Festivals

In Hungary

Microsoft says some songs can’t be shared using Zune

Microsoft Corp.'s Zune music and video player, intended as a rival to Apple Inc.'s market-dominating iPod, can't share some songs,...

In Hungary

Inter-Europa Bank shares are suspended pending public offer

Shares Inter-Europa Bank Nyrt, the Hungarian unit of Sanpaolo IMI SpA, were suspended for the day on the Budapest bourse...

In Hungary

Money sent home „more than aid”

Migrant workers sending money home has become the biggest source of foreign income in some poor European countries, the World...

In Hungary

EU move to ban card fees would hurt consumers, Visa Europe says

Visa Europe, defending its credit- and debit-card fees in as many as 15 regulatory probes, said banning transaction charges would...

In Hungary

Siemens ex-finance chief is questioned by prosecutors in probe

Siemens AG's former CFO Heinz-Joachim Neubuerger was questioned by Munich prosecutors in an investigation whether company funds have been embezzled,...

In Hungary

BP to pay occidental $485 mln for Russian stake

BP Plc's Russian unit, TNK-BP, agreed to pay $485 million (€374 million) to Occidental Petroleum Corp. to take full ownership...

In Hungary

EU says cross-border fees on euro transfers fell 90%

Regulators said a law halting extra fees on transferring euros in the European Union has cut prices 90% without increasing...

In Hungary

Credit Suisse, Ernst and Young, CA IB shortlisted to organize MÁV Cargo sale

Credit Suisse Securities (Europe), Ernst and Young Consulting and a consortium led by CA IB Capital Market Consulting have been...

In Hungary

Outcry system in BÉT commodity section to be scrapped from March

The Budapest Stock Exchange (BÉT) will abolish the open outcry system in its commodity section on February 28, business daily...

In Hungary

Plastic Logic raises $100 Mln for reading device

Plastic Logic Ltd., a British electronics company, raised $100 mln (€75.7 mln) to build the first factory that will make...

In Hungary

Nemetschek to buy majority Graphisoft stake by end of january

Nemetschek AG, a German maker of software used in the construction and real-estate industries, expects to buy a 54.3%-stake in...

In Hungary

UK says jobless should vie with immigrants for work

The UK, which has accepted about 500,000 workers from Eastern Europe to fill job vacancies, will try to get more...

In Hungary

Mol, BNP Paribas extend option contract

Hungarian oil and gas company Mol Nyrt announced on Thursday that it signed agreements on Wednesday with BNP Paribas SA...

In Hungary

Romanian senators vote to investigate state’s sale of Petrom

Romania's Senate decided to investigate the state's sale in 2004 of its biggest oil company, Petrom SA, to determine whether...

In Hungary

Hungary sells €8.9 mln worth of CO2 allowances at auction

Out of the 1.2 million EU Allowances (EUAs) offered for sale, the Vertis group sold 1.197 million CO2 allowances on...

In Hungary

3-day Kerekdomb Festival Returns to Tállya

The historic village of Tállya is in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine region, part of the UNESCO World Heritage, nestled among the...

In Hungary

A Shared Celebration: An Exclusive Advent Weekend in Tállya

There is a special kind of magic in the weeks leading up to Christmas. As the year draws to a...

In Hungary

Emeric Pressburger: the Englishman From Miskolc

The Hungarian-born filmmaker Emeric Pressburger is being celebrated in his birthplace as cinematic aficionados worldwide reassess his joint productions with...

In Budapest

Jewish Cultural Festival Returns for 28th Staging

The program of the 28th Jewish Cultural Festival promises to be rich and diverse, with 30 programs across six venues...

In Hungary

Body of Missing Ozora Festival Worker Found Near Event Site

The body of a 21-year-old festival worker who disappeared during the Ozora Festival in early August, has been found in...

In Hungary

Miskolc Film Festival Reaches for the Stars, Despite Lukewarm Local Support

Juliette Binoche, Vanessa Redgrave and Claudia Cardinale have each graced the stage at CineFest, Miskolc’s International Film Festival, in recent...

In Budapest

Festival-goers Spend Avg. HUF 182,000 During Sziget

Visitors to Sziget, Hungary's biggest music festival, spent an average of HUF 182,000, according to a nonrepresentative survey conducted by...

In Budapest

Budapest Offers Full Day of Programs for Aug. 20 National Holiday

Budapest will host a wide-ranging series of programs for Hungary’s Aug. 20 national holiday, with events spanning concerts, gastronomy, traditional...

In Budapest

Budapest Plans All-night Parties After Aug. 20 Fireworks, Nationwide Transport Extended

Following the Aug. 20 fireworks, Budapest's streets will host all-night celebrations, while early-morning trains, buses and suburban rail services will...

In Budapest

Zara Larsson Meets 20 Young Cancer Patients at Sziget

After her Main Stage performance at Sziget Festival on Tuesday evening, Aug. 11, Swedish pop star Zara Larsson met backstage...

In Budapest

British, French, Slovak, Dutch Police on Duty at Sziget Festival

British, French, Slovak and Dutch police officers are assisting the work of the Budapest Police Headquarters (BRFK) at this year's...

In Budapest

Hungarian Police Probe Drug Possession Following Illnesses at Sziget Venue

Police have launched an investigation into drug possession after several people fell ill during a DJ show by Balázs Sebestyén...

In Budapest

Hungarian Government Warns Sziget Festivalgoers Against Wading Through Danube

Despite unprecedentedly low water levels on the Danube, attempting to wade through the river to reach Hajógyári Island, the venue...

In Budapest

Napfényes Festival Brings Holistic Well-being to MOMkult

The Napfényes Festival filled MOMkult in early June with a broad program built around holistic health, self-knowledge, spirituality, culture, family...