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Budapest beats to Ritmo world music festival

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Featuring artists from all over the world, from South Korea to Norway via Turkey or Senegal, the Budapest Ritmo festival was a celebration of world music.



Monoswezi is a collective of musicians from Mozambique,...
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Tourism boost for Hungary

9th - Higher Ed
September 27th was world tourism day, which is intended to raise awareness of its social, cultural, political and economic importance.



But the industry is going through difficult times with many people being...
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Hungary’s green agenda moves in two directions

9th - Higher Ed
Hungary’s environmental agenda has taken one step forward and one step back.



The government just announced plans to subsidise electric cars, but at the same time is blocking the installation of new wind...
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Migration crisis dominates award-winning photo show

9th - Higher Ed
The World Press Photo exhibition has opened in Budapest’s Museum of Ethnography.



The jury selected the winning works from more than 80.000 pictures by photographers from all over the world. No surprise, the...
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BRUA pipeline for European energy diversity moves forward

9th - Higher Ed
The latest move towards energy diversity for Europe came in Budapest on Friday with the signing of agreements to build the Romanian section of the BRUA pipeline network.



Representatives of the European...
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Budapest circus revives Paris cabaret

9th - Higher Ed
‘Paris de Nuit’ by the Budapest-based Recirquel Contemporary Circus Company takes audiences into the cafes, brothels and dark streets of 1930’s Paris.



Jazz musicians, singers, dancers and circus artists bring...
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Uber quits Hungary over new law

9th - Higher Ed
Uber is to stop all its operations in Hungary saying a new law makes it impossible to run the ride-hailing service there.



Under the law, Hungary’s national communications authority can block internet...
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Amedeo Modigliani: Exhibition at The Hungarian National Gallery

9th - Higher Ed
The Hungarian National Gallery is hosting a unique retrospective of Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) who is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by...
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Budapest hosts Bocuse d’Or European competition as city’s culinary fame grows

9th - Higher Ed
Hungary’s capital, Budapest, is a rising star in the culinary world and this year is hosting the European heat of the Bocuse d’Or, which is known as the Olympic Games for chefs.



Hungary also boasts several...
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Budapest holds its third international theatre festival

9th - Higher Ed
The third annual Madach Theatre festival brings 22 performances from 13 countries to the Hungarian capital.



All genres of theatre can be seen, from...
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Budapest honours father of op art Victor Vasarely

9th - Higher Ed
He is widely considered the father of the op art movement, a style of visual art that uses optical illusion.



Now, the public can discover or rediscover the work of Hungarian-born French artist Victor Vasarely...
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Budapest gets bitcoin taxis

9th - Higher Ed
Do you need a taxi and don’t have cash or a credit card? Well if you’re in Hungary’s capital Budapest you’re in luck if you hold some bitcoin.



It is the latest city where you can use the virtual currency to pay...
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Budapest celebrates 90 years of György Kurtág

9th - Higher Ed
As Hungarian composer György Kurtág celebrates his 90 th birthday Budapest is marking his career with a week- long festival.



Hungary’s culture minister salutes György and Márta Kurtág after the composer’s 90th...
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Budapest denies its Sovereignty Protection Office is stifling the freedom of information

9th - Higher Ed
Hungary has been accused of trying to intimidate civil society as the European Commission has issued legal proceedings against its Sovereignty Protection Office.
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Budapest denies its newly-formed 'sovereignty protection' agency is intimidating civil society

9th - Higher Ed
The Sovereignty Protection Office has the power to gather information on any groups or individuals that benefit from foreign funding and influence public debate, and Hungary’s secret services can assist in its investigations.
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Hungarian government alerts services as heatwave threatens homeless

9th - Higher Ed
The heatwave scorching Hungary can put homeless people in life-threatening situations.
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Code Red issued by government as heatwave scorches Hungary's homeless

9th - Higher Ed
The heatwave scorching Hungary can put homeless people in life-threatening situations.
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Over 10,000 Poles participate in Pride parade in Warsaw

9th - Higher Ed
Last weekend a parade in Warsaw drew over 20,000 people, including two government ministers for the first time.
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ECJ fines Hungary with €200 million over 'extremely serious' breach of EU asylum law

9th - Higher Ed
Hungary has been accused of systematically ignoring EU asylum rules.
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Italian activist Ilaria Salis released after 15 months in prison following MEP election win

9th - Higher Ed
The European Parliament members enjoy substantial legal immunity from prosecution, even if the allegations pertain to crimes committed prior to their election.
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A look at Chinese investment within Hungary

9th - Higher Ed
China has invested heavily in Hungary's infrastructure and EV cars.
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Is China using Hungary as its bridgehead in Europe?

9th - Higher Ed
The primary purpose of Xi Jinping's three-day visit to Hungary might be to ensure that Hungary can help China gain market share in the EU, as Beijing and Budapest prepare to sign a total of 16 bilateral agreements.
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EU leaders meet in Brussels with one single mission: make Viktor Orbán lift his veto on Ukraine aid

9th - Higher Ed
Brussels is on Thursday set to be the scene of a momentous summit where European Union leaders will plead with Viktor Orbán to lift his intractable veto on a €50-billion special fund for Ukraine.
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Sándor Kereki reveals 'Budapest in the seventies from a boy’s perspective'

9th - Higher Ed
Meet Sándor Kereki, the Hungarian photographer who takes you back to the streets of Budapest in the 1970s.