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Star treatment for reasonable price
Something is happening in the Budapest culinary scene. A few years ago foreign cuisine in the Hungarian capital basically meant an option between spicy or yoghurt sauce on your gyros.[…]
Second brokerage suspended over ‘missing HUF 150bn’
Police question nine in Buda-Cash scandal
The National Bank suspended the licence of another brokerage on Tuesday, on suspicion that HUF 150 billion of funds could have been embezzled, making it the biggest broker scandal in[…]
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… discover the modern side
Budapest Spring Festival 2015
Let’s take a look at the modern side of the upcoming Spring Festival too, since its program is also very rich and it offers not only musical highlights but excellent[…]
Some things change and some things don’t
Review: Asztalka Cukrászda, District I
Asztalka Cukrászda (Little Table Confectionary) owners Márta Berke and Regina Kocsis learned their trade in Germany and their establishment transports that country’s cosy tradition of afternoon coffee and cake to[…]
Will he or won’t he?
President urged to reject 30-years Paks secrecy law
Civil groups and opposition political parties alike have condemned the decision to keep secret for 30 years the details of Hungary’s deal with Russia to expand the nuclear power plant[…]
An answer for everything
PM pontificates left, right and centre
Following his state of the nation address at the end of February Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went on a speech spree. At the launch of the new Suzuki Vitara in[…]
Your world in a Nutshell for others to share
Prezi launches another social app
Hungarian start-up company Prezi revolutionised the way in which we can tell digital stories with its innovative eponymous presentation software. No more those inflexible slide-after-slide presentations – Prezi allows thinking[…]
Start your spring with classics or…
Budapest Spring Festival 2015
The Budapesti Tavaszi Fesztivál is one of the largest cultural events in Europe, which combines Hungarian and international presentations of music, dance and art each year. The next occasion is[…]
Moments that live on, from way, way back
The Capital with the Eye of an Expat
I’ve walked the city of Budapest and noted the names of streets and squares without ever really paying attention to whom they’d been named after. In an effort to redress[…]
The Brief History of the Week
The news that made headlines
Presenting in one concise package the week’s most important and fascinating national stories, whether they be economic, political, cultural, sporting or among the hundreds of other happenings that go on[…]
More power to government’s elbow
First National Public Utility Services Zrt. ‘new chapter in history of national public utility supply’
The next and most important step of the Orbán government towards gaining more influence in the domestic energy sector begins this month, with First National Public Utility Services Zrt. (ENKSZ)[…]
Wakeup call
Gone are the times when Fidesz was able to maintain its popularity with the voters at a really high level, and since last autumn the governing party seems to have[…]
Wizz Air stocks gain thrust in London
Hungary’s low-cost airline sees successful IPO
It was second-time-a-charm for Hungary’s Wizz Air, as the company saw a better-than-expected initial stock offering this week after last year’s aborted attempt. Shares were trading at 8.4% over the[…]
A new chapter in cuisine
Review: KönyvBár, District VII
You’ve probably read your favourite book more than once, and seen the film. Well, now there is a new restaurant that wants you to find out what it tastes like.[…]
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