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Restored Metro Cars Go Into Service On M3 Line
- 22 Mar 2017 8:30 AM
- getting around
Budapest Mayor István Tarlós sent the first restored M3 metro train into service Monday morning after the metro cars spent more than a year under renovation in the Moscow suburb of Mytishchi. The 40 year old Soviet-built metro trains were sent to Russia early last year, and so far five trains have arrived back in Budapest with the remaining 37 expected to arrive by the end of Spring 2018.
Gémesi Announces Center-Right Party To Represent Hungary’s “Silent Majority”
- 21 Mar 2017 5:54 AM
- current affairs
Új Kezdet (New Start) has formally announced it will be stepping into the national political arena as a new party. At a press conference held Saturday morning in Budapest, party chairman and longtime Gödöllő mayor György Gémesi (above, third from left) unveiled the party’s platform and introduced its executive board (pictured).
Justice Ministry Proposes Broadening Authority To Conduct Secret Surveillance, Even Without Probable Cause
- 20 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Ministry of Justice plans changes to laws which would allow law enforcement authorities to conduct secret surveillance on citizens, without any probable cause to suggest a crime had been committed, daily Magyar Nemzet reports.
Socialists To Launch Anti-Poverty Campaign
- 17 Mar 2017 5:50 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party is to start a nationwide political campaign for promoting a fairer sharing of public burdens, party leader Gyula Molnár said on Thursday. The campaign has been designed to demonstrate “how Hungary could be made a more equitable country,” Molnár said.
Hungary To Increase Spending On Culture By Euro 201 Million
- 16 Mar 2017 10:00 AM
- community & culture
The government will spend 65 billion forints (EUR 201m) more on cultural projects in 2017 than last year, the prime minister said on Wednesday. Addressing a gala dinner in honour of recipients of the Kossuth Prize on Hungary’s March 15 national holiday, Viktor Orbán said that the country’s new economic model was working well and could ensure the necessary funds.
March 15 - Prime Minister Orbán: Brussels Must Be Halted
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called March 15 an “indisputable proof” of the Hungarian nation’s past, present and future, at a commemoration of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight on Wednesday. Speaking in front of the National Museum, the prime minister said that European nations are in a “state of revolt”, with the “winds of 48 blowing again on the continent”.
March 15 – Socialists: No Freedom, Fraternity Or Equality In Hungary
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist leader Gyula Molnár lambasted the government for what he called a “lack of freedom, fraternity and equality” in Hungary, at a commemoration of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight on Wednesday. “
IMF: Hungary Outlook ‘Favourable’ But ‘Subject To Risks’
- 13 Mar 2017 5:50 AM
- business
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Hungary’s medium-term outlook “remains favourable but is subject to risks”. Its economic growth is projected to be 3 percent this year, driven by a recovery in absorption of EU funding and strong consumption as wage increases boost disposable income, IMF staff said in a statement on Thursday after regular consultations in Budapest held between February ...
Village To Host HUF 3bn Space Centre
- 1 Mar 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The government plans to build a "space centre" at a cost of Ft 3 billion in Gyulaháza, a village of fewer than 2,000 inhabitants, according to the latest Magyar Közlöny.
Restored Metro Cars Go Into Service On M3 Line
- 22 Mar 2017 8:30 AM
- getting around
Budapest Mayor István Tarlós sent the first restored M3 metro train into service Monday morning after the metro cars spent more than a year under renovation in the Moscow suburb of Mytishchi. The 40 year old Soviet-built metro trains were sent to Russia early last year, and so far five trains have arrived back in Budapest with the remaining 37 expected to arrive by the end of Spring 2018.
Gémesi Announces Center-Right Party To Represent Hungary’s “Silent Majority”
- 21 Mar 2017 5:54 AM
- current affairs
Új Kezdet (New Start) has formally announced it will be stepping into the national political arena as a new party. At a press conference held Saturday morning in Budapest, party chairman and longtime Gödöllő mayor György Gémesi (above, third from left) unveiled the party’s platform and introduced its executive board (pictured).
Justice Ministry Proposes Broadening Authority To Conduct Secret Surveillance, Even Without Probable Cause
- 20 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s Ministry of Justice plans changes to laws which would allow law enforcement authorities to conduct secret surveillance on citizens, without any probable cause to suggest a crime had been committed, daily Magyar Nemzet reports.
Socialists To Launch Anti-Poverty Campaign
- 17 Mar 2017 5:50 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party is to start a nationwide political campaign for promoting a fairer sharing of public burdens, party leader Gyula Molnár said on Thursday. The campaign has been designed to demonstrate “how Hungary could be made a more equitable country,” Molnár said.
Hungary To Increase Spending On Culture By Euro 201 Million
- 16 Mar 2017 10:00 AM
- community & culture
The government will spend 65 billion forints (EUR 201m) more on cultural projects in 2017 than last year, the prime minister said on Wednesday. Addressing a gala dinner in honour of recipients of the Kossuth Prize on Hungary’s March 15 national holiday, Viktor Orbán said that the country’s new economic model was working well and could ensure the necessary funds.
March 15 - Prime Minister Orbán: Brussels Must Be Halted
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called March 15 an “indisputable proof” of the Hungarian nation’s past, present and future, at a commemoration of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight on Wednesday. Speaking in front of the National Museum, the prime minister said that European nations are in a “state of revolt”, with the “winds of 48 blowing again on the continent”.
March 15 – Socialists: No Freedom, Fraternity Or Equality In Hungary
- 16 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist leader Gyula Molnár lambasted the government for what he called a “lack of freedom, fraternity and equality” in Hungary, at a commemoration of the 1848-49 revolution and freedom fight on Wednesday. “
IMF: Hungary Outlook ‘Favourable’ But ‘Subject To Risks’
- 13 Mar 2017 5:50 AM
- business
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Hungary’s medium-term outlook “remains favourable but is subject to risks”. Its economic growth is projected to be 3 percent this year, driven by a recovery in absorption of EU funding and strong consumption as wage increases boost disposable income, IMF staff said in a statement on Thursday after regular consultations in Budapest held between February ...
Village To Host HUF 3bn Space Centre
- 1 Mar 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The government plans to build a "space centre" at a cost of Ft 3 billion in Gyulaháza, a village of fewer than 2,000 inhabitants, according to the latest Magyar Közlöny.