Hungary’s Most Beautiful Nativity Scene Built in Style of Famous Architect Makovecz This year, the most beautiful nativity scene of the country was selected for the second time. The winner was also... 2020.12.25.
SZFE’s New Leadership: Classes May Resume as of Feb. 1 Classes at Budapest's University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) may resume from Feb. 1, if all necessary conditions are... 2020.12.24.
Advent in Pécs: Former Mosque Now Unique Church Decorated with Light Installation The Mosque of Pasha Gazi Kassim in Pécs, now the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is decorated with light... 2020.12.11.
Paintings in a 3-level Underground Garage: Museum of Fine Arts’ Car Park Inaugurated The Liget Budapest Project has reached an important milestone: from Sunday on, an underground car park offers parking spaces for... 2020.12.07.
After an Overnight Gov’t Decree, New Theater Uni Leadership Cancels Semester On the heels of a fresh government decree issued late Wednesday night, the University of Theater and Film Arts' (SZFE)... 2020.12.01.
Advent Period Begins: The Most Beautiful Hungarian Christmas Traditions There used to be numerous folk customs in Hungary during Advent, the preparation period preceding the Christmas holidays, some of... 2020.11.29.
Budapest Citadel Reconstruction to Continue under Archaeological Monitoring Archeological research and a comprehensive site assessment completed in preparation for a three-year reconstruction of Budapest's Citadel has revealed Celtic,... 2020.11.27.
Hungary to Nominate Lili Horvát’s Surreal Love Story for the Oscars Hungarian director Lili Horvát’s second feature film, Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (Felkészülés egy meghatározatlan ideig... 2020.11.24.
Final Resting Place of Hungary’s Third King Now Under Excavation The section of an archaeological site in Abasár, where the remains of Hungary's third king, Samuel Aba are likely to... 2020.11.20.
Netflix Series ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Puts Spotlight on Real-life Hungarian Chess Prodigies, the Polgár Girls Netflix chess drama "The Queen's Gambit," has been on the platform's top series list since its release. The series, which... 2020.11.19.
Photojournalist Receives Hemző Award for Depicting Dog-Human Relationships László Végh, a photojournalist at Hungarian news portal Magyar Hang, won the Károly Hemző Prize for Young Photographers this year... 2020.11.18.
Photo Exhibition in Beijing Shows Empty V4 Capitals Due to Pandemic An exhibition opened at the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Beijing on Wednesday presenting photographs of the empty capitals of the... 2020.11.18.
How Will the New Restrictive Measures Affect the Cultural Sector? On Monday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced stricter restrictions in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, including... 2020.11.11.
Appeals Court Orders Renewal of SZFE Strike Case The Budapest appeals court on Wednesday ordered the renewal of a court procedure on a strike of employees at the... 2020.11.11.
After 71 Days, Theater Uni Blockade Ends Due to New Coronavirus Restrictions Students of the University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) were forced to give up their barricade of the institution's... 2020.11.11.
A Republican Behind the Iron Curtain: Nixon’s Trip to Budapest in 1963 in Color Even before Joe Biden spent his honeymoon in Hungary in the late 1970s, Richard Nixon visited the country with his... 2020.11.10.
Bidens Spent Honeymoon in Hungary Long Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall President-elect Joe Biden spent his honeymoon with First-Lady-to-be Jill Biden in Hungary in 1977. The couple visited Budapest and lake... 2020.11.09.
Theater University to Be Shut Down until Feb 1 The supervisory board of the foundation overseeing Budapest's University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) has ordered the institution to... 2020.11.07.
Budapest Festival Orchestra to Test Every Audience Member and Musician Before Concerts As long as the epidemic situation requires it, the visitors of the concerts, as well as the musicians of the... 2020.11.06.
Renowned Poet and Ministerial Advisor Géza Szőcs Dies at 67 Renowned poet Géza Szőcs, president of the Hungarian PEN Club and chief cultural advisor to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, died... 2020.11.06.
Monument to Former PM Pál Teleki Erected in Krakow A new memorial to Count Pál Teleki has been erected in Krakow. Teleki, as the Prime Minister of Hungary, gave... 2020.11.05.
