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Hungary’s Top Court Axes Land Asset Law Amendment On National Parks
- 1 Jun 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Hungary’s top court has ruled that the recent amendment to the land asset law concerning national parks is unconstitutional. At the same time the part of the law enabling the termination of lease contracts and lease rights for certain land belonging to the National Land Fund is not unconstitutional, the body ruled.
NGO Helsinki Committee To Sue Hungary Over Immigration Row
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Helsinki Committee will sue ruling Fidesz for its “false and defamatory” comments, the human rights NGO said. Fidesz said that the Helsinki Committee was a “fake civil organisation working on political commission from its financing international speculators”. It also said the Helsinki Committee was doctoring data on immigration. András Giró-Szász, the communications state secretary, said that ...
Normafa Development To Go Ahead In Budapest
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
A tourism development project is likely to go ahead in the Buda hills, as a result of a 12th District referendum on Sunday in which 28% of eligible voters turned out. Of those, 81% voted in favour of the plan to build skiing and other winter sports facilities in the forested Normafa area.
Xpat Opinion: The Balance Sheet Of Hungary’s 25 Years Of Democracy
- 11 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the commemoration held 25 years after the swearing in of the first democratically elected Hungarian Parliament in May 1990, analysts disagree on both the past and present.
Hungary’s Great Tokaj Wine Auction Tops € 100 000
- 8 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Bidders keen to procure their exclusive, limited Tokaji wine at the Confrérie de Tokaj’s third Great Tokaj Wine Auction on 25th April raised a final hammer price of € 100 415, continuing the upwards trend of the first two auctions (€ 67 500 in 2013, € 90 433 in 2014). An impressive three quarters of the lots were sold and several lots more than doubled. Lively bidding set Szepsy Winery’s Úrágya ...
Child Poverty Is An Undeniable Fact In Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Our compilation of excerpts from press articles offers conflicting statements about child poverty in Hungary. Even the pro-government media admit the problem but they stress improvement in recent years.
Meet Lajos Rig, Jobbik MP From Tapolca, Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Behind Jobbik there are expert politicians who know just what to do. . . . The platform of Jobbik was the same in 2010 and in 2014. . . . A year ago I wore gray socks. Now I wear black ones. My orientation and my thoughts are still the same." - Lajos Rig (Jobbik), winner of the Tapolca parliamentary by-election
Budapest's Best Cafeterias & Greasy Spoon Restaurants
- 30 Apr 2015 9:45 AM
- food & drink
By We Love Budapest : Budapest's locals each have their favourite spots to enjoy home-style cooking. The attraction of these simple eateries isn't Michelin stars and fancy interiors, but their familiar atmosphere and hearty offering. Still many don't struggle for popularity: some have been cooking the same bean stew and feeding lunch to ...
Szijjártó: Contact With Ten Hungarians Still To Be Made In Nepal
- 28 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The foreign ministry has still not made contact with 10 of the 58 Hungarian citizens who were in the earthquakehit area of Nepal on Saturday, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said. While 18 Hungarians have managed to leave Nepal safely according to the latest updates, and the whereabouts and the conditions of 30 other people are also known, the ministry has so far failed to make contact with 10 ...
Hungary’s Top Court Axes Land Asset Law Amendment On National Parks
- 1 Jun 2015 12:00 PM
- current affairs
Hungary’s top court has ruled that the recent amendment to the land asset law concerning national parks is unconstitutional. At the same time the part of the law enabling the termination of lease contracts and lease rights for certain land belonging to the National Land Fund is not unconstitutional, the body ruled.
NGO Helsinki Committee To Sue Hungary Over Immigration Row
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Helsinki Committee will sue ruling Fidesz for its “false and defamatory” comments, the human rights NGO said. Fidesz said that the Helsinki Committee was a “fake civil organisation working on political commission from its financing international speculators”. It also said the Helsinki Committee was doctoring data on immigration. András Giró-Szász, the communications state secretary, said that ...
Normafa Development To Go Ahead In Budapest
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
A tourism development project is likely to go ahead in the Buda hills, as a result of a 12th District referendum on Sunday in which 28% of eligible voters turned out. Of those, 81% voted in favour of the plan to build skiing and other winter sports facilities in the forested Normafa area.
Xpat Opinion: The Balance Sheet Of Hungary’s 25 Years Of Democracy
- 11 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the commemoration held 25 years after the swearing in of the first democratically elected Hungarian Parliament in May 1990, analysts disagree on both the past and present.
Hungary’s Great Tokaj Wine Auction Tops € 100 000
- 8 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
Bidders keen to procure their exclusive, limited Tokaji wine at the Confrérie de Tokaj’s third Great Tokaj Wine Auction on 25th April raised a final hammer price of € 100 415, continuing the upwards trend of the first two auctions (€ 67 500 in 2013, € 90 433 in 2014). An impressive three quarters of the lots were sold and several lots more than doubled. Lively bidding set Szepsy Winery’s Úrágya ...
Child Poverty Is An Undeniable Fact In Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Our compilation of excerpts from press articles offers conflicting statements about child poverty in Hungary. Even the pro-government media admit the problem but they stress improvement in recent years.
Meet Lajos Rig, Jobbik MP From Tapolca, Hungary
- 5 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
"Behind Jobbik there are expert politicians who know just what to do. . . . The platform of Jobbik was the same in 2010 and in 2014. . . . A year ago I wore gray socks. Now I wear black ones. My orientation and my thoughts are still the same." - Lajos Rig (Jobbik), winner of the Tapolca parliamentary by-election
Budapest's Best Cafeterias & Greasy Spoon Restaurants
- 30 Apr 2015 9:45 AM
- food & drink
By We Love Budapest : Budapest's locals each have their favourite spots to enjoy home-style cooking. The attraction of these simple eateries isn't Michelin stars and fancy interiors, but their familiar atmosphere and hearty offering. Still many don't struggle for popularity: some have been cooking the same bean stew and feeding lunch to ...
Szijjártó: Contact With Ten Hungarians Still To Be Made In Nepal
- 28 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The foreign ministry has still not made contact with 10 of the 58 Hungarian citizens who were in the earthquakehit area of Nepal on Saturday, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said. While 18 Hungarians have managed to leave Nepal safely according to the latest updates, and the whereabouts and the conditions of 30 other people are also known, the ministry has so far failed to make contact with 10 ...