Budapest Riots Over Economy
Opposition parties in Budapest, Hungary are rioting now over revelations that the government lied for two years about the real state of the economy. A leaked recording of the Socialist Prime Minsiter...
View ArticleAward-winning Renaissance Man Opens Brilliant Show in Italy
By Jonathan Turner, edited by Jim Luce.New York, NY. The renowned gallery LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea is proud to present Unitas Multiplex - A New World, a solo exhibition by Antonio Pio Saracino....
View ArticleWhen I die, I want to go to Budapest
I suppose that Budapest is a lot like any other mid-sized European capital that has conserved its heritage and not had a lot of money flowing in during the last century. Not having been to Paris or...
View ArticleNot so quiet before the storm: Local elections in Budapest, Hungary
For the third time in a year, on October 12, Hungary is having elections, this time for mayors and municipal councils. They're predictably depressing. If you want to know more about them anyway, go on...
View ArticleNikola Tesla Sought Abundant, Clean Energy for Humanity
Today is the 159th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856). (First published at The Paragraph, 23 September 2010.)Nikola Tesla was a visionary inventor who devoted his life to making an...
View ArticleHundreds, Perhaps Thousands, of Refugees are Walking from Budapest to...
Its 150 miles from Budapest to Vienna, about 100 miles to the Austrian border.The Daily Mail has a report and some stunning pictures:Thousands of furious migrants who have been stuck in Budapest for...
View ArticleHungary Will Now Bus Thousands of "Defiant" Refugees to Austrian Border.
Earlier today I diaried how a large number of refugees at the Budapest train station, having been denied passage on a train to Vienna and on to Germany, had decided to walk to the Austrian border, some...
View Article3/18/16 ~ Today's TILT! (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY)
March is Women's History MonthToday is Awkward Moments DayForgive Mom and Dad DayGoddess of Fertility DayNational Biodiesel DayNational Lacy Oatmeal Cookie DayNational Preschool Teachers Appreciation...
View ArticleSNLC, Vol. DLXXX / UDKCJ 56: Budapest Beats the Ban Edition
Earlier this month, the Budapest Festival Orchestra music director, Ivan Fischer, toured the US, giving concerts in NYC, Chicago, and Boston. You might well ask:"So what?"Or"Why is 3CM indulging n his...
View ArticleSomething New Rising Up in Orban's Hungary?
UPDATE: Saturday, Feb 17, 2024 · 10:57:17 PM +00:00·Irontortoise2nd Update — Some additional news stories about the current situation in Hungary:From CNN — Child abuse scandal rattles Orban’s image as...
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