7 result(s) for withdrawn in Community & Culture
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 4.
- 20 Feb 2024 10:20 AM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Now On: Bartók The Folklorist, Museum Of Music History
- 29 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest Bartók Archives presents rarely shown original documents, compositional and scholarly manuscripts, letters, photos form the Hungarian Bartók Estate and some little known documents from the Kodály Archives, to give a rare insight into this exceptional musical life and work.
Budapest Jewish Cultural Festival Leader Quits
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The artistic director of the Jewish Cultural Festival, József Böjte, resigned on Monday after state secretary Csaba Latorcai was jeered off the stage as he made a speech opening the event on Sunday. The audience drowned out Latorcai with applause before he ended his speech because he was defending singer Mária Petrás, whose invitation had been withdrawn due to allegations that she had performed ...
Buddha Statue Removed From Hungarian Museum
- 23 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A Buddha statue found to contain the 900-year-old mummified remains of a monk has been withdrawn by its owner from an exhibit in the Hungarian National History Museum, the museum’s spokeswoman said. Mónika Kiss-Stefán confirmed that the owner had the statue removed, without explanation, on Friday.
Hungary Repatriates Roman-Era Treasure
- 27 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary has purchased the Suevo hoard, a collection of Roman silverware uncovered in the country 40 years ago and illegally smuggled out, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced at a press conference in Parliament on Wednesday.
Xpat Opinion: The New Ethics Textbook For Hungarian Fifth Graders
- 13 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- community & culture
What can one say about the newly introduced ethics textbook for Hungarian fifth graders? For starters, it is not, strictly speaking, an ethics text. Ethics is not a branch of religion, and being ethical is not the same as following the law or adhering to societal norms. So a textbook that lauds religious virtues and advocates unquestioning civil obedience doesn’t belong in an ethics class.
Now On: Egon Schiele & His Age Exhibition, Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 22 Aug 2013 11:25 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, by way of a continuation of its exhibition presenting Gustav Klimt and the early Secession offers an insight into the work of the most outstanding artist of the following generation: Egon Schiele, and through his contemporaries into the development of Viennese Expressionism, the school that superseded Jugendstil.
An Englishwoman's Life in Communist Hungary': Book 2, Chapter 4.
- 20 Feb 2024 10:20 AM
- community & culture
Marion Merrick’s books are the only first-hand account written by a westerner of what it was like to live and work in communist Hungary, and then in the aftermath of the 1989 change of regime.
Now On: Bartók The Folklorist, Museum Of Music History
- 29 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The Budapest Bartók Archives presents rarely shown original documents, compositional and scholarly manuscripts, letters, photos form the Hungarian Bartók Estate and some little known documents from the Kodály Archives, to give a rare insight into this exceptional musical life and work.
Budapest Jewish Cultural Festival Leader Quits
- 1 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The artistic director of the Jewish Cultural Festival, József Böjte, resigned on Monday after state secretary Csaba Latorcai was jeered off the stage as he made a speech opening the event on Sunday. The audience drowned out Latorcai with applause before he ended his speech because he was defending singer Mária Petrás, whose invitation had been withdrawn due to allegations that she had performed ...
Buddha Statue Removed From Hungarian Museum
- 23 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
A Buddha statue found to contain the 900-year-old mummified remains of a monk has been withdrawn by its owner from an exhibit in the Hungarian National History Museum, the museum’s spokeswoman said. Mónika Kiss-Stefán confirmed that the owner had the statue removed, without explanation, on Friday.
Hungary Repatriates Roman-Era Treasure
- 27 Mar 2014 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Hungary has purchased the Suevo hoard, a collection of Roman silverware uncovered in the country 40 years ago and illegally smuggled out, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced at a press conference in Parliament on Wednesday.
Xpat Opinion: The New Ethics Textbook For Hungarian Fifth Graders
- 13 Sep 2013 1:00 AM
- community & culture
What can one say about the newly introduced ethics textbook for Hungarian fifth graders? For starters, it is not, strictly speaking, an ethics text. Ethics is not a branch of religion, and being ethical is not the same as following the law or adhering to societal norms. So a textbook that lauds religious virtues and advocates unquestioning civil obedience doesn’t belong in an ethics class.
Now On: Egon Schiele & His Age Exhibition, Museum Of Fine Arts Budapest
- 22 Aug 2013 11:25 AM
- community & culture
The Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, by way of a continuation of its exhibition presenting Gustav Klimt and the early Secession offers an insight into the work of the most outstanding artist of the following generation: Egon Schiele, and through his contemporaries into the development of Viennese Expressionism, the school that superseded Jugendstil.