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HBO expands into Eastern European
HBO Europe, the European arm of the Time Warner service, is following on the success of its first season with Season Two of Hungarian TV series ‘Aranyelet’ (‘Golden Life’). The project is part of HBO’s new strategy to produce original...
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Budapest beats to Ritmo world music festival
Featuring artists from all over the world, from South Korea to Norway via Turkey or Senegal, the Budapest Ritmo festival was a celebration of world music. Monoswezi is a collective of musicians from Mozambique, Norway, Sweden and...
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Tourism boost for Hungary
September 27th was world tourism day, which is intended to raise awareness of its social, cultural, political and economic importance. But the industry is going through difficult times with many people being put off travelling by...
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Hungary’s green agenda moves in two directions
Hungary’s environmental agenda has taken one step forward and one step back. The government just announced plans to subsidise electric cars, but at the same time is blocking the installation of new wind turbines. It will give a grant of...
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Migration crisis dominates award-winning photo show
The World Press Photo exhibition has opened in Budapest’s Museum of Ethnography. The jury selected the winning works from more than 80.000 pictures by photographers from all over the world. No surprise, the dominating theme this year was...
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BRUA pipeline for European energy diversity moves forward
The latest move towards energy diversity for Europe came in Budapest on Friday with the signing of agreements to build the Romanian section of the BRUA pipeline network. Representatives of the European Commission and the Energy Ministers...
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Budapest circus revives Paris cabaret
‘Paris de Nuit’ by the Budapest-based Recirquel Contemporary Circus Company takes audiences into the cafes, brothels and dark streets of 1930’s Paris. Jazz musicians, singers, dancers and circus artists bring alive the exciting and...
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Uber quits Hungary over new law
Uber is to stop all its operations in Hungary saying a new law makes it impossible to run the ride-hailing service there. Under the law, Hungary’s national communications authority can block internet access to what it deems “illegal...
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Amedeo Modigliani: Exhibition at The Hungarian National Gallery
The Hungarian National Gallery is hosting a unique retrospective of Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) who is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by elongated faces and figures. The...
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Budapest hosts Bocuse d’Or European competition as city’s culinary fame grows
Hungary’s capital, Budapest, is a rising star in the culinary world and this year is hosting the European heat of the Bocuse d’Or, which is known as the Olympic Games for chefs. Hungary also boasts several Michelin-starred restaurants. A...
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Budapest holds its third international theatre festival
The third annual Madach Theatre festival brings 22 performances from 13 countries to the Hungarian capital. All genres of theatre can be seen, from reinterpretations of classical pieces to work by contemporary playwrights. #Hungary – On...
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Budapest honours father of op art Victor Vasarely
He is widely considered the father of the op art movement, a style of visual art that uses optical illusion. Now, the public can discover or rediscover the work of Hungarian-born French artist Victor Vasarely at an exhibition at the...
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Budapest gets bitcoin taxis
Do you need a taxi and don’t have cash or a credit card? Well if you’re in Hungary’s capital Budapest you’re in luck if you hold some bitcoin. It is the latest city where you can use the virtual currency to pay your cab driver. Bitcoin...
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Budapest celebrates 90 years of György Kurtág
As Hungarian composer György Kurtág celebrates his 90 th birthday Budapest is marking his career with a week- long festival. Hungary’s culture minister salutes György and Márta Kurtág after the composer’s 90th birthday concert last...
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Hungarian government alerts services as heatwave threatens homeless
The heatwave scorching Hungary can put homeless people in life-threatening situations.
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Code Red issued by government as heatwave scorches Hungary's homeless
The heatwave scorching Hungary can put homeless people in life-threatening situations.
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Over 10,000 Poles participate in Pride parade in Warsaw
Last weekend a parade in Warsaw drew over 20,000 people, including two government ministers for the first time.
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ECJ fines Hungary with €200 million over 'extremely serious' breach of EU asylum law
Hungary has been accused of systematically ignoring EU asylum rules.
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Italian activist Ilaria Salis released after 15 months in prison following MEP election win
The European Parliament members enjoy substantial legal immunity from prosecution, even if the allegations pertain to crimes committed prior to their election.
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A look at Chinese investment within Hungary
China has invested heavily in Hungary's infrastructure and EV cars.
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Is China using Hungary as its bridgehead in Europe?
The primary purpose of Xi Jinping's three-day visit to Hungary might be to ensure that Hungary can help China gain market share in the EU, as Beijing and Budapest prepare to sign a total of 16 bilateral agreements.
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EU leaders meet in Brussels with one single mission: make Viktor Orbán lift his veto on Ukraine aid
Brussels is on Thursday set to be the scene of a momentous summit where European Union leaders will plead with Viktor Orbán to lift his intractable veto on a €50-billion special fund for Ukraine.
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Sándor Kereki reveals 'Budapest in the seventies from a boy’s perspective'
Meet Sándor Kereki, the Hungarian photographer who takes you back to the streets of Budapest in the 1970s.
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Photographer Sándor Kereki reveals 'Budapest in the 70's from a boy’s perspective'
Meet Sándor Kereki, the Hungarian photographer whose lens looks back on the streets of Budapest in the 1970s.