Economist Janos Kornai dies
Economist Janos Kornai, holder of the Szechenyi Prize and the French Legion of Honour, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, professor emeritus at Harvard and Budapest's Corvinus universities, died at age 94, his family told MTI late on Monday.
“Bonfire Night” at Budapest Marriott Hotel on November 9
Charity party for children returns
The Xpat Charity Party and Bonfire Night celebration”Feel Good + Do Good” is back after a one-year pandemic hiatus and will be held at the Budapest Marriott Hotel on November 9.
Two families saving Jews in WWII remembered in Budapest
A memorial tablet dedicated to two families that saved Jews during the second world war in cooperation with Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was inaugurated in Budapest on Thursday.
All imaginables turn real with local artist
Dreams versus realities at excelling art exhibition
Introducing Oxána Bódis, a celebrated local artist and graduate in arts and technical drawing, who is originally from Bobrujszk, a town south-east of Minsk, Belarus. She moved to Hungary in 1990. Her characteristic paintings range from the use of aquarelles, graphics, oils and so ...
Not your average expat
“This is about a lifestyle”
The reasons for leaving an established way of life in your home country and becoming an expat are many: careers and relationships probably heading the list. However, to be in your 50s, where neither of these motivations provide the explanation, whilst relocating to a ...
Polish-Hungarian Summer University participants adopt joint declaration on Europe’s future
Participants of the Polish-Hungarian Summer University in Krasiczyn adopted a joint declaration on the future of Europe on Wednesday, urging a fundamental reform of the European Union.
More than 150,000 Hungarians apply for permanent UK residence by the deadline
By the end-June deadline, 154,100 Hungarian citizens had applied for a permanent residence permit in the UK, fresh Home Office figures released on Thursday show.
Sense of job security improves
Fully 62 percent of Hungarian employees are confident of 5-plus years of job security, according to a recent survey. A year ago, 55 percent were similarly assured.
Kaspersky: 63 percent of Hungarians relied on social media during pandemic
Some 63 percent of Hungarians said access to social media was a vitally important contact to them during the pandemic, a survey commissioned by global cyber security company Kaspersky showed.
Not your average expat
Is this Hungary’s last master glass-blower?
Has James Carcass unwittingly become Hungary’s last master glass-blower? The country which once had glass factories in Salgótarján, Ajka, Tokod and Parád now produces only such standard items as beer or wine bottles, with just three small privately-run workshops producing blown glass.
