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            <title><![CDATA[Top heads rolling]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/top-heads-rolling-25969]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Several public cultural institutions will see a change in their top management early next year. Tenders had to be announced because the tenure of the leading positions will expire. However, many believe that what lies behind the changes of senior management is the preparation of an escape route by a political elite that is on its way out.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The secret of the Liceu]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/the-secret-of-the-liceu-25962]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[World-famous Hungarian soprano Éva Marton received one of the most prestigious awards of international opera life, the gold medal of the Liceu, the legendary opera house of Barcelona. She talks of the golden age of this genre, and also about its distortions. Éva Marton believes the time will soon come in Hungary when audiences dare to express their dissatisfaction by booing during bad performances.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I’m the one who decides which team’s shirt I’ll wear]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/im-the-one-who-decides-which-teams-shirt-ill-wear-25949]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Jenő Csiszár says society is in such a terrible state that the basic message must be the transmission of positive thoughts.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What about the Trojan War?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/what-about-the-trojan-war-25943]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Syrian–Hungarian Archaeological Mission has been excavating in Margat, one of the largest Crusader fortresses of the Middle East, since 2006. We asked archaeologist Balázs Major, about the castle hill of Margat.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[“Our freedom is a joke, isn’t it?”]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/our-freedom-is-a-joke-isnt-it-25942]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[“If we want to celebrate in a dignified way next year, standing around in the streets won’t be enough. We need to act,” says Gábor Karátson. The painter, who was sentenced to prison for having actively participated in the events of 1956, thinks unusual - but not illegal - measures will have to be taken if Fidesz wins the elections.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Where has the secret gone?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/where-has-the-secret-gone-25931]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[I’m sitting at the table that used to be Frigyes Karinthy's in the Centrál Café. It’s by the window, from where one has an excellent view of the library and the branch office of the bank. It was here that the writer noticed the first symptoms of his brain tumour.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pauper's gold]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/paupers-gold-25923]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Have you ever eaten gold? Or have you settled for Red Gold (Piros Arany - a paste made from paprika, used for cooking) and Golden Dumplings (Aranygaluska - a dessert with walnuts, served with vanilla sauce)? If you suddenly find yourself craving gold, do not hesitate, for twenty-four-carat gold poses no harm to one’s health. In Hungary, it is known as food additive E175, and is edible.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Our inexpressible fears]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/our-inexpressible-fears-25922]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[“If there’s one thing I’m proud of, it’s that I played a role in putting an end to the debate between the populist/nationalist and urbanist/internationalist artists in the world of pop music,” says András Lovasi. The frontman, a citizen of Pécs, has confidence in the mayor of the town, Zsolt Páva, but he will not become a member of Fidesz, nor will he run for candidate at the elections next year.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Missing link]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/missing-link-25920]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The first moments of the human race’s emergence eight to ten million years ago are covered in obscurity. However, the hominoid finds, discovered in Rudabánya, may help to connect the missing links of the chain. The ancient trees that were found in Bükkábrány and caused a worldwide sensation originated from exactly the same period.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A battle of aspic proportions]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/a-battle-of-aspic-proportions-25918]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Hungary enjoys favourable conditions for food production, yet discerning cooks still order their ingredients from abroad. And the country has more than its share of prize-winning master chefs, but menus feature the exact same dishes from one end of the country to the other. While the myth of Hungary’s world-famous cuisine seems to be collapsing, cooks’ associations are engaged in a pitched battle to determine who will represent Hungary abroad (and at home).]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Re-packaged]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/re-packaged-25909]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Comic book characters advertise Hungary on paper cups in London’s cafés. No images here of sunny Lake Balaton or of traditionally clad horseherds or cowherds. It’s all miners’ lamps, wine spritzers, the ‘ruin bars’ of Budapest’s Jewish quarter, and partying at a spa. Germans are spending two million fewer hotel nights in Hungary than they did ten years ago...]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[History condensed into seconds]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/history-condensed-into-seconds-25901]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Ludwig Museum of Budapest is presenting the oeuvre of Robert Capa, Hungarian-born photographer, through his works, personal documents and the papers of that time. The selection is from the 1000-piece master series that the Hungarian state purchased for the National Museum’s Historical Photographic Collection.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Leonardo puzzle]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/the-leonardo-puzzle-25902]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The art exhibition that opened in July at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, entitled The Budapest Horse: A Leonardo da Vinci Puzzle, may well change international opinion regarding the precious work of art belonging to the Hungarian Museum of Fine Arts.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hunting for paintings]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/hunting-for-paintings-25885]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Besides scientific research, chance also sometimes plays an important role when works of art – hitherto thought to be lost – are unexpectedly found in the most unexpected of places, such as a ottoman or a Hollywood studio.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sort of belongs to us too]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engraved on Haydn’s tombstone in Vienna are the words, ‘Not all of me will die’. And the Austrians are certainly keeping the great composer’s legacy alive. On the 200th anniversary of his death, Eisenstadt (Kismarton) has become a centre for music and tourism in Europe. For Hungary’s own centre for Haydn, Eszterháza, this has not quite happened yet. Although there are wonderful concerts and exhibitions to enjoy there, for Hungary the Year of Haydn remains a lost opportunity.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[My home is my ruin]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/my-home-is-my-ruin-25880]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Having clearly been slapped together, the property tax bill not only fails to tax the rich, but also imposes a tax rate that is so high as to be impossible for an average family to pay. But the major flaw in the legislation is that it sets the value of homes in an imprecise and disproportionate way.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Without a Song]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/without-a-song-25875]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[I have long wanted to talk to musician and songwriter Tamás Cseh, most recently when he was made an honorary citizen of the village of Bakonybél. His illness and the side-effects of his treatment, however, always upset our plans.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[School at the Frontier]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/school-at-the-frontier-25879]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[According to film critics, the French film The Class (Entre les Murs) is a bit shocking. Yet the film, which won the Golden Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival last year, is only about a teacher trying to teach French grammar in a secondary school in Paris. The film - dealing with the problems resulting from immigration – has once again sparked a heated debate between followers of liberal and conservative education.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What is it that keeps the Puskás myth alive?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/what-is-it-that-keeps-the-puskas-myth-alive-25848]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[According to Tamás Almási, the life of the Hungarian wonder striker is still topical because it unites the nation instead of dividing it. On the occasion of his film, entitled Puskás, Hungary, being shown on March 12th, we asked the director about the best country image, the footballer’s tasks as lieutenant and how the rogue from Kispest became a cultural diplomat.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[An accomplice of the guilty?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/an-accomplice-of-the-guilty-25836]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[A German play entitled The Vicar of Christ from the sixties; Director János Mohácsi, who introduced it at the beginning of January in Kaposvár; and a cultural scandal that has divided the world for half a century. The issue at the heart of all this: during the Holocaust did Pius XII do everything he could to save the Jews, or did he become an accomplice of the guilty? According to the play, the Pope was an accessory to Hitler’s crimes. According to the facts, he was not.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Crusader's castle under a Hungarian flag]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/crusaders-castle-under-a-hungarian-flag-25831]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[It is quite possible that Syria was the fount of human civilisation: it was here for example that cultivation and the first alphabet were invented. From an archaeological point of view, it is almost a more splendid site than Egypt, because it is the source of world-class monuments in excellent condition from every period in history.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Archeology and the country's image]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/archeology-and-the-countrys-image-25830]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Museum of Fine Arts, which has proudly preserved a collection of antiquities for one hundred years, dispatched a team of archaeologists to Egypt for the first time last autumn. This was just one of the Hungarian missions to explore these areas of former antiquity, and to nurture Hungary's cultural image.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iszka's journey to Hollywood]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/iszkas-journey-to-hollywood-25820]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Csaba Böjte asked for it to be blessed, Jeremy Irons said the acting of the amateur actors should serve as an example for the acting profession. A film which has travelled all over the world and is now a Hungarian nominee for the Oscar Gala. Weighing the odds of Iszka’s journey, or behind the scenes in Hollywood.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Beer pact]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/beer-pact-25812]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[András Berecz and his fellow musicians, arriving from the Carpathian Basin, are performing at the Cultural Centre of the XIIth district (formerly MOM Cultural Centre) at 6 p.m. on December 5th, where they wish to commemorate the sad memory of the ignominious referendum concerning dual citizenship, held four years ago.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I beg of you, it's not Jókai I have problems with]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/i-beg-of-you-its-not-jokai-i-have-problems-with-25807]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Three different books appeared in bookshops at the beginning of the month, two of them have Mór Jókai’s name on the cover, while the third has Géza Gárdonyi’s. In fact, the most popular Hungarian writers are only co-authors of the books.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Horthy or the Communists?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/horthy-or-the-communists-25811]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[We have asked Péter György and Marcell Jankovics to give their views on the possible effects of the economic crisis on culture. However, the heated debate that developed between the aesthete and the director of animated films, former chairman of the National Cultural Fund, was about the reasons for the general lack of culture.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[&quot;I’ll kick the door in if I have to&quot;]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/ill-kick-the-door-in-if-i-have-to-25789]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[&quot;One thing I’ll be proud of for the rest of my life is that Péter Medgyessy personally crossed my name out from the list of Kossuth Prize winners&quot;, László &quot;Hobó&quot; Földes told us. The singer will be celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Hobo Blues Band at the Budapest Sportaréna next week.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pali, the King]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/pali-the-king-25779]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[He never studied acting at school yet he has been displaying his talent and playing leading roles for ten years now. He has been dreaming of the stage since childhood, and one of his greatest dreams came true when, at the end of the marathon television series, The Company, he was selected to play the title role in Stephen, the King at the jubilee gala performance.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who is king?]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/who-is-king-25776]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[On day one of the Sziget mínusz music festival, two Hungarian rock legends will come together once more to perform on stage. On that day, singer-songwriter duo Levente Szörényi and János Bródy, who composed the rock opera István, a király about the country’s first king, St. Steven, will be playing one song. Still, there continues to be no sign of a mutual ideological embrace.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Museum curator]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://hetivalasz.hu/english_arts/museum-curator-25748]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[He has been head of the world’s most visited museum for seven years now, and is currently working on rephrasing its mission and making the institute more open. Great French and foreign projects are connected to his name, yet what he is most proud of is having rejuvenated the Parisian museum.]]></description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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