One of the most popular and spectacular winter events, the Busó festival has begun in Mohács, S Hungary near the Serbian border. Going back to medieval roots, the march of people in frightening costumes is supposed to scare away winter.
One of the most popular and spectacular winter events, the Busó festival has begun in Mohács, S Hungary near the Serbian border. Going back to medieval roots, the march of people in frightening costumes is supposed to scare away winter.
2,492 photos were entered into this year's Hungarian Press Photo contest by 240 photographers. The top award was gien by the jury to István Fazekas of the business weekly HVG for his series of photos about migrants crossing Hungary.
The Son of Saul, a fresh Golden Globe recepient movie by Hungarian director László Nemes Jeles has been mominated by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for an Academy Award in the best foreign-language film category.
The 'Son of Saul', a film directed by Hungary's László Nemes Jeles won the Golden Globe Award as the Best Motion Picture in the Foreign Language category in Los Angeles this Sunday. The movie is the first ever Hungarian film to have received this distinction.
Academy Award winner Hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond passed away on the first day of 2016 in the United States at the age of 85, the American entertainment weekly reported this Sunday. He had 100 movies to his credit as a cameraman since 1953.
Ada, a northern Serbian village predominantly populated by ethnic Hungarians, was the venue of the celebration of winter solstice on the night of December 21. The event, called 'karacsun', was organized by local organizations cherishing ancient traditions.
Earlier this month, Dr. Rudolf Sárdi, Head of Mission of the Representative Office of the Ministry of Tourism for Hungary opened the launching of a comprehensive photo exhibition on the beauties of the Kingdom of Cambodia in Hungary’s flag museum.
Hungarian jazz musician Sándor Benkó, the founder and leader of the Benkó Dixieland Band passed away at the age of 75 in Budapest. An electric engineer by profession, 'Mr. Dixie Teacher', also taught at the Budapest Technical University for decades.
The fifth Diplomatic Fair, to be organized by the Diplomatic Spouses of Budapest and the InterContinental Budapest promises to be a great extravaganza as previous years. The Fair offers a children’s corner, and a grand raffle with many prizes.
People from over a hundred countries attend the four-day 7th World Science Forum (WSF) in Budapest that opened this Wednesday. Topics include combatting climate change and natural disasters, recent epidemics and global health hazards they pose.
The world of science focuses on the Hungarian capital in the early days of next month during the 7th World Science Forum. Throughout November, there is also a series of events celebrating Hungarian science as it has been a tradition since 1997.
Although, the war is Syria seems to wage more than ever, a group at the Center for Conflict, Negotiation and Recovery (CCNR) at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest deals with the possibilities of people returning to post-conflict Syria.
This Thursday saw the opening of the 2015 program series of the Design Week Budapest Museum of Applied Arts in the Hungarian capital. Those interested in this subject will be able to attend over a hundred programs until October 4.
September 16 marks the birthday of Hungarian scientist and Nobel Prize winner Albert Szent-Györgyi, whose discovery was among the foundations of modern nutrition. Read on to find out more on this brilliant mind.
Technology has changed photography technically, but it doesn’t change my way of ‘seeing’. Photojournalism is not dead”, says Tamás Révész, who has organized The World Press Photo exhibition in Budapest.
