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Tree Planting In Budapest In Honor Of Earth Day
- 23 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
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To celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Earth Day, Ambassador Bell, Fifth District Mayor Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi, and CEU Provost and Pro-Rector Dr. Liviu Matei planted a Magnolia tree in Szabadság tér.
Photo: Ambassador Bell, Mayor Szentgyörgyvölgyi, and CEU Provost and Pro-Rector Matei plant the tree. (Embassy photo Attila Németh)
Photo: Ambassador Bell, Mayor Szentgyörgyvölgyi, and CEU Provost and Pro-Rector Matei plant the tree. (Embassy photo Attila Németh)
Sycamore Of Tata Second In European Contest
- 5 Mar 2015 11:00 AM
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The great sycamore, standing on the banks of the Old Lake in Tata, in northwest Hungary, has won second place in this year’s European Tree of the Year contest, the Ökotárs Foundation said.
Court Upholds Police Decision Banning Road Blockages In Budapest
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
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On Thursday the Budapest Regional Court upheld a police decision prohibiting the obstruction of roads within Budapest and elsewhere in the country planned by Zoltán Büki for March 1. The civil activist plans to turn to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. In the meantime, Büki and fellow organizers are modifying some of the locations and shortening the duration of the planned action ...
Tarlós To Introduce Congestion Charge In Budapest From End-2016
- 13 Jan 2015 4:00 AM
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A realistic deadline for introducing a traffic congestion charge in Budapest is the end of next year, István Tarlós, the city’s mayor, told Népszabadság in an interview. Tarlós noted that his predecessor, Gábor Demszky, had undertaken to launch a congestion charge as a condition for EU financing for the construction of the city’s fourth metro line.
Scheidt & Bachmann To Revamp Budapest Ticket System
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
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Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) awarded German-based global solutions provider Scheidt & Bachmann a €91 mln five-year contract to design, supply and manage an automated multi-modal fare collection system, railwaygazette.com reported. Some €54.5 mln will be provided for the project by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and HUF 5.3 bln by the municipality of Budapest.
Budapest Signed Contract Agreement For Automated Fare Collection System
- 10 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
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The vendor and operation contracts on the build and five-year operation of the automated fare collection system in Budapest had been signed in the City Hall with the German Scheidt&Bachmann, in the presence of Mayor István Tarlós. The entire system will be fully introduced by 2017, step by step. The citizens of Budapest will receive the first electronic travel cards, replacing the paper-based ...
MOL Bubi To Be Launched In Budapest Today, 8 September
- 8 Sep 2014 9:02 AM
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MOL Bubi, the public bike-sharing system that is a new mode of public transport in Budapest will be launched on Monday, 8 September 2014. Tickets will be available for purchase from Monday morning at the touch-screen terminals of major docking-stations and the MOL Bubi website, while passes go on sale at BKK’s customer service centres.
Cabs All Yellow In Budapest
- 2 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
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All cabs in Budapest must be “traffic yellow” and no more than ten years old from today, under new taxi regulations introduced a year ago. The Budapest Municipal Council approved the new taxi regulations introducing fixed fees in the capital effective September 1, 2013 and stipulated that all cabs must be “traffic yellow” and no more than 10 years old within a year.
’Old Bangers’ On The Streets In Hungary
- 27 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
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Two-thirds of used cars sold in Hungary in the first half of 2014 were over 10 years old, up from 34% when used-car sales in the country reached their apex in 2007- 2008, Das Weltauto, the only used-car seller in Hungary with a nation-wide sales network, told MTI on Tuesday.
Tree Planting In Budapest In Honor Of Earth Day
- 23 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
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To celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Earth Day, Ambassador Bell, Fifth District Mayor Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi, and CEU Provost and Pro-Rector Dr. Liviu Matei planted a Magnolia tree in Szabadság tér.
Photo: Ambassador Bell, Mayor Szentgyörgyvölgyi, and CEU Provost and Pro-Rector Matei plant the tree. (Embassy photo Attila Németh)
Photo: Ambassador Bell, Mayor Szentgyörgyvölgyi, and CEU Provost and Pro-Rector Matei plant the tree. (Embassy photo Attila Németh)
Sycamore Of Tata Second In European Contest
- 5 Mar 2015 11:00 AM
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The great sycamore, standing on the banks of the Old Lake in Tata, in northwest Hungary, has won second place in this year’s European Tree of the Year contest, the Ökotárs Foundation said.
Court Upholds Police Decision Banning Road Blockages In Budapest
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
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On Thursday the Budapest Regional Court upheld a police decision prohibiting the obstruction of roads within Budapest and elsewhere in the country planned by Zoltán Büki for March 1. The civil activist plans to turn to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. In the meantime, Büki and fellow organizers are modifying some of the locations and shortening the duration of the planned action ...
Tarlós To Introduce Congestion Charge In Budapest From End-2016
- 13 Jan 2015 4:00 AM
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A realistic deadline for introducing a traffic congestion charge in Budapest is the end of next year, István Tarlós, the city’s mayor, told Népszabadság in an interview. Tarlós noted that his predecessor, Gábor Demszky, had undertaken to launch a congestion charge as a condition for EU financing for the construction of the city’s fourth metro line.
Scheidt & Bachmann To Revamp Budapest Ticket System
- 24 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
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Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) awarded German-based global solutions provider Scheidt & Bachmann a €91 mln five-year contract to design, supply and manage an automated multi-modal fare collection system, railwaygazette.com reported. Some €54.5 mln will be provided for the project by the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and HUF 5.3 bln by the municipality of Budapest.
Budapest Signed Contract Agreement For Automated Fare Collection System
- 10 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
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The vendor and operation contracts on the build and five-year operation of the automated fare collection system in Budapest had been signed in the City Hall with the German Scheidt&Bachmann, in the presence of Mayor István Tarlós. The entire system will be fully introduced by 2017, step by step. The citizens of Budapest will receive the first electronic travel cards, replacing the paper-based ...
MOL Bubi To Be Launched In Budapest Today, 8 September
- 8 Sep 2014 9:02 AM
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MOL Bubi, the public bike-sharing system that is a new mode of public transport in Budapest will be launched on Monday, 8 September 2014. Tickets will be available for purchase from Monday morning at the touch-screen terminals of major docking-stations and the MOL Bubi website, while passes go on sale at BKK’s customer service centres.
Cabs All Yellow In Budapest
- 2 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
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All cabs in Budapest must be “traffic yellow” and no more than ten years old from today, under new taxi regulations introduced a year ago. The Budapest Municipal Council approved the new taxi regulations introducing fixed fees in the capital effective September 1, 2013 and stipulated that all cabs must be “traffic yellow” and no more than 10 years old within a year.
’Old Bangers’ On The Streets In Hungary
- 27 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
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Two-thirds of used cars sold in Hungary in the first half of 2014 were over 10 years old, up from 34% when used-car sales in the country reached their apex in 2007- 2008, Das Weltauto, the only used-car seller in Hungary with a nation-wide sales network, told MTI on Tuesday.