Budapest, Hungary Travel News

Date : Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:54:35 +0400 PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN WILL BE LEAVING FOR A THREE-DAY STATE VISIT TO THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY president.am Nov 8 2009 Armenia On November 8, President Serzh Sargsyan will be leaving for a three-day state visit to the Republic of Hungary.

THE Corfe Castle man extradited to Hungary remains locked-up without charge in what his father had described as "backward, brutal and barbaric" conditions.

Monday 9 November is the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the outstanding event in the wave of changes which swept Eastern Europe in 1989, and which triggered the collapse of Communism and the ending of the Cold War.

It may seem an unlikely destination for migrants from war-torn or poverty-stricken countries, but many have chosen to make their new beginnings in Hungary.

Monday 9 November is the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the outstanding event in the wave of changes which swept Eastern Europe in 1989, and which triggered the collapse of Communism and the ending of the Cold War.

Budapest is one of Europe's most beautiful cities with stunning architecture and wonderful views across the River Danube.

Winter presents unique travel opportunities in any cold weather destination, and Budapest, Hungary is no exception: see architectural masterpieces shrouded in snow, share in the joy of Christmas festivities, snuggle by a fire with a mug of hot cocoa, mulled wine or steaming coffee and watch the passersby, skate on a frozen pond in front of a ...

In some corners of the old Iron Curtain, it's not just frustrated pensioners who still hum the "Internationale." BUDAPEST Two pretty girls in their late teens walk arm in arm in front of a light-bulb factory in northern Budapest.

She was a wild, pop star-dating good-time girl. Then she married the Archduke of Austria and life changed forever.

Fall arrived late this year in Budapest, where I am visiting from Israel, and it is still very warm on Yom Kippur.

People from Romania, Germany and Hungary will be visiting Knowle West Media Centre next week as part of an international project exploring 'green mapping' and exchanging ideas on sustainable living.

Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai in Budapest, capital of Hungary, Oct.

Arts & Culture , Environment , Science , Technology , Travel Languages: English , Hungarian Full Category List Excerpt Architects, artists, biologists and technicians worked together in downtown Budapest to show that a small plantation of algae could contribute to improving our environment.

Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met here Friday with Hungarian President Solyom Laszlo, and put forward a four-point proposal to help further bilateral relations.

Summer may be the most popular time of year to take a break, but it's not always the best time.

Think of a city located in the heart of a tiny Central European country. It was destroyed and devastated many times during history.

The famous French filmmaker Jean Renois once said in an interview that differences among nationalities are trivial compared to differences among professions.

The river runs through it. The blue, sometimes greeny, Danube has on its banks some of the finest buildings in Europe.

'Lanchid 19 carries its 'designer' tag a little too seriously' 'The hotel sits close to the top of the funicular railway' CONTEMPORARY CHIC Lanchid 19 LOCATION This contemporary hotel sits close to the top of the funicular railway that brings passengers up the hill to Buda's austere and imposing buildings on the west bank of the Danube.

'The real star is the building itself; worth a reel of film even if you aren't staying in it' 'It's worth trying for a room with a river view' ART NOUVEAU LUXURY LOCATION This converted art nouveau palace on the east bank of the Danube and looking across the Chain Bridge to the Buda Palace could hardly be in a better place.