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EU

See the links related to EU law in chapter "Legal"
Homepage of the EU
Institutions of the EU
DGs of the European Commission
Rapid (the European Commission's official press release)
Europa (official EU news release with news from all EU institutions)
Euractiv (EU-related news) in English - French - German
Bruxinfo (EU-related news for Hungary, in Hungarian - for paying subscribers)
The European Bookshop (the bookshop in Brussels specialised on EU affairs)

Legal

EUR-Lex (EU laws and regulations in force)
Jog Lap (collection of links for Hungarian law)
Jogtár (Hungarian laws and regulations in force - in Hungarian)
Complex.hu (Hungarian laws and regulations that have been changed recently - in Hungarian)
iuris.hu (Hungarian laws and regulations published since January 2003 - in Hungarian)
Jogifórum (information on and about Hungarian law firms)
rechtslinks (link collection of the law faculty of the K.U. Leuven)
Law journals on DOAJ (the Directory of Open Access Journals)
Legal English writing tips from prof. Froomkin (University of Miami)
In the Belgian Library Catalogues you can also find legal literature

Lawyer- and law firm directories:

  • Legal 500: UK directory for world-wide search
  • Martindale: US directory for world-wide search
  • FindLaw: US directory listing only firms with a US presence but within those firms will also display the non-US based (e.g. Brussels) lawyers.

Job-hunting

Stage (information on the stage with the European Commission from the Traineeships office)
PLOTEUS ("Portal on Learning Opportunities throughout the European Space" - information on education in the EU)
eurobrussels (jobs in EU and international affairs (UN, etc.) - positions in Brussels and all over Europe)
European Voice (EU-related jobs - positions in Brussels)
The Bulletin (EU-related jobs and other jobs for multilingual people - positions in Brussels)
Taylor Root (jobs for lawyers with a focus on the UK but also on other countries)
Garfield Robins International (jobs for lawyers world-wide)
EPSO (open positions at the European Commission)
eu-carreers (aid and information for applicants for EU jobs)
EURES (EU databank of open positions in any sector, anywhere in Europe)
totally legal (on-line legal recruitment site - in theory for jobs all around the world, practically mainly jobs in London)
totally financial (the same as above, but for economists)

Languages

On-line dictionaries and other linguistic aid:
LEO: on-line dictionary German-English - German-French
diccionarios.com: on-line dictionary Spanish-English / French / Catalan (beyound the 4 free queries/day it is a pay-service)
MoBiDictionary: on-line dictionary for German-English-Hungarian (interface in Hungarian)
Sztaki: on-line dictionary for Hungarian-English / German / French / Dutch / Italian / Polish
transilvania.info on-line dictionary for Romanian-Hungarian-English, with interface in Hungarian and Romanian
Van Dale: the major Dutch-Dutch dictionary (the search field is usually placed inside an image in the middle of the site)
Russian-Russian / English / German / Finish on-line dictionary
Links collected by the CLT language-teaching centre (Leuven, Belgium) for English - German - French - Spanish - Russian

Language schools I personally can recommend:
French: Institut Français de Budapest / Hungary - all year
Dutch: ILT Leuven / Belgium - summer courses
Dutch: CLT Leuven / Belgium - semester courses
Spanish: Institut Goethe de Santiago / Chile - all year
Russian: Smolny Institut / St. Peterburg - all year

Budapest

Matáv tudakozó (finding addresses and phone numbers in Hungary - with interface in Hungarian and English
PestiEst (program magazine on-line)
Pesti mûsor (program magazine on-line)

CITY MAPS by

LOW-COST FLIGHTS from Budapest:

  • Germanwings (flights from Budapest-Ferihegy Airport to Cologne/Bonn and Stuttgart)
  • SkyEurope (flights from Budapest-Ferihegy Airport to 12 European destinations)
  • easyJet (flights from Budapest-Ferihegy Airport to 8 European Destinations)
  • WIZZ Air (flights from Budapest-Ferihegy Airport to 12 European destinations)
  • Snowflake - "kind of low-cost" (flights from Budapest-Ferihegy Airport to Stockholm and Copenhagen)

Vienna

Elektronisches Telefonbuch (finding phone numbers in Austria - with interface in German)
telefonbuch.at (finding phone numbers in Austria - with interface in German and English)

CITY MAPS by

Brussels

EU related links see in chapter EU
Yellow Pages (finding addresses and phone numbers in Belgium) - in English, French and Dutch
VLAN (advertisments of all kinds)
Immoweb (advertisments of rooms, flats)
The Commission Stagiaires' on-line forum (rooms to share, social programs, etc.)
Cinema
net events (any events in Brussels)
Flagey (less commercial films - you can't find these in the cinema program above)
References (portal for jobs in in Belgium)

CITY MAPS by

LOW-COST FLIGHTS from Brussels and other airports close to Brussels:

  • Virgin Express (flights from Brussels International Airport to Western Europe)
  • Connections (travell agency offering discount flights from Brussels International Airport) - On the site of BIAC you can check out the "last call" flights that Connections will offer the next day.
  • Ryanair (flights from Brussels-Charleroi Airport to 11 European destinations)
  • Germanwings (flights from Cologne-Bonn Airport / Germany to 37 European destinations)
  • Basiq Air (flights from Amsterdam-Schipol and Amsterdam-Rotterdam Airports / Netherlands to holiday destinations)
  • SkyEurope (flights from London-Stansted Airport / UK, Amsterdam-Schipol Airport / Netherlands and Paris-Orly Airport / France to Eastern Europe)
  • easyJet (flights from Amsterdam-Schipol, Maastricht/Aachen / Netherlands, London-Gatwick, London-Luton and London-Stansted Airports / UK to lots of European destinations)
  • Maftinair, which has a last minute page (named "Fly@way" - only in Dutch) on the left side of its homepage (flights from Amsterdam-Schipol to all kinds of exotic destinations)

There is an on-line table of arrivals of Brussels International Airport, constantly updated.

Websites of friends

ALHASBANE Maan - photos
BARNA Dániel
BUSTELO Manuel
CHRISTOPHERSEN Tim
CORVALAN Hector - photos
GRÉPÁLY András - photos of the wedding (August 2002, Budapest) and of the house under construction
LAW Lai Ling (Serena) - photos
POTOCZNA Terry
RODRIGUEZ-COURT Gerardo
TORTSCHANOFF Monika - photos from Congo
Fasori osztálylista

Swimming

Swimming in Budapest (in Hungarian)
Stadthalle / Vienna
Swimmingpools in Brussels

Mountain climbing

Informations on snow, avalanches, etc. and links on the websites of the Alpine associations:
ÖTK (Austrian Tourist Club) - in German
ÖAV (Austrian Alpine Association - in German
SAC (Swiss Alpine Club) - in German - in French
DAV (German Alpine Association) - in German
CAI (Italian Alpine Association) - in Italian
UIAA (International Alpine Association)

Other useful information on snow and avalanches:
European Avalanche Services
Avalanche Research Institute in Davos / Switzerland - in English - in German - in French

Other links:
hutten.be (information on mountain cottages in Europe, etc.) - in English - in German - in Dutch
PiedraSobrePiedra (climbing information in Spanish)

Dancing

Táncház (Hungarian folk dances)
Salsa Tropical dance studio / Hungary
tanc.lap collection of links on dancing / Hungary
salsa.lap collection of links on salsa dancing/ Hungary
Wiener Ballkalender (Schedule of Vienna balls)
bustamove.com on-line courses to learn hip hop, salsa, swing and social dances

Computer/Media

Netradio (a collection of all kinds of netradio stations)
Nordicos (open source software directory presented by the Nordic community)
GNU (free software directory)
Gimp (the most advanced free graphics software at this time)
OpenOffice features
php basic script for creation of dynamic webpages
AGNULA ("A GNU/Linux Audio distribution" - free multimedia software for Linux)