Budapest Should Bid For 2028 Summer Games

Attila Szalay-Berzeviczy told the weekly Figyelo that Hungary has a realistic chance of hosting the 2028 Olympic Games if there is continued economic growth and fiscal discipline, GamesBids said. Szalay-Berzeviczy, head of the Budapest Olympics Movement (BOM), said that Budapest…
Queen: “Hungarian Rhapsody” wins Bronze Box Office Award

Queen’s concert film, “Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest”, won a Bronze Box Office Award in recognition of achieving over 100,000 worldwide cinema admissions at the Event Cinema Association’s inaugural awards presentation in London on middle of October. Set up…
Old Cars Can be Admired These Days in Budapest

A new edition of the exhibition of old timer vehicles can be visited in Budapest between 25-27th October 2013, at the SYMA program centre. The exhibition is organized by Oldtimer Show Ltd. Unlike previous years, when the exhibition was exclusively…
The Great Székely March – Worldwide demonstrations for Székely Land’s autonomy

There will be demonstrations held all over the world to express solidarity with the Great Székely March on Sunday. Participants from 22 cities of 13 countries have already indicated that they would come together to call the world’s attention to…
Puskás bronze bust was unveiled in Valdebebas

Football legend Ferenc Puskás’ bronze bust was unveiled at Real Madrid Football Club’s Training Center in Valdebebas on Thursday by club President Florentino Pérez who was accompanied by among others, Puskás’ widow Erzsébet Puskás and some of Puskas’ former teammates.…
Amazing flash mob in Budapest, Zoltán Kodály Evening song – VIDEO

This unique flash mob was made to be the overture of the 2013 Ars Sacra Festival. The ‘Evening Song’ (originally “The Evening Prayer”) is a folk song that was adapted by Zoltán Kodály for his choral work. This song, expressing…
Water Polo Four-Nation Cup: Serbia, USA, Germany to challenge Volvo Cup hosts Hungary

With a new edition of the annual four-nation Volvo Cup tournament coming up in February 2014 the lineup was announced by Hungarian national team head coach Tibor Benedek this week. No other than Serbia, USA and Germany will try to…
Minister Varga: Deficit target will be met in the 2014 budget

The deficit target in the 2014 budget will be met thanks to reserves, Minister of National Economy Mihály Varga told lawmakers ahead of a debate of the budget bill. The Government is considering recommendations by the Fiscal Council and the…
MOL Romania opens 142nd filling station in Brasov, following EUR1 million investment

MOL Romania inaugurated its 8th filling station in Brasov County and the 5th in the Metropolitan Area of Brasov, expanding its nation-wide distribution network to 142 units, the press release sent by the company informs. Built in a one million…
2013 is the breakthrough year in Hungarian-Turkish relations

Szabolcs Takács, Political Director at the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, declared that 2013 has been „the year of breakthrough” in Hungarian-Turkish relations, and that the long-term goal was to advance bilateral cooperation to a strategic level. During his stay…





