CANNES – After years of turmoil, during which the film industry in Hungary collapsed under a mountain of unpaid debt and unmade films, Hungary is slowly returning to the movie business. At Cannes’ Marche du Film this year, Beta Cinema is selling Hungarian war drama 'The Notebook' from János Szász (director of Woyzeck).
A Mathematics Program in English for American and Canadian Undergraduates. Spend part of your junior or senior year in Budapest. Learn mathematics from leading Hungarian scholars—in English.
2012. július 1-8. között a Panoráma Világklub-hálózat és számos szervezet társrendezésében és együttműködésével Budapesten és négy vidéki városban megrendezzük a II. Magyar Világtalálkozó-t.
Hungarian American Charles Simonyi, founder of Intentional Software Corporation and two-times space tourist, on the American edition of the book "A Cultural History of Physics”, written by his father, the late Károly Simonyi.
As some of you know, I've just spent the last few days holed up on top of a hill overlooking the plains of Hungary tasting several hundred Hungarian wines and passing judgement upon them. An 11th Century abbey that also happens to be a world heritage site makes for a pretty impressive spot to be passing judgement, it turns out.
"Today, there is again a need for compromise. For compromise not in the superficial political sense of the word, but in a deeper sense. What I mean by compromise is that we Hungarians must finally come to terms with each other, for this is the only way to achieve inner peace," Ader said in front of the presidential Sandor Palace, bringing up as an example the era of Ferenc Deak (1803-1876), the "wise man of the nation" who helped mastermind the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.
The Embassy will open its doors to the Washington public during the EU Embassies' Open House Day. This annual event is a highlight of the Washington May calendar and is celebrated during Europe Week. Each EU embassy will open to the public from 10 am until 4 pm on Saturday, May 12, 2012, offering a rare look inside the buildings and providing a unique opportunity to experience the country's cultural heritage and national traditions. Free shuttle bus service will be provided throughout the day. The EU Delegation and the Embassies will offer authentic music, dance, food, film, art and fun for the whole family.
The Hungarian American Coalition will honor Ambassador Nancy G. Brinker for her support and promotion of Hungarian art and culture in the United States and services in public diplomacy. The Coalition’s Gala Dinner celebrating its 20th anniversary will take place on May 9th at the House of Sweden in Washington, DC.
It was 2005. I was in New York City on business, and convinced (not that I had to twist his arm) my business partner to come to a restaurant called Cru with me for the first time. I had been reading about Cru for years, and positively salivated at glimpses their wine list online. To make a long story short, Robert Bohr suggested a bottle of Furmint. It was my first taste of the grape outside of Tokaji dessert wine, of which I had tasted only a few at that point as well.
Ambassador György Szapáry attended the World Cultural Economic Forum (WCEF) in New Orleans, LA between Wednesday, May 2 and Friday, May 4, during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. His official programs were organized by the recently nominated Hungarian Honorary Consul, Mr. Daniel Hughes, whose mother is a member of the Hungarian American community of New Orleans.
Budapest will host the new data-processing center of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, from 2013. The facility will be established in the outskirts of Hungary’s capital and is set to have bigger broadband capacity than the rest of Hungary combined.
Amid the constant political double-talk, the seemingly incessant new and confusing taxes and the background chatter of who is stabbing whom in the corporate back, it’s a pleasant change for beyondbrics to be able to report on a successful – indeed happy – business start-up story in Hungary.
Ambassador Szapáry was invited to the State Department to participate at a Holocaust Remembrance Day with introductory remarks by Secretary Clinton. At the Embassy a screening of the film "There Was Once" in the presence of director Gabor Kalman and main character Gyöngyi Magó as well as a presentation by Ferenc Katona about the work of the USHMM Archives were organized during the last week of the Holocaust Memorial month.
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation praises Hungarian contributions, discusses Smart Defence and Chicago Summit deliverables with Ambassador Szapáry
As part of the Raoul Wallenberg Centennial event series, the Embassy hosted a panel discussion featuring Ms. Kati Marton, author of the book “Wallenberg”, Mr. Michael Abramowitz, Director of the Committee on Conscience at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Mr. Douglas Davidson Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues at the U.S. Department of State, and was moderated by Mr. Al Hunt Editor of Bloomberg News.
The ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense of the V4 reaffirm their committment to provide robust force contributions to NATO operations and express their continued support of NATO enlargement.
On April 16, the Hungarian Holocaust Remembrance Day, Deputy State Secretary Gergely Prőhle, Members of Congress, the Lantos family, representatives of various Embassies -including from Wallenberg's native Sweden and Israel - and friends of Hungary gathered in the Capitol to pay tribute to Wallenberg's heroic efforts in saving the lives of thousands amidst inhumanity.
Hungary is ranked 10th based on the globalization index of Ernst&Young for the 60 largest economies of the world. The annual report on globalization which includes the ranking has been recently published.
On 16 April, Monday, victims of the Holocaust in Hungary are remembered throughout the country. It was on this day in 1944 that the setting up of the first ghettos began in the Trans-Carpathian region of Hungary.
Afghanistan resupply mission, Heavy Airlift Wing and the Strategic Airlift Capability program based in Pápa, Hungary reached a new milestone. The C-17 piloted by Heavy Airlift Squadron passed 7,000 flight hours. It included crewmembers from Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, the United States.
Reaction to the words of Jobbik representative Zsolt Baráth in the Hungarian parliament yesterday
In 2000, during the first government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the National Assembly of Hungary declared April 16 as the Hungarian Holocaust Memorial Day to be commemorated in the Parliament of Hungary and all Hungarian secondary schools every year. This particular date was chosen because April 16, 1944 was the first day of the Hungarian Jewry being forced into ghettos. Ever since 2001, this Memorial Day serves as official Holocaust commemoration in Hungary and wherever Hungarians may live worldwide. The Embassy of Hungary organizes a Holocaust Memorial Month in Washington, DC in April 2012 to commemorate those who perished during the Holocaust, to pay tribute to the men and women who rescued Hungarian Jews from being transported to Nazi concentration camps to their certain deaths, and to remind ourselves that we have the responsibility and duty to do everything we can that such a terrible tragedy will never happen again.
HUNGARY has been in the news a lot lately and little of the coverage has been positive. But away from the ongoing row about the workings of the country’s democracy is another story, one much less reported: this central European nation’s dazzling cultural and musical heritage is now enjoying a renaissance. Budapest is both drawing world-class performers and nurturing its own home-grown stars.
Honorary Consul of Hungary in Illinois Kaarina Koskenalusta and Investment & Trade Commissioner Miklos Martin-Kovacs sponsored a meeting to introduce H.E. Gyorgy Szapary, Ambassador of Hungary to the United States to leaders of Chicago's global organizations and institutions. The meeting was hosted byAdam J. Hecktman Director of the Microsoft Technology Center In Chicago.
Holocaust Memorial Month Concluding Events
Raoul Wallenberg Commemoration on Capitol Hill
Ambassador György Szapáry in Chicago
Ambassador Szapáry visited the Hungarian American community of Miami
