The city of Oxford in the United Kingdom has been home to a number of Hungarian citizens over the past decades. Among these Hungarian expatriates, many have been students, researchers, and faculty members at the renowned University of Oxford that now consists of 39 constituent colleges and 5 permanent private halls. Famously, the current prime minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán studied at Pembroke College, Oxford between 1989 and 1990.
Hungary secondary school student wins EU science prize
Szilveszter Laskai, a student of the Fazekas Mihaly Secondary School in Debrecen, in eastern Hungary, has won the CERN prize of the 34th European Union Contest for Young Scientists held in Brussels between Sept 12 and 17.
150 Years of Jewish Budapest festival begins
A programme series celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of the city of Budapest and joining the European Days of Jewish Culture got under way in the capital on Sunday.
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Hungarian woman 10 millionth visitor at Sziget Festival
Organisers of Budapest's Sziget Festival greeted the event's 10 millionth visitor on Friday.
Kariko receives Theodor Boveri Prize in Wurzburg
Hungarian-born biochemist Katalin Kariko has received the Theodor Boveri Prize, the highest award in life sciences at Julius-Maximilians-University in Wurzburg, Germany, in recognition of her research, the University of Szeged, Kariko's alma mater, said on Monday.
117 Hungarians evacuated from Rhodes so far
So far 117 Hungarian nationals have been evacuated from the Greek island of Rhodes, where a wildfire has been raging for days, while 53 Hungarians have left or will be leaving the island tomorrow, a foreign ministry official said on Wednesday.
Gulyas inaugurates Mindszenty statue in Portugal
The head of the Prime Minister's Office inaugurated a statue of Archbishop Jozsef Mindszenty in Fatima, in central Portugal, on Saturday. He said the cleric's life's work had been "an embodiment of Hungary's Christian past and shows the way to what we should become."
More than 22,000 people download Hungarian-developed English study app
Over 22,000 people around the world have downloaded Talk@Ease, an application that helps people improve their English speaking skills, Hungarian developer Digital Language Solutions has said.
New edition of Mindszenty memoirs presented in Washington
The new edition of the memoirs of late Hungarian cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty were presented at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington on Friday.
Waclaw Felczak Institute director awarded high state honour
Maciej Szymanowski, director of the Waclaw Felczak Institute of Polish-Hungarian Cooperation, was on Monday awarded the Hungarian Order of Merit, Knight's Cross in recognition of his efforts in promoting bilateral cultural and social ties, the Hungarian embassy in Warsaw said.
Chess grandmaster Andras Adorjan dies at 73
International chess grandmaster, Chess Olympiad winner and writer Andras Adorjan died at age 73 after a long illness, his stepbrother Karoly Jocha said on his official website on Friday.
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Fisherman’s soup and paprika, of course
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