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Budapest Klezmer Band gives New Year’s Day concert

Budapest Klezmer Band will give an extraordinary concert on the first day of next year from 8:00 p.m. at the...

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Gross wages in Hungary said to rise 3.1% in July

Gross wages in Hungary saw a year-on-year rise of 3.1% in July, reaching HUF 244,171, while net wages rose at...

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BME launches tender for urbanism master course

The Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), in cooperation with the Hungarian Society for Urban Planning (MUT) and the...

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MVM Net fined HUF 12 mln

Hungaryʼs National Media and Telecommunications Authority (NMHH) fined MVM Net, a unit of the state-owned Hungarian Electricity Works (MVM), HUF...

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Titanic festival to bring exciting films to Budapest

Budapest is hosting the 22nd annual Titanic International Film Festival from April 11 to 18, the organizers said in a...

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MTel, Telenor 800 MHz network tie-up cleared

Hungary's National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH) today approved the merger of the networks of Magyar Telekom, the Hungarian subsidiary...

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ZAEV sees revenue climbing to HUF 13 bln

Hungarian construction company ZAEV today said that it expects to book a net revenue of HUF 13 bln this year,...

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Hungary’s MOL Q2 net income rises 27%

Second-quarter net income of Hungarian oil and gas company MOL rose 27% to HUF 24.0 billion ($103 million) from the...

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Hungarian state-owned lottery company revenue climbs 14%

Hungarian state-owned lottery company Szerencsejáték Zrt. acquired a revenue of HUF 243.3 billion last year, performing approximately 14% better than...

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ÁKK raises est. net-financing requirement by 21%

Hungary's Government Debt Management Agency (ÁKK) has raised its estimate for this year's net financing requirement by HUF 207 billion,...

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OTP profit plunges 48% on Ukraine, Russia losses

OTP Bank’s consolidated first-quarter after-tax profit plunged 48% to HUF 5.9 billion from the same period a year earlier on...

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Average earnings up 1.3% y.o.y. through February

In a round of figures released by the Central Statistics Office (KSH), in the national economy (defined as those corporations...

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MNB operating costs to double in 2014

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) targets operating costs of HUF 29.4 billion this year, the first full year following...

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Budapest Bank reports 30% y.o.y. rise in profit for 2013

Budapest Bank, a unit of US-based GE Capital, had after-tax profit of HUF 14 billion in 2013, up 30% from...

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Gránit Bank reports losses; Varga promises profit in 2014

Through the state’s minority-owned Gránit Bank reported total assets of HUF 72.9 billion while taking a loss for 2013 at...

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Budapest’s BluesSteel Band Keeps the Flame Burning

My musical tastes are pretty eclectic, and I’m always happy to watch live music because, well, it’s live. But there...

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‘The Lion King’ Comes to Margaret Island With Live Music

The Margaret Island Open-Air Theater will mark Children’s Day (officially celebrated on the last Sunday of May, which falls on...

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Sex Pistols’ ‘50 Years of Punk’ Tour Comes to Budapest

The week before my wife and I watched the “System-Breaker” concert live online from Heroes’ Square, we were strolling down...

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Jazz Icon Mario Biondi to Play Margaret Island

Mario Biondi, an iconic figure on the international soul and jazz scene, will take the stage at the Margaret Island...

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Preserving a Legacy, Building International Relations

Szilvia Besszer, the director of the Cziffra Festival, a Budapest-based classical music festival honoring the legendary pianist György Cziffra and...

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Profile: Music Historian Ádám Bősze

Music historian, antiquarian, author and former radio and television presenter Ádam Bősze is currently promoting his latest book, the wonderfully...

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France’s ‘Notre-Dame de Paris’ Musical Comes to Budapest

There was enormous excitement in our family when we discovered that the musical institution “Notre Dame de Paris” is being...

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Kicking off Advent With Pop Hits and Musicals

The MOM Cultural Center will launch the last month of the year with a special light music program on Monday,...

BFO Takes Classical Music Beyond the Concert Hall

The BFO is opening its new season with a focus on accessibility, from its free Heroes’ Square concert and new...

New Vision Needed: Addressing the Challenges in Hungary’s Everyday Musical Life

For this mini interview, the Budapest Business Journal speaks with Dávid Zsoldos, president of the Magyar Zenei Tanács (Hungarian Music...

Budapest’s BluesSteel Band Keeps the Flame Burning

My musical tastes are pretty eclectic, and I’m always happy to watch live music because, well, it’s live. But there...

‘The Lion King’ Comes to Margaret Island With Live Music

The Margaret Island Open-Air Theater will mark Children’s Day (officially celebrated on the last Sunday of May, which falls on...

Sex Pistols’ ‘50 Years of Punk’ Tour Comes to Budapest

The week before my wife and I watched the “System-Breaker” concert live online from Heroes’ Square, we were strolling down...

Gábor Farkas: Tradition, Innovation and Eastward Outreach

Gábor Farkas, described as one of the most outstanding pianists of his generation, became the rector of the Liszt Ferenc...

Jazz Icon Mario Biondi to Play Margaret Island

Mario Biondi, an iconic figure on the international soul and jazz scene, will take the stage at the Margaret Island...

Preserving a Legacy, Building International Relations

Szilvia Besszer, the director of the Cziffra Festival, a Budapest-based classical music festival honoring the legendary pianist György Cziffra and...

Hungary Music Recording Industry Revenue Reaches HUF 14 bln in 2025

Net revenue of the Hungarian music recording industry rose over HUF 14 billion in 2025, MTI reports, citing data from...

Attila Horváth, Vintage52: ‘Some Guitars Talk to Us’

It’s small, lacks flashy signs and is easy to miss, but, located on the corner of a quiet intersection in...

Profile: Music Historian Ádám Bősze

Music historian, antiquarian, author and former radio and television presenter Ádam Bősze is currently promoting his latest book, the wonderfully...

Domonkos Héja Hopes to Bring MRME Closer to its Audience and Spread Music Education

Domonkos Héja was appointed general music director of the Hungarian Radio Artistic Ensembles (MRME) on May 1. He speaks with...

France’s ‘Notre-Dame de Paris’ Musical Comes to Budapest

There was enormous excitement in our family when we discovered that the musical institution “Notre Dame de Paris” is being...

Kicking off Advent With Pop Hits and Musicals

The MOM Cultural Center will launch the last month of the year with a special light music program on Monday,...

Music That Builds Bridges: Great Music Festival Returns to Budapest

Budapest once again hosted the international Great Music Festival (GMF), an event that gives musicians with different developmental paths a...