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January 8, 2012 - Rare Archive Photos of Hungary
Please download to see Fortepan Archivum PowerPoint Slideshow

December 22, 2011 - Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket, egészségben, jócselekedetekben gazdag boldog új esztendot kíván a KÜRT Zrt. minden dolgozója!

A KÜRT az elmúlt években jótékony célra fordította a karácsonyi ajándékozásra szánt pénzügyi keretét. Idén ennél tovább mentünk. A tavaly kiválasztott alapítvány boldogulását egész évben segítettük mind forintokkal, mind munkatársaink önkéntes munkájával.

Ennek is köszönhetoen már 10 hátrányos helyzetu általános iskolában muködik a H2O Program. A H2O Program célja a hátrányos helyzet végleges megszüntetése, a hátrányos helyzetu iskolák elonyös helyzetuvé alakítása speciális oktatási módszertan segítségével. www.H2Oktatas.hu

Támogassa a H2O Programot, melynek pénzeit a

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December 21, 2011 - Indul a Duna World!
2012. január 1-jétol friss, dinamikus musorstruktúrával várja a tengerentúli és kárpát-medencei nézoket a korábbi Duna2. Az új Duna World csatorna változatlan vételi paraméterek mellett, megszakítás nélkül fogható továbbra is.
Bovebb a változásokról >>>

December 2, 2011 - Invitation to a discussion with H.E. Pal Schmitt, President of the Republic of Hungary
Why A Europe Whole and Free Still Matters: A Central European Perspective

2:15 PM - 3:45 PM Friday, December 2, 2011
Kenney Auditorium The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
1740 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036

November 11 , 2011 Godollo, Hungary - Team Puli Space – Hungarian space robot to the Moon!
Puli Space Technologies cordially invite you and your associates for a reception and project demonstration.

3 PM on Friday, November 11, 2011
Godollo Industrial Park
Pattantyus Abraham krt. 2, Godollo 2100, Hungary
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October 1, 2011 - AHEC Fall meeting Budapest, Hungary

2:00 – 3:30 PM on Saturday, October 1 at the Gellert Hotel Kavezo

Agenda
New member introductions
Business update of individual members (Darwin USA, Taboo,)
Upcoming all expenses paid trips to China
Collecting membership fees
Setting up one on one meetings for Sunday, October 2 as necessary

JUNE 28, 2011 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MEETING

"Everything 2.0” – A special perspective from Hungarian IT on New Challengers and Old ChallengesReception with Sense/Net Inc. of Budapest, Hungary
PLEASE JOIN members of the Hungarian-American Chamber of Commerce in the US

June 18 - 19, 2011 - AHEC RETREAT Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA

Please join us for a retreat to consider where AHEC has been and where it is going in the years ahead. Family members are welcome. The retreat is by Chesapeake Bay, one of the idyllic resting places of residents from Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA. Arpad and Agnes Toth will be the gracious hosts, for a fun-filled weekend at their vacation home in Wicomico Church, VA.

 

June 30- July 3, 2011- Global Summit of Hungarians Balatonlelle, Hungary
Four Days, Twelve locations, Over 100 Programs. The Global Summit of Hungarians will be recognized for the first time in Hungarian history. From all over the world, tens of thousands of participants will gather on a multi generational festival.
For details visit: http://vilagtalalkozo.hu/

May 20, 2011 - Spring 2011 Newsletter is available

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April 8, 2011
Scholarship Announcement from the Balassi Institute / Hungarian Ministry of Public Administration and Justice
The Balassi Institute is pleased to announce that we are now accepting scholarship applications for the 2011-2012 academic year. We ask that you please bring this to the attention of those who may wish to enroll in a Hungarian Studies and language development program for one year in Budapest ,Hungary.
For more information visit The Balassi Institute

April 6 , 2011
Nyelvében él a nemzet
We would like to acknowledge our honorary member Andrew Pohl. Please see Nyelvében él a nemzet slideshow

February 25, 2011
Goulash Populism Orbán needs to regain some of his former courage to revive Hungary's economy.
Read the full article in The Wall Street Journal here

February 21, 2011
Team Puli of Hungary in the Google Race Aside from Penn State Lunar Lions, the X Prize Foundation also announced seven new teams that were previously unknown. They include Mystical Moon of the U.S.A. and Space II of Israel, two teams trying to improve "scientific awareness," as well as Team Puli of Hungary, which comprises young professionals. More>>

February 14, 2011
Az eltitkolt dal Elvis Presley’s contribution to the 1956 revolution video here

February 13, 2011
Erdélyország az én hazám fesztivál Transylvanian festival read details here

January 2, 2011
Happy New Year! We would like to acknowledge our honorary member Andrew Pohl.
Please see BUEK-2011 slideshow

December 23, 2010 - Winter 2010 Newsletter is available

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August 23 , 2010 - Newsweek ranks Hungary 33rd best place to live
Hungary is 33rd in the ranking of the world’s best 100 countries, a comprehensive list compiled by Newsweek that ranks the states in five categories (health, education, quality of life, economic dynamism and political environment). Finland was crowned "Best country in the world", followed by Switzerland and Sweden. In regional comparison, Hungary is in the second third in the ranking.
Read the full article in Newsweeek

August 19 , 2010 - AHEC Meeting
AHEC held a pre-holiday meeting on August 19th at the Gellert Coffee Shop in Budapest with 15 participants. The membership agreed to hold our next meeting together with Premium Hungaricum in the Fall, www.premium-hungaricum.hu. Our Hungary based members have countless exciting projects that they will report to us in the near future, with our official AHEC Project in the main focus: the Google Lunar Challenge

August 19 , 2010
Meet our summer Intern, Viktor Nagy. He will be in touch with our members in Hungary on a regular basis. Viktor is studying in Hungary and Germany, and he is very enthusiastic about meeting as many members as he can, especially after the first meeting that he attended in person.

August 10 , 2010 - Correspondent's diary, Day three: Food for thought in Budapest
BUDAPEST is my favourite city in the region, which makes me all the crosser that it is so strikingly badly run: dirty, congested and ill-regulated. It is the only place built as a majestic capital metropolis and with surviving roots to its glory days. The setting is spectacular. The bridges are eyecatching. The parliament, national bank, ministries and university all look as if they were built to last by people with taste on a grand scale, and serious ambitions for the future.
Read the article in The Economist

July 21, 2010 - Summer 2010 Newsletter is available

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June 14, 2010 Elevator Pitch Competition
New companies, original ideas. Read the article in HVG (Hungarian)

March 31, 2010 AHEC member Sandor Kurti
Sandor Kurti was thanked by the teachers and students of Illyés Gyula Gimnázium for his presentation. Please download the full letter Köszönet Kürt (World Document).

March 12, 2010 - Are you proud you’re Hungarian? Identify yourself on the 2010 census form!
"...an accurate count of the U.S. population forms the basis for many important but often overlooked political, economic, and social decisions that are made that end up affecting our daily lives." Please share this information with your friends and make sure that your clubs, organizations, and churches where Hungarian Americans congregate have copies of this notice. More>>