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Budapest Festival Orchestra To Play Heroes’ Square Again On 10 June
- 28 Apr 2017 7:32 AM
- community & culture
With over a thousand dancing feet, nearly a hundred musicians and one conductor, the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) will once again be giving a free concert on Heroes’ Square on 10 June. The heroes of the event will be the young people, Roma and non-Roma from privileged and less-privileged backgrounds, for whom the preparations have just started all over the country.
Socialists To Elect PM Candidate At May 27 Congress
- 25 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists will elect a prime ministerial candidate at the party congress on May 27, chairman Gyula Molnár said on Monday. Mayor of Szeged László Botka has accepted the nomination for the post, he told a press conference after the party’s board meeting.
Fidesz MP: No Chance Of Referendums Until After 2018 Election
- 24 Apr 2017 2:34 AM
- current affairs
There is no chance of Hungary holding any kind of referendum before the general election in April 2018, according to Fidesz deputy delegation leader Gergely Gulyás. The MP told pro-government Magyar Idők that a recent wave of referendum proposals coming before the National Elections Commission from “opposition parties and civilians” would not be able to pass through all required legal processes ...
Top Court Annuls Local Rules Restricting Muslim Religious Practices In Ásotthalom
- 13 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The top court has ruled that local council regulations in Ásotthalom, in southern Hungary, that banned certain Muslim religious practices were unconstitutional. The Constitutional Court annulled the sections of the regulations banning muezzins operating in public areas, the ban on burkas and chadors and the ban of propaganda activities that present marriage in other ways than the bond between a ...
Committee Rejects Referendum On Scrutiny Of Politicians’ Wealth Increase
- 12 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In a meeting on Tuesday, the National Election Committee rejected referendum questions on the scrutiny of politicians’ wealth increase submitted by a private individual. The six questions were submitted by Zsolt Fábián and had been announced by György Gémesi, head of the nonparliamentary New Beginning party.
New Season Begins At Sármellék Airport
- 10 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- travel
The first charter flights arrived at Sármellék Héviz-Balaton Airport on the weekend from Düsseldorf, Berlin and Frankfurt, mayor Gábor Papp confirmed. Passenger traffic was 23,500 last year, which the airport plans to maintain in 2017, he added.
Budapest Transport Company Makes ‘Irresistible’ Offer To Striking Unions
- 10 Apr 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Trade unions of Budapest’s transport company BKV, which recently threatened an extensive strike unless their wage demands are met, have been given an “irresistible” offer, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós told a press conference on Friday.
Metropolitan Council Supports Levee At Danube Embankment In N Budapest
- 6 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest local council representatives voted in support of plans to build a mobile flood levee on the Római embankment of the Danube in northern Budapest. The general assembly meeting approved the plan with 19 votes in support, 2 against and 4 abstentions.
Controversy Over Flood Protection For Római Embankment In Budapest
- 5 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- property
Opposition parties and civil groups on Wednesday called on Budapest local council representatives to vote against current plans to build a mobile flood levee on the Római embankment in northern Budapest, which environmentalists say would harm the local ecology.
Budapest Festival Orchestra To Play Heroes’ Square Again On 10 June
- 28 Apr 2017 7:32 AM
- community & culture
With over a thousand dancing feet, nearly a hundred musicians and one conductor, the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) will once again be giving a free concert on Heroes’ Square on 10 June. The heroes of the event will be the young people, Roma and non-Roma from privileged and less-privileged backgrounds, for whom the preparations have just started all over the country.
Socialists To Elect PM Candidate At May 27 Congress
- 25 Apr 2017 7:00 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialists will elect a prime ministerial candidate at the party congress on May 27, chairman Gyula Molnár said on Monday. Mayor of Szeged László Botka has accepted the nomination for the post, he told a press conference after the party’s board meeting.
Fidesz MP: No Chance Of Referendums Until After 2018 Election
- 24 Apr 2017 2:34 AM
- current affairs
There is no chance of Hungary holding any kind of referendum before the general election in April 2018, according to Fidesz deputy delegation leader Gergely Gulyás. The MP told pro-government Magyar Idők that a recent wave of referendum proposals coming before the National Elections Commission from “opposition parties and civilians” would not be able to pass through all required legal processes ...
Top Court Annuls Local Rules Restricting Muslim Religious Practices In Ásotthalom
- 13 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The top court has ruled that local council regulations in Ásotthalom, in southern Hungary, that banned certain Muslim religious practices were unconstitutional. The Constitutional Court annulled the sections of the regulations banning muezzins operating in public areas, the ban on burkas and chadors and the ban of propaganda activities that present marriage in other ways than the bond between a ...
Committee Rejects Referendum On Scrutiny Of Politicians’ Wealth Increase
- 12 Apr 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In a meeting on Tuesday, the National Election Committee rejected referendum questions on the scrutiny of politicians’ wealth increase submitted by a private individual. The six questions were submitted by Zsolt Fábián and had been announced by György Gémesi, head of the nonparliamentary New Beginning party.
New Season Begins At Sármellék Airport
- 10 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- travel
The first charter flights arrived at Sármellék Héviz-Balaton Airport on the weekend from Düsseldorf, Berlin and Frankfurt, mayor Gábor Papp confirmed. Passenger traffic was 23,500 last year, which the airport plans to maintain in 2017, he added.
Budapest Transport Company Makes ‘Irresistible’ Offer To Striking Unions
- 10 Apr 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Trade unions of Budapest’s transport company BKV, which recently threatened an extensive strike unless their wage demands are met, have been given an “irresistible” offer, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós told a press conference on Friday.
Metropolitan Council Supports Levee At Danube Embankment In N Budapest
- 6 Apr 2017 11:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest local council representatives voted in support of plans to build a mobile flood levee on the Római embankment of the Danube in northern Budapest. The general assembly meeting approved the plan with 19 votes in support, 2 against and 4 abstentions.
Controversy Over Flood Protection For Római Embankment In Budapest
- 5 Apr 2017 10:00 AM
- property
Opposition parties and civil groups on Wednesday called on Budapest local council representatives to vote against current plans to build a mobile flood levee on the Római embankment in northern Budapest, which environmentalists say would harm the local ecology.