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		<title>Cultural news</title>
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			<title>Blessing shall come upon both of us</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/blessing-shall-come-upon-both-us</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Tokaji wine is not merely a noble drink it is also the centuries old symbol of the Polish-Hungarian connections and friendship. The special and unique character of the two nation’s relationship is shown by a number of Polish proverbs. A Polish saying in Latin language speaks about wines of Tokaj and Eger, once mellowed in vine cellars in southern Poland, it rhymes with the work of the 2011 Hungarian and Polish Presidencies: “Hungariae natum, Poloniae educatum” translates to “Born in Hungary, grown up in Poland”.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:59:35 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>A worthy closing of the Presidency</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/worthy-closing-presidency</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Just like the previous five months, June also held numerous exciting and high-quality programmes for us.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:06:59 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Gala dinner of the Asia-Europe meeting</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/gala-dinner-asia-europe-meeting</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Smoked sturgeon with marinated zucchini, goose liver consommé with jellied eggs, sautéed leg of deer with miller’s millets and beet root confit, followed by a stroking trilogy of hazelnuts to round off the ASEM gala dinner.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:24:26 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Presidency comes to end by Brandenburg Gate</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/presidency-comes-end-brandenburg-gate</link>
			<description><![CDATA[“Standing here by the Branderburg Gate on Pariser Platz is like a dream come true for us. When I first came up with this idea in February, absolutely no-one else believed that it might be possible to realise.” – recalled opera singer Andrea Rost.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:00:08 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Danube Study Path opens</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/danube-study-path-opens</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The International Danube Day, 29 June saw the opening of the Danube Study Path, which is a project supported by the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and realized on the Danube banks between Margit and Petőfi bridges. It is a study path in the modern sense: 13 stops with works of young and contemporary fine artists, graphic designers, photographers, street artists and architects tell the stories of the past, present and imagined future of the Danube.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:03:57 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Six-thousand watched the ’moving’ Academy</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/six-thousand-watched-%E2%80%99moving%E2%80%99-academy</link>
			<description><![CDATA[More than 6000 people were watching in awe the stunning 2D and 3D projections on the building of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at Széchenyi Square last Sunday evening. The final round of the Paint Up! Visualpower building mapping competition was part of the Danube Party programme series and a worthy closing of the Hungarian EU presidency.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:32:25 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Hungarian photography in London</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/hungarian-photography-london</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The significance of Hungarian photography and photographers has always been unquestionable - yet quite a few decades passed when only some really well-informed professionals in Hungary were ’in the picture’ about  André Kertész, Robert Capa or Brassaï, and about why their names should be uttered with great admiration.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:45:05 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Bogányi: ’I want more Liszt’</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/boganyi-%E2%80%99i-want-more-liszt%E2%80%99</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Internationally celebrated Gergely Bogányi, Liszt and Kossuth-prize awardee, who tours even more this year than earlier, gave a concert in the Lotz-Hall of the Paris Grand Store in Budapest. He played the Rákóczi March and the Mephisto Waltz, and in between transcriptions of Liszt to works by Chopin, Schumann and Schubert. An interview by Kornél Zipernovszky.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:19:58 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>A Diary of the presidency - A family-friendly May</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/diary-presidency-family-friendly-may</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We celebrated Europe with a family-day and Liszt with a marathon, we had a Secessionist picnic in the Museum Gardens, then we rowed around the water exhibition on the City Park Lake.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:20:54 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>A Diary of the presidency - Secession, cooperation, regionality</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/diary-presidency-secession-cooperation-regionality</link>
			<description><![CDATA[These are the three words which best describe the countless cultural events of April. The feature topic of the month was Secession, more precisely, the masterpieces of Secessionist architecture.

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			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:41:55 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>The success of Bogyó és Babóca</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/success-bogyo-es-baboca</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The adventures of Bogyó and Babóca, the snail boy and the ladybird girl ─ interview with Géza M. Tóth, founder and manager director of KEDD Animation Studio, director of Bogyó és Babóca.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:34:44 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>„Hard work and great joy”</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/%E2%80%9Ehard-work-and-great-joy%E2%80%9D</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Krisztina Reményi has been the director of the Hungarian Cultural Institute in Brussels for over a year. In the beginning, it seemed to be a very challenging position, as she was appointed the most influential intermediary of Hungarian culture in Brussels during the Hungarian rotating Presidency’s term. We have interviewed the director about her experiences, the position she holds and the relationship between Hungary and Belgium. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:33:08 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>A Welsh-Hungarian Good Friend… or Karl Jenkins’ Case with János Arany</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/welsh-hungarian-good-friend%E2%80%A6-or-karl-jenkins%E2%80%99-case-janos-arany</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The 21 June premiere of The Bards of Wales was expected by the Hungarian audience as much as King Edward himself was longing for appraisals in Montgomery. On Tuesday night the bonfire was finally blazing in the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall in Budapest.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:56:17 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Hungarian flag on the Atomium</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/hungarian-flag-atomium</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The head of Brussels representation of the Hungarian Parliament (AMNKEÉ) and the Office for the European Representation of Hungarian National Minorities (HUNINEU) – representing a total of 14 million Hungarians living in Europe – bid farewell to the Hungarian EU presidency with a series of programmes.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>The EU presidency came to an end with the Danube Party</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/nagyszabasu-rendezvenysorozattal-bucsuzott-az-eu-elnokseg</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The three-day Danube Party festival marking the end of the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union offered around one hundred programs on both banks of the Danube between 24 and 26 June. Apart from music, dance and theatre productions full of show elements, asphalt-drawing contests and projection of images, water processions, fair, and traditional Hungarian delicacies made the farewell party memorable.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:53:46 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Tamás Bubnó: “We are talking about our greatest sacred music composer”</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/tamas-bubno-%E2%80%9Cwe-are-talking-about-our-greatest-sacred-music-composer%E2%80%9D</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The first Sunday of May is the beginning of the Liszt Year’s sacred music series. We ask Tamás Bubnó, artistic director of the programme about the works, their characteristics and about Liszt’s sacred musical compositions.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:20:20 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>A Diary of the presidency - From carnival to Easter-time</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/diary-presidency-carnival-easter-time</link>
			<description><![CDATA[In the third part of our article series, we try to sum up the most important cultural events of the EU presidency in March.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:16:22 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Diary of the Presidency - Hungarians in focus</title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/fokuszban-magyarok</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Recently we gave a summary of the first in the six months of Hungary’s acting EU presidency. Now we take a look back on the highlights of February.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:47:53 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>A Diary of the presidency - The first of the six months </title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/diary-presidency-first-six-months</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It is time to look back on the period we are just leaving behind. The acting presidency of the EU council will be handed over in a few days to Poland by Hungary. In the series of articles below we look back onto the most memorable cultural moments of the past six months.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:32:40 +0200</pubDate>
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			<title>Hungary has held the EU-chair </title>
			<link>http://www.eu2011.hu/news/hungary-has-held-eu-chair</link>
			<description><![CDATA["We have every reason to celebrate, it is great to be Hungarian in Brussels today" - emphasized  Enikő Győri minister of state of EU affairs,  Taking part at the celebrations in Brussels that concluded the Hungarian acting EU presidency on 23 June. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:49:55 +0200</pubDate>
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