16 result(s) for council of europe in Getting around
Expat Explainer: Poets, Politicians & Saints - Budapest’s Changing Street Names
- 12 Feb 2024 5:23 PM
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A third of Budapest’s 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in their history. A third of those now bear the name of a real or fictitious person, the most popular being Attila József. A look at the reasons for renaming and the issues of political memory it spotlights.
Budapest to Get HUF 300 Billion in EU Funding, to Turn Capital into “a Green, Open City of Opportunities”
- 26 Jan 2024 7:35 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
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Budapest is set to receive 300 billion forints (EUR 775.8m) in European Union development funding over the coming years, the Mayor’s Office said.
Mobility Week Programme Launched by Mayor Karácsony - Fewer Traffic Jams in Budapest?
- 16 Sep 2023 6:36 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- getting around
The message of European Mobility Week is that Budapest is not just made up of motorists, cyclists and public transport passengers, but also residents who want to get around, Gergely Karácsony, the city’s mayor, said on Friday, opening the environmental campaign in the capital.
Budapest Soon To Be 150
- 18 Apr 2023 1:37 PM
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By Mark Higgie for Xpatloop.com. The Hungarian capital will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Pest, Buda and Obuda – on 17 November 1873 – much happier than during its two earlier big birthdays.
Rebirth Of Budapest’s Magnates’ Quarter
- 14 Apr 2021 6:45 AM
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The start of restoration work on Budapest’s once elegant, neo-classical first department store, the 1926 Corvin Áruház, is the latest piece of good news for the inner part of the Józsefváros, christened about twenty years ago the Palotanegyed, or Palace District, reports Mark Higgie for Xpatloop.com.
One Of Budapest's Largest Parks To Be Created In Csepel
- 30 Jan 2021 7:40 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
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Preparations have started to create a public park in the northern part of Csepel Island covering a total area of 36 hectares, says state secretary in charge of the development of Budapest and its agglomeration, Balázs Fürjes.
Budapest Mayor’s Office: E-Ticketing Project To Continue In Line With EBDR Credit Contract
- 3 Dec 2018 10:50 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
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Contrary to press reports, the Budapest automated fare collection (AFC) project will continue in line with the conditions laid down in a credit contract with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the completed elements of the development project can be utilised, the Budapest Mayor’s Office said.
Hungary Seeks To Restore Low-Capacity Rail Links With Slovakia
- 16 Oct 2017 1:00 AM
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Hungary’s government is committed to reopening low-capacity rail lines to Slovakia, foreign ministry state secretary Levente Magyar said on Friday. Addressing a free university of ethnic Hungarian mayors and councillors in Slovakia’s Velky Meder/Nagymegyer, he said the plan involves six existing railway lines that are currently out of operation.
Metro 4 Fraud: Former Budapest Mayor Demszky ‘Knew About Metro 4 Irregularities’?
- 29 Jun 2017 8:46 AM
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Budapest’s municipal council leadership under former liberal mayor Gábor Demszky “knew everything” about the irregularities surrounding the capital’s metro 4 construction project, the former head of Budapest transport authority BKK said on Wednesday.
Expat Explainer: Poets, Politicians & Saints - Budapest’s Changing Street Names
- 12 Feb 2024 5:23 PM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- getting around
A third of Budapest’s 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in their history. A third of those now bear the name of a real or fictitious person, the most popular being Attila József. A look at the reasons for renaming and the issues of political memory it spotlights.
Budapest to Get HUF 300 Billion in EU Funding, to Turn Capital into “a Green, Open City of Opportunities”
- 26 Jan 2024 7:35 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- getting around
Budapest is set to receive 300 billion forints (EUR 775.8m) in European Union development funding over the coming years, the Mayor’s Office said.
Mobility Week Programme Launched by Mayor Karácsony - Fewer Traffic Jams in Budapest?
- 16 Sep 2023 6:36 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- getting around
The message of European Mobility Week is that Budapest is not just made up of motorists, cyclists and public transport passengers, but also residents who want to get around, Gergely Karácsony, the city’s mayor, said on Friday, opening the environmental campaign in the capital.
Budapest Soon To Be 150
- 18 Apr 2023 1:37 PM
- getting around
By Mark Higgie for Xpatloop.com. The Hungarian capital will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the unification of Pest, Buda and Obuda – on 17 November 1873 – much happier than during its two earlier big birthdays.
Rebirth Of Budapest’s Magnates’ Quarter
- 14 Apr 2021 6:45 AM
- getting around
The start of restoration work on Budapest’s once elegant, neo-classical first department store, the 1926 Corvin Áruház, is the latest piece of good news for the inner part of the Józsefváros, christened about twenty years ago the Palotanegyed, or Palace District, reports Mark Higgie for Xpatloop.com.
One Of Budapest's Largest Parks To Be Created In Csepel
- 30 Jan 2021 7:40 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- getting around
Preparations have started to create a public park in the northern part of Csepel Island covering a total area of 36 hectares, says state secretary in charge of the development of Budapest and its agglomeration, Balázs Fürjes.
Budapest Mayor’s Office: E-Ticketing Project To Continue In Line With EBDR Credit Contract
- 3 Dec 2018 10:50 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- getting around
Contrary to press reports, the Budapest automated fare collection (AFC) project will continue in line with the conditions laid down in a credit contract with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the completed elements of the development project can be utilised, the Budapest Mayor’s Office said.
Hungary Seeks To Restore Low-Capacity Rail Links With Slovakia
- 16 Oct 2017 1:00 AM
- getting around
Hungary’s government is committed to reopening low-capacity rail lines to Slovakia, foreign ministry state secretary Levente Magyar said on Friday. Addressing a free university of ethnic Hungarian mayors and councillors in Slovakia’s Velky Meder/Nagymegyer, he said the plan involves six existing railway lines that are currently out of operation.
Metro 4 Fraud: Former Budapest Mayor Demszky ‘Knew About Metro 4 Irregularities’?
- 29 Jun 2017 8:46 AM
- getting around
Budapest’s municipal council leadership under former liberal mayor Gábor Demszky “knew everything” about the irregularities surrounding the capital’s metro 4 construction project, the former head of Budapest transport authority BKK said on Wednesday.