5,765 result(s) for hungary report
Metro Cars On Budapest’s Line 3 To Undergo Renovation
- 20 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The Sovet-built carriages running on Budapest’s metro line 3 will be almost unrecongisable after their planned renovation is completed. The cars will get a new driver’s compartment, a new front end, colour and doors, the business daily Napi Gazdaság has reported.
Opposition Parties In Hungary Criticise MNB
- 20 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition parties expect an explanation from the MNB which last week announced its purchase of the only Titian painting in Hunga-ry for Ft 4.5 billion. LMP said it is outrageous that the central bank has bought the painting Madonna and Child with St. Paul from profits gained by converting foreign-currency loans. The Democratic Coalition recalled that it had complained to the European ...
Budapest’s Ugliest Building To Finally Go Under The Hammer
- 17 Jul 2015 12:30 PM
- property
A half-complete building looking over the River Danube in Budapest’s District II, which has been dubbed one of the capital’s greatest eyesores, is to finally go under the hammer after fifteen years. The building, originally constructed as a hotel for members of the Communist-era National Council of Trade Unions (SZOT) in 1971, was demolished in the early 1990s.
KSH Report Reveals: Hungarians’ Diets Becoming More Healthier
- 17 Jul 2015 9:02 AM
- health & wellness
Hungarians’ diets are improving as they eat less meat but more fish, and cut back on fatty foods and alcohol, data compiled in a report by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) show. Hungarians consumed 55.5 kilograms of meat per capita in 2013, according to the latest data in the report, down 1.6% from the previous year. They ate less pork and poultry, the two most popular meats, but fish ...
Hungarian Students’ Academic Performance Deteriorating, Data Shows
- 17 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
This year’s “medium-level” secondary school final exams in Mathematics and Hungarian Language have produced worse results than last year, the daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet reports, citing data provided by the Hungarian Educational Authority. Results in basic-level Mathematics, which are the worst in six years, give cause for special concern, the article says.
Suspected Migrant Killed In Road Accident Near Hungarian Serbian Border
- 16 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It was reported that a suspected illegal migrant was killed on Wednesday morning in a road accident on the M5 motorway near Hungary’s border with Serbia. A police spokesman for Csongrád County said that a petrol station near the border station at Röszke was the site of an inspection by officers at around 6am.
Socialists Use Budapest Office As Aid Centre For Migrants
- 16 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party plans to transform its former headquarters building into a logistics and co-ordination centre for NGOs engaged in helping migrants, it was announced on Wednesday. Ágnes Kunhalmi, head of the party’s Budapest chapter, said migrants cannot stay in the Jókai utca building in Budapest’s Sixth District because the law does not allow it.
Hungary Welcomes Six Powers’ Nuclear Deal With Iran
- 15 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary welcomes the nuclear deal six major powers recently reached with Iran, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told reporters in Budapest. Europe has a vested interest in stability in the Middle East, something inconceivable without balanced cooperation with Iran. Hungary resolutely supported the series of negotiations aimed at enabling Iran to return to the international community.
Border Fence Construction In Hungary Begins
- 14 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Work began yesterday on construction of a fence along the Serbian border, with 43 soldiers engaged in erecting a 150-metre “test fence” near Mórahalom. Parliament approved the project on July 6, earmarking Ft 6.6 billion for construction of a planned 175km barrier.
Metro Cars On Budapest’s Line 3 To Undergo Renovation
- 20 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The Sovet-built carriages running on Budapest’s metro line 3 will be almost unrecongisable after their planned renovation is completed. The cars will get a new driver’s compartment, a new front end, colour and doors, the business daily Napi Gazdaság has reported.
Opposition Parties In Hungary Criticise MNB
- 20 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition parties expect an explanation from the MNB which last week announced its purchase of the only Titian painting in Hunga-ry for Ft 4.5 billion. LMP said it is outrageous that the central bank has bought the painting Madonna and Child with St. Paul from profits gained by converting foreign-currency loans. The Democratic Coalition recalled that it had complained to the European ...
Budapest’s Ugliest Building To Finally Go Under The Hammer
- 17 Jul 2015 12:30 PM
- property
A half-complete building looking over the River Danube in Budapest’s District II, which has been dubbed one of the capital’s greatest eyesores, is to finally go under the hammer after fifteen years. The building, originally constructed as a hotel for members of the Communist-era National Council of Trade Unions (SZOT) in 1971, was demolished in the early 1990s.
KSH Report Reveals: Hungarians’ Diets Becoming More Healthier
- 17 Jul 2015 9:02 AM
- health & wellness
Hungarians’ diets are improving as they eat less meat but more fish, and cut back on fatty foods and alcohol, data compiled in a report by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) show. Hungarians consumed 55.5 kilograms of meat per capita in 2013, according to the latest data in the report, down 1.6% from the previous year. They ate less pork and poultry, the two most popular meats, but fish ...
Hungarian Students’ Academic Performance Deteriorating, Data Shows
- 17 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
This year’s “medium-level” secondary school final exams in Mathematics and Hungarian Language have produced worse results than last year, the daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet reports, citing data provided by the Hungarian Educational Authority. Results in basic-level Mathematics, which are the worst in six years, give cause for special concern, the article says.
Suspected Migrant Killed In Road Accident Near Hungarian Serbian Border
- 16 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It was reported that a suspected illegal migrant was killed on Wednesday morning in a road accident on the M5 motorway near Hungary’s border with Serbia. A police spokesman for Csongrád County said that a petrol station near the border station at Röszke was the site of an inspection by officers at around 6am.
Socialists Use Budapest Office As Aid Centre For Migrants
- 16 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialist Party plans to transform its former headquarters building into a logistics and co-ordination centre for NGOs engaged in helping migrants, it was announced on Wednesday. Ágnes Kunhalmi, head of the party’s Budapest chapter, said migrants cannot stay in the Jókai utca building in Budapest’s Sixth District because the law does not allow it.
Hungary Welcomes Six Powers’ Nuclear Deal With Iran
- 15 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary welcomes the nuclear deal six major powers recently reached with Iran, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told reporters in Budapest. Europe has a vested interest in stability in the Middle East, something inconceivable without balanced cooperation with Iran. Hungary resolutely supported the series of negotiations aimed at enabling Iran to return to the international community.
Border Fence Construction In Hungary Begins
- 14 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Work began yesterday on construction of a fence along the Serbian border, with 43 soldiers engaged in erecting a 150-metre “test fence” near Mórahalom. Parliament approved the project on July 6, earmarking Ft 6.6 billion for construction of a planned 175km barrier.