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Heirs sue Hungarian state for seized Herzog collection - The heirs of Hungarian art collector Mor Lipot Herzog have filed a lawsuit against Hungary in Washington aiming to recover artifacts confiscated in 1944 and now kept in Hungarian museums.

Over fifty international students attend Hungarology course in Szeged - Students from around the world are attending a summer university on Hungarology in the southern Hungarian city of Szeged, programme manager Agnes Bata said on Monday.

Pécs Hosts Conference on Mathematics and Art -

The Hungarian city of Pécs, a 2010 European Capital of Culture, is hosting the Bridges World Conference: Mathematical connections in arts, music, science and culture on July 24-28.

Parno Graszt Plays L.A. -

Parno Graszt, the Hungarian band whom Songlines magazine called “the source of Gypsy music”, performed for several hundred fans at Los Angeles’ Skirball Cultural Center on Thursday.

Sziget, Vodafone Team Up to Make Island Talk -

The organisers of the Sziget Festival, a week-long musical extravaganza on an island in the Danube, are teaming up with the local unit of mobile communications company Vodafone to keep festival-goers connected.

Miskolc Theatre Museum Opens First Temporary Show -

The city of Miskolc’s Museum of Theatre History and Actors is opening the first of many planned temporary exhibitions in its newly renovated ground level wing.

Pecs2010 - City of Pecs guest of honour at Anna Ball - Hungary's southwestern city of Pecs, a European capital of culture this year, will be the guest of honour at the annual Anna Ball in Balatonfured at tourist hot spot Lake Balaton on July 24.

Heirs sue Hungarian state for seized Herzog collection

The heirs of Hungarian art collector Mor Lipot Herzog have filed a lawsuit against Hungary in Washington aiming to recover artifacts confiscated in 1944 and now kept in Hungarian museums.

Hungarian Takes Top Prize in Belgrade
The Hungarian actor Péter Scherer has taken first place at the International Festival of Monodrama and Pantomime in Belgrade.

Hungarians Return to Dance Fair in Dusseldorf
Hungary’s National Dance Theatre will return to Internationale Tanzmesse NRW, Europe’s most important dance fair, this year.

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British actress Mirren films in Israel after Budapest

March 17, 2009

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British actress Helen Mirren has been in Budapest, which is standing in for the Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Charlie for scenes in a Nazi-hunting spy film under production, a local film website reported on Tuesday.

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Helen Mirren, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of the Queen, will soon return to Budapest after filming some of the final scenes in Israel, magyar.film.hu reported. Mirren plays a retired Mossad agent forced to make amends after bungling the capture of a German war criminal. It is reported that the 63-year-old actress even learnt Hebrew for the role.

Matyas Square in Budapest's rundown eighth district features in the film, whose working title is "The Debt", to be released in 2010.

Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)

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