Hungarian Conservative

‘While Budapesters aren’t wealthy, their lives are safe, purposeful, and filled with objective beauty. They perceive that they are temporary stewards of a valuable human condition and assume their descendants ought to inherit it; society is to be preserved, rather than consumed. Mothers with infants and other young children are an unmistakable element of the Hungarian capital. I always felt comfortable when my wife walked alone at night. Violent crime and discarded needles are nonexistent. This is life in the former Eastern Bloc.’

Regardless of the season or century, the Gerbeaud House has always been one of the gems of the capital’s city centre. Both the beauty of the late Art Nouveau building and the Gerbeaud Café on the edifice’s ground floor attract tourists and sweet-toothed visitors to this day.

Vera Molnar (1924-2023) was a world-famous Hungarian-born French media artist and a pioneer of computer art. Her works can be viewed at the Hungarian Academy in Rome, the Falconieri Palace until this Sunday.

The Budapest Architecture Film Festival is held between 7 and 10 March at the Toldi Cinema. This year’s motto, People Behind, highlights the numerous and passionate creative individuals who work behind the scenes in the construction of buildings and cities.

The high-profile conference on education continued with its second day at the MCC Budapest campus, with another slew of illustrious expert guests sharing their knowledge and opinions regarding the role of family versus the role of a school in a child’s education, the role of philosophy in education, and the current state of print books.

The fair, which runs until Sunday, features about forty classical and contemporary galleries, auction houses, and thousands of artworks, including paintings, sculptures, jewellery, unique carpets, furniture, and antique books.

Szilárd Demeter, who will take office as the director of the Hungarian National Museum on 6 March, expressed his disapproval regarding the separation of different art forms and noted that his ‘revolutionary proposal was about restoring into unity what had been originally founded as such.’

The event featured insightful and fascinating discussions on the possible revival of classical education, the dangers of political activism in the classroom, and the perils of the use of artificial intelligence in teaching.

Áder pointed out that Hungary’s gas consumption decreased by one billion cubic metres, or ten percent, in the past year, and the share of fossil energy in the ‘energy mix’ decreased by one thousand one hundred megawatts.

The exhibition titled School Computers — The Emergence of Digital Culture in Public Education will be on display from March to 1 May in Túrkeve, at the Pál Vadász Exhibition Hall of the Finta Museum, and then from the second half of May in Budapest, at the headquarters of the John von Neumann Computer Society on Báthori Street.

The exhibition titled What Does the Cziffra File Conceal? — The Emigrant Pianist: György Cziffra and State Security, open until 14 September at the Historical Archives of the State Security Services building, utilizes numerous previously unpublished documents and sources, primarily archival records and photographs, to illustrate various periods of György Cziffra’s life and art, as well as the workings of state security.

During the inauguration of the Budapest institution, it was mentioned that the Kodály Workshop’s primary goal is to set an example for young music and singing teachers and make the profession attractive to them once again.

The display of Csontváry’s Sicilian landscape Full Moon over Taormina, painted in 1901, is considered an art sensation, as the privately-owned painting has not been seen by the wider audience for a long time. Now, it is featured in the exhibition titled Rome–Budapest, which opened on Thursday in the Virág Judit Gallery.

In recent years, Hungary has experienced a craft beer renaissance, with the emergence of microbreweries and artisanal brews. A new coupon booklet named The Bucket List includes ten Budapest venues where booklet owners can purchase high-quality craft beers for a lower price.

Katalin Sipos, a biologist and the director of WWF Hungary, explained that due to its enormous territorial demand, agriculture currently stands as nature’s biggest competitor, as every hectare of farmland was once an ecosystem, forest, grassland, or marshland.

The star last visited Hungary in September 2019. This year, he will perform at the MVM Dome in Budapest on 14 October.

The periodic graphic design exhibitions were launched in 1978, with the aim to comprehensively present the Hungarian and international development, values, and generations of graphic design styles.

At the event, visitors will have a chance to acquaint themselves with various dances across different age groups, engage in dance houses, enjoy stage performances, browse through the folk art fair, and participate in handicraft workshops.

One hundred programmes are being organized this year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Hungary and Türkiye. The programmes of the 2024 Hungarian–Turkish cultural season will run concurrently in the two countries for one year.

Minister of Defence Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky of Hungary participated in the commemorative run celebrating the anniversary of the foundation of the International Military Sports Council (CISM).

Among other programmes, between 20 and 23 February the museum’s historians will hold presentations for secondary school students interested in history. During these sessions, students will be able to learn about the Sovietization in the Hungarian countryside after 1945, Communist propaganda posters, and the terror of the ÁVO (the State Protection Authority) between 1945 and 1956.

Applications for the CSS programme are accepted on the Harvard Medical School website, requiring a professional CV, a cover letter, and a letter of recommendation. Early applications and submissions for the supportive scholarship are open until 12 May, with the final application deadline on 26 May.

Hármashatár Hill, Camel Rock, Iron Gates, Lad’s Cave and Epöl Rocks: all wonderful hiking destinations that can be easily reached if you are based in the Hungarian capital.

The exhibition of the two artists, both born in historical Greater Hungary, will be on display for four weeks at the Art and Art History Department of the University of Szeged.

Deputy State Secretary Miklós Dukai led the event honouring the around 38,000 civilian victims who perished during the Siege of Budapest in 1944.

The two will be starring in Nuremberg, a historical drama directed by James Vanderbilt about American psychiatrist Douglas M. Kelley’s series of interviews with incarcerated Nazi leader Hermann Göring ahead of the Nuremberg trials.

In Hungary, people traditionally think in terms of owning their own homes, which not only provides predictability but also financial security for the next generation.

The MCC University Programme is unique in Europe, offering small-group, personalized training covering multiple disciplines, complementing traditional higher education in Hungary. Many young people participating in the programme enrol in MCC training already in primary school, becoming part of a cohesive community.

Áder noted that in Europe alone, 10 to 12 million cars are produced annually, and from 2035 onwards, only electric cars will roll off the assembly lines. This means that in Europe, 10 to 12 million batteries will be needed annually for car production.

During these awareness-raising sessions, which precede children’s and youth productions, a stage actor, accompanied by a four-legged friend, utilizes experiential pedagogy to draw attention to the importance of animal protection and responsible pet ownership.