5,455 result(s) for city
Hungary’s Fourth Biggest City Miskolc Mass Transport Strike Likely
- 5 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
The Miskolc bus and tram drivers union will begin talks with the city tomorrow on providing minimum services during a strike, as the two sides have failed to reach agreement on 2015 wages. The union and Miskolc Holding agreed last April on a 3% wage hike for 2015, retroactive to January, for all 3,000 workers of the public transport company. However, the raises were never paid, due to “liquidity ...
Experts Still Examining Seuso Treasure In Hungary
- 30 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Experts are still examining the seven pieces of the late-Roman Seuso silver collection reacquired by Hungary last year, daily Népszabadság said. The collection is scheduled to be put on a permanent display in the National Museum next year, Director-General Laszlo Csorba said. The silver trays and jugs are believed to have been a part of the tableware used in a rich villa in the Balaton area, then ...
2015 Year Of Cultural Developments In Budapest
- 30 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The government launched a number of cultural development projects over the course of the past year, culture state secretary Péter Hoppál told MTI in an interview. Hoppál noted that the government has allocated 14.5 billion forints (EUR 46.3m) to refurbish the Eiffel Hall, the old railway building in Budapest’s 10th district to serve as a base and storage facility for the soon to be renovated ...
Budapest Signs EUR 300M Credit Agreement With EIB
- 29 Dec 2015 4:00 AM
- business
The municipality of Budapest on Tuesday signed two credit agreements with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a total of 300 million euros. The agreements were signed by deputy mayor Gábor Bagdy and EIB Vice President László Baranyay.
International Circus Festival, 7 - 11 January 2016
- 28 Dec 2015 10:00 AM
- entertainment
The first Budapest Circus Festival was held 20 years ago, in 1996 and as a result of the notion and casting of the professionals of the Hungarian Circus And Variety Non-profit Ltd. (MACIVA) it soon proved to be equal with the great festivals of the circus world: in addition to Monte Carlo, Latina and Moscow also Budapest has become an important meeting place for the circus art.
Agglomeration Services Remain Budapest Transport Centre’s Duty Until 2022
- 28 Dec 2015 9:00 AM
- property
The municipality of Budapest is not obliged to provide agglomeration transport services but it is the Budapest transport centre BKK’s duty to organise it until 2022, daily Magyar Idők said on Thursday citing the economy ministry. The financing of Budapest transport company BKV services beyond the city limits will be negotiated between the municipalities of Budapest and Pest County, with the ...
MOL Bubi Budapest Bike Sharing System: Over 1 Million Rents
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Success of MOL Bubi Public Bike Sharing system of Budapest is beyond expectations! On 5 November 2015 Enikő Pásztor, user of the 1 millionth rent of the system was greeted. In the main season, from April to September an average 3167 bikes were rented per day! Winter operation of the system has just begun on the 15th of November 2015.
Budapest To Remove Simicska’s Advert Columns From City
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s municipal assembly modified a decree on the use of public spaces imposing sanctions if advertisement columns are not removed from the city after December 31. The Municipal Council cancelled a contract for the operation of 700 columns with Mahir Cityposter Kft, a company owned by Lajos Simicska, a media baron who fell out with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán earlier in the year. Under the ...
Mayor: Budapest No Longer To Finance Agglomeration Transport
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The municipality of Budapest will no longer finance the public transportation of the city’s agglomeration, Mayor István Tarlós said. The suburbs of the city will have to talk to the state about this issue, he said. Tarlós said as mayor he could not consent to law amendments passed last week which would put a dent of 20.7 billion forints (EUR 65.88m) into Budapest’s budget.
Hungary’s Fourth Biggest City Miskolc Mass Transport Strike Likely
- 5 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
The Miskolc bus and tram drivers union will begin talks with the city tomorrow on providing minimum services during a strike, as the two sides have failed to reach agreement on 2015 wages. The union and Miskolc Holding agreed last April on a 3% wage hike for 2015, retroactive to January, for all 3,000 workers of the public transport company. However, the raises were never paid, due to “liquidity ...
Experts Still Examining Seuso Treasure In Hungary
- 30 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Experts are still examining the seven pieces of the late-Roman Seuso silver collection reacquired by Hungary last year, daily Népszabadság said. The collection is scheduled to be put on a permanent display in the National Museum next year, Director-General Laszlo Csorba said. The silver trays and jugs are believed to have been a part of the tableware used in a rich villa in the Balaton area, then ...
2015 Year Of Cultural Developments In Budapest
- 30 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
The government launched a number of cultural development projects over the course of the past year, culture state secretary Péter Hoppál told MTI in an interview. Hoppál noted that the government has allocated 14.5 billion forints (EUR 46.3m) to refurbish the Eiffel Hall, the old railway building in Budapest’s 10th district to serve as a base and storage facility for the soon to be renovated ...
Budapest Signs EUR 300M Credit Agreement With EIB
- 29 Dec 2015 4:00 AM
- business
The municipality of Budapest on Tuesday signed two credit agreements with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a total of 300 million euros. The agreements were signed by deputy mayor Gábor Bagdy and EIB Vice President László Baranyay.
International Circus Festival, 7 - 11 January 2016
- 28 Dec 2015 10:00 AM
- entertainment
The first Budapest Circus Festival was held 20 years ago, in 1996 and as a result of the notion and casting of the professionals of the Hungarian Circus And Variety Non-profit Ltd. (MACIVA) it soon proved to be equal with the great festivals of the circus world: in addition to Monte Carlo, Latina and Moscow also Budapest has become an important meeting place for the circus art.
Agglomeration Services Remain Budapest Transport Centre’s Duty Until 2022
- 28 Dec 2015 9:00 AM
- property
The municipality of Budapest is not obliged to provide agglomeration transport services but it is the Budapest transport centre BKK’s duty to organise it until 2022, daily Magyar Idők said on Thursday citing the economy ministry. The financing of Budapest transport company BKV services beyond the city limits will be negotiated between the municipalities of Budapest and Pest County, with the ...
MOL Bubi Budapest Bike Sharing System: Over 1 Million Rents
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Success of MOL Bubi Public Bike Sharing system of Budapest is beyond expectations! On 5 November 2015 Enikő Pásztor, user of the 1 millionth rent of the system was greeted. In the main season, from April to September an average 3167 bikes were rented per day! Winter operation of the system has just begun on the 15th of November 2015.
Budapest To Remove Simicska’s Advert Columns From City
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s municipal assembly modified a decree on the use of public spaces imposing sanctions if advertisement columns are not removed from the city after December 31. The Municipal Council cancelled a contract for the operation of 700 columns with Mahir Cityposter Kft, a company owned by Lajos Simicska, a media baron who fell out with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán earlier in the year. Under the ...
Mayor: Budapest No Longer To Finance Agglomeration Transport
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The municipality of Budapest will no longer finance the public transportation of the city’s agglomeration, Mayor István Tarlós said. The suburbs of the city will have to talk to the state about this issue, he said. Tarlós said as mayor he could not consent to law amendments passed last week which would put a dent of 20.7 billion forints (EUR 65.88m) into Budapest’s budget.