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Hungarian music festival opens | Hungarian Culture
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Hungarian music festival opens. Hundreds of artists will perform on dozens of stages at a five-day music festival that opened Wednesday in downtown Budapest, Hungarian organizers said. More than 200 performers from foreign countries and Hungary are to sing and play on 55 stages at the Sziget pop, rock and jazz music festival on Obudai Island in the Danube River, which flows through the center of Budapest, the Hungarian news agency MTI reported. By oceanleopard on August 13, 2009. Enter your comment here.
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Ethnic Hungarians march against new language law | Hungarian Culture
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Ethnic Hungarians march against new language law. Ethnic Hungarians have rallied in Slovakia to protest against a new law that they claim is the government’s latest attempt to suppress Hungarian language and culture. The demonstration came amid a sharp deterioration in relations between the neighbouring states, following repeated accusations that each side was stoking or failing to control growing nationalism and a decision by Slovakia to bar Hungary’s president from entering the country. We want to send...
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Recession sees Hungarians taking to poker. | Hungarian Culture
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Recession sees Hungarians taking to poker. In Hungary, ravaged by the recent economic crisis, poker has become something of a national pastime, and for some Hungarian’s, a source of income. The Poker Association of Hungary reckons some 50,000 people out of 10 million Hungarians play poker live, and 200,000 more do it online. Most took up the game in the last few years. By oceanleopard on September 17, 2009. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). Recession sees Hu...
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Lewis Hamilton delight at unexpected victory in Hungarian Grand Prix. Bull;July 27, 2009 • Leave a Comment. Lewis Hamilton could barely contain his joy after claiming an unexpected victory in the Hungarian grand prix and the reigning world champion was unreserved in his praise for his McLaren team. 8220;It’s an incredible feeling to be back here after what feels such a long time away and given the struggles for my team,” said Hamilton after the race. Search on for most beautiful Hungarian words. Though t...
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Hungarian soccer chief blocks Madonna ‘Sticky and Sweet’ Show | Hungarian Culture
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Hungarian soccer chief blocks Madonna ‘Sticky and Sweet’ Show. Madonna concert organizers are scrambling in Budapest after a bid to move her concert from a horse-racing track to Hungary’s biggest sports stadium was rejected by the Hungarian soccer authorities. The sport’s local governing body won’t allow Madonna to use the Ferenc Puskas stadium on Aug. 22, to protect the field for a potential Champions’ League game four days later and two World Cup qualifying matches in September. Enter your comment here.
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Hungarian leader admits he feared deaths after lifting Iron Curtain | Hungarian Culture
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Hungarian leader admits he feared deaths after lifting Iron Curtain. On August 19 1989, Hungary’s prime minister, Miklos Nemeth, symbolically lifted the Iron Curtain by briefly opening the border with Austria at the Hungarian village of Sopronkohida. His decision to trust a personal promise from Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader, that there would be no repeat of the brutal and bloody military suppression of Hungary’s 1956 uprising sounded the death knell for Communism. Angela Merkel, the German Chance...
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Hungarian culture & cuisine with a twist. | Hungarian Culture
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Hungarian culture and cuisine with a twist. Ofer Vardi is a successful and popular writer on Hungarian cusine and his latest offering “Goulash Lagolesh” (“Goulash for Surfers”) is the first work from Vardi’s Lunch Box Press. Instead of being an ordinary cookbook, it’s a recipe box with dozens of recipes inside printed on cards that can be pulled out and stuck to the refrigerator door while cooking or baking (even a magnet is included). By oceanleopard on September 24, 2009. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Hungarian economy looking brighter | Hungarian Culture
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Hungarian economy looking brighter. Hungarian companies reported 2,300 mass layoffs to local labour offices in August, 1,200 fewer than in July, data compiled by the Employment and Social Affairs Office shows. The mass layoffs in August were registered by 39 Hungarian companies. The data shows the wave of layoffs has hit light industry and the service sector, spreading from the earlier affected machinery, automotive and metal industries. By oceanleopard on September 10, 2009. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
