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International Writers Amongst Visitors at PesText Festival

Writers from around the world, including French, English, Italian and Nordic authors, are set to visit the fifth PesText Festival...

Museums

Money Museum Wins Dasa Award

The National Bank of Hungary's Money Museum has been named the 2023 winner of the European Museum Academy's Dasa Award...

Museums

Museum of Fine Arts Prepares for Renoir Show

Budapest's Museum of Fine Arts unboxed Pierre-Auguste Renoir's "The Swing" on Tuesday, as it readies to open an exhibition of...

Awards

Pápai Hús Products Recognized at Value and Quality Competition

This year, the Esterházy ham and Papa de Vega's natural sandwich topping from Pápai Hús both received the Value and...

Art

Hungary Picks ‘Four Souls of Coyote’ for Oscar Consideration

Director Áron Gauder's animated feature "Four Souls of Coyote" has been picked as Hungary's submission for consideration for nomination in...

Art

Mads Mikkelsen Sinks Teeth Into Budapest’s Culinary Scene While Filming Horror Flick

Internationally recognized Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen has recently been spotted at restaurants in Budapest during the filming of his newest...

Art

Mini-Sculptures and a 55 m Graffiti Art Appearing Near Allee

A popular and widely visited square in Újbuda, Kőrösy sétány, is getting new and exciting works of art. At the...

Awards

Hungarian Companies Recognized at 20th International Business Awards

A total of 6 Hungarian organizations won awards at the 20th Annual International Business Awards, according to a recent press...

Art

Hungarian Dancer at Béjart Ballet Lausanne for 1st Time in 50 Years

Ballet dancer Zsolt Vencel Kovács has become the first Hungarian dancer since 1972 to attain a permanent contract with Béjart...

Art

World’s 1st Permanent Capa Exhibition Opens

In June of this year, the world’s first permanent exhibition of the legendary war photographer’s work opened in the new...

Art

Ferenc Vollein to Open 60th Exhibition in Keszthely

Ferenc Vollein, a 24-year-old Hungarian painter, will open his 60th exhibition on August 9 in Keszthely, featuring his contemporary work....

Awards

Wizz Air Wins Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline Award

For the third year in a row, Wizz Air has been awarded the title of Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline at...

Awards

HelloParks Páty’s 1st Warehouse Receives Int’l Accolade

HelloParks received an accolade at the European Property Awards at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square for its HelloParks Páty...

Awards

Szecskay Attorneys at Law Named ‘Firm of the Year’ by Managing IP

Szecskay Attorneys at Law announced that it has been honored with the Managing IP award "Firm of the Year" for...

Art

BME Launches Art Residency Program 2023/2024

The Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) has launched its Art Residency Program of 2023/2024, in which an artist...

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...