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Awards

HIPA hands out investor awards

The Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency has handed out its annual investor awards in six categories at a gala event at...

Awards

Giacomo Pedranzini wins Expat CEO of the Year Award

Giacomo Pedranzini, CEO of Kometa 99 Zrt., won the BBJ Expat CEO of the Year Award at the eighth annual...

Awards

House of Hungarian Music wins MIPIM Special Jury Award

The House of Hungarian Music, a showcase of local music history, education, and talent recently inaugurated in Budapest's City Park,...

Art

Canvas and Cult: Szinyei Merse and Tommy Ramone

David Holzer gets out of the cold and takes in some colorful Hungarian culture up in the Castle District....

Museums

Expo 2020 Hungarian pavilion draws 800,000 visitors

The Hungarian pavilion at the 2020 World Exposition in Dubai has attracted 800,000 visitors since the fair opened in October,...

Art

Discovering the Secret History of Hungarian LGBTQI Life Under Communism

The Budapest Business Journal talks with Lajos Balázs Szabó, who has helped organize “Records Uncovered 2.0: LGBTQI+ Histories in Central...

Art

The Savage Detectives with English, Spanish surtitles at Radnóti Theater

Radnóti Theater, in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain, the Instituto Cervantes, and the Embassy of Chile, is set to...

Awards

BBJ Expat CEO of the Year shortlist named

Today, the Budapest Business Journal (Feb. 10, 2022) officially announced the three-person shortlist for its eighth annual Expat CEO of...

Museums

Budapest Zoo ranks 15th on Sheridan List

The Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden ranks 15th on the Sheridan List, an unofficial list of 126 European zoos, according...

History

Phone books phased out in Hungary

Hungary will no longer require telecommunications companies to print telephone books as a public service, the National Media and Infocommunications...

Art

Record price paid for Csontváry painting at auction

A painting by Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (1853-1919) fetched a record price for a work sold at a Hungarian art auction...

Art

Northern Irishman Brings Writings of Miklós Bánffy to International Audience

Miklós Bánffy was, as they say in the vernacular burokban született in 1873 with a silver spoon in his mouth...

Art

Largest mural in Hungary and CEE now complete

The largest art mural in Central Europe, covering 4880 sqm was completed in Biatorbágy this week, decorating the facade of...

Museums

‘Cloaca, Canals and Closets’ at the Kiscelli Museum

I recently discovered that the “Cloaca, Canals and Closets” exhibition at the Kiscelli Museum had been extended until the beginning...

History

Hungary marks 25 years as OECD member

Hungary celebrated the 25th anniversary of its accession to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) at an event...

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...