Budapest, Hungary Travel News

VISIT Budapest. You'll develop a deep admiration for a city that is visually gorgeous and one of the most lively in Europe.

This year, the Hungarian capital is host to an unprecedented number of events celebrating the Festival of Lights, ranging from the Jewish community's annual gala Chanukah ball to Quarter6Quarter7 - a first-of-its-kind eight-day festival celebrating the history, culture and community of the old Jewish quarter.

Ken Follett made his name writing spy thrillers like "Eye of the Needle." But the book that has won him the most critical, and eventually popular, acclaim is a nearly 1,000-page novel about the construction of an English cathedral in the 12th century.

Clockwise from top left: the gilded coffin of Tasenet; Egyptologist Dobrovits at the opening of the Gamhud; restoration work at the tomb of Djehutymes; the site of Gamhud photos courtesy of the Hungarian Archaeological Institute Hungary's leaning towards Egyptian history was sparked by a dawning interest in all things antiquarian that came with the ...

The Ritz-Carlton, Denver is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Steven Szenasi as Director of Catering Sales.

The Magyars, or Hungarian people, originated in an area of present-day Russia located between the Volga River and the Ural Mountains.

Ken Follett made his name writing spy thrillers like "Eye of the Needle." But the book that has won him the most critical, and eventually popular, acclaim is a nearly 1,000-page novel about the construction of an English cathedral in the 12th century.

Talk about a reversal of fortunes. Two brothers who are so poor they live in a cave on the outskirts of Budapest and get by selling scavenged junk are in line to receive a $6.6 billion inheritance from a long-lost grandmother, the U.K. Daily Telegraph reports.

What's it like to live in a far-off place most of us see only on a vacation? Foreign Correspondence is an interview with someone who lives in a spot you may want to visit.

Richard Wolf and his daughter Deb Solarz, both of Albany, cruised the Danube River and saw several European cities over 11 days in August.

When a book bears my name I want to know that the places I write about are good, so to get a realistic view I have to go incognito Charles Hebbert Nibbling a delectable poppy seed rtes in a shop in Budapest last year, I saw the Rough Guide to Budapest propped up on a shelf.

When landing at the international airport in Budapest I was impressed with the efficiency and the music.

The Revolutionary Decadence exhibition at buda's Kiscelli Museum highlights the artistic contribution made by foreign residents of Budapest over the last two decades.

17. Making a keynote speech at the conference Azerbaijani ambassador to Hungary Hasan Hasanov presented the honorary awards of the embassy to the professor of Hungarian Institute of Linguistics, member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences Giorgi Hazai and director of the ELTE Institute of Oriental Studies, Professor Istvan Vasary for their merits in ...

THE breaching of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago this month has become the symbol of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and, ultimately, the triumph of democracy.

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.