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Restaurant Review: Börze In Budapest - Things Can Only Get Better?
- 1 Sep 2017 8:46 AM
- food & drink
This place looks pretty dang good! I love brass things, and this place has plenty. The lights are mostly brass with some wood and leather accents. I love it. The only thing I didn’t quite like are the counters, it kind of looks like mozzarella pieces in red dirt, but whatever, the place looks great. The wait staff is super nice as well without being cheesy. However, those are the only good things ...
Áder Calls For Inter-Govt Body To Tackle Water Crisis
- 1 Sep 2017 8:40 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has proposed setting up an international body of scientists under the aegis of the United Nations to tackle an impending shortage of drinking water. Addressing a World Water Week conference in Stockholm, the Hungarian president said that “the world has now understood the impact of climate change but not of the water crisis”.
Hungary’s Larger Opposition Parties Call For Pension Reform
- 1 Sep 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s larger opposition parties agreed at a forum on Thursday on the need to reform Hungary’s pension system. Hungary currently operates a mandatory, defined-benefit pay-as-you-go pension system with a retirement age set at 63. A public minimum pension, set at a monthly 28,500 forints (EUR 93), is combined with an earnings-related pension. In late 2010, the government suspended the mandatory ...
Local Opinion: President Putin In Budapest
- 31 Aug 2017 12:40 PM
- current affairs
Commenting on the Russian President’s short visit to Hungary, a left-wing columnist fears that the government wants to make Hungary part of the illiberal East. A conservative and a centrist pundit dismiss such fears, but also caution against too strong ties with Russia.
Six Things You Need To Know About Putin’s Visit To Budapest
- 31 Aug 2017 12:30 PM
- current affairs
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had their seventh bilateral meeting since 2010 — the second such meeting in 2017. On Tuesday, Political Capital released a Flash Report of the meeting titled “Putin in Hungary – Strategic negotiations dressed up as sport diplomacy”.
Cabinet To Buy Paintings For HUF 1.5bn
- 31 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- shopping
The cabinet will purchase a series of five large paintings by Hungarian artist Vilmos Aba-Novák depicting Polish-Hungarian friendship for Ft 1.45 billion, HVG reports.
City Looks Into Friend Of Prime Minister Contracts
- 31 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- business
Budapest city council will investigate how it happened that ESMA, a company owned by István Garancsi, a friend of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, used electric poles in Budapest as advertising poles without paying a fee or obtaining a permit in the past two years.
Gulyás Says Merkel Wrong That Hungary ‘Misled’ Migrants
- 31 Aug 2017 8:36 AM
- current affairs
In a roundtable discussion at the German Embassy in Budapest, deputy speaker of parliament Gergely Gulyás said that an assertion by German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the Hungarian government “misled” migrants arriving in the country in September 2015 was mistaken.
Orbán Holds Talks With Mongolian President
- 30 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed Hungarian-Mongolian economic and cultural cooperation with Khaltmaa Battulga, president of Mongolia, the prime minister’s press chief said. At their talks in Parliament, Orbán briefed his partner about current European political issues, Bertalan Havasi said.
Restaurant Review: Börze In Budapest - Things Can Only Get Better?
- 1 Sep 2017 8:46 AM
- food & drink
This place looks pretty dang good! I love brass things, and this place has plenty. The lights are mostly brass with some wood and leather accents. I love it. The only thing I didn’t quite like are the counters, it kind of looks like mozzarella pieces in red dirt, but whatever, the place looks great. The wait staff is super nice as well without being cheesy. However, those are the only good things ...
Áder Calls For Inter-Govt Body To Tackle Water Crisis
- 1 Sep 2017 8:40 AM
- current affairs
President János Áder has proposed setting up an international body of scientists under the aegis of the United Nations to tackle an impending shortage of drinking water. Addressing a World Water Week conference in Stockholm, the Hungarian president said that “the world has now understood the impact of climate change but not of the water crisis”.
Hungary’s Larger Opposition Parties Call For Pension Reform
- 1 Sep 2017 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s larger opposition parties agreed at a forum on Thursday on the need to reform Hungary’s pension system. Hungary currently operates a mandatory, defined-benefit pay-as-you-go pension system with a retirement age set at 63. A public minimum pension, set at a monthly 28,500 forints (EUR 93), is combined with an earnings-related pension. In late 2010, the government suspended the mandatory ...
Local Opinion: President Putin In Budapest
- 31 Aug 2017 12:40 PM
- current affairs
Commenting on the Russian President’s short visit to Hungary, a left-wing columnist fears that the government wants to make Hungary part of the illiberal East. A conservative and a centrist pundit dismiss such fears, but also caution against too strong ties with Russia.
Six Things You Need To Know About Putin’s Visit To Budapest
- 31 Aug 2017 12:30 PM
- current affairs
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had their seventh bilateral meeting since 2010 — the second such meeting in 2017. On Tuesday, Political Capital released a Flash Report of the meeting titled “Putin in Hungary – Strategic negotiations dressed up as sport diplomacy”.
Cabinet To Buy Paintings For HUF 1.5bn
- 31 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- shopping
The cabinet will purchase a series of five large paintings by Hungarian artist Vilmos Aba-Novák depicting Polish-Hungarian friendship for Ft 1.45 billion, HVG reports.
City Looks Into Friend Of Prime Minister Contracts
- 31 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- business
Budapest city council will investigate how it happened that ESMA, a company owned by István Garancsi, a friend of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, used electric poles in Budapest as advertising poles without paying a fee or obtaining a permit in the past two years.
Gulyás Says Merkel Wrong That Hungary ‘Misled’ Migrants
- 31 Aug 2017 8:36 AM
- current affairs
In a roundtable discussion at the German Embassy in Budapest, deputy speaker of parliament Gergely Gulyás said that an assertion by German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the Hungarian government “misled” migrants arriving in the country in September 2015 was mistaken.
Orbán Holds Talks With Mongolian President
- 30 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán discussed Hungarian-Mongolian economic and cultural cooperation with Khaltmaa Battulga, president of Mongolia, the prime minister’s press chief said. At their talks in Parliament, Orbán briefed his partner about current European political issues, Bertalan Havasi said.