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Congratulations to the graduates of the 2023/2024 Academic Year!

On 18 June we celebrated the recent graduates of the Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme at a prestigious farewell event. The ceremony organized at Park Inn By Radisson Hotel Budapest was attended by more than 150 guests, including ambassadors, graduating scholarship holders and the volunteers of Alumni Network Hungary.

Inspired by nature - An interview with ethologist, Ádám Miklósi

In July the presenter of the Alumni Hungary Webinar Series was the internationally acclaimed ethologist, Ádám Miklósi, the head of the Ethology Department and the director of the Institute of Biology at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE). In his webinar, Professor Miklósi showed how ethology, the scientific study of animal behavior, can help the development of social robots.

Volunteer news: Volunteer Workplan 2021 meeting

Planning is the matter! As you remember I had short meetings with most of you where I collected many great ideas regarding your activities. Here you can get the information about the Volunteer Workplan 2021 and Sharkhel Hawre and Ayaz Shaikh shared their opinion about the meeting.


We can meet again on 7 May where we introduce our tutorial on how to organize an alumni meeting! 
 

Hungarian-style early spring celebration

The awakening nature calls us to wake up too and shake off the winter’s melancholy. February is the month of various vivid carnivals and feasts. Have you heard of Farsang – the Hungarian Carnival or the Busójárás? Have you ever tried the carnival doughnut or blessed with holy water? Here is a list of our essential traditions – let’s check them out!

Christmas in Hungary

Every country has its unique Christmas traditions and Hungary is no exception as well. Throughout the centuries, Hungary was influenced by a multitude of customs that has shaped the way we celebrate Christmas today. In this article, we review the most important elements of the holiday season in Hungary.

Biggest Japanese-language library is at KRE

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Japanese-Hungarian diplomatic relations, Hungary received 20.000 books in the framework of the Honno Kote Project from Kagoshima county.