Budapest General Assembly Allocates Funds For Drug Prevention

  • 30 May 2019 5:45 PM
  • Hungary Matters
Budapest General Assembly Allocates Funds For Drug Prevention
The Budapest assembly decided at a meeting to establish a 20 million forint (EUR 60,000) allocation for drug prevention to support NGOs and other organisations working in the field.

Funding will be available by application, to be assessed by a committee before a final decision is made by the mayor.

A Budapest Drug Prevention Coordination Forum set up in line with an assembly decision this March is chaired by the mayor and co-chaired by the Budapest police chief.

Additionally, the body has ruled that during smog alerts, restrictions will be expanded to the use of Euro-5 diesel engines in Budapest.

The assembly has also decided to allow the city to raise a loan on 7.4 billion forints in order to acquire 100% ownership of the Rác thermal baths and hotel during its current liquidation procedure.


MTI Photo: Illyés Tibor

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