All Hungarians should do sports
A former world-class swimmer, Tünde Szabó has been leading the State Secretariat for Sports within the Ministry of Social Affairs. The Budapest Times sat down with Szabó to talk about the sports…
Lords of the airwaves
For those not familiar, or for those who need reminding, "You Rang, M'Lord?", or "Csengetett, Mylord?" as it is known in Hungarian, is a splendid, very English period comedy, set in the 1920s and…
Why wander into foreign kitchens?
Wherever Krisztián Huszár swings his wooden spoon, the gourmets fall to his feet. The rock-star chef with the striking dreadlocks is one of the most exciting characters on the Hungarian gastro scene.…
Supping with ghosts of Freud, Mozart
The Kaffeehäuser are said to be the public living rooms of Vienna. The home of Mozart, Klimt and Freud is as famed for its coffee culture as it is for its music, architecture and quality of life. From…
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Airlines spread their wings
New summer, winter routes to several countriesAirlines are announcing new flights from Budapest one after the other for the…
Tildy Palace has its secrets
Entrepreneurs, princes and a president lived hereLike many of the luxurious buildings in Budapest that are now residences or…
Orbán advocates strengthening China-CEE ties at central bank governors' meeting
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán attended a meeting of central bank governors of…
China's SOEs undertake over 3,000 Belt and Road projects
China’s central state-owned enterprises account for half of infrastructure…
Restorer brings frescoes back to life
Li Xiaoyang says he's been engrossed in fresco restoration since childhood,…
China Eastern to launch direct Shanghai-Budapest flight
China Eastern Airlines, the world's seventh largest airline company, will launch…
Explore International MBA or Masters Programmes Personally
Top international business schools and universities meet prospective…
Mayor to seek third term
Orbán accepts Tarlós’ call for city development councilPrime Minister Viktor Orbán has asked the incumbent mayor of Budapest, István…
Optimism ‘broad-based’
EC raises Hungary GDP growth projectionsThe European Commission has raised its projections for Hungary's GDP this year…
Nations or nothing: Orbán
PM says EPP needs to get back on the path to victoryWithout its nations, Europe would lose its spiritual and cultural identity,…
The great man blows his top
"Maigret’s Anger" by Georges Simenon (published by Penguin Books)Regular readers of the "Maigret" books well know that their hero can be a grumpy…
Ladies in the limelight, ladies in the moonlight
Cherchez la Femme, Hotel Benczúr, Benczúr utca 35, District VIStill today, ladies are always behind men in life, while conversely it remains…
Brighter times ahead for children in need
HUF 4.5 million raised at Xpat Charity Party "Fireworks Night"The Xpat Charity Party "Fireworks Night" at Budapest’s Marriott Hotel on October…
Key to the Quai des Orfevres
“Maigret’s First Case” by Georges Simenon (published by Penguin Books)In 1949, after he had written another 28 "Maigret" novels since the first one in…
Growing global hostility ‘corroding public discourse’
US Ambassador thanks Hungarians for support after shooting of JewsWith funerals being held last week for the 11 worshippers shot dead at the Tree…
Great journey to a glorious future: Erdoğan
Turkey celebrates proclamation of Republic in 1923The 95th anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey was…
Real people, places and events
Taiwan Dox-Taiwanese Documentary Film Days, Toldi Cinema, October 25 to 27, 2018This year’s Taiwan Dox festival sees the event enter its fourth year, and the…
Beyond imagining
"imagine john yoko" by John Lennon & Yoko Ono with contributions from the people who were there (published by Thames & Hudson)John Lennon was a man in millions. Even in exalted company his name came first:…
Off to fight the Russian monster
"Nine Month War" (2018), a verité film by László Csuja (director and screenplay)After civil unrest broke out in Ukraine in late 2013, Russia seized the…
Imagine no ‘Imagine’
“imagine john yoko” by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, with contributions from the people who were there (published by Thames & Hudson)There is “Imagine” the song, recorded by John Lennon in May 1971 and which,…
Scream, Shout
The capital with the eye of an expatI’ve had a string of bad news lately. Death and dying are featuring heavily in…
Colossus steers into the future
Restaurant Gundel at City ParkThere is hardly anyone who does not know this restaurant: the Gundel on the edge…
New rabbi after 350 years
Abandoned synagogue’s revival is proof of hope for JewsWhen a friend of mine recently told me that we would meet the following week…
Meeting of giants
Ed Sheeran to headline Sziget 2019Sziget is Europe’s most diverse festival and the fifth-biggest in the world. So…
They’ll make you wish you had been there
Tribute band apes the full-on Pink Floyd experienceBrit Floyd, who describe themselves as the world’s greatest Pink Floyd tribute…
No milk, no honey: EU cannot heal Europe
Danger if member states’ rights are denied and they look outside blocSixty years ago, in 1958, Pál Maléter, who was Hungary’s Minister of Defence…
One expelled, two quit Jobbik
MPs out over Volner letter attacking ‘link’ with liberalsThe parliamentary group of conservative opposition Jobbik has expelled János…
Diplomatic row escalates
Hungary expels Ukrainian consul in tit-for-tat retaliationHungary is expelling a Ukrainian consul in retaliation against Ukraine's…
Orbán on guard duty
EU attacking Hungary on border, Sargentini in PM’s eyesThe Hungarian government will not give up its right to control the country's…
Life in the multiverse
"Constellations", a play, at Fém Arts & Café, Budapest, on November 3Asterion project Theatre in English is a professional company and it will…
The brief history of the month (October)
The news that made headlinesPresenting in one concise package the month’s most important and fascinating…
Making a monkey of Trump, and more
World Press Photo Exhibition 2018 at the Hungarian National Museum until October 23The Budapest Times dutifully pays a visit to the World Press Photo Exhibition…