47 result(s) for budget in Sport
LMP: Hungarian Sports Kidnapped By Party Politics
- 15 Feb 2017 9:52 AM
- sport
Hungarian sports has been kidnapped by party politics when Olympians use their social status to promote Budapest’s bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2024, which is a party policy issue, a lawmaker of green opposition LMP said.
Budapest Approves Final 2024 Olympic Locations, Opposition Slams Mayor
- 26 Jan 2017 3:00 AM
- sport
The Budapest assembly on Wednesday approved the final proposal on locations selected under the Hungarian capital’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics. Budapest’s mayor, István Tarlós, has failed to discuss proposals concerning renovating the third metro line or handling the capital’s current smog problem, a Socialist representative said. Budapest assembly approves final 2024 Olympic locations.
Xpat Opinion: Olympic Culture War In Hungary
- 29 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
In their overall assessment of the Rio Olympic Games, Hungarian pundits interpret the performance of Hungarian athletes and the importance of sports in highly ideological and overly politicized terms.
Official: Budapest Plans Compact, ‘Manageable’ Olympics
- 18 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Taking its cue from the International Olympic Committee’s Agenda 2020 programme targeting mediumsize cities, Budapest plans to host a compact and manageable Olympics with a human face. “Budapest does have a chance. We are proud of participating in this competition and we intend to win it,” Balázs Fürjes, the Hungarian government official in charge of Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Games, told a ...
Olympics Is The Guarantee For Realization Of City Development Plans
- 26 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The organization of the games is the guarantee for the realization of the Budapest city development plans, said Balázs Fürjes, Government Commissioner for Hungary's Olympic Bid at the conference on the impacts of the application and a possible organization of the games. Mayor István Tarlós has emphasized during the discussions that from his viewpoint as the mayor, the idea of Budapest Olympics ...
Hamilton Wins Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix
- 25 Jul 2016 9:10 AM
- sport
Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton claimed victory in the 31st Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix at Hungaroring on Sunday. Nico Rosberg of the same team came in second, while Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was third. Ahead of the race, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said that it is in Hungary’s national economic interest that Formula 1 should be brought to the Hungaroring every year, and the government is ...
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: Formula 1 National Economic Interest
- 25 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Saturday that it is in Hungary’s national economic interest that Formula 1 should be brought to the Hungaroring every year, and the government is setting aside 5 billion forints in the 2017 budget for revamping the track.
2017 FINA World Championships To Cost HUF 90 Billion
- 24 May 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
According to Hungarian investigative journalism portal Átlátszó.hu, the 2017 FINA World Championships to be hosted in Budapest in 2017 will cost Hungarian taxpayers at least HUF 90 billion (USD 323 million), of which HUF 52 billion (USD 192 million) is to be spent this year alone.
Bill Would Lay Legal Foundation For Budapest Olympics Bid
- 19 May 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Hungary’s government submitted a bill to Parliament late Tuesday that would establish the legal framework to support Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games. The bill “acknowledges the necessity of establishing guarantees” required of cities applying to host the games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and aims to “legislate procedural rules supporting the quick and efficient ...
LMP: Hungarian Sports Kidnapped By Party Politics
- 15 Feb 2017 9:52 AM
- sport
Hungarian sports has been kidnapped by party politics when Olympians use their social status to promote Budapest’s bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2024, which is a party policy issue, a lawmaker of green opposition LMP said.
Budapest Approves Final 2024 Olympic Locations, Opposition Slams Mayor
- 26 Jan 2017 3:00 AM
- sport
The Budapest assembly on Wednesday approved the final proposal on locations selected under the Hungarian capital’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics. Budapest’s mayor, István Tarlós, has failed to discuss proposals concerning renovating the third metro line or handling the capital’s current smog problem, a Socialist representative said. Budapest assembly approves final 2024 Olympic locations.
Xpat Opinion: Olympic Culture War In Hungary
- 29 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
In their overall assessment of the Rio Olympic Games, Hungarian pundits interpret the performance of Hungarian athletes and the importance of sports in highly ideological and overly politicized terms.
Official: Budapest Plans Compact, ‘Manageable’ Olympics
- 18 Aug 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Taking its cue from the International Olympic Committee’s Agenda 2020 programme targeting mediumsize cities, Budapest plans to host a compact and manageable Olympics with a human face. “Budapest does have a chance. We are proud of participating in this competition and we intend to win it,” Balázs Fürjes, the Hungarian government official in charge of Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Games, told a ...
Olympics Is The Guarantee For Realization Of City Development Plans
- 26 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
The organization of the games is the guarantee for the realization of the Budapest city development plans, said Balázs Fürjes, Government Commissioner for Hungary's Olympic Bid at the conference on the impacts of the application and a possible organization of the games. Mayor István Tarlós has emphasized during the discussions that from his viewpoint as the mayor, the idea of Budapest Olympics ...
Hamilton Wins Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix
- 25 Jul 2016 9:10 AM
- sport
Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton claimed victory in the 31st Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix at Hungaroring on Sunday. Nico Rosberg of the same team came in second, while Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was third. Ahead of the race, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said that it is in Hungary’s national economic interest that Formula 1 should be brought to the Hungaroring every year, and the government is ...
Hungary’s Foreign Minister: Formula 1 National Economic Interest
- 25 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Saturday that it is in Hungary’s national economic interest that Formula 1 should be brought to the Hungaroring every year, and the government is setting aside 5 billion forints in the 2017 budget for revamping the track.
2017 FINA World Championships To Cost HUF 90 Billion
- 24 May 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
According to Hungarian investigative journalism portal Átlátszó.hu, the 2017 FINA World Championships to be hosted in Budapest in 2017 will cost Hungarian taxpayers at least HUF 90 billion (USD 323 million), of which HUF 52 billion (USD 192 million) is to be spent this year alone.
Bill Would Lay Legal Foundation For Budapest Olympics Bid
- 19 May 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
Hungary’s government submitted a bill to Parliament late Tuesday that would establish the legal framework to support Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games. The bill “acknowledges the necessity of establishing guarantees” required of cities applying to host the games by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and aims to “legislate procedural rules supporting the quick and efficient ...