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TESTIMONY budapest : Testimony: being young, Hungarian and a football-loving minority in Slovakia

Testimony: being young, Hungarian and a football-loving minority in Slovakia

After contacting a dozen youngsters via email and phone to talk about the currently tense nationalist relations, only one was ready to tell me about his personal experiences

by Judit Schvéger @ // 17/11/08

budapest, testimony, dunajská streda, politics, slovakia, hungary

FEATURE budapest : Touring my city - the real Budapest

Touring my city - the real Budapest

Tour of the eighth district, Józsefváros, in Hungary’s city centre

by Jukka @ , Judit Schvéger @ // 14/08/08

budapest, beyond budapest, travel, józsefváros, tourism, hungary

PANORAMA budapest : Venice, Edinburgh, Perpignan - a festival for everyone

Venice, Edinburgh, Perpignan - a festival for everyone

Italy's 'La Mostra', Scotland's Fringe, photojournalism in the south of France - it’s not too late to recover your cultural health before the end of summer. Monthly guide to the best culture picks in Europe

by Benjamin Lasry @ // 08/08/08

budapest, venezia, edimburgo, festivals, london, culture, biennale

PORTRAIT budapest : Zagar: 'Outside Hungary we have to start all over again'

Zagar: 'Outside Hungary we have to start all over again'

Whether connected to a computer or a piano, Balázs Zságer, 36, has the tired look of a nocturnal bird. With one foot in Hungary’s electro rock scene and another abroad, he speaks about the melancholy that underpins eastern European pop music, as well as his difficulties to get his album sold outside of his native land

by Jane Mery @ // 13/06/08

budapest, bands, balázs zságer, music, electronic music, violin, jirzi menzel

Kicking off a protest in Budapest

Kicking off a protest in Budapest

Porn movies are produced by the bulk, shopping malls mushroom by the million and the Jewish district crumbles: Hungarian residents fight the fat cats to reclaim their streets, air and traditions

INVESTIGATION budapest : Unpopular Bologna process for Budapest’s class of 2009

Unpopular Bologna process for Budapest’s class of 2009

The accords making European higher education compatible reached Hungarian universities in 2006. A sociology student at Budapest Corvinus University describes the trying experience of the new system which celebrated ten years on 25 May

by Csacsillus @ // 23/05/08

budapest, cornivus university, bologna process, society

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How to spend a day along the Danube river in Budapest?

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union, and flows through four capital cities in Europe. Budapest is the third capital flowing through from source to mouth. There are many place recommended to visit at the bank of the Danube, now we give you hints to spend a ...

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Visszontlatasra Tel Aviv, and shalom Budapest

So, just as you know, I continue to move around. Greetings from Budapest this time! One week in advance I was already worried: I'll be travelling with lots of things, including books, notes in a rare language, and so on. I had heard legends of Israeli border controls, and ...

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Nine Fantastical and Fascinating Things about Budapest

Written by Emma Baker When my mother visited Budapest, without any idea what to expect, she resorted to Lewis Caroll for a suitable analogy, "I feel like Alice, and I’ve fallen through the rabbit hole.’ The next evening we went to a Ligeti concert in the Palace of the ...

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Finding Việt N(y)am in Hungary

Written by Lien Hoang Việt Nam and Hungary go together as obviously as, well, let's say their respective soupy icons, pho and goulash. But as a Việt Nam-born student in Hungary, I take any reason to blend the two countries. Enter Édenkert, the house of Vietnamese culture and food ...

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My Berlin Wall

It has been 20 year ago when the Berlin Wall has fallen down, but still, there are some places all around Europe where we might witness that classes of society, buildings or some parts of the city are separated from each other. They are rather symbolic walls, but to break ...

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