News & Views Directory 1
This is a full directory of all 44 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.
Dec.29.2011 | |
Budapest's mayor has spoken out against the so-called “Gay Olympics”, which is set to be held in the Hungarian capital next June. “I disassociate myself fro... | |
Nov.22.2011 | |
Budapest nipped into the top ten in a survey assessing the all round quality of experience for travellers shopping abroad. The Hungarian capital took tenth... | |
Oct.30.2011 | |
A bold project to create a cultural quarter in the Hungarian capital is being touted as a tool to help rebrand the city. Laszlo Baan, director of the Museu... | |
Sept.26.2011 | |
Councillors in Budapest's municipal assembly have voted in favour of stripping an ageing writer of his honorary citizenship. Akoz Kertesz, a novelist, has b... | |
Aug.21.2011 | |
Matrix star Keanu Reeves has been indulging in some swordplay in the Hungarian capital, where the first part of a new samurai epic has just been filmed. 47 ... | |
July.26.2011 | |
The trailer for the upcoming movie Bel Ami, shot in Budapest and starring Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci and Robert Pattinson, has just been released. Based o... | |
june.20.2011 | |
As many as 10,000 people took to the streets of Budapest on 16th June in protest against a raft of new cuts by the government. A large proportion of the marche... | |
May.24.2011 | |
A top German insurance company has been hauled over the coals after it emerged that 100 top-performing employees were treated to a weekend in Budapest with a ta... | |
April.22.2011 | |
Hollywood star Brad Pitt, who's not short of female admirers, has revealed that it wasn't always plain-sailing in the romance department, and that he once had h... | |
March.27.2011 | |
The king of rock n roll is set to have a square named after him in Hungary's capital. 'The reasons for honouring him are not sentimental but political,' say... | |
Feb.21.2011 | |
Veteran film director Bela Tarr has scooped the Silver Bear at this year's Berlinale. The Turin Horse, a sombre, black and white study of an ageing peasant ... | |
Jan.24.2011 | |
It has been reported that Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are due to star in an intense drama about communist show trials in Budapest. The man behind the film ... | |
Dec.30.2010 | |
Scores of Soviet-related knickknacks have been auctioned off to help raise money for Hungary’s recent toxic disaster. The sale, held in what was once a warehou... | |
Nov.22.2010 | |
Budapest is currently providing the backdrop for a big-budget flick based on the life of gothic writer extraordinaire Edgar Allen Poe. The Raven stars John Cusa... | |
Oct.18.2010 | |
Angelina Jolie is the latest in a series of stars to decamp to Budapest for some movie-making antics. The Hollywood star was in town this October for the filmin... | |
Sept.16.2010 | |
The Chief Rabbi of Hungary and Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjn took part in the reopening of Budapest's oldest Synagogue on September 4th. The ceremony, which... | |
June.15.2010 | |
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 ... | |
Apr.21.2010 | |
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... | |
Jan.29.2010 | |
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... | |
Jan.21.2010 | |
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... | |
Jan.17.2010 | |
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... | |
Jan.11.2010 | |
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 ... | |
Dec.27.2009 | |
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... | |
Dec.19.2009 | |
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... | |
Dec.12.2009 | |
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... | |
Dec.10.2009 | |
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... | |
Nov.21.2009 | |
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... | |
August.15.2009 | |
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... | |
July.12.2009 | |
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... | |
June.15.2009 | |
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... | |
May.09.2009 | |
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... | |
24.04.2009 | |
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... | |
24.02.2009 | |
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... | |
29.01.2009 | |
A decreasing state support, increasing operational costs and - yes! - falling number of viewers may lead to closing several art cinemas in Budapest. Although a ... | |
17.12.2008 | |
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... | |
05.11.2008 | |
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... | |
Sept.18.2008 | |
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... | |
Aug.05.2008 | |
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... | |
Jul.09.2008 | |
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 ... | |
Jun.13.2008 | |
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... | |
Apr.04.2008 | |
The headliners for Sziget 2008 have already been revealed, prompting hysteria amongst music fans clamouring to get those much sought after tickets... The Szi... | |
Feb.21.2008 | |
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 ... | |
Jan.08.2008 | |
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 ... | |
Oct.22.2007 | |
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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Hoo-ha over Hungary's Gay Olympics
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