Culture

FILM REVIEW

“A boy needs his father, so the saying goes. It's what Istvan Szabo's film is all about.”


French GEO Magazine Dedicates 8 Pages to Budapest

A journalist from France’s prestigious GEO magazine was invited to Budapest by the Hungarian National Tourist Office and the Tourism Office of Budapest.


BOOKS and PUBLICATIONS

Recommended read for the week: The Hungarians: A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat.


BOOK REVIEW

Recommended read for this week is: Strictly from Hungary.


BOOK REVIEW

Recommended read for this week: Dilemmas of Transition: The Hungarian Experience (1990)


BOOK REVIEW

Our suggested read for the week:

The Rough Guide to Hungary [Paperback]
Visitors who refer to Hungary as a Balkan country risk getting a lecture on how this small, landlocked nation of just over ten million people differs from "all those Slavs".


Economy Minister Sees Growth Potential in Tourism Sector

Hungary should double the share of its gross national income generated by tourism and raise the number of workplaces in the sector to 700,000 over the next ten years.


The Essence of Budapest in US Online Magazine

US Independent Traveler published a long article about the tourism offer of Budapest and the surroundings.


BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

Recommended read for the week: Michelin The Green Guide Hungary


A Five-Star Airline is Now Coming to Budapest Airport

The renowned five-star airline will fly four times a week between Budapest and Doha, the capital of Qatar, from January 2011.


News Monitoring