Mrs. Escobar in Budapest
Victoria Eugenia Henao, Pablo Escobar’s wife has written an autobiographic book; she visits Budapest so that she can meet her readers at the beginning of December.
Local News
Visitors to Budapest spas 12%
Visitor numbers at Budapest spas rose by 12% year on year to 3.9 million in the first three quarters of the year, the marketing director of spa operator BGYH said in an interview to business daily Világgazdaság.
Retail Workers Union urges Budapest mayor to recommend shops close early on Sundays
Retail workers union KDFSZ has asked Budapest’s new mayor, Gergely Karácsony, to urge big retailers in the capital to close shop early on Sundays, daily Magyar Nemzet reports.
Budapest will be home to the UN’s regional counter-terrorism office
“The regional program support office of the United National Organisation’s Office of Counter-Terrorism will be in Budapest”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó announced on Thursday in the Hungarian capital. Szijjártó gave a speech at the opening of an English-language conference entitled: “Racialisation that Leads to Terrorism: Regional Political Responses and Risk […]
Budapest Spring Festival on 3-19 April
The Budapest Spring Festival (BTF) will host classical concerts, opera, ballet, dance and theatre performances between April 3 and 19, 2020, organisers said. Csaba Káel, director of the Budapest Palace of Arts and head of the BTF operative body, said Giselle, a production by Győr Ballet and violinist Félix Lajkó, will open the festival.
Hungarian flag at half-mast to mark crushing of 1956 uprising
The Hungarian flag was hoisted in front of Parliament and lowered to half-mast on Monday morning, to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of Soviet forces crushing the 1956 uprising.
Monument of National Martyrs inaugurated in Budapest
A reconstructed post-WWI monument dedicated to the martyrs of the communist Red Terror in 1919 was inaugurated by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and House Speaker László Kövér next to Parliament.
Large-scale Rubens and Van Dyck exhibition to open in Budapest
Some 30 paintings by Rubens and more than a dozen by Van Dyck are on display at a large-scale exhibition opening in Budapest’s Museum of Fine Arts on Wednesday, the museum’s director told the press on Monday.
Titanic Film Fest to start with “The Dead Don’t Die”
The 26th Titanic Film Festival started on Monday in Budapest with the screening of Jim Jarmush’s latest feature, The dead don’t die.
Photos of the Day: Fog over Szentendre Island
Fog over Szentendre Island in Budapest.