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New All-Stars Announced for VOLT Festival In Hungary
- 27 Feb 2014 2:40 AM
- entertainment
New all-stars were added to the VOLT Festival line-up. The organizers announced Thirty Seconds To Mars, You Me at Six, Birdy and many others to this year’s program. A mysterious post on the official Facebook page revealed that the event will be one day longer this time, however details will follow only next week.
150 Days To Go Until The 22nd VOLT Festival In Hungary
- 6 Feb 2014 5:35 AM
- entertainment
New international all-stars were added to the VOLT Festival line-up. Exactly 150 days are left until the kick-off of the festival held in Sopron, Hungary where Foals, Icona Pop, Steve Aoki, Woodkid, Morcheeba, I am Legion, Sunrise Avenue and Noisia will also perform next to already announced acts like MGMT, Bring Me The Horizon and Volbeat. More names are expected at the end of the month.
E-PM Asks For European Probe Into Hungary M4 Motorway
- 6 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- getting around
The opposition E-PM alliance is asking European institutions to probe the costs of a motorway section in eastern Hungary. E-PM co-leader Benedek Jávor told a press conference on Friday that the M4 section between Abony and Fegyvernek had cost a total 110 billion forints (EUR 370m), 3.8 billion per kilometre.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Kúria Rules Forex Based Mortgage Loans Valid
- 20 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- property
A pro-government daily accuses the top court of siding with banks, avoiding relevant questions and undermining public faith in the courts, while the leading opposition daily says the story is far from over and suspects that this resolution is exactly what the government hoped for.
HUF 620 Million In Hungary’s Government Funding For Charity Organisations
- 13 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Minister of State for Social and Family Affairs Miklós Soltész announced today that, compared to 2011, the Government will provide more than twice as much funding for charity organisations as well as raising the number of eligible organisations from three to eight.
Xpat Opinion: Medical Miracle: Healthy Baby Delivered In Hungary Three Months After Mother Suffers Stroke
- 28 Nov 2013 11:35 AM
- health & wellness
Last week’s news about Hungary was defined by a great celebration of life: a baby was born to a 31-year-old mother who had suffered a stroke 15 weeks into her pregnancy and had been kept alive for three months on life-support. The baby was delivered in July by emergency caesarian section, in the 27th week, as the stability of the mother’s condition took a turn for the worse. The baby weighed only ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM: US Is A Defining Power, A Key Ally
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Long a subject of the rumor mill, it became official last week: the new U.S. ambassador to Hungary will be Ms. Colleen Bradley Bell. Budapest looks forward to receiving the President Obama’s top envoy, and I hope I will get the chance to meet her in person at some point after she gets settled in. Though some like to make a lot out of issues that have come up in Hungary-US relations over the last ...
Xpat Opinion: Feminism In Hungary
- 14 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central Statistical Office made a surprising announcement today. As a result of car production, a good harvest, and an uptick in the construction industry the Hungarian GDP grew by 1.7% in the third quarter of the year. On the basis of this data the government predicts continuous, sustained growth; a few others expressed fear that the upsurge signals only a short-term improvement. Since I ...
Xpat Opinion: The Failure Of Széll Kálmán Square Budapest Plan Reflected In The Budget 2014
- 18 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
In spring, 2011, to demonstrate to the European Union that the country is capable of obviating the excessive deficit procedure, the Hungarian Government announced the Széll Kálmán-Plan, then a year after the Széll Kálmán-Plan 2.0. By scale these represented restrictions amounting to HUF 1,500 billion. In its analysis, the Policy Agenda checked, to what extent the Budget 2014 reflects the ...
New All-Stars Announced for VOLT Festival In Hungary
- 27 Feb 2014 2:40 AM
- entertainment
New all-stars were added to the VOLT Festival line-up. The organizers announced Thirty Seconds To Mars, You Me at Six, Birdy and many others to this year’s program. A mysterious post on the official Facebook page revealed that the event will be one day longer this time, however details will follow only next week.
150 Days To Go Until The 22nd VOLT Festival In Hungary
- 6 Feb 2014 5:35 AM
- entertainment
New international all-stars were added to the VOLT Festival line-up. Exactly 150 days are left until the kick-off of the festival held in Sopron, Hungary where Foals, Icona Pop, Steve Aoki, Woodkid, Morcheeba, I am Legion, Sunrise Avenue and Noisia will also perform next to already announced acts like MGMT, Bring Me The Horizon and Volbeat. More names are expected at the end of the month.
E-PM Asks For European Probe Into Hungary M4 Motorway
- 6 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- getting around
The opposition E-PM alliance is asking European institutions to probe the costs of a motorway section in eastern Hungary. E-PM co-leader Benedek Jávor told a press conference on Friday that the M4 section between Abony and Fegyvernek had cost a total 110 billion forints (EUR 370m), 3.8 billion per kilometre.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's Kúria Rules Forex Based Mortgage Loans Valid
- 20 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- property
A pro-government daily accuses the top court of siding with banks, avoiding relevant questions and undermining public faith in the courts, while the leading opposition daily says the story is far from over and suspects that this resolution is exactly what the government hoped for.
HUF 620 Million In Hungary’s Government Funding For Charity Organisations
- 13 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Minister of State for Social and Family Affairs Miklós Soltész announced today that, compared to 2011, the Government will provide more than twice as much funding for charity organisations as well as raising the number of eligible organisations from three to eight.
Xpat Opinion: Medical Miracle: Healthy Baby Delivered In Hungary Three Months After Mother Suffers Stroke
- 28 Nov 2013 11:35 AM
- health & wellness
Last week’s news about Hungary was defined by a great celebration of life: a baby was born to a 31-year-old mother who had suffered a stroke 15 weeks into her pregnancy and had been kept alive for three months on life-support. The baby was delivered in July by emergency caesarian section, in the 27th week, as the stability of the mother’s condition took a turn for the worse. The baby weighed only ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's PM: US Is A Defining Power, A Key Ally
- 14 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Long a subject of the rumor mill, it became official last week: the new U.S. ambassador to Hungary will be Ms. Colleen Bradley Bell. Budapest looks forward to receiving the President Obama’s top envoy, and I hope I will get the chance to meet her in person at some point after she gets settled in. Though some like to make a lot out of issues that have come up in Hungary-US relations over the last ...
Xpat Opinion: Feminism In Hungary
- 14 Nov 2013 12:00 AM
- current affairs
The Central Statistical Office made a surprising announcement today. As a result of car production, a good harvest, and an uptick in the construction industry the Hungarian GDP grew by 1.7% in the third quarter of the year. On the basis of this data the government predicts continuous, sustained growth; a few others expressed fear that the upsurge signals only a short-term improvement. Since I ...
Xpat Opinion: The Failure Of Széll Kálmán Square Budapest Plan Reflected In The Budget 2014
- 18 Oct 2013 9:00 AM
- getting around
In spring, 2011, to demonstrate to the European Union that the country is capable of obviating the excessive deficit procedure, the Hungarian Government announced the Széll Kálmán-Plan, then a year after the Széll Kálmán-Plan 2.0. By scale these represented restrictions amounting to HUF 1,500 billion. In its analysis, the Policy Agenda checked, to what extent the Budget 2014 reflects the ...