2,234 result(s) for investment
Budapest Metro Restoration Could Cost HUF 30-40 Billion More Than Expected
- 1 Jun 2017 6:00 AM
- getting around
Restoration of Budapest’s metro line M3 could cost a staggering HUF 30-40 billion (USD 108-145 million) more than the capital’s HUF 137.5 billion initial budget, according to mno.hu reports based on professional sources at the City Council.
PM Orbán: S Korea ‘Role Model’
- 30 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that although it had become clear since Hungary’s change in regime that a market economy did not always guarantee quality, if something is made in South Korea “we could always be sure that we are dealing with an excellent product.”
Go While You Can: Budapest’s Planetarium To Close Doors
- 26 May 2017 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The building of the Budapest planetarium is in such “a terrible condition” that operator Scientific Information Association (TIT) has run out of money and cannot renovate the building; it will close the institution’s doors on June 18, according to local online news portal pestbuda.hu.
MNB Foundations Buy More Heritage Buildings
- 26 May 2017 8:00 AM
- property
The National Bank’s foundations, Pallas Athéné Alapítványok, have purchased heritage-listed buildings on Andrássy út for Ft 14.9 billion, further boosting their real estate portfolio.
EU Laser Research Centre Inaugurated In Szeged
- 24 May 2017 8:00 AM
- business
The ELI Attosecond laser research centre was inaugurated in Szeged, in southern Hungary. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said the centre was the largest scientific investment in Hungary in modern history.
Budapest City Park Defenders Disbanded
- 22 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police on Friday put the lid on a demonstration by Ligetvédõk (City Park Defenders) that has been going on for months. The Liget Budapest investment project, in charge of the reconstruction of the park, was created in March last year and the community has been protesting against it from the start. Some of its members had camped on the premises.
PM Lays Cornerstone For Ft 40bn Track
- 22 May 2017 8:00 AM
- getting around
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán laid a foundation stone for the test track for self-driving cars in Zalaegerszeg on Friday. The estimated cost of the facility, sprawling on 250-hectares, is Ft 40 billion and is expected to be ready by the end of 2019.
Government Office Chief: No Plans To Withdraw Higher-Ed Law
- 19 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nobody in the government has proposed withdrawing the contested higher-education law, János Lázár, the government office chief told a weekly news briefing. The EP resolution broaches the issue of the Central European University, he noted, adding that the government’s position is that everyone should be equal under the law and should abide by it.
Stock Exchange Palace To Be Revived
- 19 May 2017 8:00 AM
- property
Reconstruction work on the former Stock Exchange Palace on Szabadság Square in the Fifth District will begin next year from an investment of €38 million and the first tenants will occupy the prestigious building by 2020, international property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle announced on Thursday.
Budapest Metro Restoration Could Cost HUF 30-40 Billion More Than Expected
- 1 Jun 2017 6:00 AM
- getting around
Restoration of Budapest’s metro line M3 could cost a staggering HUF 30-40 billion (USD 108-145 million) more than the capital’s HUF 137.5 billion initial budget, according to mno.hu reports based on professional sources at the City Council.
PM Orbán: S Korea ‘Role Model’
- 30 May 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that although it had become clear since Hungary’s change in regime that a market economy did not always guarantee quality, if something is made in South Korea “we could always be sure that we are dealing with an excellent product.”
Go While You Can: Budapest’s Planetarium To Close Doors
- 26 May 2017 8:00 AM
- entertainment
The building of the Budapest planetarium is in such “a terrible condition” that operator Scientific Information Association (TIT) has run out of money and cannot renovate the building; it will close the institution’s doors on June 18, according to local online news portal pestbuda.hu.
MNB Foundations Buy More Heritage Buildings
- 26 May 2017 8:00 AM
- property
The National Bank’s foundations, Pallas Athéné Alapítványok, have purchased heritage-listed buildings on Andrássy út for Ft 14.9 billion, further boosting their real estate portfolio.
EU Laser Research Centre Inaugurated In Szeged
- 24 May 2017 8:00 AM
- business
The ELI Attosecond laser research centre was inaugurated in Szeged, in southern Hungary. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said the centre was the largest scientific investment in Hungary in modern history.
Budapest City Park Defenders Disbanded
- 22 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Police on Friday put the lid on a demonstration by Ligetvédõk (City Park Defenders) that has been going on for months. The Liget Budapest investment project, in charge of the reconstruction of the park, was created in March last year and the community has been protesting against it from the start. Some of its members had camped on the premises.
PM Lays Cornerstone For Ft 40bn Track
- 22 May 2017 8:00 AM
- getting around
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán laid a foundation stone for the test track for self-driving cars in Zalaegerszeg on Friday. The estimated cost of the facility, sprawling on 250-hectares, is Ft 40 billion and is expected to be ready by the end of 2019.
Government Office Chief: No Plans To Withdraw Higher-Ed Law
- 19 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nobody in the government has proposed withdrawing the contested higher-education law, János Lázár, the government office chief told a weekly news briefing. The EP resolution broaches the issue of the Central European University, he noted, adding that the government’s position is that everyone should be equal under the law and should abide by it.
Stock Exchange Palace To Be Revived
- 19 May 2017 8:00 AM
- property
Reconstruction work on the former Stock Exchange Palace on Szabadság Square in the Fifth District will begin next year from an investment of €38 million and the first tenants will occupy the prestigious building by 2020, international property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle announced on Thursday.