Budapester Zeitung (BZT) is a privately owned German-language weekly newspaper published in Budapest, Hungary. It was established in April 1999 and has a circulation of about 7000 copies. Since 2003 there has been an English-language sister newspaper, The Budapest Times . It is published by BZT Media Kft, founded by Berlin-born Jan Mainka. [1]
Since early 2014, BZT has been published in magazine format. Aimed primarily at German-language businessmen and diplomats living in Hungary, it covers politics, the economy, culture and local events as well as world news. [2] [1]
Die Tageszeitung, stylized as die tageszeitung and commonly referred to as taz, is a German daily newspaper. It is run as a cooperative – it is administered by its employees and a co-operative of shareholders who invest in a free independent press, rather than to depend on advertising and paywalls.
Metro International is a Swedish media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the freesheet newspaper Metro. This newspaper is primarily intended for city commuters in business areas.
The Neue Zürcher Zeitung is a Swiss, German-language daily newspaper, published by NZZ Mediengruppe in Zürich. The paper was founded in 1780. It has a reputation as a high-quality newspaper, as the Swiss-German newspaper of record, and for detailed reports on international affairs.
Sir András Schiff is a Hungarian-born British classical pianist and conductor. He has received numerous awards and honours, including the Grammy Award, Gramophone Award, Mozart Medal, and Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize, and was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to music. He is also known for his public criticism of political movements in Hungary and Austria.
Péter Zilahy is a Hungarian writer and performer whose prose and poetry has been widely translated and who has often used photography, interactive media and performance art in his work.
András Ligeti was a Hungarian classical violinist and conductor who worked internationally. He was chief conductor of the Hungarian State Opera House until 1985, and chief conductor to the Budapest Symphony Orchestra from 1989 to 1993. He recorded with a focus on Hungarian music and contemporary music.
Zebegény is a picturesque historic village in Pest county, Hungary. It is located 60 km north of Budapest in the Danube Bend, next to the Duna-Ipoly National Park. It is a favourite destination for tourists, who love the quiet and the fresh air. Due to its nice beaches, mountains, and forests, the village was nicknamed "The marble of the Danube Bend".
The Pan-European Picnic was a peace demonstration held on the Austrian-Hungarian border near Sopron, Hungary on 19 August 1989. The opening of the border gate between Austria and Hungary at the Pan-European Picnic was an event in the chain reaction, at the end of which Germany reunified, the Iron Curtain fell apart, and the Eastern Bloc disintegrated. The communist governments and the Warsaw Pact subsequently dissolved, ending the Cold War.
Hungarian comics are comics made in Hungary and by the Hungarian diaspora of the surrounding countries. When dealing with Hungarian comics, one cannot separate comics made by Hungarians from translated foreign matter, since in some eras most of the publications come from the latter group and influence comics fandom and the general picture about comics in the country.
The Budapest Times is an English-language newspaper reporting on events in Hungary. The paper is published weekly and is owned by Budapest-Zeitung Kft.
Neues Budapester Abendblatt was a liberal German-language daily newspaper, published from Budapest, Hungary. The last issue of the newspaper was published on January 7, 1922.
Károly Grecsák was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1917 and 1918. He was a representative of the Moderate Opposition from 1881 to 1891. He was the founder and an editor of the first German language oppositional newspaper, the Budapester Tageblatt. From 1891 he worked as a judge for the Court of Szeged, later moved to Budapest to the Court. After the ministership he became a lawyer in the capital city. He was the founder and chairman of the Party of Hungarian Order which functioned from 1920 to 1922.
The Süddeutsche Zeitung, published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat.
The Centre for Fair Political Analysis is a Hungarian think tank. It studies social and political cohesion. It was founded in 2007. CFPA is independent and non party affiliated. CFPA's philosophy is built upon the "three Cs": conflict, consensus, and cohesion.
AWS is a Hungarian post-hardcore band formed in 2006 by Bence Brucker, Dániel Kökényes, Örs Siklósi and Áron Veress. Their music is characterized by diversity, powerful performances, and sudden changes, which utilizes metal, psychedelic rock, alternative and post-rock styles. Up to now, they have released five studio albums, two live albums and fourteen video clips. Their music videos often have juxtapositions of images of violence and celebrities in order to bring light to problems that the world faces, exhibiting what they call being "anti-celebrity". They represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Portugal with the song Viszlát nyár.
András Kenessei is a Hungarian art historian, writer and journalist.
Alexander Grossman was a Zionist activist and, during the German occupation, a Hungarian resistance hero. After emigrating/immigrating in 1949 he spent a period as a member of the Kibbutz Ma'abarot. In the early 1950s he emigrated/immigrated again, and became a Swiss journalist and author.
The European Conservative is a pan-European conservative English-language publication registered in Budapest, Hungary, with an editorial office in Vienna, Austria, and news offices in Brussels, Belgium and Rome, Italy. It focuses on philosophy, politics, culture, and the arts. It publishes articles, essays, interviews, and reviews about different kinds of conservative, traditionalist, reactionary, and right-wing thought in Europe and across the world.