“No Tickets for Bayreuth? Budapest Has a Wagner Festival, Too.” So read the headline from the effusive 2013 New York Times review of the Budapest Wagner Days. More >>
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Why Has A New Statue of Turkish Poet Yunus Emre Been Unveiled in Central Hungary?
- 13 May 2024 5:27 AM
Hungary and Türkiye are bonded by a friendship with deep roots and a strategic alliance, the foreign ministry’s deputy state secretary for security policy said at the unveiling of a statue of Turkish poet Yunus Emre in Lakitelek, in central Hungary,
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Valley of Arts Festival in Hungary to Feature Record Number of Events Between19 - 28 July
- 10 May 2024 8:10 AM
The 33rd Valley of Arts festival in western Hungary will feature a record number of events, almost 3,000 in all, between July 19 and 28, the organisers said.
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International Project Aims to Display Botticelli Murals in Esztergom Castle & More
- 8 May 2024 5:41 AM
The Hungarian National Museum has won a tender for the renovation of the Esztergom Castle Museum and the Esterházy Castle in Želiezovce (Zselíz, Slovakia), to invest more than EUR 2 million in tourism development. Under the Interreg V-A SK-HU – Slovakia-Hungary Program, the European Development Fund will provide more than EUR 1.5 million of the almost EUR 2 million in funding for the planned projects, writes Magyar Nemzet.
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Key University in Budapest Faces Funding Crisis, Basic Operations Under Threat
- 7 May 2024 11:08 AM
A funding crisis at the Budapest University of Technology (BME) has prompted the rector and eight faculty deans to request a one-time grant from the Ministry of Culture and Innovation to sustain basic operations, 444 reports.
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An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 5.
- 7 May 2024 5:27 AM
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
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Invitation from the Organisers: 'Walk for Cleaner Water by the Danube', Budapest 2 June
- 6 May 2024 1:32 PM
Join us for a meaningful stroll along the stunning Danube River at our "Walk for Cleaner Water by the Danube" event! 🚶On Sunday, 2nd of June we're coming together to raise awareness and support for preserving the beauty and health one of Europe's most iconic waterway.
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