Press Releases

Budapest, March 20, 2009 09:45

The 27th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition and its accompanying exhibition titled '20 years since Opening the Borders' opened their doors with the main sponsorship of Magyar Telekom. The exhibitions can be viewed between March 20 and April 26, 2009 at the Hungarian National Museum, as one of the events of the Budapest Spring Festival.

The nearly 500 photos of the 27th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition on display for the public illustrate last year's events and happenings in a wide variety of topics.
The exhibition of last year's best press photos is a renewed encounter with the events, faces and moods that made the year 2008 memorable. Moments of drama and joy, struggles, celebration and mourning, everyday life situations, never to be repeated artistic and sports achievements and natural wonders. Known and previously unpublished photos and documents of the exhibition titled '20 years since Opening the Borders' take us back in time to the historic moment on September 11, 1989.

Mihály Varga, Communications Director of the Magyar Telekom Group said in his speech at the opening ceremony: "Our assistance in the implementation of such a great event is in full harmony with Magyar Telekom's corporate social responsibility. In addition to color and black and white photos we have made it possible to exhibit the most advanced communications technologies - all those creative solutions which characterize Magyar Telekom today and thanks to its new structure and new strategy are increasingly transforming it from a telecommunications company into a media company providing content services and entertainment."
With the assistance of Magyar Telekom the visitors of the exhibition can utilize the advantages of modern technology and participate in three different competitions as well. This year they can not only cast their votes for their favorite photos in an SMS message in a competition for valuable presents thanks to Magyar Telekom but, if they are interested, they can create an individual photo caption to the press photos exhibited and can take part in the MMS competition as well. The organizers expect photos taken by a mobile set which reflect in their topic the Company's slogan: "Life is for sharing". Visitors can join in the competition on the spot. The detailed rules of the competition are published on the information boards placed at the museum.

Magyar Telekom as the main sponsor enables visitors to share the ideas of the Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition, to have a good time, to liaison and to share important moments of their life with one another.