Museum of Etnography: World Press Photo ’13 on this week

If you haven’t seen this year’s best photographs from all over the world, you can still make it in time. The exhibition closes on 27 October. Museum of Etnography/ Néprajzi Múzeum: 22 October 2013, Tuesday 10:00 – 27 October 2013, Sunday 20:00 WPP…
Government support enables completion of Pólus Project in Kaposvár

Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh delivered an address at the topping out ceremony of Somogy County Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital in Kaposvár on 22 October, 2013. Enabled by the additional grant of HUF 2.5 billion awarded by the Government,…
‘Green Electronics 2013’, Budapest, Hungary

A workshop entitled ‘Green Electronics 2013’ will be held from 4 to 6 November 2013 in Budapest, Hungary. In 2010 the European Commission has identified a list of 14 economically important raw materials which are subject to a higher risk…
Ukraine ratifies agreement on nuclear material transportation between Russia and Hungary via Ukraine

The Itar-Tass News Agency said, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament) has ratified an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the sphere of nuclear material transportation between Russia and Hungary via the territory of Ukraine. The ratification was backed by 255 deputies with the…
The UEFA Coach Education Workshop in Budapest

The Football Association’s coaching and learning philosophies were presented to technical experts from 53 European countries at a recent UEFA Coach Education Workshop in Budapest. Head of FA Learning Jamie Houchen and FA Head of Coaching Awards Geoff Pike were…
Rally Accident in Hungary: Six Injured, One in Critical Condition – Shocking Video

A horrible accident that took place on Saturday afternoon (October 19, 2013) during a Hungarian rally in the village of Városlőd when a Volkswagen Golf Mk2 racer lost control of his car and plowed a group of spectators who were…
Azerbaijan and Hungary to sign an intergovernmental social security agreement

Hungary supports Azerbaijan’s conservative attitude towards the beginning of the application of accumulative component of the pension insurance system. The State Social Protection Fund informs that Fund’s head Salim Muslimov received director general of the Central Administration of National Pension…
Newly renovated Liszt Academy of Music reopens

Budapest’s Liszt Academy of Music reopens its doors on Tuesday evening, following two years of renovation. The opening ceremony, which coincides with the 202nd anniversary of the birth of its founder, Franz Liszt, will be attended by Prime Minister Viktor…
Love story: A day that changed my life – October 23, 1956.

Many do not believe in twists of fate… for a long time I did not either. Until the day came that brought a string of coincidences and changed my life for good. To claim that these were pure random coincidences…
1956, October 23 – Start of the Hungarian Revolution

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 or Hungarian Uprising of 1956 was a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the government of the People’s Republic of Hungary and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956. It was the first…





