Budapest (Hungary)

Janos Starker dies at 88; renowned cellist won a Grammy in 1997

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Janos Starker, a renowned concert cellist as well as a distinguished teacher and recording artist, died Sunday at his home in Bloomington, Ind. He was 88 and had been in declining health. Since 1958, Starker had been a professor at the Indiana...

Balthazar Korab dies at 86; architect-photographer with wide-ranging eye

2013-02-01 05:00:00

Balthazar Korab, an architect-turned-photographer with a wide-ranging eye whose moody, polished images captured the spirit of midcentury modern architecture and celebrated its masters, including Eero Saarinen and Mies van der Rohe, died Jan. 15 in Royal...

Wes Anderson wrote 'Moonrise Kingdom' with a little help from friends

2012-12-27 09:31:00

Wes Anderson won't formally begin his next movie, "The Grand Budapest Hotel," until the new year, but he's on the phone after a busy day spent filming "little shots" in Saxony with a very good German driver named Peet who's quite adept, Anderson says,...

Azerbaijan defends freeing convicted killer as Armenians protest

2012-09-07 12:33:56

Arthur P. Stern dies at 86; transistor pioneer

2012-06-10 19:41:00

Arthur P. Stern, a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor whose prominent career in electronic engineering included leading the development of General Electric's first transistor radio in the 1950s and guiding the commercialization of satellite navigation at...

Hungary arrests alleged Nazi-era torturer after tabloid finds him

2012-07-18 16:41:05

A taste of Hungary's history in Budapest's sumptuous coffeehouses

2012-04-29 00:00:00

BUDAPEST, Hungary —American coffeehouses are prized for their quick service and fast Internet — ideal for people on the go. But a century ago, European cafes were places to linger amid Gilded Age opulence. Nowhere was this more so than in...

Food FYI: 'Raw milk has become the new pot'

2012-04-30 16:33:11

Monster Mash: Steve Jobs statue unveiled; Beethoven's deafness

2011-12-22 16:33:12

Steve Jobs statue unveiled in Budapest office park

2011-12-21 21:36:39

Apple fined in Italy, accused of misleading warranties

2011-12-27 16:36:36

Eva Zeisel dies at 105; ceramic artist and designer known for her tableware

2012-01-01 00:00:00

Eva Zeisel, one of the most influential industrial designers of the 20th century who created lyrical yet practical tableware and ceramics, has died. She was 105. Zeisel, whose deceptively simple designs first became popular in the 1940s and are still...

The lights of Budapest, Hungary, reflected in the Danube River.

2013-04-09 15:20:05

Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Primate of Hungary Peter Erdo is pictured in the major Hungarian church, the Esztergom Basilica at the beginning of Lent, occurs 40 days before Easter on February 13, 2013 during an evening mass for Ash Wednesday, celebrated by the Primate in Esztergom, Hungary.

2013-02-18 00:00:00

A young girl plays with water to cool off at a sprinkler at Szabadsag (Freedom) square of Budapest as temperatures have reached 37 degrees Celsius.

2012-07-05 00:00:00