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Making a monkey of Trump, and more
The Budapest Times dutifully pays a visit to the World Press Photo Exhibition…
Bringing freshness to European and global scene
Art Market Budapest was established in 2011 as an international contemporary art…
From a home lost to a place in the world community
Sixty-eight of Latvia’s museums contributed to the exhibition Latvia’s Century,…
Tributes to Mahatma Gandhi
The Embassy of India in Budapest celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of…
Supping with ghosts of Freud, Mozart
The Kaffeehäuser are said to be the public living rooms of Vienna. The home of…
A year learning in the United States
United States Ambassador to Hungary David B. Cornstein has announced that the US…
Raised Concerns about the future of the leadership in the polisario
In Algiers, the mobilization of the presidency and intelligence services is at…
A history of destruction and recovery
On one of our visits to Vienna this year, The Budapest Times stayed in…
A Scottish man walked out of a bar…
Bring up the topic of football stadiums in Hungary and you’re guaranteed eyes…
Choir adds its voices to improving relations
With 19 ladies and seven men in its ranks, the Othello Polyphonic Choir has…
South Italian cuisine in style
Authentic ingredients, authentic staff, authentic atmosphere – that's what most…
Cameraman on the battlefields
The Hungarian Museum of Photography in Kecskemét is exhibiting…
Eyes glued to the screen
The Szemrevaló / Sehenswert (Hungarian and German for “Eyeful”) Film Festival…
Wonder in the wilds
It's always a pleasure for my family and I to spend summer holidays on the road,…
Bethlehem ‘special’ twin
Budapest Mayor István Tarlós and Bethlehem Mayor Anton Salman signed a twin-city…
Varga optimistic on long term
Hungary's economy grew by an annual 4.8 percent in the second quarter of 2018,…
(Almost) everything’s rosy: US ambassador
David B. Cornstein, the United States' ambassador to Hungary, said he has not…
'Time' to suspend Hungary
International civil groups have called on Members of the European Parliament to…
Blue in the face, and other colours
One face is staring at another face in the gallery. The first face is simply a…
Arts all year in two of continent’s gems
Next year’s two European Capitals of Culture will be Plovdiv in Bulgaria and…
The brief history of the month (September)
Presenting in one concise package the month’s most important and fascinating…
Donate blood in honour of terrorism victims
United States Ambassador David B. Cornstein, a native New Yorker, shares some…
Art Deco on the Ringstrasse
Top-end hotels lay out the red carpet for their guests, if not literally, then…
Handicrafts and hardships
The Kingdom of Morocco is holding a Handicraft Week at the Vajdahunyad Castle in…
Loyalty recognised and celebrated
Kempinski Hotel Corvinus held its traditional annual party to celebrate the…
Three countries holding hands for one cause
At 7pm on 23 August 1989, an estimated two million people from Estonia, Latvia…
Serious reforms despite Russian aggression
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine since 2014 was highlighted when Ukrainian…
All well and good
Legend has it that Slovakia’s leading spa complex, the appropriately named Spa…
Criminally satisfying
This is one of the most intriguing of the 30 or so “Maigret” books that we have…
The brief history of the month (August)
Presenting in one concise package the month’s most important and fascinating…
‘We are the future of Europe’
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has repeated his message that every European country…
Josper is just the job
On this warm summer evening the score or so of tables on the restaurant’s…
"It must have been very interesting in Vienna back then... "
The writer Hermann Bahr hit the nail on the head when he came up with this…
Flag of freedom hoisted
Some 200 members of Hungary’s Indian community and friends of India gathered at…
Ring the changes
Next year's 34th Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is set to occupy a full week…
Debrecen at the wheel
German car manufacturer BMW is to build a EUR 1 billion-plus factory to make…
Volunteers needed for the Nursery Project
“Service is the rent we pay for living. It is the very purpose of life and not…
Palanok pearl
Although steeped with much Hungarian history and legend, Palanok Castle has…
We meet on Astana Street
The Cities Mayors Forum “Global Silk Road” was held in Astana at the beginning…
More than beer and sausages
Germany gave the world the word schadenfreude, and some parts of the world were…
Common Roots and Historical Ties
Ambassador, Kazakhstan included Hungary in the first round of visa exceptions.…
Astana Rising
Kazakhstan’s capital strives to be among the world’s smartest cities, a hub for…
Beat the heat!
Whether on a stick or in a croissant, whether in the flavours of strawberry,…
16,000 steps to learn love
The Bishops of Passau in Germany, Székesfehérvár in Hungary and Szatmárnémeti in…
Something special in meat
The dream of all carnivores has finally come true! Or at the very least, since…
Memories of Hungary in Algeria
From the street looking into the pub, the many different things hanging on the…
Turkish Cyprus has its delights
Our guide shows us several of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ many…
‘Qualitative leap’ in Moroccan-Hungarian ties
The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco, Mrs Karima Kabbaj, hosted a reception…