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Daily Singing Lessons To Be Introduces In Hungarian Schools
- 10 Aug 2015 9:03 AM
- community & culture
“The ministry has plans to introduce daily singing sessions in Hungarian schools,” Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog said following an appearance at the Europa Cantat choir festival in Pécs. According to state-run media, Balog said the singing lessons wouldn’t involve additional coursework because the government intends to decrease the number of classes. Instead, he said, the government ...
Refugee Camp In Vámosszabadi, Hungary Dangerously Overcrowded
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Vámosszabadi refugee camp in southern Hungary is dangerously overcrowded. There refugees can choose between sleeping side by side on cots indoors or sleeping in tents where temperatures reach 110 degrees. Others opt to sleep in a small wood nearby. There are not enough toilets. Garbage is everywhere.
Budapest Chooses Russian Bidder To Refurbish 222 Subway Cars
- 16 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Russian-owned Metrovagonmas has been awarded a HUF 69 billion (USD 250 million) contract to refurbish 222 of Budapest Transportation Authority’s (BKV Zrt.) subway cars, many of which are more than thirty years old. Hungarian news site Index.hu reports BKV rejected an offer from Estonia’s Skinest Rail that was 11 percent cheaper for “being too low”, even though it was only some 2.5 percent lower ...
PM Orbán: Hungary Will Not Join Eurozone In Coming Decades
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán confirmed in an interview to Napi Gazdaság daily that Hungary has no intention to join the eurozone. Asked about the possible introduction of the euro, Orbán said the eurozone had come off badly as a result of the 2008 economic crisis, and a similar financial crisis could emerge at any time.
Plans Emerge Of Gigantic Mosque To Be Built In Budapest
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- property
An entry dated 22 April on the Islamic website Iszlám.com includes a video of a gigantic building which is claimed to depict a mosque planned by the Turkish ministry of religious affairs to be constructed in Budapest, a reader’s message to the news website MNO.hu reveals.
Hungarian Daily Népszabadság Editor-In-Chief Resigns Over Accident Leading To Death
- 14 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Marcell Murányi, editor-in-chief of Hungary’s largest daily Népszabadság, has resigned over a road accident later leading to death. Murányi said he resigned after “learning from press reports that the man hurt in an accident he had been involved in has died.” Business daily Napi Gazdaság said on Wednesday that Murányi drove over a cyclist in central Budapest just after midnight on March 30.
Hungary’s State-Owned Hospitals Haven’t Paid Suppliers For 4 Months
- 21 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Mounting arrears to suppliers on the part of state-owned hospitals has left at least one service provider little choice but to shut down all laboratory services except those critical to saving life. Another company is seriously disappointed politically in the Fidesz government’s neglect of Hungary’s public health care system despite promising to introduce important reforms in 2010.
New Documents Reveal How Hungary’s Malév Went Bankrupt
- 3 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
A new Hungarian airline company under the name of Veritas should have been operational ten months before the Malév bankruptcy. However, this did not happen as state investors intentionally delayed the star while Malév was consuming an enormous amount of state funds recently published inside documents reveal about the 2012 Malév-case.
Hungarian Consulate In Moscow Supplied EU Visas To 'Gangsters And Whores'
- 3 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Translation of an article by András Dezső and Szabolcs Panyi “Előre kurvák, gengszterek! – A Kiss Szilárd-sztori III. rész” (“Whores and gangsters, forward!”- The Szilárd Kiss story part 3.”) published at Hungarian daily online Index.hu on 23. March 2015.
Daily Singing Lessons To Be Introduces In Hungarian Schools
- 10 Aug 2015 9:03 AM
- community & culture
“The ministry has plans to introduce daily singing sessions in Hungarian schools,” Minister of Human Resources Zoltán Balog said following an appearance at the Europa Cantat choir festival in Pécs. According to state-run media, Balog said the singing lessons wouldn’t involve additional coursework because the government intends to decrease the number of classes. Instead, he said, the government ...
Refugee Camp In Vámosszabadi, Hungary Dangerously Overcrowded
- 28 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Vámosszabadi refugee camp in southern Hungary is dangerously overcrowded. There refugees can choose between sleeping side by side on cots indoors or sleeping in tents where temperatures reach 110 degrees. Others opt to sleep in a small wood nearby. There are not enough toilets. Garbage is everywhere.
Budapest Chooses Russian Bidder To Refurbish 222 Subway Cars
- 16 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Russian-owned Metrovagonmas has been awarded a HUF 69 billion (USD 250 million) contract to refurbish 222 of Budapest Transportation Authority’s (BKV Zrt.) subway cars, many of which are more than thirty years old. Hungarian news site Index.hu reports BKV rejected an offer from Estonia’s Skinest Rail that was 11 percent cheaper for “being too low”, even though it was only some 2.5 percent lower ...
PM Orbán: Hungary Will Not Join Eurozone In Coming Decades
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán confirmed in an interview to Napi Gazdaság daily that Hungary has no intention to join the eurozone. Asked about the possible introduction of the euro, Orbán said the eurozone had come off badly as a result of the 2008 economic crisis, and a similar financial crisis could emerge at any time.
Plans Emerge Of Gigantic Mosque To Be Built In Budapest
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- property
An entry dated 22 April on the Islamic website Iszlám.com includes a video of a gigantic building which is claimed to depict a mosque planned by the Turkish ministry of religious affairs to be constructed in Budapest, a reader’s message to the news website MNO.hu reveals.
Hungarian Daily Népszabadság Editor-In-Chief Resigns Over Accident Leading To Death
- 14 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Marcell Murányi, editor-in-chief of Hungary’s largest daily Népszabadság, has resigned over a road accident later leading to death. Murányi said he resigned after “learning from press reports that the man hurt in an accident he had been involved in has died.” Business daily Napi Gazdaság said on Wednesday that Murányi drove over a cyclist in central Budapest just after midnight on March 30.
Hungary’s State-Owned Hospitals Haven’t Paid Suppliers For 4 Months
- 21 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Mounting arrears to suppliers on the part of state-owned hospitals has left at least one service provider little choice but to shut down all laboratory services except those critical to saving life. Another company is seriously disappointed politically in the Fidesz government’s neglect of Hungary’s public health care system despite promising to introduce important reforms in 2010.
New Documents Reveal How Hungary’s Malév Went Bankrupt
- 3 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- travel
A new Hungarian airline company under the name of Veritas should have been operational ten months before the Malév bankruptcy. However, this did not happen as state investors intentionally delayed the star while Malév was consuming an enormous amount of state funds recently published inside documents reveal about the 2012 Malév-case.
Hungarian Consulate In Moscow Supplied EU Visas To 'Gangsters And Whores'
- 3 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Translation of an article by András Dezső and Szabolcs Panyi “Előre kurvák, gengszterek! – A Kiss Szilárd-sztori III. rész” (“Whores and gangsters, forward!”- The Szilárd Kiss story part 3.”) published at Hungarian daily online Index.hu on 23. March 2015.