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3 Month Old Hungarian Baby Gets New Heart In Budapest
- 15 May 2012 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A successful heart transplant was performed on a three-month-old baby at the National Cardiology Institute last Thursday, director general Péter Ofner announced on Monday. The 5kg baby boy is the youngest patient to receive a new heart in Hungary, he said, and is in a stable condition.
St. Petersburg Ends Hungarian Property Developer TriGránit Contract
- 15 May 2012 9:00 AM
- business
The mayor of Saint Petersburg has cancelled a 2011 contract between the city and Hungarian property developer TriGránit on building a cultural centre in the city, Napi Gazdaság reports. The city does not intend to pay compensation for the cancelled project of about $600 million, the daily added.
Budapest Summer Festival 2012
- 14 May 2012 9:02 AM
- community & culture
More than theatre: Experience it in from June till August on Margaret Island and Városmajor Open-Air Theatres and also at Margaret Island Water Tower. World Sensation, World premieres and premiers. This is the greatest festival of the Year 2012 in Budapest. The festival, including the greatest variety of programs during the summer, which offers all kind of programs to both domestic and foreign ...
96 Hungarian Policemen Fired For 2006 Abuses
- 14 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 96 policemen have been sacked for their conduct in autumn 2006, according to a summary provided to the cabinet by Interior Minister Sándor Pintér. Ten uniformed policemen convicted by a court will shortly be removed from the force. The state has paid Ft 270.5 million in compensation to 149 victims for police brutality committed in the autumn of 2006.
Portuguese Youth Disappears In Danube In Budapest
- 14 May 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A Portuguese youth who presumably wanted to bathe in the Danube on Friday, disappeared in the Budapest stretch of the river, Budapest Police officer Judit Pap reported on Saturday. Two foreign youths jumped into the river from Erzsébet híd, and one of them swam ashore but lost sight of his 22-year-old friend, who has not yet been found, Pap added.
OTP Bank Head Csányi Loses HUF 20 Billion But Remains Wealthiest Hungarian
- 11 May 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
OTP Bank chairman and CEO Sándor Csányi is again Hungary’s richest person in 2012 with assets of Ft 135 billion, down from Ft 155 billion in 2011, according to Napi Gazdaság’s annual list of the 100 wealthiest Hungarians. Csányi topped the list in 2005, 2006, and again last year.
Budapest Airport Terminal 1 To Close
- 11 May 2012 9:00 AM
- travel
Budapest Airport will permanently close Terminal 1 early on the night of May 29, the operator of Ferenc Liszt International Airport announced yesterday. Terminal 1 traffic, mostly from discount airlines, will move to Terminal 2. Flights by easyJet, Germanwings, Jet2.com, Norwegian and Wizz Air will depart from Terminal 2B starting May 30.
Hungarian Government Approves Raft Of New Taxes
- 10 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The cabinet has approved the financial transaction tax, telephone tax and unified insurance tax, while phasing out the crisis tax, as prescribed in the Széll Kálmán plan 2.0, Economy Minister György Matolcsy announced yesterday.
Hungarian Parents For Two Children Who Died In Philadelphia Settled Out Of Court
- 10 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Two pleasure boat companies agreed to pay a total $15 million compensation out of court to Hungarian parents for two children who died in a boating accident two years ago in Delaware. The parents of Dóra S. and Szabolcs P. accepted the sum offered by the pleasure boat company Ride the Ducks and K-Sea, which operates the boat that struck the plaintiffs’ children.
3 Month Old Hungarian Baby Gets New Heart In Budapest
- 15 May 2012 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
A successful heart transplant was performed on a three-month-old baby at the National Cardiology Institute last Thursday, director general Péter Ofner announced on Monday. The 5kg baby boy is the youngest patient to receive a new heart in Hungary, he said, and is in a stable condition.
St. Petersburg Ends Hungarian Property Developer TriGránit Contract
- 15 May 2012 9:00 AM
- business
The mayor of Saint Petersburg has cancelled a 2011 contract between the city and Hungarian property developer TriGránit on building a cultural centre in the city, Napi Gazdaság reports. The city does not intend to pay compensation for the cancelled project of about $600 million, the daily added.
Budapest Summer Festival 2012
- 14 May 2012 9:02 AM
- community & culture
More than theatre: Experience it in from June till August on Margaret Island and Városmajor Open-Air Theatres and also at Margaret Island Water Tower. World Sensation, World premieres and premiers. This is the greatest festival of the Year 2012 in Budapest. The festival, including the greatest variety of programs during the summer, which offers all kind of programs to both domestic and foreign ...
96 Hungarian Policemen Fired For 2006 Abuses
- 14 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A total of 96 policemen have been sacked for their conduct in autumn 2006, according to a summary provided to the cabinet by Interior Minister Sándor Pintér. Ten uniformed policemen convicted by a court will shortly be removed from the force. The state has paid Ft 270.5 million in compensation to 149 victims for police brutality committed in the autumn of 2006.
Portuguese Youth Disappears In Danube In Budapest
- 14 May 2012 1:00 AM
- current affairs
A Portuguese youth who presumably wanted to bathe in the Danube on Friday, disappeared in the Budapest stretch of the river, Budapest Police officer Judit Pap reported on Saturday. Two foreign youths jumped into the river from Erzsébet híd, and one of them swam ashore but lost sight of his 22-year-old friend, who has not yet been found, Pap added.
OTP Bank Head Csányi Loses HUF 20 Billion But Remains Wealthiest Hungarian
- 11 May 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
OTP Bank chairman and CEO Sándor Csányi is again Hungary’s richest person in 2012 with assets of Ft 135 billion, down from Ft 155 billion in 2011, according to Napi Gazdaság’s annual list of the 100 wealthiest Hungarians. Csányi topped the list in 2005, 2006, and again last year.
Budapest Airport Terminal 1 To Close
- 11 May 2012 9:00 AM
- travel
Budapest Airport will permanently close Terminal 1 early on the night of May 29, the operator of Ferenc Liszt International Airport announced yesterday. Terminal 1 traffic, mostly from discount airlines, will move to Terminal 2. Flights by easyJet, Germanwings, Jet2.com, Norwegian and Wizz Air will depart from Terminal 2B starting May 30.
Hungarian Government Approves Raft Of New Taxes
- 10 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The cabinet has approved the financial transaction tax, telephone tax and unified insurance tax, while phasing out the crisis tax, as prescribed in the Széll Kálmán plan 2.0, Economy Minister György Matolcsy announced yesterday.
Hungarian Parents For Two Children Who Died In Philadelphia Settled Out Of Court
- 10 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Two pleasure boat companies agreed to pay a total $15 million compensation out of court to Hungarian parents for two children who died in a boating accident two years ago in Delaware. The parents of Dóra S. and Szabolcs P. accepted the sum offered by the pleasure boat company Ride the Ducks and K-Sea, which operates the boat that struck the plaintiffs’ children.