Budapest Central European Fashion Week attracts nearly 12,000 visitors
Events of the annual Budapest Central European Fashion Week, held online for the second time this year, attracted nearly 12,000 visitors between March 25 and 28, the Hungarian fashion and design agency MDDU said on Monday.
Interview with János Zolcer, author of “Gorbachev's Secrets”
Former Soviet president reveals private life to trusted friend
Television and film producer János Zolcer first met former Soviet Union president Mikhail Gorbachev in Vienna in 2000 and they have been good friends since. One result is Zolcer’s book “Gorbachev's Secrets. Unveiling the 80s, First-hand Stories He Told Me”, now translated from the ...
Polish flag to be hung from Parliament on Tuesday
Ader, Duda in video call on Hungarian-Polish friendship day
President Janos Ader and Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda held a video call on Monday evening on the occasion of Hungarian-Polish Friendship Day.
12 Hungarian Idioms to make you happy as a monkey about his tail
Some humour is needed to get through the gloomy days of the stay-at-home-rather-than-in-hospital coronavirus pandemic. Daniel Csaki offers 12 quite commonly used Hungarian idioms for English-language expatriates to understand and perhaps learn. Use them in day-to-day life, or the next time you end up ...
Kincsem appoints CALLUM for Hyper-car design brief
Horse power the inspiration behind digital luxury
Kincsem, the world-famous Hungarian racehorse, was unbeaten over a career of 54 races, and her legacy lives on with the global launch on March 17 of British-Hungarian digital luxury brand Kincsem, founded by 35-year-old Hungarian businessman Tibor Bak.
Hungarian mathematician Lovasz a winner of 2021 Abel Prize
Hungary's Laszlo Lovasz has been awarded the 2021 Abel Prize, an honour given out by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and regarded as one of the highest honors in mathematics.
Filmmaker Zed Nelson tells story behind “The Street”
Boom and crisis in ‘hipster ground zero’
Budapest Architecture Film Days are currently running until March 13, and “The Street” on March 9 examines the rapidly gentrifying but impoverished part of the East End of London where a proud yet fragile tradition of market stalls and pie and mash shops now ...
Introducing Marion Merrick
English teacher, author and long-term resident
Hungary’s flourishing expat scene of today was practically non-existent when Paul and Marion Merrick first arrived on the scene from Reading, UK, in 1978 and then moved to the capital permanently in 1982. Not only were they pioneers in this sense but almost 40 ...
Fawlty Towers briefly spotted in Budapest
‘Kippers, anyone?’
“Is that Basil's car – and Fawlty Towers?” For a brief but surreal moment the distinctly red modern-day automobile parked outside the elaborate whitewashed building turned into a remarkable double-take of John Cleese’s great 1970s British comedy, right here in suburban Zugló.
Festive photos by Krisztián Bódis
Christmas in Budapest captured
The eco-friendly Christmas lights around Budapest may have been admired by fewer people this year, with locals having to hurry home by 8pm and tourists in short supply, but there was still plenty for renowned urban photographer Krisztián Bódis to snap.
