To celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe, the European Union National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC) will again organize its annual European Languages Cocktail Bar on September 26 in Akvárium, Budapest.

Organized on September 21 by Jam Dance Studio and Visual World Foundation, Swing and Soul Day offers a great range of dance related programs. Look after your body and think of dance as a source of energy! Oh, and ALL THAT SWING!

As part of the Jewish Summer Festival, Budapest’s Central (Szabó Ervin) Library hosted two spectacular exhibitions, on Israel’s finest children’s book illustrations, and on famous Jewish manuscripts and ceremonial objects.

The new season of the Budapest Festival Orchestra once again opens with the Budapest Mahler Festival. The festival program reflects the revamped strategy of the Orchestra/BFO, which focuses particularly on new, modern music and a young audience.

The Goethe Institut in Budapest opened its gates in March 1988, becoming the first such establishment in the EasternEuropean region. The aim of this cultural institute is to bring the multifaceted image of the Federal Republic of Germany to the world.

Green Pyramid: the flora, fauna and the culture of Indonesia - that is one of the main attractions in the Sóstó Zoo in Nyíregyháza that the June issue - dealing with the countries of the ASEAN region - of Diplomacy and Trade.

The long awaited sub-program of the Visegrad Artist Residency Program targeting writers, poets, journalists and translators was recently launched by the International Visegrad Fund, of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

Rabindranath Tagore was an individual who became a legendary figure in his own lifetime. He substantially re-wrote and enriched the landscape of Indian art, poetry, culture and literature. He was the father of Bengali Renaissance.

King Harald V of Norway presented the 2012 Abel Prize to Hungarian-American mathematician Endre Szemerédi at a ceremony in Oslo this Tuesday. The Abel Prize is awarded by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

American jazz clarinetist Joe Muranyi, of Hungarian descent, has died at the age of 84 in New York City. He played in Louis Armstrong’s All Stars group, as well as with many other jazz legends. He also performed in Hungary several times.

The meeting of two civilizations is always an exciting moment – especially if, in spite of some similarities, the two cultures derive from two totally different historical, geographical, social, and religious backgrounds.

This year marks the 130th birth anniversary of the Hungarian composer, folk music expert and educator Zoltán Kodály. He is best known internationally as the creator of the Kodály Method, a music teaching method used across the world.

Few have realized that the countless faces of Brazil, occupying a territory almost as large as the United States, would still be shrouded in darkness had it not been for the emergence of civil aviation. Read on to discover more!

The picture "Rendez-vous of Lovers" by 19-20th century Hungarian painter Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka - the painting sold at the highest price at Hungarian actions - has been stolen from an art collector, a Hungarian private individual.

One enduring legacy that Danish storyteller and poet Hans Christian Andersen left to posterity is a partially clothed young woman, Den Lille Havfrue, the Little Mermaid. The story was published in the Nordic issue of Diplomacy & Trade.