The village of Mád in Hungary's world-renowned Tokaj wine region in a unique place in the world in that 80% of the grapes grown in its terrtory is of the Furmint variety. This year's edition of the annual Furmint festival took place this past week-end.
The world’s only permanent exhibition of Robert Capa’s photographs will open in October in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, at the recently refurbished Capa Centre. The news was announced on Tuesday on the occasion of the day of Hungarian photography.
The Hungarian government is going to launch a survey of the language skills and language knowledge of young people in the country as part of the new strategy on the development of the efficiency of teaching foreign languages.
As part of the Spanish Focus of Diplomacy&Trade, the Director of the Institute in Budapest, Iñaki Abad Leguina talks about the role of the institute in the Hungarian capital in disseminating Spanish culéture and in teaching the Spanish language.
One of Europe's biggest cultural – mainly music and arts – festivals, the Sziget Festival (this time, the 25th, jubilee edition), ended this Tuesday, having had a total number of 452.000 visitors attending the seven-day event from over a hundred countries.
Hungarian fans of Elvis Presley held a candle-lit commemoration event in Budapest's Elvis Presley Park on the 40th anniversary of the death of the legendary American singer. One of the performers was the Hungarian Elvis Tribute Band.
The 16th Seven Meadows’ Land Festival, which is the largest cultural event in the Õrség region in SW Hungary, icontinues until Sunday, August 20. It includes plenty of concerts and performances by well-known Hungarian musicians.
The 'Palace of the Soul' in the Buda Hills in Budapest presented a day of Indian atmosphere this past Sunday with Eastern style dances, cooking on open fire, traditional music instruments, fire ceremony and colorful stage performances.
One of Europe's biggest cultural - mainly music - festivals, the Sziget Festival on Óbuda Island (hence the name) on the River Danube has opened its gates. Programs at the anniversary, 25th Sziget Festival start this Wednesday.
Italian actor Franco Nero has a very impressive list of movies (over 200) to his belt. Coming up from time to time in that list is the name ‘Django’. He has talked to Diplomacy&Trade in an exclusive interview at a recent visit to Budapest.
The Hungarian Government has acquired and repatriated the final seven pieces of the 'Seuso-treasure', a unique, priceless, ancient Roman silver treasure. The announcement was made in the Hunting Room of Hungarian Parliament in Budapest.
A photo exhibition opened at the 25th anniversary of the Sziget Festival at the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Budapest this Tuesday. The exhibition "Sziget 25 - Festival History in Photos" is open until August 31.
The open-air museum Aeropark, expanded and relocated within the territorry of Budapest Airport, has re-opened to the public. It presents a unique collection of aeroplanes from the history of Hungarian civilian aviation.
The Embassy of India organized the 2nd edition of ‘Ganga-Danube: Cultural Festival of India’ and 3rd International Day of Yoga in 15 cities and towns in Hungary this past week-end. All programs were open to the public, free of charge.
The President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, László Lovász, has been re-elected for another three-year term at the 188th assembly of the organization. The Academy expressed support for the Central European University.
