Xpat Event Report: Hay Festival Budapest 2013

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The 2013 Hay Festival Budapest brings together, for a wider public, a new series of conversations with some of the best innovators, poets, architects, mathematicians, novelists and musicians of our time. more »
Invitation: Sauska Wine Tasting, Buddha-Bar Hotel Budapest, 22 May

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Have you ever met Sauska Krisztián in person? The Hungarian-American proprietor of Sauska wineries, Krisztián rarely visits Hungary, and he is even less often shown in public. Meet him at the Buddha-Bar Lounge, where you can taste 6 of his excellent ... more »
Depeche Mode Concert, Budapest Sportaréna, 21 May

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Depeche Mode, the band that redefined the sound of music, launch the start of their majestic, groundbreaking live tour across Europe next summer for what will undoubtedly be the musical highlight of 2013. more »
Restaurant Review: Rivalda In Budapest

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Earlier this week I visited one of the restaurants in Budapest with what should be the best location in town. Rivalda is located next to the Castle of Buda and to the office of the Hungarian president. more »
Volbeat & Hegyalja Festival Combined Tickets For 35 Euro Off

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Hungary's Hegyalja Festival and Concerto Music proudly present Danish metal icon Volbeat's live show in PeCsa Music Hall in Budapest on 18 June. more »
Old Timer Rarities At Széchenyi Square In Budapest, 6 July

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Real specialties will surprise the car fans: this year the Donau Masters international old timer auto tour will arrive in Budapest for the eighth times on the 6th of July, 2013 showcasing approximately 90 cars. The car miracles produced before Decemb... more »
Centropa's Holocaust Education Program In Hungary

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On May 14, Ambassador Kounalakis delivered remarks in the Holocaust Memorial Center at the event marking the conclusion of Centropa’s Holocaust Education Program. more »
Xpat Opinion: MSZP Blamed In Defence Of The Tobacco-Shop Decisions In Hungary

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A pro-government daily claims that the tobacco shop scandal and demands to reveal details of the evaluation process of rival bids is simply a trick that helps the MSZP draw up a list of “collaborators” with the present government – with the intention... more »
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Tug-Of-War With Brussels

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Commentators unanimously find the protracted tug-of-war between the government and the European Union on constitutional and financial issues harmful, but opinions diverge widely on the causes and the possible solutions. more »
Hungary's PM’s Office Chief Says Philip Morris Is Behind Tobacco Retail Outrage

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Prime Minister’s Office chief Janos Lazar has accused Philip Morris of being behind the outrage over the award of tobacco retail licences. more »

Daily Articles

Now Showing In Budapest: 'The Company You Keep'

"Jim Grant is a public interest lawyer and single father raising his daughter in the tranquil suburbs of Albany, New York. Grant's world is turned upside down when a brash young reporter named Ben Shepard exposes his true identity as a former 1970s a... more »
Now Showing In Budapest: 'Gingerclown'

"1983: A group of high school students are having a great time near Hollywood Hills at the weekend when they bump into the Loser from their school, Sam, who’s just on his way home. Sam would do anything in order to get Jenny’s attention, one of prett... more »
Fresh Film In Budapest: 'The Great Gatsby'

"Would-be writer Nick Carraway leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz, bootleg kings, and sky-rocketing stocks. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a myster... more »
Now Showing In Budapest: 'Zambezia'

"Set in a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls, "Zambezia" is the story of Kai - a naïve, but high-spirited young falcon who travels to the bird city of "Zambezia" where he discovers the truth about his origins and, in defend... more »
Now Showing In Budapest: 'The Call'

"When veteran 911 operator, Jordan, takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life." more »
Now Showing In Budapest: 'Side Effects'

"Emily and Martin, a successful New York couple whose world unravels when a new drug prescribed by Emily's psychiatrist - intended to treat anxiety - has unexpected side effects." more »
Fresh Film In Budapest: 'Star Trek Into Darkness'

"In the wake of a shocking act of terror from within their own organization, the crew of The Enterprise is called back home to Earth. In defiance of regulations and with a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads his crew on a manhunt to capture ... more »
Now Showing In Budapest: 'Jurassic Park 3D'

"During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok." more »
Now Showing In Budapest: 'Hummingbird'

"Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London's criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man's identity - transforming into an avenging angel in the process." more »
Now Showing In Budapest 'The Big Wedding'

"A charmingly modern family tries to survive a weekend wedding celebration that has the potential to become a full blown family fiasco. To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin are once again fo... more »

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Depeche Mode Concert, Budapest Sportaréna, 21 May

Depeche Mode, the band that redefined the sound of music, launch the start of their majestic, groundbreaking live tour across Europe next summer for what will undoubtedly be the musical highlight of 2013. more »
Invitation: Esben And The Witch (UK) Concert, A38 Ship Budapest, 16 May

Named after a Danish fairy tale and crafting fittingly eerie and bewitching music, Brighton, England’s Esben & the Witch features a truly unique, refined and intelligent, melancholic and kicking sound. Two great bands will come from Budapest as their support, while the ... more »
Invitation: Caravan Palace (FR) Concert, A38 Ship Budapest, 17 May

Caravan Palace is a French Electro swing and Gypsy Jazz band based in Paris. The groupformed when three of the band members were hired by a film production company called 'The Succiona Pichulas-Lagarto' to provide the soundtrack to silent pornographic movies. Since then... more »
Invitation: Piano n' Dance By Almira Emiri & Friends, Uránia Budapest, 27 May

Enjoy this "Piano n' Dance" performance of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker organized by the Hungarian Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. The concert features local expat Almira Emiri, cellist Bledar Zajmi, and dancers Krisztina Pazár and Levente Bajári. Read on for promgram detai... more »
Xpat Report: Last Train To Budapest

"My Dad and I broke down in 1982 in a village called Abaújszánto, Hungary. I was 14 years old and unknowing to me at the time, this moment was to be pivotal and would change my life years later. more »
Invitation: Haight-Ashbury (UK) Concert, A38 Ship Budapest, 15 May

"The two female singers, backed by a talented male guitarist, are like a new and improved version of a psychedelic Abba. The lyrics are great, the vocals are haunting, the timing is impressive and they fill the stage like a bigger much fuller band" - The Sunday Herald more »
Xpat Opinion: Fantastique Sunday Brunch At Le Meridien Budapest

Budapest has a host of hotels offering brunch, and we often find ourselves returning to ones we know and trust. However, last weekend I decided to take my wife and two young daughters to try Le Meridien on Erzebet Ter, and we had a very pleasant afternoon. more »
CEU Business School Budapest: From Technology Leader To Business Leader

Jay Fogelman, director of the MSc in IT Management and senior lecturer of technology management at CEU Business School, answers questions about the eight-month long, 30 credit program that shapes tech savvy professionals into business leaders and entrepreneurs. more »
Eros Ramazzotti Concert, Budapest Sportaréna, 8 May

The tour follows the release of the new album, “NOI”. The long-awaited album was anticipated by the first single “Un angelo disteso al sole”. The song, written by Eros Ramazzotti in collaboration with Saverio Grimaldi and Luca Chiaravalli, who also co-produced the albu... more »
Invitation: Compagnie Maguy Marin (FR), Trafó Budapest, 10 - 11 May

May B sets in motion the parade of a drifting human condition with the invention of an abrupt theatrical language that transforms the ridiculous, the violent and the distressing in situations. The dance’s power comes from its capacity to represent the mystery of our pre... more »

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Hay Festival Budapest, 17 - 21 May 2013

The 2013 Hay Festival Budapest brings together, for a wider public, a new series of conversations with some of the best innovators, poets, architects, mathematicians, novelists and musicians of our time. The program, over 5 days, included Péter Eszte... more »
Rosalia – Rosé Wine Festival, Budapest, 10 - 12 May

On a lovely sunny afternoon in Buda, we went along to the Rosalia Rosé wine festival. In “Gesztenyés kert” and on the terrace of the chic Larus Restaurant, a wide variety of wines, red, white and especially rosés, was waiting for wine-lovers. They ra... more »
'Breakfast For Bikers At 26 Budapest Locations', 11 May

200 activists from the Hungarian Cyclists’ Club served breakfast to people who cycled to work today as part of the Bike to Work (Bringázz a Munkába!) campaign, which is also supported by the Ministry of National Development.Read more on XpatLoop.com more »
Iguana's 16th “Cinco De Mayo Street Party”

The secret to success is that there is no secret. Read all the books, listen to all the talks, but nothing beats actually doing it. Iguana has been doing the business since 1997, and has seen many changes in Budapest, in its time. The one thing that ... more »
Budapest Soup Festival, Elvis Presley Park, 26 - 28 April

The Budapest Soup Festival (Budai Levesfesztivál) was organized for the first time. Held in the Elvis Pressley Park, with a mixture of Hungarian and International soups, where you could find the usual suspects (fish, meat, gulyas, vegetable, bean, fr... more »
Helmut Newton Exhibition, Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest

When you are going to a Helmut Newton exhibition, you expect to be surprised, shocked and challenged. Well, this is something I did not find when I went to “The Museum of fine Arts”, where the three photographic series are exhibited, that are built o... more »
Hungarian Business Circle: Doing Business In 2013

“Growing through a recession: Doing Business in 2013 – Small, Medium Enterprise” was the theme of the IHBC event at the Conference Center in Bank Center Office yesterday, with the Irish Ambassador, Kevin Dowling in attendance. This was about the oppo... more »
Children’s Dance House, Palace of Arts Budapest, 14 April

On Sunday morning I went to the “Palace of Arts” (MUPA) to see Hungarian folk dance for beginners, and they were truly beginners, some even in their nappies. Once a month, the Children's Dance House is incorporated into the Sunday program of the Pala... more »
NAWA Budapest Event: Organic Budapest, 9 April

When you get invited to a NAWA event you know you are in for something special, and this time it was no different. I always come away from these events with some useful nuggets of information, which broadens my horizons. This time I discovered all th... more »
NAWA Budapest Bingo & Easter Eggs Event

Bingo! Yes, that was the feeling. The NAWA invited me to one of their monthly bingo sessions, but it was bingo with a twist. They have come up with a novel idea called ‘adopt a granny’. This is where the children of Miklos School came together with ... more »

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Buy & Sell Offers - by Jessica Kehoe, 21 May

2009 Volkswagon Touran 1.9 TDi Conceptline for sale. Available immediately! Air conditioning, cruise control, diesel, manual transmission, 3rd row seating. Only 62,000 km and in excellent condition with service record & brand new brakes. This car gets amazing gas mileage!! Silver exterior with gray interior. Comes with winter tires and rear anti-th... more »
Buy & Sell Offers - by Adrian Cooper, 21 May

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Buy & Sell Offers - by Adrian, 21 May

NEC 50 inch plasma tv for sale, Model type PX-50XR4g Ideal for large room or Bar Comes with 5 mtr gold platted scart cable. Instruction manual. Picture in picture. 85,000 huf ono more »
Real Estate Rentals & Sales - by Andi, 21 May

A well Equipped flat for MID or SHORT term rent. There is free INTERNET and a PC in the flat. AIR CONDitioning. In the centre of Budapest. Moderate prices. from 1 - 4 persons. The size of the flat is 40 m2. Next to Big Boulevard (in Hungarian Jozsef Korut), central location. Ikea furniture. Price of the flat : from 30 euro per day. Wired Internet... more »
Education, Translation - by Ildiko Philp, 21 May

Hungarian lessons with qualified,experienced teacher of Hungarian as a foreign language.Understand and communicate in Hungarian in everyday life here! more »
Real Estate Rentals & Sales - by Ilona, 21 May

Budapest District VI Kaldy Gyula utca 42 sq m 7 th floor one bedroom apartment located in a new residential development. Both the living and bedroom open onto a 12m balcony with electric awning and street view The apartment is fully furnished and air conditioned The layout consists of an entrance hall, bright open plan living/dining r... more »
Job Seekers & Jobs Available - by Andrea, 21 May

Hi All, I'm an Hungarian, English, Italian and Croatian speaking accountant/tax advisor. I do accounting mostly for small Ltd-s (4-15 employees). If you need advice how to start a business in Hungary or you already have a running company, but you are not satisfied with the service or you think they overcharge you, I Have over 10 years of bookk... more »
Community Announcements - by Adrian Mex, 21 May

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Budapest-Celtic-Old-Boys/117427254952211 Even if you just want a run around for a 1.5 hour before you go for drinks on a Friday night. http://picasaweb.google.com/laurent.kummer/Eger Check first for spaces at j.smith@recruitment.hu We are also up for playing 11 a side games if anyone is interested. more »
Real Estate Rentals & Sales - by Krisztina Voros, 21 May

I am letting my flat at Gellért tér, XI. District (on the Buda side, next to the green Liberty Bridge). The flat is 55m2 with a terrace overlooking the Danube. The flat is fully furnished with all mod cons and available immediately. Very spacious and bright, the property consists of a huge room, kitchen, bathroom, hallway. Both the area and ... more »
Real Estate Rentals & Sales - by Rob, 21 May

Nice two room apartment is available for short or mid term rent for 1-4 persons very close to Liszt Ferenc Square in the so called the cultural centre of Budapest in district 6! Free Wi-fi Internet connection (wireless). The 57 m2 apartment is equipped with TV, DVD, radio, etc. A very special location! The price of the apartment is from 45 euro a ... more »

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