fates”. (You can turn the English subtitle on by clicking on the "captions" icon at the right bottom of the video.)

  • Sinéad O'Connor Concert 21 April In Budapest

    • 19 Apr 2015 4:40 AM

    Sinéad last performed in Hungary eight years ago, and will be back in 2015 as part of Budapest's Spring Festival. Earlier, in 1987, she was twenty when she recorded The Lion and the Cobra, one of the most powerful debut albums of the age. The shaved-headed maverick of a singer was pregnant with her first child as she recorded the viscerally ingenious songs, which she also produced.

  • Hungarian Critical Mass Cyclists Back With New Name 'I Bike Budapest'

    • 15 Apr 2015 11:00 AM

    After a two-year hiatus, Budapest Critical Mass will return this April 25. It sounds nearly identical to the spring CMs of yore - except for the proposed name: "I Bike Budapest." There's a new face behind it, as well: Áron Halász, who has published the Hungarian Cycle Chic blog since 2009. He takes on the job as a member of the executive board of the Hungarian Cyclists Club, and he has the support of CM's former organisers, Sinya and Kükü, who are also involved with the club.

  • Balaton Sound Festival Hungary: Beach Party With The Biggest Names

    • 15 Apr 2015 9:00 AM

    There is no stopping when it comes to the line-up of MasterCard Balaton Sound. Besides the EDM superstars, organizers have now announced prominent names as Jason Derulo, Pusha T and Ludacris as well as several names for fans of house, tech house and minimal electronica. The 4+1 day party on the beach of Lake Balaton is held between 8-12 July in Zamárdi, Hungary.

  • Former Ambassador To US: Goodfriend Will Be Remembered

    • 13 Apr 2015 9:00 AM

    Former Hungarian ambassador to NATO and the United States Andras Simonyi says André Goodfriend “will go down as one of the most interesting diplomats ever to serve in Budapest, and not just American”. Simonyi said that while Goodfriend, who served as Chargé d’Affaires at the US embassy in Budapest between August 2103 and February 2015, may have employed “outside the box thinking”, the seasoned diplomat did not overstep his bounds.

  • Cinema Alfresco, Brody Underground Cinema, 15 April

    • 10 Apr 2015 12:35 PM

    Scott Alexander Young says, "We're lightening up with some of the best from our first year. Orsi Nagypál is back with her stunning short East of Paris. Hendrikus De Vaan is back too - but this time as a guest, to update us on his brilliant career! Tyagi Pallav will treat us to some shorts before he jets back to India, and Jennifer Walker will regale us with tales of Dubrovnik (Kings Landing in Game of Thrones)."