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Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PMO Grants Itself Unsupervised Access To Cookie Jar
- 31 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian parliament voted today to strip itself of the right to approve interim changes to the budget. Fidesz MPs successfully passed a controversial bill that modifies the budget law to allow the government to unilaterally decide how to spend state funds, reports Hungarian business news site portfolio.hu. The proposal was submitted one month ago by Minister Overseeing the Office of the ...
Transport Group Defends Déli Station
- 30 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
The Hungarian Transport Club (MKK) is asking the cabinet to abandon its plan to close the Déli train station in Buda. The costs of closing the station would be sufficient to improve the standard of service on a regional rail network, the group said.
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.
Bartók’s 135th Birth Anniversary Commemorated
- 29 Mar 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
A commemoration was held to mark the 135th birth anniversary of Hungarian composer Béla Bartók (1881-1945) in the Budapest Farkasrét Cemetery on Friday. “We must continue to duly preserve and further promote Bartók’s legacy,” the human resources minister told MTI after the event.
KSH: Retail Sales Up 1.7% In January
- 29 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
Retail sales in Hungary were up 1.7% in January and rose 2.2% adjusted for calendar effects, as compared to the same month a year earlier, according to a first release of data published by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).
Australian Suspected In Budapest Hostel Murder
- 29 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police are looking for an Australian man suspected of beating to death an Icelandic man in a hostel on Ó utca in Budapest’s Sixth District. The body may have lain in the first-floor flat for days, according to the tabloid Bors, before a cleaner discovered it on Monday.
Titanic Film Festival Starts On April 7
- 28 Mar 2016 9:01 AM
- entertainment
The 23rd Titanic International Film Festival will open at the Uránia theatre in Budapest on April 7 with the Australian movie Tanna, a film focusing on the story of a young couple who resist the strict traditions of a tribe in the Pacific Ocean.
Budapest 2015 Crime Rate Down
- 25 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s police force (BRFK) registered a total of 72,709 crimes in 2015, down by 19.4% from the previous year, the force’s latest crime report revealed. Analysis of the crimes registered in the capital over the last six years indicates that the crime rate peaked in 2012 and has been declining since 2013.
Terror Alert Could Remain At Level 2 For One Or Two Weeks
- 25 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On Thursday morning György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, told Hungarian television channel TV2 that the terror alert in Hungary will remain at Level 2 until the circumstances of the Brussels attacks and its potential further strands have been clarified.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s PMO Grants Itself Unsupervised Access To Cookie Jar
- 31 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian parliament voted today to strip itself of the right to approve interim changes to the budget. Fidesz MPs successfully passed a controversial bill that modifies the budget law to allow the government to unilaterally decide how to spend state funds, reports Hungarian business news site portfolio.hu. The proposal was submitted one month ago by Minister Overseeing the Office of the ...
Transport Group Defends Déli Station
- 30 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
The Hungarian Transport Club (MKK) is asking the cabinet to abandon its plan to close the Déli train station in Buda. The costs of closing the station would be sufficient to improve the standard of service on a regional rail network, the group said.
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.
Bartók’s 135th Birth Anniversary Commemorated
- 29 Mar 2016 9:01 AM
- community & culture
A commemoration was held to mark the 135th birth anniversary of Hungarian composer Béla Bartók (1881-1945) in the Budapest Farkasrét Cemetery on Friday. “We must continue to duly preserve and further promote Bartók’s legacy,” the human resources minister told MTI after the event.
KSH: Retail Sales Up 1.7% In January
- 29 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
Retail sales in Hungary were up 1.7% in January and rose 2.2% adjusted for calendar effects, as compared to the same month a year earlier, according to a first release of data published by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).
Australian Suspected In Budapest Hostel Murder
- 29 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Police are looking for an Australian man suspected of beating to death an Icelandic man in a hostel on Ó utca in Budapest’s Sixth District. The body may have lain in the first-floor flat for days, according to the tabloid Bors, before a cleaner discovered it on Monday.
Titanic Film Festival Starts On April 7
- 28 Mar 2016 9:01 AM
- entertainment
The 23rd Titanic International Film Festival will open at the Uránia theatre in Budapest on April 7 with the Australian movie Tanna, a film focusing on the story of a young couple who resist the strict traditions of a tribe in the Pacific Ocean.
Budapest 2015 Crime Rate Down
- 25 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s police force (BRFK) registered a total of 72,709 crimes in 2015, down by 19.4% from the previous year, the force’s latest crime report revealed. Analysis of the crimes registered in the capital over the last six years indicates that the crime rate peaked in 2012 and has been declining since 2013.
Terror Alert Could Remain At Level 2 For One Or Two Weeks
- 25 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
On Thursday morning György Bakondi, Chief Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, told Hungarian television channel TV2 that the terror alert in Hungary will remain at Level 2 until the circumstances of the Brussels attacks and its potential further strands have been clarified.