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- 14 Feb 2020 10:26 AM
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Euronews (in English)
Source:
Euronews (in English)
The head the Prime Minister's Office "unleashed an outrageous tsunami of lies and deflection regarding the latest scandal in the child protection services" at his press conference on Wednesday, Peter Magyar, the leader of the opposition Tisza party, said, referring to the head of an orphanage accused of committing crimes against children.
By "unlawful" withdrawals from Budapest’s accounts, the government is putting not only municipal public services at risk but also risks insolvency of the state budget, the city’s mayor said.
Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, has expressed regret over the resignation of Katalin Walter, the chief executive of the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK), saying she had been "driven away by the political situation in the capital".
The Hungarian State Treasury has "unlawfully" withdrawn more than 10 billion forints (EUR 24.8m) from Budapest's accounts, and the municipality has halted payments to some municipality-owned companies to preserve liquidity, Gergely Karácsony, the city's mayor, told a press conference.
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