Opening of the Robert Capa Center of Contemporary Photography

on 2nd December 2013 in the Building of Ernst Museum in Nagymező street, also called Budapest Broadway.

The contemporary photography center was named after Robert Capa, an internationally renowned war photographer and photojournalist, born in Hungary a 100 years ago. In 2008 the Hungarian National Museum purchased 985 photos from the International Center of Photography, established in memory of Robert Capa, by his brother Cornell, in 1964, for the 10 years anniversary of his death in the First Inchochina War.
The center will be directed by Orsolya Kőrösi, director of the House of Hungarian Photographers, who will integrate the work of the two institutions. Based on to the Ministry of Human Resources information the Hungarian government granted 155 million forints (EUR 515,000) to launch the photography centre and and allocated 198 million forints for its operations next year.
source: MTI, Hungarian news agency

Hungarians in Tokyo about energy and tourism

Japanese-Hungarian bilateral relations: in 2013. During his official visit to Japan at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán visited Josai University where he gave a lecture entitled "Hungary and Europe in a Changing World" .

The main objective of his visit is agreeing on the further strengthening of political, economic and cultural ties between Hungary and Japan. Energy sector is one of the most important ones, the two country have been engaged a cooperation regarding use and development of renewable energy. Including nuclear, more specifically: education and technology, nuclear waste-management and averting potential nuclear damages.

Hungarians in the Galaxy - Beinjing Soho present...

The house of Hungarian culture in Beijing. Hungarians are the first to arrive to the Galaxy Soho.

At least from Central Europe, but only the 10th of the 27 EU member having a cultural institute in China. The Hungarian cultural institute will be opened Wednesday, the 13th November 2013 in an 18 levels high futuristic hump galaxy laying on 330 000 sqm that itself has been inaugurated nearly exactly a year ago: the the Beijing Galaxy Soho, designed by the worldwide known Iraqi-British architect, Zaha Hadid.

Sohochina's galaxy is a home to the head offices of China Telecom, China Mobile, Sinopec, CNOOC, China Life Insurance, PICC, Bank of China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice as well as a number of other core national companies and central government's ministries and institutions.

VERZIO in 2013 - 10 years anniversary of the only human rights documentary film festival in Hungary

The only human rights documentary film festival in Hungary, Verzio, is organized by Verzio Film Foundation and Open Society Archives since 2004.

Besides showcasing some of the most recent documentaries in the field of human rights, Verzio - through its workshops, retrospectives and student screenings - works towards creating a forum where films are examined creatively and critically. Verzio is a bilingual event (Hungarian-English). - announces the festival facebook page.