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This is a full directory of all 28 articles about Budapest, listed in reverse order, with the most recent article at the top. If you'd prefer to search for some particular article, please use the search facility on the news front page.

Parking switch
For those of you who will be using the Budapest Airport this summer be aware that the GAT Car Park will be closed for the next few months. According to airport ...

City Focus

A bit of Twilight in Budapest?
If it's good enough for vegetarian vampires, then Budapest is probably safe for us day-walkers as well. The city is abuzz with rumours that the two stars of the...

Art and Culture

It's G'day to Zoo's New Arrivals
It was a down-under day to remember as the city's zoo opened its new Australia House dedicated to all manner of creepy crawlies, wombats and parading parrots th...

City Focus

A Five-Star Experience at the Palace of Arts
Budapest's Palace of Arts, one of the city's premier cultural meccas, is celebrating its fifth birthday this month with some spectacular competitions and offers...

Art and Culture

Discounts Galore with Budapest Card 2010
Make the most of your trip to the Hungarian capital by making sure you pick up a new 2010 BudapestCard, which is choc-a-block full of money-saving offers to hel...

City Focus

Slow Down says City Bods
Zany, Hungarian style race track driving may soon be a thing of the past as the New Year saw new rules for drivers aimed at getting them to use their brake pad ...

City Focus

Santa Strips Off
Santa got a little raunchy just before Christmas in the Hungarian capital, when 100 local residents took to the streets in little more than bright red g-strings...

City Focus

Christmas Tram comes to Town
You might need to blink twice in case you think you've just caught a glimpse of a ghostly apparition on tracks approaching you...but it fact its the city's Chri...

City Focus

Ex-pats get a taste of back home
You now no longer need to stock up your rucksack with copious amounts of Marmite and baked beans next time you fly home to visit mum with your dirty laundry, be...

Business

Budapest Winter Attracts Visitors
Several of the top Budapest hotels, including the Hilton Budapest WestEnd, have joined together to make Budapest a winter destination this year. A new promotion...

City Focus

The Magic of Christmas comes to Vörösmarty Square
Some claim it's what Eastern European cities were made for - the magical, fairytale Christmas market with sizzling sausages, mugs of warm, frothy mead and hot w...

City Focus

Hamilton Whizzes to Win in Budapest
Lewis Hamilton was back on the podium No 1 spot after winning his first grand prix race of the year at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest in July.It was a nai...

City Focus

How to Scam a Tourist
Well the ticket inspectors on the Budapest Metro seem to have perfected the art of fleecing hapless tourists out a good 25 euro.Visitors to the city have report...

City Focus

Eastern Europe's Most 'Live-able' City
Budapest has come top among Eastern Europe cities as being the most 'live-able' - according to a new poll by the Economist Intelligence Unit.The British based r...

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Hungarian Gays Win the Right to 'Wed'
Hungary is leading the way in Eastern Europe for gays and lesbians after the Government announced that from 1 July same sex couples will be able to register the...

Current Affairs

Elephants Rally In Budapest
80 life size elephant babies have been situated all around Budapest. Why? Because of artists such as László Fehér, Ádám Balogh, Pál Breznay and Dvora Bochman, a...

Art and Culture

Budapest Best In Promoting Green Transport
The European Commission started giving out prizes to encourage eco-friendly city living. And while Hamburg and Stockholm have been announced Europe's "green cap...

City Focus

Are Budapest Art Cinemas Facing Closure?
A decreasing state support, increasing operational costs and - yes! - falling number of viewers may lead to closing several art cinemas in Budapest. Although a ...

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Princess Diana in Budapest
A new exhibition is opening in Budapest. The display, which is supposed to celebrate the life and work of Diana, the famous Princess of Wales, is opening next m...

Art and Culture

A New Building Complex in Varoshaza Park
The Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat's project will be executed in Budapest's District V. A new building complex and a downtown square is planned to be finishe...

City Focus

Literary Conference Takes Place in Budapest
This Friday, writers, poets, and literary scholars from Central and Eastern Europe will be gathering at the Hungarian Writers' Association in Budapest for an in...

Art and Culture

Pythons Missing from Budapest Zoo
If while exploring Budapest this weekend you come across a pair of 1 to 1.5 metre long pythons, don't be alarmed! The two green tree pythons have been missing f...

Current Affairs

Queues at Budapest Train Station Reach Epic Proportions
It seems that despite Budapest's place as one of the top destinations in Europe, some services are still unable to cope with efficiently handling basic tourist ...

City Focus

Controversy over Budapest Pride March
The last few days have cast an air of uncertainty over the future of the annual Gay Pride march in Budapest, scheduled to take place this year on July 5th. P...

Current Affairs

Sziget Headliners Announced
The headliners for Sziget 2008 have already been revealed, prompting hysteria amongst music fans clamouring to get those much sought after tickets... The Szi...

Art and Culture

Budapest Airport Ready For Travel Without Passports
Budapest's Ferihegy Airport has announced that it is now ready to handle passengers from the Schengen zone, and that passengers arriving on flights from within ...

Current Affairs

Dakar Rally To Start in Budapest
There's good news for motoring fans planning on visiting Budapest, after a spokesman for the Hungarian government recently announced on the radio that Budapest ...

City Focus

Battle for MTV in Hungary
Hungary's leading public television station, Magyar Televizio, has it's knickers in twist with American broadcasting giants MTV, over the rights to use the thre...

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