Budapest’s Capa Center presents a selection of photographs by Robert Capa, who is one of the world’s most recognized war photojournalists. Due to the great number of visitors, the exhibition has been extended by October 31, 2015.

Close to 1.2 million students started a new year in some 2,200 Hungarian elementary and secondary schools (today. The number of those enrolling in the first year of elementary school is 74,121 – some four thousand less than last year.

Chess grand master Judit Polgár and composer Péter Eötvös have been recognized with the Order of Saint Stephen, Hungary’s highest state decoration. The decorations were handed over in the presidential Sándor Palace on August 20, Hungary’s national holiday.

For the 15th year in a row, the Seven Meadows’ Land Festival is organized in the village of Õriszentpéter, the center of the Õrség region in southwestern Hungary. The ten-day festival is characterized by 'traditional art and open hearts'.

This year 'Szitizens' can expect great music from all over the globe, during the Sziget festival on August 10-17. The program at the Island of Freedom venue will offer a wide range of music.

Hungary has joined the worldwide 2015 initiative 'International Year of Light'. The programs of the international project are centered around four topics in this country: the science of light; light technology; light in nature; and light and culture.

Budapest Summer Festival presents 'Ooh La La,' the Night Revue Circus at the Margaret Island Open-air Stage. The joint production of the Open-Air Theatre, Bor Productions and MACIVA is staged on July 30 - August 1.

The Hungarian Minister of Human Capacities, Zoltán Balog and the French Ambassador in Budapest Roland Galharague signed a Hungarian-French intergovernmental movie production cooperation deal in the Hungarian capital.

The now traditional VOLT Festival takes place for the 23rd year with a great line-up of more than 130 artists on 5 stages. The four-day event attracts over 100 000 fans each year, it is still said to maintain a special 'family' atmosphere.

Atrs collector Imre Pákh, the owner of the 'Golgotha' painting the Hungarian state would like to purchase from him says he has received several 'warnings' that he may be barred from the entering Hungary if he does not concede to the state's price offer.

The European Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC) and the European Academies' Science Advisory Council (EASAC) organized an event in Budapest this Wednesday to present a joint JRC-EASAC report on the "Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel and its Waste".

The Hungarian Pavilion for Expo Milano 2015 has been presented. The design, originally selected as second best in a public competition, reflects the theme of the Universal Exposition "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life".

Innovative Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai was chosen as the winner of the sixth Man Booker International Prize awarded for an achievement in fiction on the world stage. He was chosen from a list of ten eminent contenders from around the world.

The Holocaust drama ‘Son of Saul’ won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival this Sunday. It is the highest ever recognition of a Hungarian moview at the Cannes Festival. The movie, directed by László Nemes, also collected three other prizes.

May 20 sees the start of the series of events called Italian Festival organized by the Italian Institute of External Trade (ICE) under the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Budapest and in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute.