In some days’ time the biggest Hungarian festival Sziget will start. This year the event will take 8 days and nearly 400 thousand people are expected to arrive at the Danube island of the Hungarian capital city Budapest. Among the headliners there are acts such as Snoop Dogg, the Killers, […]
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According to COED website Zsuzsanna Jakabos is „perhaps the most beautiful Olympian to grace the world stage, in the history of the world games”. A popular online magazine illustrates the statement with 84 photos, and, as the comments prove it, the readers agree with the opinion. The beautiful Hungarian swimmer […]
The British Lewis Hamilton won the 27th Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring track of Mogyoród near Budapest on Sunday. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus) and Romain Grosjean (Lotus) Results 1. Lewis Hamilton (British, McLaren) 1:41:05.503 2. Kimi Räikkönen (Finnish, Lotus) 1.032 sec behind 3. Romain Grosjean […]
Thursday: The German Sebastian Vettel on arriving at the track Michael Schumacher is popping in a truck Mark Webber is giving driving advice to the Hungarian model Sylvi Bódi Jenson Button (Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes) is waving to the folks (or somebody) Still Thurstday: Curious people at the pits Lewis Hamilton of […]
At one of the Budapest’s busiest junctions five Hungarian Playmates stopped the traffic to advertise „Magyar Nagydíj” that will take place this weekend. The models, dressed up as grid girls, also invited the people the after party following the race.
The photos were taken by György Varga (MTI) in a lakeside village Balatonfenyves on 24 July 2012. Sunset at Lake Balaton (click to enlarge) Sunset at Lake Balaton (click to enlarge) Balaton is the biggest lake in Central Europe, sometimes referred as Hungarian sea. It is 77 km long, its […]
Not many people know in the continent, but 1456 is an important date of the history of Europe. Christian forces led by Hungarian general Janos Hunyadi defeated the Turks at Nándorfehérvár (now Belgrade) thus kept back the Muslims to invade Europe. During the siege Pope Callixtus III ordered the bells […]
As I was writing a couple of posts ago, crime psychologist Kata Bándy was murdered in the southern Hungarian town Pécs. The death of the 25-year-old lady shocked the public. There are three elements that kindle people’s emotions in this crime case. First, the victim’s unusual job, second, her age […]
Drinking Coca-cola used to mean that people could believe, at least for a second, that they belonged to the western world – remembered Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán the country’s communist past when the drink was illegal and said to be a “capitalist drug”. The time has changed. Later – […]
The Hungarian Central Statistical Office has just published the current wage figures. According to the statistics in the first half of 2012 the average gross earnings were 220,700 HUF (ca 780 euro, 955 USD) per month. The best-paid jobs can be found at financial and insurance companies ((HUF 464,900 on […]