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Free Public Access To Lake Balaton Shores Endangered By Govt Subsidy Cuts
- 17 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
Free public access to the shores of Lake Balaton is likely to become a thing of the past now that the government has decided to reduce a state supplement to the local council tourism tax, the opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM) said.
Central Bank To Sell Stake In Budapest Bourse In Five Years
- 2 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) will start to divest its stake in the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) within five years, BSE CEO Richárd Végh said yesterday at the Reuters Eastern Europe Investment Summit at Reutersʼ office in Budapest.
Official Reports Improved Roma Poverty Indicators
- 1 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Poverty risk indicators for the Roma population have significantly declined in the past 2-3 years, an official at the human resources ministry said. The proportion of Roma experiencing income poverty fell from 68% to 63% while in-work poverty rate fell from 43% to 27% and the deprivation rate from 78% to 68%, state secretary Károly Czibere told a meeting of the Roma Coordination Council.
Kövér Discusses EU Issues, Attends Thomas Becket Memorial Events In London
- 27 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér attended a series of events held in honour of Saint Thomas Becket (1118-1170) and held talks on European Union matters in London on Wednesday.
Rehab Critical Mass For Accessible Society Organised For Sunday
- 26 May 2016 6:45 AM
- getting around
Rehab Critical Mass, a march organised for the third year to call attention to the importance of an accessible society, will be held in Budapest this Sunday. The aim of the march is to bring visibility and strengthen support and lobbying power for disabled people in Hungary. In its first year in 2014, about 3,000 attended the march.
DoS Attack Repeated Against Govt IT Network
- 5 May 2016 9:00 AM
- tech
The Hungarian government’s computer system has been repeatedly subjected to distributed denial of service (DoS) attacks, after a similar incident in early April, the interior ministry said. The “systematic attacks from foreign servers” were administered in several waves and lasted more than six hours on Tuesday evening, the ministry said.
Supreme Court Gives Green Light To Referendum On Migrant Quota
- 4 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, gave the all-clear to a governmentinitiated referendum about migrant quotas in a final ruling. The Kúria rejected appeals submitted against the National Election Committee’s decision to pass the referendum question.
Hungarian Government Has Asked For Personal Data Of 224 Facebook Users
- 2 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Facebook is giving out sensitive information about its users to the Hungarian government, including personal data, IP addresses, and messages, hvg.hu writes. According to Facebook’s report, the government has asked for information 178 times in the second half of 2015, and needed data on 224 Hungarian users.
Cabinet Approves Bill To Ban Uber
- 2 May 2016 5:00 AM
- getting around
The government is acting to ban access to the Uber application and website and those of similar taxi service companies, Development Ministry state secretary János Fónagy announced on Friday. He said the cabinet approved a bill to that effect on Wednesday that will be filed in Parliament on Monday.
Free Public Access To Lake Balaton Shores Endangered By Govt Subsidy Cuts
- 17 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
Free public access to the shores of Lake Balaton is likely to become a thing of the past now that the government has decided to reduce a state supplement to the local council tourism tax, the opposition Dialogue for Hungary (PM) said.
Central Bank To Sell Stake In Budapest Bourse In Five Years
- 2 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- business
The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) will start to divest its stake in the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) within five years, BSE CEO Richárd Végh said yesterday at the Reuters Eastern Europe Investment Summit at Reutersʼ office in Budapest.
Official Reports Improved Roma Poverty Indicators
- 1 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Poverty risk indicators for the Roma population have significantly declined in the past 2-3 years, an official at the human resources ministry said. The proportion of Roma experiencing income poverty fell from 68% to 63% while in-work poverty rate fell from 43% to 27% and the deprivation rate from 78% to 68%, state secretary Károly Czibere told a meeting of the Roma Coordination Council.
Kövér Discusses EU Issues, Attends Thomas Becket Memorial Events In London
- 27 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Parliamentary Speaker László Kövér attended a series of events held in honour of Saint Thomas Becket (1118-1170) and held talks on European Union matters in London on Wednesday.
Rehab Critical Mass For Accessible Society Organised For Sunday
- 26 May 2016 6:45 AM
- getting around
Rehab Critical Mass, a march organised for the third year to call attention to the importance of an accessible society, will be held in Budapest this Sunday. The aim of the march is to bring visibility and strengthen support and lobbying power for disabled people in Hungary. In its first year in 2014, about 3,000 attended the march.
DoS Attack Repeated Against Govt IT Network
- 5 May 2016 9:00 AM
- tech
The Hungarian government’s computer system has been repeatedly subjected to distributed denial of service (DoS) attacks, after a similar incident in early April, the interior ministry said. The “systematic attacks from foreign servers” were administered in several waves and lasted more than six hours on Tuesday evening, the ministry said.
Supreme Court Gives Green Light To Referendum On Migrant Quota
- 4 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, gave the all-clear to a governmentinitiated referendum about migrant quotas in a final ruling. The Kúria rejected appeals submitted against the National Election Committee’s decision to pass the referendum question.
Hungarian Government Has Asked For Personal Data Of 224 Facebook Users
- 2 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Facebook is giving out sensitive information about its users to the Hungarian government, including personal data, IP addresses, and messages, hvg.hu writes. According to Facebook’s report, the government has asked for information 178 times in the second half of 2015, and needed data on 224 Hungarian users.
Cabinet Approves Bill To Ban Uber
- 2 May 2016 5:00 AM
- getting around
The government is acting to ban access to the Uber application and website and those of similar taxi service companies, Development Ministry state secretary János Fónagy announced on Friday. He said the cabinet approved a bill to that effect on Wednesday that will be filed in Parliament on Monday.