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Hungary Lifts Weekend Lorry Ban Because Of Heat Wave
- 13 Aug 2015 10:00 AM
- getting around
Hungary will lift a ban on lorries from its roads this weekend due to the current heat wave that could pose a risk to truckers’ health, the national development ministry said. Under normal circumstances, vehicles over 7.5 tonnes would be banned from Hungary’s roads from 3pm on Saturday to 10pm on Sunday. Hungary’s chief medical officer has issued a third-degree heat alert in effect until midnight ...
World-Famous Hungarian Geneticist Endre Czeizel Dies
- 11 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Endre Czeizel, the world-famous Hungarian doctor and geneticist, has died at the age of eighty-one following a long battle with leukaemia in the early hours of Monday, his daughter told the state news agency MTI. Born in Budapest in 1935, Mr. Czeizel graduated at Budapest’s Semmelweis University of Medicine in 1959 and worked as a researcher at the National Institute of Public Health right up to ...
First Transit Area For Migrants Opens In Budapest
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The first designated area in Budapest available to migrants opened in an underpass near Keleti railway station on Saturday, the municipal council’s chief law enforcement officer said. György Pető said the council ensures basic hygiene and medical services in the designated area. It is not possible to make migrants disappear from the city’s pavements and public spaces overnight but opening such ...
Budapest Creates Areas For Migrants In Transit
- 6 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The city of Budapest will set up designated transit areas in the capital where migrants passing through the city can take advantage of basic hygiene and medical services, the municipal council’s chief law enforcement officer announced. After talks with Budapest Mayor István Tarlós it was agreed that areas would be cordoned off near Keleti, Nyugati and Déli train stations where basic services can ...
Health Inspection Conducted At Szeged Railway Station In Hungary
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A public health inspection carried out at and around the railway station in Szeged, southern Hungary, did not reveal any problems, the Csongrád County chief medical officer reported. Tünde Bosnyákovits said the inspection was conducted after illegal migrants were taken to hospital on Tuesday from Budapest’s Nyugati railway station with symptoms of digestive infections and because approximately ...
Highest Heat Alert Ordered In Hungary
- 3 Jul 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s chief medical officer is ordering the highest hot weather alert from midnight Saturday until midnight Wednesday, as conditions are expected to become even hotter from Sunday. Such third-degree heat alerts are ordered if the daily mean temperature is expected to reach or exceed 27C on at least three consecutive days. Daytime temperatures could reach 36C on Monday, rising to 38C next ...
Hungarian Health Authority Issues Heat Warning
- 3 Jul 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian health authority ÁNTSZ has issued a heat alert for the weekend, the authority told MTI. From midnight on Saturday a third degree alert— the highest—will be in place for the following five days, with daily mean temperatures expected to exceed 27 C. in the country. The weather services forecast daily highs of 36, 37 and 38 C. from Monday to Wednesday.
Meet Lajos Rig, Jobbik MP From Tapolca, Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Behind Jobbik there are expert politicians who know just what to do. . . . The platform of Jobbik was the same in 2010 and in 2014. . . . A year ago I wore gray socks. Now I wear black ones. My orientation and my thoughts are still the same." - Lajos Rig (Jobbik), winner of the Tapolca parliamentary by-election
Hungary Ready For Ebola, Say Officials
- 28 Nov 2014 10:40 AM
- health & wellness
Although the chance of Ebola arriving in Hungary is slim, Hungarian health authorities are prepared to tackle the virus and prevent the outbreak of an epidemic, the foreign ministry’s state secretary said on Thursday.
Hungary Lifts Weekend Lorry Ban Because Of Heat Wave
- 13 Aug 2015 10:00 AM
- getting around
Hungary will lift a ban on lorries from its roads this weekend due to the current heat wave that could pose a risk to truckers’ health, the national development ministry said. Under normal circumstances, vehicles over 7.5 tonnes would be banned from Hungary’s roads from 3pm on Saturday to 10pm on Sunday. Hungary’s chief medical officer has issued a third-degree heat alert in effect until midnight ...
World-Famous Hungarian Geneticist Endre Czeizel Dies
- 11 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Endre Czeizel, the world-famous Hungarian doctor and geneticist, has died at the age of eighty-one following a long battle with leukaemia in the early hours of Monday, his daughter told the state news agency MTI. Born in Budapest in 1935, Mr. Czeizel graduated at Budapest’s Semmelweis University of Medicine in 1959 and worked as a researcher at the National Institute of Public Health right up to ...
First Transit Area For Migrants Opens In Budapest
- 10 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The first designated area in Budapest available to migrants opened in an underpass near Keleti railway station on Saturday, the municipal council’s chief law enforcement officer said. György Pető said the council ensures basic hygiene and medical services in the designated area. It is not possible to make migrants disappear from the city’s pavements and public spaces overnight but opening such ...
Budapest Creates Areas For Migrants In Transit
- 6 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The city of Budapest will set up designated transit areas in the capital where migrants passing through the city can take advantage of basic hygiene and medical services, the municipal council’s chief law enforcement officer announced. After talks with Budapest Mayor István Tarlós it was agreed that areas would be cordoned off near Keleti, Nyugati and Déli train stations where basic services can ...
Health Inspection Conducted At Szeged Railway Station In Hungary
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A public health inspection carried out at and around the railway station in Szeged, southern Hungary, did not reveal any problems, the Csongrád County chief medical officer reported. Tünde Bosnyákovits said the inspection was conducted after illegal migrants were taken to hospital on Tuesday from Budapest’s Nyugati railway station with symptoms of digestive infections and because approximately ...
Highest Heat Alert Ordered In Hungary
- 3 Jul 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s chief medical officer is ordering the highest hot weather alert from midnight Saturday until midnight Wednesday, as conditions are expected to become even hotter from Sunday. Such third-degree heat alerts are ordered if the daily mean temperature is expected to reach or exceed 27C on at least three consecutive days. Daytime temperatures could reach 36C on Monday, rising to 38C next ...
Hungarian Health Authority Issues Heat Warning
- 3 Jul 2015 4:00 AM
- current affairs
The Hungarian health authority ÁNTSZ has issued a heat alert for the weekend, the authority told MTI. From midnight on Saturday a third degree alert— the highest—will be in place for the following five days, with daily mean temperatures expected to exceed 27 C. in the country. The weather services forecast daily highs of 36, 37 and 38 C. from Monday to Wednesday.
Meet Lajos Rig, Jobbik MP From Tapolca, Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Behind Jobbik there are expert politicians who know just what to do. . . . The platform of Jobbik was the same in 2010 and in 2014. . . . A year ago I wore gray socks. Now I wear black ones. My orientation and my thoughts are still the same." - Lajos Rig (Jobbik), winner of the Tapolca parliamentary by-election
Hungary Ready For Ebola, Say Officials
- 28 Nov 2014 10:40 AM
- health & wellness
Although the chance of Ebola arriving in Hungary is slim, Hungarian health authorities are prepared to tackle the virus and prevent the outbreak of an epidemic, the foreign ministry’s state secretary said on Thursday.