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A Budapest Olympics
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"No serious leader can take seriously the idea of Budapest holding the 2020 Olympics: given Hungary's budget and global financial conditions, it would simply be an impossibly expensive prestige investment.
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'Opera Ball', Budapest Opera House, 21 February
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"Following the former traditions the miracle happens year by year on the last Saturday of the carnival season: the stage and the auditorium of the Opera House transforms to the most beautiful ballroom of Hungary. The ball is opened by more than a hundred debutante dancers after a short opera programme, then comes the 'Alles Walzer' so that people dance till dawn.
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Air Rescue Base Opens In Szentes
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"The air rescue base at Szentes, Csongrád county was officially opened by Health Minister Tamás Székely on Monday. Some Ft 40 million of the Ft 100 million investment project was awarded by local authorities. The new facility could considerably improve emergency health care in south Hungary.
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'Ottoman Turkish Carpet Collection', Applied Arts Museum, Until 12 April
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"The Budapest Museum of Applied Arts possesses the world's second-largest collection of Ottoman Turkish carpets, but this valuable collection is hardly ever on display. The recently deceased curator of the museum, Ferenc Batári had long been planning to pot the collection on a permanent exhibition.
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New American Corner Soon to Open in Budapest
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Application deadline is January 9, 2009 - "Corvinus University of Budapest and the Embassy of the United States of America are seeking a Director for the ?American Corner? to be managed jointly by the two institutions. The American Corner (AC) will serve as a regional information and programs resource center focusing on American culture, history, and current events.
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Although Hungarian authorities claimed in October that the country was a "victim of mistaken identity," Hungary is the first European Union member state to have sought a stand-by loan from the International Monetary Fund since financial turmoil hit Iceland in mid-2008. Recent figures indicate that ...
Scientists have quashed suggestions that a £350m experiment planned for the autumn could cause the destruction of the Earth.
The director of the laboratory commissioning the machine says there is "no chance" of the atom-smashing experiment causing a disaster, such as a black hole that ...
by Jane McGrath
Most of us would like to think of ourselves as upstanding, moral citizens -- we probably trust ourselves to never hold up a bank or murder someone in cold blood. Not only are these blatant violations of common ethics -- any 5-year-old will tell you they're bad -- but they're hard ...
By VOA News
A survey by a U.S. newspaper finds President-elect Barack Obama is the man Americans admire most in the world.
USA Today says one-third of about 1,000 people interviewed named Mr. Obama as their first or second choice. The report published Friday says it is the first time a ...
For years, high-end single-lens reflex cameras have been unable to do what even $100 pocket cams can do: Shoot video. That's because of the type of imaging chip used by SLRs.
This year, the camera industry overcame that limitation. Two new cameras, the Nikon D90 and the Canon 5D Mark II capture ...
1. About those carrot sticks. Avoid them. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.
2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly. Like fine single-malt ...
