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Expat Explainer: Poets, Politicians & Saints - Budapest’s Changing Street Names
- 12 Feb 2024 5:23 PM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- getting around
A third of Budapest’s 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in their history. A third of those now bear the name of a real or fictitious person, the most popular being Attila József. A look at the reasons for renaming and the issues of political memory it spotlights.
Revamp of Budapest’s Downtown Ring Road on Horizon - Plans For Area Also Include Attracting Businesses “Other Than Pubs”
- 9 Feb 2024 7:33 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- getting around
Planning for the revamp of a major section of Budapest’s Ring Road linking Petofi Bridge and Margaret Bridge is set to begin this year, with the first stage of the renovation works expected to get under way next year, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony said.
MOL Awards Bosses HUF 2.5 Billion in Bonuses
- 23 Jan 2024 8:36 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- business
MOL has given its senior executives a share package worth slightly more than Ft 2.5 billion, in line with its remuneration policy, the energy company announced on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange.
US Ambassador & Orbán’s Wife Visit Needy Families in Hungarian Countryside
- 19 Dec 2023 8:49 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
US ambassador David Pressman and Hungarian goodwill ambassador Anikó Lévai, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s wife, visited a home for needy families together in Szolnok on Monday, the US embassy said in a statement.
Hungarian Opinion: Electoral Tinkering & the Opposition
- 18 Dec 2023 10:25 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Critics of the government accuse it of unscrupulously manipulating electoral rules, while pro-government columnists dismiss such arguments as unsubstantiated and pitiful.
Instead of 'Underpaid' Foreign Guest Workers DK Calls on Budapest Leaders to Employ Hungarians
- 30 Nov 2023 6:40 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- business
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the Budapest city’s leadership to employ Hungarians for “normal wages” instead of “underpaid” foreign guest workers.
How Whistle-Blowers Help Journalists in Central Eastern Europe & How They Are Protected
- 27 Nov 2023 6:44 AM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- current affairs
A few weeks ago, the firing of a department head at Corvinus University of Budapest caused a stir in Hungary: the professor had previously reported and initiated an ethics investigation regarding an influential family’s child finishing the semester in spite of not fulfilling the semester requirements.
Watch: Leaders Mark Budapest's 150th
- 20 Nov 2023 3:49 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Marking Budapest’s 150th anniversary, President Katalin Novák said on Friday that with the unification of the historical parts of the city 150 years ago not only a city was born, but “the Hungarian nation’s heart made its first beat”.
Green Energy Future of Hungarian Economy, Says Orbán
- 20 Nov 2023 7:22 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The future of the Hungarian economy is being decided right now because the locations of Europe’s green industry hubs are also being decided now, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told ruling Fidesz’s 30th party congress, adding that this required major private investment.
Expat Explainer: Poets, Politicians & Saints - Budapest’s Changing Street Names
- 12 Feb 2024 5:23 PM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- getting around
A third of Budapest’s 8,598 streets and squares have been renamed at least once in their history. A third of those now bear the name of a real or fictitious person, the most popular being Attila József. A look at the reasons for renaming and the issues of political memory it spotlights.
Revamp of Budapest’s Downtown Ring Road on Horizon - Plans For Area Also Include Attracting Businesses “Other Than Pubs”
- 9 Feb 2024 7:33 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- getting around
Planning for the revamp of a major section of Budapest’s Ring Road linking Petofi Bridge and Margaret Bridge is set to begin this year, with the first stage of the renovation works expected to get under way next year, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony said.
MOL Awards Bosses HUF 2.5 Billion in Bonuses
- 23 Jan 2024 8:36 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- business
MOL has given its senior executives a share package worth slightly more than Ft 2.5 billion, in line with its remuneration policy, the energy company announced on the website of the Budapest Stock Exchange.
US Ambassador & Orbán’s Wife Visit Needy Families in Hungarian Countryside
- 19 Dec 2023 8:49 AM
- http://www.hatc.hu
- current affairs
US ambassador David Pressman and Hungarian goodwill ambassador Anikó Lévai, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s wife, visited a home for needy families together in Szolnok on Monday, the US embassy said in a statement.
Hungarian Opinion: Electoral Tinkering & the Opposition
- 18 Dec 2023 10:25 AM
- http://www.budapost.eu
- current affairs
Critics of the government accuse it of unscrupulously manipulating electoral rules, while pro-government columnists dismiss such arguments as unsubstantiated and pitiful.
Instead of 'Underpaid' Foreign Guest Workers DK Calls on Budapest Leaders to Employ Hungarians
- 30 Nov 2023 6:40 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- business
The opposition Democratic Coalition (DK) has called on the Budapest city’s leadership to employ Hungarians for “normal wages” instead of “underpaid” foreign guest workers.
How Whistle-Blowers Help Journalists in Central Eastern Europe & How They Are Protected
- 27 Nov 2023 6:44 AM
- https://english.atlatszo.hu/
- current affairs
A few weeks ago, the firing of a department head at Corvinus University of Budapest caused a stir in Hungary: the professor had previously reported and initiated an ethics investigation regarding an influential family’s child finishing the semester in spite of not fulfilling the semester requirements.
Watch: Leaders Mark Budapest's 150th
- 20 Nov 2023 3:49 PM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
Marking Budapest’s 150th anniversary, President Katalin Novák said on Friday that with the unification of the historical parts of the city 150 years ago not only a city was born, but “the Hungarian nation’s heart made its first beat”.
Green Energy Future of Hungarian Economy, Says Orbán
- 20 Nov 2023 7:22 AM
- hungarymatters.hu
- current affairs
The future of the Hungarian economy is being decided right now because the locations of Europe’s green industry hubs are also being decided now, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told ruling Fidesz’s 30th party congress, adding that this required major private investment.