1,310 result(s) for budapest council
Budapest Book Week Will Stay Downtown
- 30 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Mayor István Tarlós promised on Tuesday that the annual Book Week event will be held on downtown Vörösmarty tér as usual. Last week’s reports that a city council committee wanted to move the event from Vörösmarty tér were based on a misunderstanding, Tarlós said.
Retailers Join Forces To Help Children In Need In Hungary
- 30 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian subsidiaries of multinational retail giants ALDI, Auchan, Lidl, Penny Market, SPAR and Tesco are supporting an initiative to help children in need with HUF 5 million each in food donations, enough to feed 10,000 children for one month, in poor villages around the country, according to a press release.
Xpat Opinion: Péter Juhász, TV2 & Fidesz Locked In War Over Wealth
- 22 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság accuses the government’s communication team of targeting people critical of those in power, while Pesti Srácok warns that opposition politicians are also public figures who must face public scrutiny.
Eurostat Finds Poverty In Hungary Rising
- 9 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of Hungarians exposed to poverty and exclusion has risen to 31.7% of the population from 28.8% in 2008, according to Eurostat data. At present there are more than 40,000 local council flats in Budapest, one in ten is vacant and a large part of them could be placed in a position where they could be let, Népszabadság writes.
Govt-Sponsored Referendum On Mandatory Refugee Quotas Unconstitutional Says Legal Expert
- 4 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The following text is a paraphrased translation of an article that appeared on Átlátszó.hu’s Így Írnánk Mi blog. The author, a constitutional lawyer, frequently comments on matters pertaining to constitutional law in Hungary. In this piece, the author explains why the government’s recently announced referendum fails to meet the comprehension, legal and constitutionality tests required to be in ...
Budapest Eighth District Postpones Evictions
- 3 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- property
The Eighth District will discontinue evictions from council-owned properties until May 1, deputy mayor Botond Sára said yesterday. In talks with activists of the NGO A Város Mindenkié, he said evictions will be put off to May 1 and a new moratorium could enter into force from September.
Hungary To Host Conference On CoE Children’s Rights Strategy In May
- 25 Feb 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest will host a conference on the Council of Europe’s new children’s rights strategy on May 10, the Hungarian state secretary for youth affairs said on Thursday, after talks in Strasbourg. Katalin Novak told MTI that she had held talks with CoE deputy secretarygeneral Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni and director-general for democracy Snezana Samardzic-Markovic on Tuesday.
KÉSZ Wins HUF 1 Bln Order For Budapest P&R Facility
- 24 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
Construction company KÉSZ Építő és Szerelő has won an order worth approximately net HUF 1 billion to build a P&R facility at the end of Budapestʼs number 4 Metro line at Kelenföld, the Budapest local council, the Budapest transport center BKK and the project directorate of BKV DBR Metro said in a joint statement.
Hosting 2017 World Swimming Championship To Cost Hungary USD 312 Million
- 22 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
Hosting the 2017 world swimming championship games in Budapest will cost Hungarian and European taxpayers some HUF 86 billion (USD 312 million) according to latest estimates, or 3.5 times original estimates.
Budapest Book Week Will Stay Downtown
- 30 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Mayor István Tarlós promised on Tuesday that the annual Book Week event will be held on downtown Vörösmarty tér as usual. Last week’s reports that a city council committee wanted to move the event from Vörösmarty tér were based on a misunderstanding, Tarlós said.
Retailers Join Forces To Help Children In Need In Hungary
- 30 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian subsidiaries of multinational retail giants ALDI, Auchan, Lidl, Penny Market, SPAR and Tesco are supporting an initiative to help children in need with HUF 5 million each in food donations, enough to feed 10,000 children for one month, in poor villages around the country, according to a press release.
Xpat Opinion: Péter Juhász, TV2 & Fidesz Locked In War Over Wealth
- 22 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Népszabadság accuses the government’s communication team of targeting people critical of those in power, while Pesti Srácok warns that opposition politicians are also public figures who must face public scrutiny.
Eurostat Finds Poverty In Hungary Rising
- 9 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The number of Hungarians exposed to poverty and exclusion has risen to 31.7% of the population from 28.8% in 2008, according to Eurostat data. At present there are more than 40,000 local council flats in Budapest, one in ten is vacant and a large part of them could be placed in a position where they could be let, Népszabadság writes.
Govt-Sponsored Referendum On Mandatory Refugee Quotas Unconstitutional Says Legal Expert
- 4 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The following text is a paraphrased translation of an article that appeared on Átlátszó.hu’s Így Írnánk Mi blog. The author, a constitutional lawyer, frequently comments on matters pertaining to constitutional law in Hungary. In this piece, the author explains why the government’s recently announced referendum fails to meet the comprehension, legal and constitutionality tests required to be in ...
Budapest Eighth District Postpones Evictions
- 3 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- property
The Eighth District will discontinue evictions from council-owned properties until May 1, deputy mayor Botond Sára said yesterday. In talks with activists of the NGO A Város Mindenkié, he said evictions will be put off to May 1 and a new moratorium could enter into force from September.
Hungary To Host Conference On CoE Children’s Rights Strategy In May
- 25 Feb 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest will host a conference on the Council of Europe’s new children’s rights strategy on May 10, the Hungarian state secretary for youth affairs said on Thursday, after talks in Strasbourg. Katalin Novak told MTI that she had held talks with CoE deputy secretarygeneral Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni and director-general for democracy Snezana Samardzic-Markovic on Tuesday.
KÉSZ Wins HUF 1 Bln Order For Budapest P&R Facility
- 24 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
Construction company KÉSZ Építő és Szerelő has won an order worth approximately net HUF 1 billion to build a P&R facility at the end of Budapestʼs number 4 Metro line at Kelenföld, the Budapest local council, the Budapest transport center BKK and the project directorate of BKV DBR Metro said in a joint statement.
Hosting 2017 World Swimming Championship To Cost Hungary USD 312 Million
- 22 Feb 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
Hosting the 2017 world swimming championship games in Budapest will cost Hungarian and European taxpayers some HUF 86 billion (USD 312 million) according to latest estimates, or 3.5 times original estimates.