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Air Traffic Training Centre Opens In Budapest
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- travel
HungaroControl on Thursday opened a new, Ft 3.5 billion air traffic control simulator centre in Budapest. The training and research facility for air navigation personnel features a tower simulator capable of modelling reality in a 180-degree, 3D display.
Fidesz Wants To Make Encryption Software Illegal
- 31 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- tech
Fidesz wants parliament to adopt legislation that would make it illegal for Hungarians to use encryption software, reports 444.hu. Initially, there was a bit of confusion as to what the 3rd Orbán government hoped to achieve with its next modification to Hungary’s constitution, the Fundamental Law.
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.
Report: Government Could Scrap Sunday Closings Law
- 29 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government may be considering scrapping the year-old law that prevents retailers from opening on Sundays, as the Prime Minister’s Office reportedly asked a handful of the country’s larger retailers what they thought of the possibility of reinstating Sunday openings in the past few days, daily Népszabadság reported.
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.
Court Rules For Transfer Of Hungarians Arrested In Prostitution Sting To France
- 24 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Budapest court ruled for the pre-trial detention and transfer to French authorities of ten out of the 12 Hungarian nationals suspected of trafficking Hungarian women to work as prostitutes in France. The French authorities put out a European arrest warrant for the 12 men who were taken into custody in Hungary on Monday in a raid coordinated with Hungarian police, the court said in a statement.
Budapest Taxi Drivers Relaunch Protest Against Uber
- 11 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
A group of taxi drivers relaunched protests against car dispatcher Uber in central Budapest by partly blocking traffic at Deák Square. Taxi drivers blocked a parking lane, a bus lane and a bicycle lane at the square with 18 cars to demand stricter enforcement of the passenger transport sector rules that were changed earlier this year to create fairer market conditions for taxi drivers.
EU Insisting On Congestion Fee In Budapest
- 10 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
The EU regional and urban policy directorate official responsible for Hungary made it courteously but firmly clear on Wednesday that the EU expects city leaders to introduce a congestion fee in Budapest, as agreed in contracts for the financing of the fourth metro line.
Air Traffic Training Centre Opens In Budapest
- 15 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- travel
HungaroControl on Thursday opened a new, Ft 3.5 billion air traffic control simulator centre in Budapest. The training and research facility for air navigation personnel features a tower simulator capable of modelling reality in a 180-degree, 3D display.
Fidesz Wants To Make Encryption Software Illegal
- 31 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- tech
Fidesz wants parliament to adopt legislation that would make it illegal for Hungarians to use encryption software, reports 444.hu. Initially, there was a bit of confusion as to what the 3rd Orbán government hoped to achieve with its next modification to Hungary’s constitution, the Fundamental Law.
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.
Report: Government Could Scrap Sunday Closings Law
- 29 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- shopping
The Hungarian government may be considering scrapping the year-old law that prevents retailers from opening on Sundays, as the Prime Minister’s Office reportedly asked a handful of the country’s larger retailers what they thought of the possibility of reinstating Sunday openings in the past few days, daily Népszabadság reported.
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.
Court Rules For Transfer Of Hungarians Arrested In Prostitution Sting To France
- 24 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
A Budapest court ruled for the pre-trial detention and transfer to French authorities of ten out of the 12 Hungarian nationals suspected of trafficking Hungarian women to work as prostitutes in France. The French authorities put out a European arrest warrant for the 12 men who were taken into custody in Hungary on Monday in a raid coordinated with Hungarian police, the court said in a statement.
Budapest Taxi Drivers Relaunch Protest Against Uber
- 11 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
A group of taxi drivers relaunched protests against car dispatcher Uber in central Budapest by partly blocking traffic at Deák Square. Taxi drivers blocked a parking lane, a bus lane and a bicycle lane at the square with 18 cars to demand stricter enforcement of the passenger transport sector rules that were changed earlier this year to create fairer market conditions for taxi drivers.
EU Insisting On Congestion Fee In Budapest
- 10 Mar 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
The EU regional and urban policy directorate official responsible for Hungary made it courteously but firmly clear on Wednesday that the EU expects city leaders to introduce a congestion fee in Budapest, as agreed in contracts for the financing of the fourth metro line.