179 result(s) for disaster management
Jobbik, Socialists Each Make Proposals For Hungarian Border Crisis Management
- 27 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has proposed amending the constitution so that the armed forces can be mobilised without any legal uncertainties to protect Hungary’s border. The Socialists, on the other hand, called for setting up more reception centres and speeding up asylum procedures on site. “Hungary should make it clear that it does not allow illegal migrants to cross its territory and ...
Budapest Storm Damage Claims Could Reach HUF 460M
- 19 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Claims by policy holders on damages resulting from a storm that swept through Hungary on Monday could come to hundreds of millions of forints, with most of the damages reported from Budapest and central Hungary, various insurance companies said. Generali put the claim on the storm damages at close to 300 million forints (EUR 971,100) based on preliminary estimates. Aegon faces claims of almost ...
Mayor Of Budapest Promises Action Plan On Handling Migrants
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest city council is preparing an action plan for handling the thousands of migrants who are arriving in the city every day, daily Magyar Nemzet said. Budapest Mayor István Tarlós told the paper that the most serious issue is the sanitary situation that has developed in streets, underpasses and parks, putting increased pressure on Budapest’s public areas maintenance company, police and ...
Hungary Faces Tropical Heat
- 24 Jul 2015 9:04 AM
- current affairs
After a weeklong heatwave with daily highs reaching 37-38 degrees Hungary is to face tropical weather conditions in the next few days, the national weather service said. Intense summer heat pulling in from the south and southwest will continue to grip the country with humidity increasing day by day, the service said. Daily highs over the next three days will hover around 36-37 degrees Celsius and ...
One Dies, 29 Injured In Hungary In Storm
- 10 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
One person died and 29 others were injured in the storms that hit Hungary on Wednesday, a spokesman for the disaster management authority said. The man suffered an electric shock after he entered a basement flooded in the downpour, Dániel Mukics said. Authorities were called to help at over 3,500 locations nationwide with uprooted trees, broken electric lines, flooded facilities and collapsed or ...
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.
Most Hazardous Waste To Be Removed From Illatos Road Depot
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 991 barrels containing the most hazardous waste disposed in a depot at Budapest’s Illatos Road are to be removed from the site by May 31, a government official said. Richárd Tarnai, the government commissioner for Pest county, said the barrels were being removed from the facility.
Stormy Winds Damage Buildings In Budapest
- 3 Apr 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Storm-force winds in Budapest have damaged roofs and other structures on Friday. In several streets of the Castle District, south-western Buda and on the Pest side of the city rooftiles and plasterwork fell from buildings, while the wind broke branches off trees in the eastern and north-eastern suburbs. A fire-wall collapsed in central Budapest’s Bajcsy-Zsilinszky road, the falling bricks ...
Hungary Donates Water Purifying Equipment To Floodhit Albania
- 19 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will install a piece of water purification equipment in a floodstricken region of Albania, István Mikola, a foreign ministry state secretary, said. The machine will ensure supplying drinking water to 66,000 residents a day.
Jobbik, Socialists Each Make Proposals For Hungarian Border Crisis Management
- 27 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has proposed amending the constitution so that the armed forces can be mobilised without any legal uncertainties to protect Hungary’s border. The Socialists, on the other hand, called for setting up more reception centres and speeding up asylum procedures on site. “Hungary should make it clear that it does not allow illegal migrants to cross its territory and ...
Budapest Storm Damage Claims Could Reach HUF 460M
- 19 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Claims by policy holders on damages resulting from a storm that swept through Hungary on Monday could come to hundreds of millions of forints, with most of the damages reported from Budapest and central Hungary, various insurance companies said. Generali put the claim on the storm damages at close to 300 million forints (EUR 971,100) based on preliminary estimates. Aegon faces claims of almost ...
Mayor Of Budapest Promises Action Plan On Handling Migrants
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest city council is preparing an action plan for handling the thousands of migrants who are arriving in the city every day, daily Magyar Nemzet said. Budapest Mayor István Tarlós told the paper that the most serious issue is the sanitary situation that has developed in streets, underpasses and parks, putting increased pressure on Budapest’s public areas maintenance company, police and ...
Hungary Faces Tropical Heat
- 24 Jul 2015 9:04 AM
- current affairs
After a weeklong heatwave with daily highs reaching 37-38 degrees Hungary is to face tropical weather conditions in the next few days, the national weather service said. Intense summer heat pulling in from the south and southwest will continue to grip the country with humidity increasing day by day, the service said. Daily highs over the next three days will hover around 36-37 degrees Celsius and ...
One Dies, 29 Injured In Hungary In Storm
- 10 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
One person died and 29 others were injured in the storms that hit Hungary on Wednesday, a spokesman for the disaster management authority said. The man suffered an electric shock after he entered a basement flooded in the downpour, Dániel Mukics said. Authorities were called to help at over 3,500 locations nationwide with uprooted trees, broken electric lines, flooded facilities and collapsed or ...
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.
Most Hazardous Waste To Be Removed From Illatos Road Depot
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The 991 barrels containing the most hazardous waste disposed in a depot at Budapest’s Illatos Road are to be removed from the site by May 31, a government official said. Richárd Tarnai, the government commissioner for Pest county, said the barrels were being removed from the facility.
Stormy Winds Damage Buildings In Budapest
- 3 Apr 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Storm-force winds in Budapest have damaged roofs and other structures on Friday. In several streets of the Castle District, south-western Buda and on the Pest side of the city rooftiles and plasterwork fell from buildings, while the wind broke branches off trees in the eastern and north-eastern suburbs. A fire-wall collapsed in central Budapest’s Bajcsy-Zsilinszky road, the falling bricks ...
Hungary Donates Water Purifying Equipment To Floodhit Albania
- 19 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary will install a piece of water purification equipment in a floodstricken region of Albania, István Mikola, a foreign ministry state secretary, said. The machine will ensure supplying drinking water to 66,000 residents a day.