GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY (Friday, 27 September 2019) GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS September 27, 2019 Global Markets The USD retained a firm tone across the board, pushing the EUR/USD…
GLOBAL & REGIONAL DAILY HIGHLIGHTS August 28, 2019 Global Markets Market focus remains on Italian political developments. Italian President Sergio Matarella is scheduled to meet the leaders of the main…
Commentary: Unity strengthening in Visegrád group By Miroslav Singer in Prague Solidarity among the Visegrád group – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – played a major role in the…
Ekol Logistics executes the strategy to develop more intermodal connections in Europe. In line with this objective Ekol opens a new block train service between Budapest, Hungary, and Cologne, Germany.…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: Major US stock indices edged lower overnight, the USD weakened and US Treasuries gained as US President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade stance has…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: The USD was firmer across the board in European trade on Tuesday as Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s hawkish comments on the US labor market earlier…
Champion Hungarian chef and master of black pottery, József K Nagy, celebrates a family achievement that has enhanced a London restaurant By James Brewer József K Nagy is a master…
Captured for all time in the once-censored film ‘Hortobágy’: traditional pastoral life in the Hungarian plains By James Brewer It is just over 80 years since George Hoellering, an Austro-Hungarian…
A ‘sea’ without waves but beset by mirages: the Puszta in Hungary and its mesmerising vistas James Brewer joins fellow tourists on a horse-drawn safari to view the pastoral beauty…
Keynotes in the musical history of Hungary, a cornucopia of major and minor composers By James Brewer One of the most gifted composers of the 18th century is undergoing a revival…
All aboard Zsuzsi – the historic narrow-gauge train that chugs deep into the forests of eastern Hungary By James Brewer Children and adults alike cheer and wave as the train…
Determination of a Holocaust survivor and his grandson laid the foundations for a major collection at Hungarian modern art centre Modem By James Brewer A 21st century three-storey glass-fronted building stands…
Hungarian sculptor inspired by the life-force of womankind, and by art of ancient Greece: Ferenc Medgyessy is honoured in an exceptional museum in Debrecen By James Brewer Ferenc Medgyessy, one of the…
Hungarian rhapsody: 19th century politician-poets continue to be hailed as national heroes By James Brewer Easily the most popular Hungarian poet, despite or because of his brief life, is Sándor Petőfi…
The ‘mad scientist’ who was a physics genius is celebrated among skilfully-crafted public sculptures in Debrecen, Hungary By James Brewer Under a huge oak tree which must be 150 to…
A Dutch admiral who rescued from the galleys men persecuted for their faith is saluted in Hungary’s second city Debrecen By James Brewer To residents of the Hungarian city of…
Protect the linguistic and cultural landscape amid the sweep of globalisation, churchman urges at Debrecen Summer School ceremony By James Brewer A call to nurture and defend the languages spoken…
Students from 41 countries converged in 2015 on Debrecen University Summer School to get the hang of speaking Hungarian and to learn about the evolution of the nation By James…
HIGHLIGHTS WORLD ECONOMIC & MARKET DEVELOPMENTS GLOBAL MARKETS: The two-day BoJ policy meeting concluded earlier today with the Central Bank keeping its monetary policy on hold on the view that rising…
HAMBURG/KIEL HSH Nordbank is participating in the refinancing of Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest.for EUR 100 million. HSH Nordbank is thus taking on a significant share of the transaction…
Slovak Sea shimmers as “the land of sun and water”, By James Brewer Every nation likes to be beside the sea – and countries that are landlocked wish that they…
In search of the Jewish pre-war societies of eastern Slovakia and northern Hungary, By James Brewer Tracking down what remains of the of once-thriving Jewish communities in largely-rural eastern Slovakia…
Hungary’s second city Debrecen wings onto the UK tourist radar, thanks to regular air-link from London, By James Brewer Hungary’s second largest city, Debrecen, is flying into tourist prominence generated…
The Duke of Kent attends Liszt anniversary celebration in Budapest (followed by the article translated into Hungarian) By Veronika Bánki His Royal Highness Prince Edward Duke of Kent made a special visit…
How the autobiography of Mary the Lady Soames found an eager new audience in Hungary, By Veronika Bánki, translator of A Daughter’s Tale, by Mary Soames At the launch of in…