Culture

Awards

Hungary 2023 FX Issue Wins Acknowledgement

A USD 4.25 billion FX bond Hungary issued early last year has been acknowledged as the best EMEA security in...

Art

Ernie Kovacs, the Groundbreaking U.S. Comedian with Hungarian Parents

Born in the United States to Hungarian parents, Ernie Kovacs is perhaps the most influential comedian with roots in this...

Awards

Hungarian Set Decorator Among 2024 Oscar Contenders

Hungarian set decorator Zsuzsa Mihalek was among the nominees for the 2024 Academy Award for Production Design announced on Tuesday,...

Awards

DS Smith Wins at Worldstar Global Packaging Awards

DS Smith, a leading global supplier of sustainable and fiber-based packaging solutions has won an award for industrial packaging at...

Awards

Corvinus Wins Silver at Prestigious MBA Competition

At the John Molson International MBA Case Competition in Canada, students from 30 universities around the world competed against each...

Museums

Renoir Exhibition Gets Extended Run

Budapest's Museum of Fine Art has extended its exhibition of works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the French painter instrumental in developing...

Art

Françoise Gilot Exhibition Opens in Country she Loved

As “Rising Phoenix,” the most comprehensive European exhibition of the work of the artist Françoise Gilot to date, opens at...

Awards

Call For Hungarian ‘Sustainability Heroes’ to Enter EUSEW

The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) will return in 2024, and the organizers hope Hungarian entrants may be among those...

Art

20 Years Raising the Profile of Hungarian Poetry

As Hungarian poetry and translation initiative Converging Lines celebrates its 20th anniversary, I spoke to two of the co-founders: David...

Museums

Experiencing Ethnography in Budapest’s Newest Museum

The new building of the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest has bustled with life since its opening, featuring a diverse...

History

Reconstruction of Andrássy Castle in Tiszadob Complete

The renovation of the Andássy Castle in Tiszadob, one of the country's most impressive historical buildings, has been completed....

History

Modern Times: You Can’t Tell a Book by its Cover, nor its Bland Title

War is awful; this is almost a truism, but that doesn’t make it any less terrible. As YouTube videos of...

Awards

HBLF Celebrates Inclusion at Diversity Awards and Charter Signing Ceremony

The Hungarian Business Leaders Forum (HBLF) held its annual Diversity Awards and Charter Signing Ceremony on November 29 in Budapest,...

Awards

Giacomo Pedranzini Wins 2023 Atlas Award

Italian businessman Giacomo Pedranzini, a previous Budapest Business Journal Expat CEO of the Year, was named the 2023 Business Hero...

Art

Hungarian Horizons Auction Featuring Best of Contemporary Art

As part of the "Hungarian Horizons: Best of Best" online contemporary art auction, lasting until November 24, people can bid...

Culture

Hungarian Jazz Great Gábor Szabó Honored at Magyar Zene Háza

With the opening of a pop-up exhibition at Budapest’s switched-on Magyar Zene Háza, the 90th anniversary of Gábor Szabó’s birthday...

Culture

The People of DSB: Growing Through Encounters

What makes a school special? Its buildings, facilities, and academic program certainly matter. But ultimately, a school is shaped by...

Culture

How Hope Became Hip in Hungary

Minister of Health Zsolt Hegedűs’ election victory dance has won him a New York Times accolade of being one of...

Culture

Hungary’s St. Stephen’s Day Celebrations to Feature Fireworks, Audiovisual Show

Celebrations marking Hungary’s Aug. 20 national holiday will run for three days and feature fireworks and an audiovisual show, government...

Culture

‘Old Warhorse’ Antonia Burrows Faces Uncertain Budapest Future Among Library Books

For someone liable to be subject to a deportation order in a few weeks, Antonia Burrows spends a lot of...

Hungarian Jazz Great Gábor Szabó Honored at Magyar Zene Háza

With the opening of a pop-up exhibition at Budapest’s switched-on Magyar Zene Háza, the 90th anniversary of Gábor Szabó’s birthday...

Wizz Air Ranks Second Among Central European Airlines at Skytrax Awards

Wizz Air has been named the second-best airline in Central Europe at the 2026 Skytrax World Airline Awards, based on...

The People of DSB: Growing Through Encounters

What makes a school special? Its buildings, facilities, and academic program certainly matter. But ultimately, a school is shaped by...

Budapest’s House of Terror Museum Reopens With Free Admission as Review Continues

Budapest’s House of Terror Museum has reopened while a review of its exhibition continues, Culture and Social Relations Minister Zoltán...

Why More Families Choose the DSB Preparatory Class

A successful start to school begins with the right foundation. At the Deutsche Schule Budapest (DSB), children can join the...

House of Terror Museum to Close Temporarily as Tarr Dismisses Director Mária Schmidt

Budapest’s House of Terror Museum will close temporarily for a clarification of rights issues, Culture and Social Relations Minister Zoltán...

Westend Wins Green Investment Award for EUR 10 mln Sustainability Upgrade

Westend Shopping Center has won the Green Investment of the Year award at this year’s Green Awards, for a EUR...

Hungary Selects Ildikó Enyedi’s ‘Silent Friend’ as Oscar Entry

Ildikó Enyedi’s “Silent Friend,” starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai, will represent Hungary in the int'l feature film category at the 99th...

Rural Entrepreneurs Awards Return as SMEs Outside Budapest Employ Nearly 1 mln

Nearly 300,000 MSMEs outside Budapest employ almost 1 mln people and generated HUF 38.9 tln in net revenue in 2025,...

How Hope Became Hip in Hungary

Minister of Health Zsolt Hegedűs’ election victory dance has won him a New York Times accolade of being one of...

United States Named Guest of Honor at Hungary’s 40th Festival of Folk Arts

The United States will serve as guest of honor at Hungary’s 40th annual Festival of Folk Arts, to be held...

Hungary’s St. Stephen’s Day Celebrations to Feature Fireworks, Audiovisual Show

Celebrations marking Hungary’s Aug. 20 national holiday will run for three days and feature fireworks and an audiovisual show, government...

‘Old Warhorse’ Antonia Burrows Faces Uncertain Budapest Future Among Library Books

For someone liable to be subject to a deportation order in a few weeks, Antonia Burrows spends a lot of...

Hungary’s Presidential Sándor Palace to Reopen to Visitors

The presidential Sándor Palace in Budapest will reopen to visitors from Aug. 1-8, the speaker of parliament, who is exercising...

From Piquet’s Powerslide to Norris’ Triumph: 40 Years of Formula One in Hungary

Formula One’s arrival in Hungary in 1986 was remarkable long before the cars reached the starting grid. At the height...