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European Greens Hold Hearing On Hungary Paks Project
- 20 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Rebecca Harms, co-leader of the Green group in the European Parliament, and Hungarian MEP Benedek Jávor held a hearing dedicated to the planned upgrade of Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant. At the hearing, Harms noted that the Greens have fundamental objection to nuclear technology, but also added that circumstances around Hungary’s decision to add two new blocks to the plant using a Russian ...
One Of The Biggest Hybrid Bus Fleets In Europe Started To Operate In Budapest
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Since 1 March 2015 twenty-eight brand new, diesel-powered hybrid buses are in operation in Budapest, and with that it is one of the largest diesel-electric bus fleets of Europe. In the framework of the vehicle stock development project launched as part of the programme of Mayor István Tarlós, hybrid buses are oprated along lines 5, 7, and 9 during all the week round since 1st March.
Environmentalists Protest State Land Management Changes
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- property
Ahead of a parliamentary debate of a bill on transferring the asset management rights of state-owned land, including national parks, to the National Land Management Fund (NFA), environmentalists and the opposition green LMP party slammed the proposal on constitutional and professional grounds.
Sixteen New Midibuses To Replace Budapest’s Worn-Out Fleet This Year
- 11 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
A total of sixteen new diesel midibuses are to arrive to Budapest until the end of the year, according to an agreement signed on Friday by Kálmán Dabóczi, head of the Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) and Gábor Tamás Nagy, mayor of the capital’s District I.
Sixteen New Midibuses To Replace Budapest’s Worn-Out Fleet This Year
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
A total of sixteen new diesel midibuses are to arrive to Budapest until the end of the year, according to an agreement signed on Friday by Kálmán Dabóczi, head of the Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) and Gábor Tamás Nagy, mayor of the capital’s District I.
Greenpeace Reveals Heavy Metal Pollution Near Hortobagy National Park
- 4 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Greenpeace Hungary said it has detected heavy metal contamination outside the compound of a waste disposal facility near the Hortobágy National Park in eastern Hungary. Greenpeace commissioned a local company, Isotoptech, to carry out tests outside the facility in a canal that flows into the Hortobágy river.
Hungarian Opposition Slams Classification Of Paks Project
- 4 Mar 2015 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Democratic Coalition said the next government would have to lift the classification of data concerning the Paks nuclear plant. It is unclear whether the 30 years applies from the completion of the project or on the date when the contract is fulfilled, so in practice it could mean “sixty to a hundred years” from now, deputy leader László Varju said.
Szijjártó: Govt Backs EU - US Free Trade Agreement If It Serves Hungary Interests
- 27 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The outcome of EU-US free trade talks hangs in the balance and the government will only support an accord which serves Hungarian interests, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in a parliamentary debate initiated by the opposition about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), adding the government was closely following ongoing negotiations.
EC Clears Five Hungarian Programmes For Funding In 2014-2020
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The European Commission (EC) has approved five of Hungary’s operative programmes for European Union funding in 2014-2020, the EC announced.
European Greens Hold Hearing On Hungary Paks Project
- 20 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Rebecca Harms, co-leader of the Green group in the European Parliament, and Hungarian MEP Benedek Jávor held a hearing dedicated to the planned upgrade of Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant. At the hearing, Harms noted that the Greens have fundamental objection to nuclear technology, but also added that circumstances around Hungary’s decision to add two new blocks to the plant using a Russian ...
One Of The Biggest Hybrid Bus Fleets In Europe Started To Operate In Budapest
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Since 1 March 2015 twenty-eight brand new, diesel-powered hybrid buses are in operation in Budapest, and with that it is one of the largest diesel-electric bus fleets of Europe. In the framework of the vehicle stock development project launched as part of the programme of Mayor István Tarlós, hybrid buses are oprated along lines 5, 7, and 9 during all the week round since 1st March.
Environmentalists Protest State Land Management Changes
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- property
Ahead of a parliamentary debate of a bill on transferring the asset management rights of state-owned land, including national parks, to the National Land Management Fund (NFA), environmentalists and the opposition green LMP party slammed the proposal on constitutional and professional grounds.
Sixteen New Midibuses To Replace Budapest’s Worn-Out Fleet This Year
- 11 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
A total of sixteen new diesel midibuses are to arrive to Budapest until the end of the year, according to an agreement signed on Friday by Kálmán Dabóczi, head of the Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) and Gábor Tamás Nagy, mayor of the capital’s District I.
Sixteen New Midibuses To Replace Budapest’s Worn-Out Fleet This Year
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
A total of sixteen new diesel midibuses are to arrive to Budapest until the end of the year, according to an agreement signed on Friday by Kálmán Dabóczi, head of the Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) and Gábor Tamás Nagy, mayor of the capital’s District I.
Greenpeace Reveals Heavy Metal Pollution Near Hortobagy National Park
- 4 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Greenpeace Hungary said it has detected heavy metal contamination outside the compound of a waste disposal facility near the Hortobágy National Park in eastern Hungary. Greenpeace commissioned a local company, Isotoptech, to carry out tests outside the facility in a canal that flows into the Hortobágy river.
Hungarian Opposition Slams Classification Of Paks Project
- 4 Mar 2015 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Democratic Coalition said the next government would have to lift the classification of data concerning the Paks nuclear plant. It is unclear whether the 30 years applies from the completion of the project or on the date when the contract is fulfilled, so in practice it could mean “sixty to a hundred years” from now, deputy leader László Varju said.
Szijjártó: Govt Backs EU - US Free Trade Agreement If It Serves Hungary Interests
- 27 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The outcome of EU-US free trade talks hangs in the balance and the government will only support an accord which serves Hungarian interests, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said in a parliamentary debate initiated by the opposition about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), adding the government was closely following ongoing negotiations.
EC Clears Five Hungarian Programmes For Funding In 2014-2020
- 16 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- business
The European Commission (EC) has approved five of Hungary’s operative programmes for European Union funding in 2014-2020, the EC announced.