Eszter Vass
The coolest astronaut in the world is coming to Budapest
Chris Hadfield, one of the most well known astronauts in the world is coming to Budapest, origo.hu reports. The former commander of the International Space Station will be a guest at the Brain Bar, Europe’s biggest festival on future thinking.…
Two Hungarian films at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival
It’s not the Time of my Life by Szabolcs Hajdu competes for the Crystal Globe, while Attila Till’s Kills on Wheels opens the East of the West programme on July 2, origo.hu reports. The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is…
Hungary at 45th place on global Prosperity Index
The Legatum Institute in London publishes the Prosperity Index every year, which ranks the world’s countries according to a large variety of factors. Hungary ranks 45th on the 2015 index, vous.hu reports. The Institute uses a complex system to determine the…
Major Moholy-Nagy exhibition and Modernity X Hungary festival in New York
A large-scale exhibition of the work of László Moholy-Nagy opens at the Guggenheim Museum in New York on May 27, nytimes.com writes. More than 300 artworks will be on display, many of which have never been shown in Hungary. The…
Spaghetti bridge building championship in Budapest
MTI – The RECCS World Championship in Spaghetti Bridge Building took place at the Óbuda University on May 26. The bridge of the winning Romanian team from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca withstood a load of 455.30 kg before breaking.…
Dream come true in Congo – Interview with zoologist Cintia Garai
She just arrived from Candamo, Peru in March, and already she is saying goodbye to friends and loved ones to spend a year in Africa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “I’m smiling as soon as I step off…
Rubik’s Cube trademark contested
According to Maciej Szpunar, one of the Advocates General of the European Court of Justice, the trademark for the shape of the Rubik’s Cube should be abolished. Ernő Rubik’s invention has been a fan favourite for 42 years, origo.hu reports.…
Balaton water quality is excellent and almost at 20 degrees
The official bathing season begins very soon on Lake Balaton, the water quality is great and the temperature is getting closer and closer to 20 degrees, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reports. The water quality of Balaton is very good, the annual inspection revealed.…
Hungarian winner at the International Nature Film Festival
The Kunság – The Secret Life of the Hungarian Puszta by Szabolcs Mosonyi won the grand prize at the 2nd International Nature Film Festival in Gödöllő, szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reports. The award ceremony was held in the Riding Hall of the Gödöllő…
Jane Goodall lecture in Budapest
Jane Goodall, perhaps the most well known ethologist in the world, gave a lecture in Budapest on Monday, 444.hu reports. Before the lecture she talked to the press about the fact that humanity would be capable of saving the planet,…