36 result(s) for fifth district council
Website Secretly Supported By State
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- tech
The Pesti Srácok website has been running articles critical of opposition figures and former Fidesz treasurer Lajos Simicska on commission from government ministries and local authorities, according to reports. The Agriculture Ministry ordered 12 articles from the ostensibly independent website in which the former Socialist governments had to be criticised and Simicska’s land holdings were ...
Downtown Hostel For Homeless Closed
- 31 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest city council voted yesterday to shut down a provisional hostel for 64 women on József nádor tér in the Fifth District. Instead, a temporary 64-person hostel will be installed in a floor of a Ninth District workers hotel.
Budapest Fifth District Selling More Properties
- 11 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The Fidesz majority on Fifth District council voted on Thursday to sell 12 downtown properties at below market price to the present tenants. Three of the transactions are sales to OTP bank and another involves Pick Szeged, both companies owned by Sándor Csányi. A three-level unit on Deák tér for which Together councillor Péter Juhász made an offer above the council’s proposed sales price, will be ...
Juhász Offers To Buy Budapest Council Property
- 26 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- property
Fifth District councillor Péter Juhász has made an offer of Ft 139 million to buy a property on Deák tér which the local council plans to sell to a law firm with which it often does business for Ft 79 million. The Together politician has raised the money on Facebook. Juhász hopes to prove that the council will be guilty of misuse of funds if it goes ahead with plans to sell the property at half ...
Tree Planting In Budapest In Honor Of Earth Day
- 23 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
To celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Earth Day, Ambassador Bell, Fifth District Mayor Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi, and CEU Provost and Pro-Rector Dr. Liviu Matei planted a Magnolia tree in Szabadság tér.
Photo: Ambassador Bell, Mayor Szentgyörgyvölgyi, and CEU Provost and Pro-Rector Matei plant the tree. (Embassy photo Attila Németh)
Photo: Ambassador Bell, Mayor Szentgyörgyvölgyi, and CEU Provost and Pro-Rector Matei plant the tree. (Embassy photo Attila Németh)
Xpat Opinion: Corruption Cases Eroding Faith
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal:It’s about time someone looked into Péter Juhász’s allegations. According to the fifth district councilman, his own local government has been giving away real estate at fabulous discounts to friends of the people in power for years now.
Budapest Fifth District Suspends Property Sales
- 14 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- property
The Fifth District will not sell any further properties until prosecutors end their inquiry into recent suspicious sales, the local council’s financial committee decided at a closed meeting on Tuesday.
Budapest Fifth District Examining Property Deals
- 13 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- property
The Fifth District council’s financial committee will begin investigating high-profile property cases today. The committee is chaired by Socialist Pál Steiner but all four other members are from Fidesz.
Budapest District Council Sold Store Cheaply
- 7 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- property
The Fifth District council sold retail space in a prime downtown location for a relatively inexpensive Ft 154,000 per square metre last month, Népszabadság reports.
Website Secretly Supported By State
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- tech
The Pesti Srácok website has been running articles critical of opposition figures and former Fidesz treasurer Lajos Simicska on commission from government ministries and local authorities, according to reports. The Agriculture Ministry ordered 12 articles from the ostensibly independent website in which the former Socialist governments had to be criticised and Simicska’s land holdings were ...
Downtown Hostel For Homeless Closed
- 31 Mar 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest city council voted yesterday to shut down a provisional hostel for 64 women on József nádor tér in the Fifth District. Instead, a temporary 64-person hostel will be installed in a floor of a Ninth District workers hotel.
Budapest Fifth District Selling More Properties
- 11 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The Fidesz majority on Fifth District council voted on Thursday to sell 12 downtown properties at below market price to the present tenants. Three of the transactions are sales to OTP bank and another involves Pick Szeged, both companies owned by Sándor Csányi. A three-level unit on Deák tér for which Together councillor Péter Juhász made an offer above the council’s proposed sales price, will be ...
Juhász Offers To Buy Budapest Council Property
- 26 Nov 2015 8:00 AM
- property
Fifth District councillor Péter Juhász has made an offer of Ft 139 million to buy a property on Deák tér which the local council plans to sell to a law firm with which it often does business for Ft 79 million. The Together politician has raised the money on Facebook. Juhász hopes to prove that the council will be guilty of misuse of funds if it goes ahead with plans to sell the property at half ...
Tree Planting In Budapest In Honor Of Earth Day
- 23 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
To celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Earth Day, Ambassador Bell, Fifth District Mayor Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi, and CEU Provost and Pro-Rector Dr. Liviu Matei planted a Magnolia tree in Szabadság tér.
Photo: Ambassador Bell, Mayor Szentgyörgyvölgyi, and CEU Provost and Pro-Rector Matei plant the tree. (Embassy photo Attila Németh)
Photo: Ambassador Bell, Mayor Szentgyörgyvölgyi, and CEU Provost and Pro-Rector Matei plant the tree. (Embassy photo Attila Németh)
Xpat Opinion: Corruption Cases Eroding Faith
- 25 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
By Tom Popper, Managing Editor, Budapest Business Journal:It’s about time someone looked into Péter Juhász’s allegations. According to the fifth district councilman, his own local government has been giving away real estate at fabulous discounts to friends of the people in power for years now.
Budapest Fifth District Suspends Property Sales
- 14 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- property
The Fifth District will not sell any further properties until prosecutors end their inquiry into recent suspicious sales, the local council’s financial committee decided at a closed meeting on Tuesday.
Budapest Fifth District Examining Property Deals
- 13 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- property
The Fifth District council’s financial committee will begin investigating high-profile property cases today. The committee is chaired by Socialist Pál Steiner but all four other members are from Fidesz.
Budapest District Council Sold Store Cheaply
- 7 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- property
The Fifth District council sold retail space in a prime downtown location for a relatively inexpensive Ft 154,000 per square metre last month, Népszabadság reports.

















