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Telegraph: Budapest The Cheapest City For Alcoholic Drinks
- 4 Jun 2015 11:30 AM
- shopping
According to British newspaper The Telegraph, Budapest is the cheapest place in Europe for drinks, according to UK Post Office research. The analysts examined the prices of 10 different drinks (wine, beers, cocktails), in popular tourist destinations. According to the results, drinks cost half as much in Budapest as in places like Amsterdam or Ibiza. In the Hungarian capital you can buy a glass ...
CNN To Air Budapest Episode Of Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain’s Cooking Show
- 4 Jun 2015 9:02 AM
- food & drink
CNN is to air the Budapest episode of world-famous US celebrity chef, author and television personality Anthony Bourdain’s food & travel show “Parts Unknown”. According to the programme’s trailer, the celebrity chef is a huge fan of all things available at a traditional Hungarian street food shop and the Roma singer Bangó Margit, whom he visited in the capital.
Hungarian NGOs Call For Reform Of Campaign Finance Rules
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- business
NGOs in Hungary have turned to lawmakers with a call to reform campaign finance rules and to clean up corruption. The civil organisations Transparency International Magyarország, Átlátszó and K-Monitor together with think-tank Political Capital sent an open letter to parliamentarians to coincide with a conference held on Wednesday on transparency in local government and campaign finance.
Spanish Carrier Iberia Launches Budapest-Madrid Direct Flight
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
The Spanish carrier Iberia has launched its direct Madrid-Budapest flight on Tuesday morning, with the first flight’s 95 passengers being greeted at the airport by Hungary’s ambassador to the Spanish capital. The new flight will operate between 2 June until the end of October twice a week, with two flights serving the route on Tuesdays and Thursdays but none on Mondays and Fridays.
Hungary’s World Aquatics Championships Budget At Huf 49bn
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Hosting the 2017 FINA World Aquatics Championships could cost Hungary 49 billion forints (EUR 157m), though the budget would recover about 10 billion forints in the form of VAT, the government’s commissioner for priority investments in the capital said. Balázs Fürjes said the construction of an aquatics centre in the north of the capital that will serve as the event’s main venue would cost net ...
Budapest Third Most Popular Destination In Region
- 4 Jun 2015 4:00 AM
- travel
Budapest is central and eastern Europe’s third most attractive destination in a world list MasterCard prepares annually based on an estimated number of visitors. According to the list, the Hungarian capital is number 16 in Europe while in CEE it follows Vienna and Prague. Budapest is estimated to have some 3.2 million foreign visitors this year, up 1.3 percent from last year, ahead of Brussels, ...
Three Hungarian Municipalities In Running For Finno-Ugric Capital Of Culture Title
- 2 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Three Hungarian municipalities, namely Veszprém, Iszkaszentgyörgy (central Hungary) and Nagykálló (eastern Hungary), have submitted bids for the title of Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture in 2016, a representative of the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture office said. The initiative of the Youth Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples (MAFUN) is aimed at strengthening the national identity of Finno-Ugric ...
Prince Charles Returns To His Beloved Transylvanian Estate In Ethnic Hungarian Village
- 2 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Prince Charles, the heir to the throne of the United Kingdom, arrived at his estate in a 120-strong ethnic Hungarian village of Zalánpatak (Romanian: Valea Zalanului) in Transylvania on Sunday for his annual summer visit.
Juncker: Death Penalty In Hungary: “Cause For Divorce”
- 2 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
European Commission President Jean- Claude Juncker said he would consider it a “cause for divorce” if Hungary introduced the death penalty. “No one who introduces capital punishment has a place in the European Union,” he told Süddeutsche Zeitung in a Monday interview.
Telegraph: Budapest The Cheapest City For Alcoholic Drinks
- 4 Jun 2015 11:30 AM
- shopping
According to British newspaper The Telegraph, Budapest is the cheapest place in Europe for drinks, according to UK Post Office research. The analysts examined the prices of 10 different drinks (wine, beers, cocktails), in popular tourist destinations. According to the results, drinks cost half as much in Budapest as in places like Amsterdam or Ibiza. In the Hungarian capital you can buy a glass ...
CNN To Air Budapest Episode Of Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain’s Cooking Show
- 4 Jun 2015 9:02 AM
- food & drink
CNN is to air the Budapest episode of world-famous US celebrity chef, author and television personality Anthony Bourdain’s food & travel show “Parts Unknown”. According to the programme’s trailer, the celebrity chef is a huge fan of all things available at a traditional Hungarian street food shop and the Roma singer Bangó Margit, whom he visited in the capital.
Hungarian NGOs Call For Reform Of Campaign Finance Rules
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- business
NGOs in Hungary have turned to lawmakers with a call to reform campaign finance rules and to clean up corruption. The civil organisations Transparency International Magyarország, Átlátszó and K-Monitor together with think-tank Political Capital sent an open letter to parliamentarians to coincide with a conference held on Wednesday on transparency in local government and campaign finance.
Spanish Carrier Iberia Launches Budapest-Madrid Direct Flight
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
The Spanish carrier Iberia has launched its direct Madrid-Budapest flight on Tuesday morning, with the first flight’s 95 passengers being greeted at the airport by Hungary’s ambassador to the Spanish capital. The new flight will operate between 2 June until the end of October twice a week, with two flights serving the route on Tuesdays and Thursdays but none on Mondays and Fridays.
Hungary’s World Aquatics Championships Budget At Huf 49bn
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- sport
Hosting the 2017 FINA World Aquatics Championships could cost Hungary 49 billion forints (EUR 157m), though the budget would recover about 10 billion forints in the form of VAT, the government’s commissioner for priority investments in the capital said. Balázs Fürjes said the construction of an aquatics centre in the north of the capital that will serve as the event’s main venue would cost net ...
Budapest Third Most Popular Destination In Region
- 4 Jun 2015 4:00 AM
- travel
Budapest is central and eastern Europe’s third most attractive destination in a world list MasterCard prepares annually based on an estimated number of visitors. According to the list, the Hungarian capital is number 16 in Europe while in CEE it follows Vienna and Prague. Budapest is estimated to have some 3.2 million foreign visitors this year, up 1.3 percent from last year, ahead of Brussels, ...
Three Hungarian Municipalities In Running For Finno-Ugric Capital Of Culture Title
- 2 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Three Hungarian municipalities, namely Veszprém, Iszkaszentgyörgy (central Hungary) and Nagykálló (eastern Hungary), have submitted bids for the title of Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture in 2016, a representative of the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture office said. The initiative of the Youth Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples (MAFUN) is aimed at strengthening the national identity of Finno-Ugric ...
Prince Charles Returns To His Beloved Transylvanian Estate In Ethnic Hungarian Village
- 2 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Prince Charles, the heir to the throne of the United Kingdom, arrived at his estate in a 120-strong ethnic Hungarian village of Zalánpatak (Romanian: Valea Zalanului) in Transylvania on Sunday for his annual summer visit.
Juncker: Death Penalty In Hungary: “Cause For Divorce”
- 2 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
European Commission President Jean- Claude Juncker said he would consider it a “cause for divorce” if Hungary introduced the death penalty. “No one who introduces capital punishment has a place in the European Union,” he told Süddeutsche Zeitung in a Monday interview.