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Budapest Transport To Introduce E-Tickets From 2016
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The Budapest Transport Company (BKV) expects the number of fare dodgers to drop significantly once it introduces e-ticketing at the end of the year, business daily Napi Gazdaság said. Last year, the company spent 1.95 billion forints (EUR 6.4m) on increasing the number of security staff and 500 million on boosting inspection staff.
Hungarian Power Plant Paks Passes Safety Inspection
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The World Association of Nuclear Operators has declared the operations of the Paks nuclear power plant to be safe, based on an inspection at the end of 2014. The inspections focus on the support that the central unit of the Paks group provides to members to guarantee nuclear safety.
Thousands March In Budapest Against Corruption
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Several thousand protesters marched through the streets of Budapest today against official corruption. Protest organizer, Budapest District 5 assemblyman Péter Juhász, told protesters to devote the next twenty days to uncovering corruption in their immediate vicinity “then let’s organize a country-wide protest.” A number of civil and political opposition leaders addressed demonstrators before and ...
Greenpeace Reveals Heavy Metal Pollution Near Hortobagy National Park
- 4 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Greenpeace Hungary said it has detected heavy metal contamination outside the compound of a waste disposal facility near the Hortobágy National Park in eastern Hungary. Greenpeace commissioned a local company, Isotoptech, to carry out tests outside the facility in a canal that flows into the Hortobágy river.
Police Numbers Boosted To Tackle Illegal Migration On Southern Border
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police numbers have been boosted by 136 along the border in south Hungary to tackle the increase in illegal immigrants since last September, a police official said. In addition, 30 officers have been sent to work at villages and towns near the Hungarian-Serbian border in order to make sure that local residents feel safe.
Hungary’s Tax Office NAV Publishes Investigation Material
- 27 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s tax and customs office (NAV) has released the results of an investigation following allegations last November of VAT graft by a former NAV employee, András Horváth. NAV said the investigation, which together with its annex comes to 1,200 pages, established that the whistleblower had wrongly claimed that the tax office had failed to take action against tax cheats.
Hungary’s Paks Gets Good Marks From IAEA Safety Review Team
- 14 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of an international review of the Paks power plant said Hungary’s sole commercial generator of nuclear energy is operating “very well” with an eye to safety, but still identified room for improvement in a number of areas.
No Hungarian Pension Without Residence
- 19 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Under an agreement with Ukraine, neither Hungarian nor Ukrainian citizens will be entitled to a Hungarian pension unless they reside in the country, the Human Resources Ministry said, responding to opposition worries that people who have been granted fast-track Hungarian citizenship might abuse Hungary’s welfare services.
US Okays Import Of More Types Of Meat Products From Hungary
- 27 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) had expanded the list of meat products that can be imported from Hungary to include fresh and frozen meat as well as meat that has not been heat-treated, such as salami, Hungary’s agriculture ministry told MTI.
Budapest Transport To Introduce E-Tickets From 2016
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The Budapest Transport Company (BKV) expects the number of fare dodgers to drop significantly once it introduces e-ticketing at the end of the year, business daily Napi Gazdaság said. Last year, the company spent 1.95 billion forints (EUR 6.4m) on increasing the number of security staff and 500 million on boosting inspection staff.
Hungarian Power Plant Paks Passes Safety Inspection
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The World Association of Nuclear Operators has declared the operations of the Paks nuclear power plant to be safe, based on an inspection at the end of 2014. The inspections focus on the support that the central unit of the Paks group provides to members to guarantee nuclear safety.
Thousands March In Budapest Against Corruption
- 9 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Several thousand protesters marched through the streets of Budapest today against official corruption. Protest organizer, Budapest District 5 assemblyman Péter Juhász, told protesters to devote the next twenty days to uncovering corruption in their immediate vicinity “then let’s organize a country-wide protest.” A number of civil and political opposition leaders addressed demonstrators before and ...
Greenpeace Reveals Heavy Metal Pollution Near Hortobagy National Park
- 4 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Greenpeace Hungary said it has detected heavy metal contamination outside the compound of a waste disposal facility near the Hortobágy National Park in eastern Hungary. Greenpeace commissioned a local company, Isotoptech, to carry out tests outside the facility in a canal that flows into the Hortobágy river.
Police Numbers Boosted To Tackle Illegal Migration On Southern Border
- 12 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police numbers have been boosted by 136 along the border in south Hungary to tackle the increase in illegal immigrants since last September, a police official said. In addition, 30 officers have been sent to work at villages and towns near the Hungarian-Serbian border in order to make sure that local residents feel safe.
Hungary’s Tax Office NAV Publishes Investigation Material
- 27 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s tax and customs office (NAV) has released the results of an investigation following allegations last November of VAT graft by a former NAV employee, András Horváth. NAV said the investigation, which together with its annex comes to 1,200 pages, established that the whistleblower had wrongly claimed that the tax office had failed to take action against tax cheats.
Hungary’s Paks Gets Good Marks From IAEA Safety Review Team
- 14 Nov 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The head of an international review of the Paks power plant said Hungary’s sole commercial generator of nuclear energy is operating “very well” with an eye to safety, but still identified room for improvement in a number of areas.
No Hungarian Pension Without Residence
- 19 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Under an agreement with Ukraine, neither Hungarian nor Ukrainian citizens will be entitled to a Hungarian pension unless they reside in the country, the Human Resources Ministry said, responding to opposition worries that people who have been granted fast-track Hungarian citizenship might abuse Hungary’s welfare services.
US Okays Import Of More Types Of Meat Products From Hungary
- 27 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- business
The United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) had expanded the list of meat products that can be imported from Hungary to include fresh and frozen meat as well as meat that has not been heat-treated, such as salami, Hungary’s agriculture ministry told MTI.