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The two choirs, Coro Val Genzana from Massagno, Switzerland and the Monteverdi Choir from Esztergom will give a concert on 27 May at 6 p.m. in the culture house of Esztergom (Esztergom, Imaház utca 2/a.).
Free entrance. 
Coro Val Genzana
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We are happy to inform you that in the Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest, 1146 Budapest, Dózsa György út 41.) the exhibition will open on 20 March 2012.
The multifarious Erker complex in St. Gallen became one of the defining centres of gravity for international, contemporary fine arts movements after the war. It occupies a worthy position among the most advanced Western European contemporary intellectual centres for the fine arts thanks to its exhibitions, publishing activities, fine arts studio, total art events (artists’ colony, meet the artist events, readings, lectures, dinners, etc.).
The exhibition seeks to present the complexity of the Erker phenomenon, its heyday (1962-1987) and the work of the artists who visited it and to emphasise its importance in art history. The show serves as a good opportunity to make this little known intellectual centre of total art (fine arts, literature, music, philosophy) more widely popular by showcasing fine arts and literary works as well as original recordings and archive photos.
You can visit the exhibition with the exception of Mondays, until 1 July 2012, from 10 am to 6 pm.
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You are welcome to attend the free programs of Fête de la Francophonie 2012 in Budapest, Debrecen, Györ, Miskolc, Pécs and Szeged between 2th and 31th of March. You will find for sure some interesting events, ranging from theatre over cinema, poesy and music to gastronomy, organized jointly by Belgium, Canada, France, Hungary, Madagascar, Moldavia, Morocco, Rumania, Switzerland, Tunisia and Vietnam.
We would like to highlight the exhibition Swiss Design in Hollywood in Budapest at the French Institute from 24th Feruary till 22th March.
On 23th of March you can try the Swiss specialty “raclette” at Millenáris.
For more detailed information please visit: www.francophonie.hu
The “Swiss design in Hollywood” exhibit offers visitors a look behind the scenes, and showcases the work and impact Swiss artists have made in design and digital imagery in international film productions, as well as in video games.
The central element of the exhibition presents the following artists and their work in film or video game production: H. R. Giger (“Alien”), John Howe (“The Lord of the Rings”), Christian Scheurer (“Final Fantasy”), Deak Ferrand (“Hellboy”), Natasha Devaud (“Pirates of the Caribbean”) etc. Other panels present the techniques related to film design (matte painting, concept design, special effects and other techniques).
You can visit the exhibition in the French Institute (1017 Budapest Fö útca 17.) between 24 February and 22 March 2012 on weekdays between 10.00 and 18.00.
Opening 24 February 6 p.m.
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Between 23 February and 31 march you can watch the newest fiction and documentary films from francophone countries in Budapest, Szeged, Szolnok, Debrecen, Pécs and Miskolc.
The Swiss film “La petite chambre” by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond is a story of the heart. Edmond's is no longer strong. But it still beats with an independence which fights against the very idea of entering a retirement home, while at the same time refusing help from Rose, his home carer. Nonetheless she stands up to him. She knows the tumult that a heart undergoes when it is forced to accept the unacceptable. Hers hasn't yet healed. One day however, a bad fall forces Edmond to accept Rose's support. Program
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LavaLava & Friends
27.01. 11 p.m.
Bringing his wealth of experience that has seen him release on labels from Music Man to Green to Rejected to Circus Company to Versatile, he has created something truly inspirational.
Over recent years, Sam Geiser aka Deetron has emerged as a rising star in the electronic musical world. His popularity as producer has flourished in tandem with his reputation as a dynamic DJ, and as the latter discipline propelled him across the globe, his work for a growing roster of record labels further cemented his position as a genuine talent within the International scene.
Born in Bern, Switzerland, music was a constant in the Geiser family home. Sam's father's activities as a jazz musician ensured that he was surrounded by music from a very early age, sowing the seeds of his own musical interests. But it was hip-hop that encouraged this to flourish into an active involvement in music, during his teens. In 1994, he got his first big break: securing a residency at Zurich's reputed club, Trax at Rohstofflager. Having reached this position, Sam felt it was time to make his own forays into music production and began building a studio, drawing on his experience as a DJ to create his own tracks. Things snowballed from that moment onwards, and Deetron has become a famous and respected producer and DJ with his warm techno sound infused by the soul of Detroit.
A38 Ship, Petőfi Bridge Buda side
Ticket price: HUF 2.500.-, in advance: HUF 2.000.-
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We are happy to inform you that the Budapest Strings Orchestra will give a concert on January 20, 2012 at 7 p.m. in Duna Palota (1051 Budapest, Zrínyi utca 5.) .
Programme of the Swiss evening:
Édouard Du Puy: Bassoon Concerto in a minor
E. Bloch: Concerto Grosso No.1
O. Schoeck: Summer nights Op. 58
Veress Sándor: Four Transylvanian Dance
Tickets available: www.jegymester.hu, www.jegy.hu, price: 3.200 Ft, 2.800 Ft, 2.400 Ft.
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Do you like short films? You have the chance to see the newest and best short films from all over Europe and two Swiss films among them at the EU Shorts film festival between November 18 and 23 in Cinema Toldi (1054 Budapest, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 36-38.)
For the detailed programme please check the following link: Eushorts
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Lorenz Mühlemann is the founder and director of the Swiss Zither Cultural Center in Trachselwald. It all began 30 years ago when he hit upon a zither by chance. Since a couple of years he made his passion to his job and refers to himself as a freelance zitherist. He puts his heart and soul in this job as music teacher, restaurateur or archivist. In his concerts he sparks his audience with the soft sounds of his zithers and varied stories about them.
He will give a concert on 18th November at 7 p.m. in Fehérvárcsurgó in the Károlyi Kastély (8052 Fehérvárcsurgó, Petőfi S. u. 2., E-mail: kastely@karolyi.org.hu, tel. 06 21 311 04 26) Tickets are available for HUF 1500 or 2000.
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Concert on the Ship A38
A stunning Swiss rockabilly band of unique quality, charm and power, that toured with Jeff Beck now for the first time in Hungary leads a terrificly incrazed night featuring also three magnificent Hungarian rockabilly bands on 14th November.
The Hillbilly Moon Explosion are a pan-European rock’n’roll band with much flair and a fast growing fan-base. They’re fronted by the Italian-Swiss songstress Emanuela Hutter and English exile singer and slap bassist Oliver Baroni, ably backed by English guitarist Duncan James and Swiss drummer Luke 'The Puke' Weyermann. Hillbilly Moon Explosion
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Prof. Andreas Kley will give a lecture about „Direkte Demokratie und Menschenrechte in der Schweiz: Von der Harmonie zur Dissonanz?“ on 14 November 2011 at 6 p.m. in the Andrássy University (1088 Budapest, Pollack Mihály tér 3.)
The lecture will be held in German without translation.
After the discourse the Swiss Embassy will give a reception.
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One of the most special groups of Switzerland will visit Hungary. You are welcome at their concerts. Tickets are available at the concert halls.
18. October 18.00 concert in Kecskemét,
at the Kodály School (conservatory), big concert hall
19. October 19.00 CONCERT SWISS MOBILE at the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét
21. October 19.30, CONCERT Ensemble Babel at the Millenáris Teatrum
22. October 11.00am, CONCERT Swiss mobile with the Ensemble Babel
and the band of Jr. Kurtág- Sc.Art
at the Hungarian Theatre- Magyar Színház
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BUDAPEST JAZZ CLUB (1088 Budapest, VIII. Múzeum utca 7.)
26 October 2011, 21.00
The Mark Koch trio plays music for body and soul, music which evokes pictures, makes thoughts fly and has the heart beating faster. Above all it does not ignore intelligence. The guest of this evening is Gyula Csepregi, who is the ‘leader saxophone player’ in Hungary. You can find his name on the jacket of nearly 500 records, either his own or several celebrated artists.
Mark Koch – piano, Sarah Zaugg – bassguitar, Peter Fischer – drums
Tickets: 1200 HUF Mark Koch Trio
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We fail, we strand, and we will draw and build new perspectives after an accident, a failure, a defeat, a trauma, to find resilience. That which does not kill us makes us stronger, to quote Nietzsche...
Anthony Bannwart (b. Switzerland, 1975) first studied in Germany, later enrolled at the Central St. Martins College in London to focus on in fine art in film & video. He is dedicated to ongoing interdisciplinary projects, exploring their quadri-dimensionality. The transitive nature of each whole, the recognition of time, the opposite poles, the oscillation of points of view at play in each project, and the vernacular dialogue between the interdisciplinary parts are defining his practice.
2B Gallery (Budapest IX., Ráday utca 47.
Open: 14 October - 11 November Tue-Fri: 2-6 pm, Sat: 10 am-2 pm Anthony Bannwart
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Helvetia-Budapest-Transfer is a two days literary festival at the Museum of Literature Petőfi located at the Károlyi Palais (1053 Budapest, Károlyi Mihály u. 16.), designed to enhance literary exchange between Switzerland and Hungary and to promote a special Swiss issue of a Hungarian literary journal Magyar Lettre Internationale. The programme includes readings of works by three Swiss authors and translators followed by debates with their partners, prominent Hungarian writers and translators. The event takes place on 1–2 October 2011 from 4 p.m..
Swiss guests:
Arno Camenisch, Zsuzsanna Gahse, Christina Viragh
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THE COLOURS OF EUROPE IN OBJECTS
Design Terminal (1051 Budapest, Erzsébet square 13. )
Open: Sept. 30-Oct. 30.
Mon-Sun 12:00-20:00
Opening: September 30. 17:00
Does the design culture of different countries have unique characteristics? Can we define unequivocally typical national features in 2011, in an irrelievably globalizing world? We have tried to answer these questions with the help of the design experts of some thirty countries by selecting from the works created in the past three years. The answers arrived in the form of three objects per country – also from Switzerland - representing a wide range of local colours.
Visitors of Design Week's international opening exhibition can decide whether cultural and geographical background, history, couleur locale and traditions are sources of inspiration reflected in the work of contemporary designers in deed.
Organised by Budapest Design Week
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We cordially invite you and your friends to the exhibition of
Bauer Hans Peter, artist
Chesslay György sculptor and
Rózsa Miklós photo artist
noMade galéria anker
H-1061 Budapest, VI., Anker köz 2-4.
Opening: 30 September 2011, 5 p.m.
Open: 03. - 21.10. 2011, from Monday to Friday 13-18 hours
More information: noMade galéria anker
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Mix a Language Cocktail with the European Cultural Institutes and their partners in Budapest!
European Union National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC) in Hungary organizes the European Languages Cocktail Bar on the 22nd of September in Budapest (Gödör Klub, program starts at 3 p.m.) to celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity in Europe. This event will be a joint celebration of the European Day of Languages, an initiative of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
Visitors will be invited to take part in fun language activities and games and they will have the opportunity to learn some words in many European languages from native speakers and get a European Languages Passport in return. Guests will have the chance to win different presents and services offered by the cultural institutes. Activities by the bar tables will be supplemented by various stage activities.
Let’s meet at the Swiss table!
Max, Jakob and David Bill – father, son and grandson – are three representatives of constructive art. Max Bill (1908-1994) was probably the most important Swiss artist of the 20th century. As an artist, sculptor, architect and typographer he showed a social responsibility and environmental awareness right through his life. His views have become incredibly topical. His son, Jakob Bill (1942- ) fascinates with his geometrical structures. The youngest of the family, David Bill (1976- ) creates concrete, kinetic and
constructive sculptures.
The exhibition 3 Generations Bill is opened till 30 October, 2011 in Modern Képtár – Vass László Gyűjtemény Galéria (Veszprém Vár u. 3–7.)
Opening: 30 July, 2011 at 11 a.m.
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Fraudsters try on various occasions to obtain information concerning accounts and credit cards, as well as copies of taxpayers' passports by sending e-mails. These e-mails use false sender addresses. Consequently the Federal Tax Administration (FTA) has been improperly listed as the sender in several of these e-mails. The FTA is now issuing a warning not to respond to these e-mails or ones of a similar nature.
Any FTA claims are sent to taxpayers solely by letter and indicate the dossier number. The FTA never makes enquiries about taxpayers' confidential information via e-mail.
Should you receive fraudulent e-mails, please report this to the FTA and forward the e-mails to the following address: kommunikation@estv.admin.ch
Thank you.
Please download the document from the right side.
The former Ambassador of Hungary to Switzerland, Prof. László Ódor wrote a cultural dictionary about Switzerland: «Helvetismen – Deutsches Kulturwörterbuch der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft».
You can read more about the book under: www.bernerzeitung.ch (de)
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On February 8, 2011 Federal Councillor Doris Leuthard took part in an informal meeting of the EU-Ministers for Transport.
After the meeeting in Gödöllö she enjoyed a short walk in the castle district and some Hungarian specialities.
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On February 2 and 3, Mrs. Calmy-Rey, who is also Head of the Federal Department for Foreign Affairs, has made a State Visit to Hungary. In the framework of this visit, there were talks with President Pál Schmitt and Foreign Minister János Martonyi.
For more details please see the attached Press Release in German and Hungarian language on the right.
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Press Release
Further environmental projects will start soon implementation in the framework of the Swiss-Hungarian Co-operation Programme. Support agreements for the two projects were signed on 20 January 2011 in the presence of Hungarian Minister of National Development Dr Tamás Fellegi and Swiss Minister of Economic Affairs Johann Schneider-Ammann. The approximately CHF 11 million contribution may be used for updating environment protection monitoring systems in the near future.
Pursuant to its bilateral agreement concluded with the European Commission in 2006, Switzerland will grant altogether CHF 1 billion as non-refundable support to the ten Member States that joined the European Union in 2004. Under the Hungarian-Swiss Co-operation Programme signed in December 2007, Hungary will receive HUF 25 billion non-refundable support for reducing regional economic and social disparities.
One of the two projects supported under the signed agreement serves the improvement of the National Air Pollution Measurement Network through updating the air quality surveillance system and the laboratory background. The approved grant amount is CHF 5.7 million.
The other project will improve the monitoring system of the Central Danube Valley Environmental, Nature Conservation and Water Management Inspectorate in order to prevent the evolution of environmental damages and thus protect the health of the population, the fauna and the flora. The amount approved as a grant exceeds CHF 5 million.
The Hungarian Minister of National Development Dr Tamás Fellegi and Swiss Minister of Economic Affairs Johann Schneider-Ammann were both present at the contract signing. In his keynote address Mr Johann Schneider-Ammann said: “Switzerland is particularly satisfied to support such projects in the area of environment, which will improve the quality of live of a great member of people”.
At the press conference Dr Tamás Fellegi reminded the participants that environmental projects improved the general state of the environment, surveyed eventual pollution and prevented the evolution of health hazards. Hopefully, the efficient co-operation established between the two governments in the framework of this programme will extend beyond the time frame of these agreements. “Hungary takes the opportunity to express its gratitude for the outstanding support,” the Minister of National Development added.
Budapest, 20 January 2011
Further information:
Ministry of National Development
Communication Department
Phone: +361 795 41 12
Fax: +361 795 06 33
E-mail: sajto@nfm.gov.hu
Swiss Contribution Office
Mrs Liliana de Sá Kirchknopf
Head of Office
Phone: +361 460 70 56
Fax: +361 364 36 57
E-mail: budapest@sdc.net
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Press Release of the Swiss Contribution Office
11th of November 2010
Within the framework of the Swiss-Hungarian Cooperation Programme almost 25 million CHF or 5 billion HUF funding have been awarded for the development of the water supply infrastructure. Four investments projects can commence in Ózd, Balassagyarmat, Érd and thirteen small settlements in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county. The ceremonial signature of the Project Agreements were concluded between the Swiss and Hungarian authorities yesterday.
Focus area 3 of the Swiss-Hungarian Cooperation Programme was available to proposals related to the rehabilitation and modernization of basic infrastructure and improvement of the environment. Based on the amended Framework Agreement 35.738 million CHF were available.
Following an open call and two rounds of project assessment by the Hungarian Swiss side, Switzerland took in August a positive funding decision about four water supply projects and in October 2010 about two environmental monitoring projects. The National Development Agency notified the water project applicants in September 2010. In October the four Project Agreements were negotiated and finally signed yesterday, 10 November 2010 in the presence of Deputy State Secretary Györgyi Nyikos from the Development Ministry and Swiss Ambassador Christian Mühlethaler. Present were also the Management of the National Development Agency and the Head of the Swiss Contribution Office Liliana de Sá Kirchknopf.
As a result, drinking water will be supplied to previously unserved areas of Ózd, and the network will also be renewed and modernised. The Balassagyarmat project will focus on the improvement of operational safety of the municipal drinking water network and the establishment of water resources management. The Érd project will improve the security of water supply to the town. Due to the investment project of the thirteen settlements in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, old and obsolete cement asbestos water pipes will be replaced, and Sima and Emőd-Adorján-tanya settlements will finally be supplied with drinking water.
A pilot Integrity Pact – the first in the Swiss Contribution - will be introduced in the framework of the Ózd project aiming at an independent monitoring of the whole public procurement procedure as well as project implementation to increase transparency.
The gross amount of source available for Hungary within the Swiss-Hungarian Cooperation Programme is 130,738,000 CHF or about 25 billion HUF. Half of the amount has been committed in 17 projects so far.
For further information please check the official website: Swiss Contribution Office Budapest
and for questions please contact the office at: +36 1 460 7056.
Press release
This press release is being issued with the support of the Embassies of Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom and The United States. We represent countries whose companies provide the majority of Hungary's foreign direct investment.
As friends of Hungary who have witnessed its recent difficulties and its concerted efforts to tackle the effects of the global economic crisis, we look forward to the recent encouraging predictions of renewed economic growth in Hungary becoming a reality.
An important component of that predicted growth will reflect the decisions taken by current and potential foreign investors, many of whom come from the countries we represent. It is therefore with great concern that we hear of significant new instances of non-transparent behaviour affecting investors in such areas as public utilities, broadcasting, and elements of the nation's transport infrastructure. These reports could hinder the investment for which Hungary, like every other country, is competing.
As the global economy recovers, foreign investors will make their own decisions about where they will commit their resources. As friends of Hungary, we hope that the investment climate here remains one that makes the nation an attractive destination for those resources, rather than the opposite.
Transparency can be a critical competitive advantage. Passing, implementing and enforcing new anti-corruption legislation could be an important factor in helping meet the aspirations of Hungary’s citizens for renewed economic growth, and prosperity.
The Hungarian Framework Agreement signed in Bern on 20 December 2007
On 20 December 2007, the President of the Confederation and head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Micheline Calmy-Rey and Federal Councillor and head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Doris Leuthard signed the ten bilateral framework agreements with the States that joined the European Union on 1 May 2004: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Cyprus. This means that Switzerland will be able to start applying the Contribution from the beginning of 2008. For more information, please click on the links on the right side.
The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Liaison Office in Warsaw also operates in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Anyone from these countries planning to implement an artistic project connected in some way with Switzerland is cordially invited to submit an application. The next deadline is 15th of September 2008.
Details can be found at: Pro Helvetia Warszawa
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