A Critical Mass bicycle ride drew an estimated 10,000 onto the streets on Sunday. On what was also Earth Day, the “massers” cycled as in previous years from the Pest riverside across Erzsébet híd (bridge), under the Castle District tunnel and back to Pest and Heroes Square, to raise awareness of their needs and concerns.… Continue »

With Hungary facing the prospect of losing European Union development aid next year if it fails to get its finances in order, the government has published an updated fiscal manifesto it dubs the “Kálmán Széll Plan 2.0”. The 505-page document was forwarded to Brussels as its Hungarian version was posted on the National Economy Ministry’s… Continue »

English electronic dance band The Prodigy have sold more than 25 million albums since 1990 and are considered pioneers of the big beat genre. Look forward to toe-tappers like “Take Me to the Hospital”, “Invaders Must Die”, “What Evil Lurks” and the unforgettable “Funky S***”. They play the Papp László Budapest Sportaréna this Saturday. Death… Continue »

The opportunity for the government to make good on the mishandling of events and its series of mistakes in Gyöngyöspata has come and gone. It failed to condemn politicising and operations based on the theory of collective criminality and it also failed to lay blame on the right-wing political party Jobbik for inciting hatred against… Continue »