118 result(s) for budapest municipality in Current Affairs
'Budapest NGO of the Year' Award Goes to Legal Aid Group
- 2 Feb 2023 9:50 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony on Wednesday presented the city’s new award, NGO of the Year 2023, to Utcajogász, an association providing legal aid to the homeless.
Utility Support Scheme Launched by Budapest Municipality
- 26 Aug 2022 9:36 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The Budapest municipality is launching a utility price support scheme where people with low incomes will be eligible for 48,000 forints (EUR 117) a year, to be deducted from their utility bills, Mayor Gergely Karácsony said in a video posted on Facebook.
Budapest Turns to Top Court Over Central Squares 'Taken Away' From City, Says Mayor
- 21 Jul 2022 8:58 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, said on Tuesday that the metropolitan council will turn to the Constitutional Court over the issue of public squares having been “taken away” from the city.
Hungary 'Never Proud to be an Outlier in EU'', Say PM's Chief of Staff
- 28 Jun 2022 9:34 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungary's government aims to find allies and is never proud to be an outlier in "regrettable" debates in the European Union, the prime minister's chief of staff said.
But sometimes combatting Brussels necessary to thwart decisions that don’t take Hungary’s interests into consideration, Gergely Gulyás said in an interview with public media website hirado.hu.
Latest Assembly of Budapest Municipality Cancelled Due to Conflict Between Leaders
- 26 May 2022 9:12 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The General Assembly of the Budapest municipality was cancelled on Wednesday due to conflict between the leaders of the parties in the leading coalition, Mayor Gergely Karácsony has said.
Budapest Received 3,329 Refugees on Wednesday & Offers Free Train Seats
- 18 Mar 2022 6:52 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The Budapest municipality has offered to pay for 3,000 train seat tickets to help refugees from Ukraine, Mayor Gergely Karácsony said on Facebook on Thursday.
Pro-Government Media in Hungary Lost Ten Times as Many Lawsuits as Independent Papers
- 18 Feb 2022 1:33 PM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- current affairs
We have requested data on the 2021 lawsuits for correction from the Metropolitan Court of Budapest in a public interest data request. According to the numbers, the largest pro-government media outlets lost 54 cases last year – Magyar Nemzet was the record holder with 20, Origo was second with 13. By contrast, Átlátszó did not lose a single lawsuit last year.
Hungarian Opposition Collects 170,000 Signatures for Referendum on Fudan, Jobseeker's Allowance
- 15 Jan 2022 7:43 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The referendum drive of the united opposition aimed at preventing a campus of Fudan University being built in Budapest and calling for an extended period of jobseekers’ allowance has garnered 170,000 signatures, the opposition parties said at a joint press conference on Friday.
Budapest Mayor Karácsony Calls on Gov't to Transfer Transport Subsidy
- 26 Nov 2021 10:26 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The municipal council of Budapest demands that the government should transfer 12 billion forints (EUR 32.7m), which, under the budget law, is due to the city as a public transport subsidy, Mayor Gergely Karácsony told a press conference on Thursday.
'Budapest NGO of the Year' Award Goes to Legal Aid Group
- 2 Feb 2023 9:50 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony on Wednesday presented the city’s new award, NGO of the Year 2023, to Utcajogász, an association providing legal aid to the homeless.
Utility Support Scheme Launched by Budapest Municipality
- 26 Aug 2022 9:36 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The Budapest municipality is launching a utility price support scheme where people with low incomes will be eligible for 48,000 forints (EUR 117) a year, to be deducted from their utility bills, Mayor Gergely Karácsony said in a video posted on Facebook.
Budapest Turns to Top Court Over Central Squares 'Taken Away' From City, Says Mayor
- 21 Jul 2022 8:58 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, said on Tuesday that the metropolitan council will turn to the Constitutional Court over the issue of public squares having been “taken away” from the city.
Hungary 'Never Proud to be an Outlier in EU'', Say PM's Chief of Staff
- 28 Jun 2022 9:34 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Hungary's government aims to find allies and is never proud to be an outlier in "regrettable" debates in the European Union, the prime minister's chief of staff said.
But sometimes combatting Brussels necessary to thwart decisions that don’t take Hungary’s interests into consideration, Gergely Gulyás said in an interview with public media website hirado.hu.
Latest Assembly of Budapest Municipality Cancelled Due to Conflict Between Leaders
- 26 May 2022 9:12 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The General Assembly of the Budapest municipality was cancelled on Wednesday due to conflict between the leaders of the parties in the leading coalition, Mayor Gergely Karácsony has said.
Budapest Received 3,329 Refugees on Wednesday & Offers Free Train Seats
- 18 Mar 2022 6:52 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The Budapest municipality has offered to pay for 3,000 train seat tickets to help refugees from Ukraine, Mayor Gergely Karácsony said on Facebook on Thursday.
Pro-Government Media in Hungary Lost Ten Times as Many Lawsuits as Independent Papers
- 18 Feb 2022 1:33 PM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- current affairs
We have requested data on the 2021 lawsuits for correction from the Metropolitan Court of Budapest in a public interest data request. According to the numbers, the largest pro-government media outlets lost 54 cases last year – Magyar Nemzet was the record holder with 20, Origo was second with 13. By contrast, Átlátszó did not lose a single lawsuit last year.
Hungarian Opposition Collects 170,000 Signatures for Referendum on Fudan, Jobseeker's Allowance
- 15 Jan 2022 7:43 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The referendum drive of the united opposition aimed at preventing a campus of Fudan University being built in Budapest and calling for an extended period of jobseekers’ allowance has garnered 170,000 signatures, the opposition parties said at a joint press conference on Friday.
Budapest Mayor Karácsony Calls on Gov't to Transfer Transport Subsidy
- 26 Nov 2021 10:26 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The municipal council of Budapest demands that the government should transfer 12 billion forints (EUR 32.7m), which, under the budget law, is due to the city as a public transport subsidy, Mayor Gergely Karácsony told a press conference on Thursday.