464 result(s) for incident
Hungary’s HR Minister Calls For Stricter Punishment For Student Assaults
- 10 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Punishment for sexual assault committed at a school or university will be tightened up, Human Resources Zoltán Balog proposed. Speaking on the sidelines of a Higher Education Roundtable, Balog said that such crimes should be punishable by 2-8 years in prison rather than by 1-5 years in the basic case of assault.
Leftist Opposition Parties Clash Over “Provocation” At Budapest Demo
- 14 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition E-PM party alliance said it had not been involved in an incident that took place at an event organised by leftist opposition Democratic Coalition at the weekend (DK). DK said it awaited a reply from E-PM about whether it had deliberately mounted a “provocation” at the event, at which the head of the Krétakör foundation, Márton Gulyás, held up a banner with the slogan: “Instead of ...
Attacker Of Vojvodina Leader In Preliminary Detention In Budapest
- 29 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A woman who assaulted István Pásztor, head of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, outside parliament in Budapest early this month has been placed in preliminary detention, daily Magyar Nemzet reports.
Budapest's Best Apartment Restaurants
- 22 May 2014 11:45 AM
- food & drink
By We Love Budapest : Apartment restaurants aren't anything new here, it's been a few years since the appearance of these "underground" gastro sanctuaries. The genre can be led back to Cuba, where after the victory of the revolution, Fidel Castro shut down the "imperialist" restaurants. Locals started to cook for themselves, and with ...
Xpat Opinion: The Financial Times Acknowledges Mistake Re Hungary
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is a little late and not exactly a correction, but the Financial Times changed the text. Last week, I wrote about an unfortunate incident with the FT. The post entitled, “No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary,” has all the details, but here it is in brief: an FT political correspondent reported that UK Foreign Secretary William Hague referred to central Europe and Hungary in a ...
Police Shoot Down Blikk Tabloid Story In Budapest
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The tabloid Blikk falsely claimed in its Tuesday edition that a safe was robbed during a burglary at the First District office of Tamás Welsz on Logodi utca, the Budapest Police said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.
Video: Jude Law Intoxicated By Beauty Of Budapest?
- 17 Apr 2014 11:30 AM
- video
Last Tuesday after a long day of filming in Paul Feig’s new comedy, Jude Law headed out to a trendy venue in Gozsdu Udvar, and hooked-up with a Playboy model. Their ‘drunken fling’ was secretly recorded, showing Jude’s attempt to 'French kiss' the 28 year old Hungarian. As the video below shows, Jude and a few Magyar mates seemingly got pretty merry in Kolor, the downtown Budapest bar. As the ...
100th Tobacco Store Robbed In Hungary
- 18 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
More than 100 state tobacco shops have been robbed since the state nationalised tobacco retail last summer, Népszava reports. In the latest incident, two armed men robbed a tobacco store on Gergely utca in Budapest’s Tenth District Tuesday evening.
Hungary's National Bank Investigates Default Rumour
- 6 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The MNB has launched an investigation into the rumour spread on January 29 which falsely stated that Hungary was unable to meet its capital and interest payment duties that day.
Hungary’s HR Minister Calls For Stricter Punishment For Student Assaults
- 10 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Punishment for sexual assault committed at a school or university will be tightened up, Human Resources Zoltán Balog proposed. Speaking on the sidelines of a Higher Education Roundtable, Balog said that such crimes should be punishable by 2-8 years in prison rather than by 1-5 years in the basic case of assault.
Leftist Opposition Parties Clash Over “Provocation” At Budapest Demo
- 14 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition E-PM party alliance said it had not been involved in an incident that took place at an event organised by leftist opposition Democratic Coalition at the weekend (DK). DK said it awaited a reply from E-PM about whether it had deliberately mounted a “provocation” at the event, at which the head of the Krétakör foundation, Márton Gulyás, held up a banner with the slogan: “Instead of ...
Attacker Of Vojvodina Leader In Preliminary Detention In Budapest
- 29 May 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A woman who assaulted István Pásztor, head of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, outside parliament in Budapest early this month has been placed in preliminary detention, daily Magyar Nemzet reports.
Budapest's Best Apartment Restaurants
- 22 May 2014 11:45 AM
- food & drink
By We Love Budapest : Apartment restaurants aren't anything new here, it's been a few years since the appearance of these "underground" gastro sanctuaries. The genre can be led back to Cuba, where after the victory of the revolution, Fidel Castro shut down the "imperialist" restaurants. Locals started to cook for themselves, and with ...
Xpat Opinion: The Financial Times Acknowledges Mistake Re Hungary
- 24 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
It is a little late and not exactly a correction, but the Financial Times changed the text. Last week, I wrote about an unfortunate incident with the FT. The post entitled, “No, Secretary Hague Was Not Talking About Hungary,” has all the details, but here it is in brief: an FT political correspondent reported that UK Foreign Secretary William Hague referred to central Europe and Hungary in a ...
Police Shoot Down Blikk Tabloid Story In Budapest
- 23 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The tabloid Blikk falsely claimed in its Tuesday edition that a safe was robbed during a burglary at the First District office of Tamás Welsz on Logodi utca, the Budapest Police said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.
Video: Jude Law Intoxicated By Beauty Of Budapest?
- 17 Apr 2014 11:30 AM
- video
Last Tuesday after a long day of filming in Paul Feig’s new comedy, Jude Law headed out to a trendy venue in Gozsdu Udvar, and hooked-up with a Playboy model. Their ‘drunken fling’ was secretly recorded, showing Jude’s attempt to 'French kiss' the 28 year old Hungarian. As the video below shows, Jude and a few Magyar mates seemingly got pretty merry in Kolor, the downtown Budapest bar. As the ...
100th Tobacco Store Robbed In Hungary
- 18 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
More than 100 state tobacco shops have been robbed since the state nationalised tobacco retail last summer, Népszava reports. In the latest incident, two armed men robbed a tobacco store on Gergely utca in Budapest’s Tenth District Tuesday evening.
Hungary's National Bank Investigates Default Rumour
- 6 Feb 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The MNB has launched an investigation into the rumour spread on January 29 which falsely stated that Hungary was unable to meet its capital and interest payment duties that day.