In 1913, the 7th Congress of the International Women’s Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) met in Budapest. The aim of the convention was to raise public awareness of women’s issues in Hungary. In particular, the alliance wanted to work with city council to establish a women’s aid office as well as day care centers. Here’s a look [...]
A larger-than size bronze statue of the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was unveiled today at the Graphisoft Park in Budapest. The statue was commissioned by Graphisoft Founder and Chairman of the Board Gabor Bojar. The relationship between Graphisoft and Apple can be traced to the 1980’s, when Jobs came across the first version of Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD [...]
Christmas is celebrated in many different ways throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Commonly most of the regions’ festivities begin with the period of Advent which is four weeks prior to Christmas and the feast of Saint Nicholas on the 6th of December. Although the celebration of the season is shared, each country has developed their [...]
Flórián Albert, Hungary’s Ballon d’Or prize-winning football player, died on Monday at the age of 70 after complications following heart surgery, his club Ferencváros said on its website. Albert played 537 matches for Ferencváros, scoring 383 goals and winning four Hungarian championships. He also played 75 times for Hungary, tallying 31 goals. He took part in the 1962 and 1966 World [...]
Hungarians living abroad often have difficulty accessing information directly from Hungary. As well, most publications or websites from Hungary are not available in English. An online service called Hungarian Register now aims to bridge this gap. Officially unveiled last week by the Public Administration and Justice Ministry, the Hungarian Register aims to provide the latest [...]
Google, the most popular search engine, honored the life of Albert von Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt on his 118th birthday anniversary today with a doodle on its hompage. Szent-Györgyi is credited with discovering vitamin C and the components and reactions of the citric acid cycle. Born in Budapest on September 16, 1893, Szent-Györgyi’s family included three [...]
New York’s population has been diverse since the city’s founding by the Dutch. Successive waves of immigrants from virtually every nation in the world have settled in this city. This is perhaps most evident in the range of neighborhoods, many of which include ethnic enclaves. There is Little Italy, Chinatown, and “Spanish,” or East Harlem, [...]
The Tom Lantos Institute was officially inaugurated in parliament this week with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her predecessor Condoleezza Rice leading the ceremonies. The institute, named after Hungarian-born U.S. Congressman Tom Lantos, was established to promote tolerance and support minority issues in Central and Eastern Europe and in the world. “This represents [...]
One of Austria’s greatest painters would have celebrated his 150th birthday in 2012: Gustav Klimt (1862–1918). A leading figure of the Sezessionstil movement, Klimt was one of the most innovative and controversial artists of the early twentieth century. To honor his life and work, the city of Vienna will be hosting a series of special [...]
This past weekend, Rubin Art, held a special event in Toronto to celebrate Herend’s 160 anniversary of its Victoria collection. Founded in 1826 in a small town in western Hungary, Herend is a leading producer of luxury hand painted and gilded porcelain. It’s most well-known collection is the Victoria pattern named after Queen Victoria who purchased the original set in 1851 at the [...]
