Culture

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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....

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

‘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...

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...