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    • The Brief History of the Month

      The news that made headlines

      • 21. January 2017 - by BT in News
      Cold weather hits Hungary

      Presenting in one concise package the month’s most important and fascinating national stories, whether they be economic, political, cultural, sporting or among the hundreds of other happenings that go on[…]

    • Keeping on keeping on

      • 21. January 2017 - by BT in Editorial
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      Welcome to 2017, the 15th year of The Budapest Times. When we started in 2003 Brad Pitt was still married, but not to Angelina, to Jennifer Aniston. The Socialists and[…]

    • “The persecuted Christians are our relatives”

      Interview with deputy state secretary Tamás Török

      • 21. January 2017 - by Jan Mainka in Politics
      No European citizen, whether Christian or not, should be ignorant about the fate of our soul-relatives in the Near East

      The Ministry of Human Resources, led by Zoltán Balog, added a new department in October: the Deputy State Secretariat for helping persecuted Christians. We discuss its concerns and objectives with[…]

    • Hungary is a 4G global leader

      Interview with Walter Goldenits, Chief Technology and IT Officer at Magyar Telekom

      • 21. January 2017 - by Jan Mainka in Business
      High-speed data traffic will change the economy and bring forward new business models

      Walter Goldenits, Chief Technology and IT Officer at Magyar Telekom, left Hungary at the end of December after spending four years here, in order to continue his career in the[…]

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    Mega-band “Dire Straits” is back after two decades – or are they?

    • 21. January 2017 - by BT in Culture

    The poster on the körút flashing past the tram window seemed clear enough: “Dire Straits” coming to Budapest. Strange … they disbanded two decades ago and main man Mark Knopfler[…]

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    Art that follows the rules

    Exhibition recalls pre-Trianon days

    • 21. January 2017 - by BT in Culture

    The Műcsarnok in Budapest celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2016. The creation and inauguration of the institution coincided with the flourishing of the Monarchy and Hungary. The new exhibition “The[…]

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    An evening of cinematic magic

    Harry Potter screening to be backed by chamber orchestra

    • 21. January 2017 - by BT in Culture

    The mystical and lucrative world of author J.K. Rowling has entered a new dimension, with the film “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” to be shown in Budapest accompanied by[…]

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    Make-believe world as harsh as our own

    “Onegin” by John Cranko / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Kurt-Heinz Stolze

    • 21. January 2017 - by Kiára Árgenta in Culture

    Tchaikovsky in “Onegin” is slowly setting himself up for the intense Arctic chill of his later work, “The Queen of Spades,” also inspired by Pushkin, which is even more darkly[…]

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    Learn how you could conquer the world

    Hungarian-developed presentation has world premiere at Millenáris

    • 20. January 2017 - by BT in Culture

    An exhibition featuring the most cutting-edge technologies, impressive images taken from unique perspectives and playful tests is now open. The “interactive experience-expo” titled The Champion welcomes visitors in pavilion D[…]

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    The proof is in the passion

    The Capital with the Eye of an Expat

    • 20. January 2017 - by Mary Murphy in What lies beneath

    For me, wine falls in to the same category as music and art:  I know what I like and what I don’t like. I have friends who delight in wine,[…]

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    The Brief History of the Week

    The news that made headlines

    • 11. December 2016 - by BT in News

    Presenting in one concise package the week’s most important and fascinating national stories, whether they be economic, political, cultural, sporting or among the hundreds of other happenings that go on[…]

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    The Plain and the not-so-plain

    Beyond the capital, Hungary’s secondary cities have their own considerable rewards. Part 3: Kecskemét

    • 11. December 2016 - by Andrew L. Urban in Travel

    There are some lovely towns to discover around Hungary beyond Budapest, in any season. This week The Budapest Times visited Kecskemét, home town of Kodály and the horsemen of the[…]

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    Living in the Wild Times?

    Have no fear – this indomitable heroine weaves her way through the worst life can dredge up

    • 11. December 2016 - by BT in Books

    Anglo-Hungarian author Gail Varga writes about the relevance of her new tragicomic novel “Wild Times with Granite” to everything from the fall-out after the US was Trumped by an almost[…]

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    Black sheep now as strong as an ox

    Orbán sees bright days ahead for country despite problems all around

    • 10. December 2016 - by BT in Politics

    Hungary can be expected to strengthen over the next five years, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has told a Hungarian Diaspora Council meeting. A mother country, if weak, is unable to[…]

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    You’re fired, now celebrate

    • 10. December 2016 - by BT in Editorial

    After banning Hungarian diplomats from attending Romanian commemorations of the union of Transylvania with the Romanian Kingdom in 1918, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said that Hungarians have nothing to celebrate[…]

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    Krak’n Town in District VIII

    • 10. December 2016 - by Katrin Holtz in Eating Out

    Several dozen types of Hungarian craft beer accompanied by black pudding, haggis, meat pâté and other specialities from the British Isles await visitors in Budapest’s first “Steampunk” pub, the Krak’n[…]

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    How stress is affecting our weight…

    ...and what we can do about it today

    • 9. December 2016 - by Kate Megee in Health

    A little bit of stress is good for us. It gives us energy, keeps us safe and makes us aware of what is going on in our lives. While stress[…]

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    Masterpiece of heartbreak

    “La bohème” by Giacomo Puccini, Hungarian State Opera

    • 9. December 2016 - by Kiára Árgenta in Culture

    “La bohème” is one of the ultimate Christmas productions of any opera house. As well as being seasonal and beautiful, it is guaranteed to sell the house and there is[…]

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