199 result(s) for summer 2015
Inflation Edges Down 0.1% In August
- 9 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Consumer prices in Hungary fell by an annual 0.1% in August, dropping for the fourth month in a row, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. The decline slowed from 0.3% in July. CPI dropped on a 4.1% fall in prices for the category of goods that includes vehicle fuel. Food prices were up by 0.6%, the price of alcohol and tobacco climbed by 1.9% and service prices rose by 1.1%.
Union: New School Year ‘Won’t Be Smooth’
- 1 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of the PSZ teachers’ trade union has warned that the new school year “will not be smooth”. Piroska Galló said government communications suggesting all the right conditions were in place for schools to start the year successfully were misleading.
Richard Dyer, Former Principal, The British International School, Budapest
- 29 Aug 2016 12:00 PM
Richard Dyer joined The British International School, Budapest as Principal in 2015. Before moving to Hungary he started as a mathematics teacher in London, then headed overseas in 1986.
PapaJazz & Scott Robinson: Swing Tárogató, Mupa, 27 August
- 26 Aug 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
The Hungarian musicians of PapaJazz are without exception lovers and virtuoso players of American jazz, and within it New Orleans jazz and swing, while American jazz star Scott Robinson is a dedicated exponent of the Hungarian folk music of the tárogató.
Video: 'B my Lake' Festival, Zamárdi, Now On Until 27 August
- 25 Aug 2016 12:45 PM
- entertainment
This is the fourth year running that B.my.Lake, also known by some as the 'Mecca of electronic music', takes place to round off the summer season with a boom. Since its debut in 2013, B my Lake has become one of Hungary’s most popular festivals, and the #1 summer destination for lovers of electronic music.
The Tallest Man On Earth (S), A38 Ship Budapest, 13 September
- 23 Aug 2016 9:01 AM
- entertainment
Europe's most honest Dylan-follower, the indie-folk troubadour swedish young man The Tallest Man on Earth released his fourth album last year, which proved what made him a uniquely popular charismatic, suggestive and overwhelming guitarist songwriter singer performer.
Hungarian Personal Bankruptcy Law Failure, Says LMP
- 16 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Green opposition LMP has branded Hungary’s personal bankruptcy law a failure and proposed that the legislation should be changed to make debt repayment fairer and allow lower-income debtors to file for personal bankruptcy as well.
World Premiere: Open Air Magic, Margaret Island, 12 & 13 August
- 11 Aug 2016 12:50 PM
- community & culture
This summer on the Margaret Island Open-air Stage the line up includes a 'super-spectacular Magic Show'. Organisers told XpatLoop that world famous illusionists will take to the stage accompanied by beautiful girls and a charming host, to enchant spectators with this tour de force of breathtaking stunts 'where the impossible is possible'.
Ázbej & Ázbej Exhibition, Műcsarnok, Now On Until 11 September
- 11 Aug 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Interlinking generations, the co-operation of fathers and their children in the arts and disciplines make for inexhaustible, exciting and enlightening stories. An exhibition of father and son is proof positive that renewal need not begin by sweeping away the past, but often quite the contrary. The concept of this exhibition is to present some snapshots of intertwinements and junctions, without a ...
Inflation Edges Down 0.1% In August
- 9 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Consumer prices in Hungary fell by an annual 0.1% in August, dropping for the fourth month in a row, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said. The decline slowed from 0.3% in July. CPI dropped on a 4.1% fall in prices for the category of goods that includes vehicle fuel. Food prices were up by 0.6%, the price of alcohol and tobacco climbed by 1.9% and service prices rose by 1.1%.
Union: New School Year ‘Won’t Be Smooth’
- 1 Sep 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of the PSZ teachers’ trade union has warned that the new school year “will not be smooth”. Piroska Galló said government communications suggesting all the right conditions were in place for schools to start the year successfully were misleading.
Richard Dyer, Former Principal, The British International School, Budapest
- 29 Aug 2016 12:00 PM
Richard Dyer joined The British International School, Budapest as Principal in 2015. Before moving to Hungary he started as a mathematics teacher in London, then headed overseas in 1986.
PapaJazz & Scott Robinson: Swing Tárogató, Mupa, 27 August
- 26 Aug 2016 9:04 AM
- entertainment
The Hungarian musicians of PapaJazz are without exception lovers and virtuoso players of American jazz, and within it New Orleans jazz and swing, while American jazz star Scott Robinson is a dedicated exponent of the Hungarian folk music of the tárogató.
Video: 'B my Lake' Festival, Zamárdi, Now On Until 27 August
- 25 Aug 2016 12:45 PM
- entertainment
This is the fourth year running that B.my.Lake, also known by some as the 'Mecca of electronic music', takes place to round off the summer season with a boom. Since its debut in 2013, B my Lake has become one of Hungary’s most popular festivals, and the #1 summer destination for lovers of electronic music.
The Tallest Man On Earth (S), A38 Ship Budapest, 13 September
- 23 Aug 2016 9:01 AM
- entertainment
Europe's most honest Dylan-follower, the indie-folk troubadour swedish young man The Tallest Man on Earth released his fourth album last year, which proved what made him a uniquely popular charismatic, suggestive and overwhelming guitarist songwriter singer performer.
Hungarian Personal Bankruptcy Law Failure, Says LMP
- 16 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Green opposition LMP has branded Hungary’s personal bankruptcy law a failure and proposed that the legislation should be changed to make debt repayment fairer and allow lower-income debtors to file for personal bankruptcy as well.
World Premiere: Open Air Magic, Margaret Island, 12 & 13 August
- 11 Aug 2016 12:50 PM
- community & culture
This summer on the Margaret Island Open-air Stage the line up includes a 'super-spectacular Magic Show'. Organisers told XpatLoop that world famous illusionists will take to the stage accompanied by beautiful girls and a charming host, to enchant spectators with this tour de force of breathtaking stunts 'where the impossible is possible'.
Ázbej & Ázbej Exhibition, Műcsarnok, Now On Until 11 September
- 11 Aug 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Interlinking generations, the co-operation of fathers and their children in the arts and disciplines make for inexhaustible, exciting and enlightening stories. An exhibition of father and son is proof positive that renewal need not begin by sweeping away the past, but often quite the contrary. The concept of this exhibition is to present some snapshots of intertwinements and junctions, without a ...