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Dire Straits Experience In Budapest, 29 March
- 21 Mar 2017 6:04 AM
- entertainment
The poster on the körút flashing past the tram window seemed clear enough: “Dire Straits” coming to Budapest. Strange … they disbanded two decades ago and main man Mark Knopfler has never wanted to reform. A quick check on the Papp László Sportaréna website reveals there must have been some typographical trickery on the poster – it’s actually “The DIRE STRAITS Experience” that’s coming to town, ...
Gémesi Announces Center-Right Party To Represent Hungary’s “Silent Majority”
- 21 Mar 2017 5:54 AM
- current affairs
Új Kezdet (New Start) has formally announced it will be stepping into the national political arena as a new party. At a press conference held Saturday morning in Budapest, party chairman and longtime Gödöllő mayor György Gémesi (above, third from left) unveiled the party’s platform and introduced its executive board (pictured).
CeBIT: Hungary Aiming To Be ‘Ideal’ R&D Location
- 21 Mar 2017 5:24 AM
- tech
Hungary has so far proven to be an ideal place for production, now it has to become an ideal place for research and development, the foreign minister said in Hannover, visiting the international CeBIT fair, on Monday.
Hungary Head Coach Names 23-Man Squad To Travel To Portugal
- 20 Mar 2017 11:00 AM
- sport
Hungary head coach Bernd Storck has named his 23-man squad to travel to Lisbon for their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier with Portugal next Saturday. Making the step from provisional squad to the final group for the first time are potential debutants Márton Eppel, Dávid Holman and Paulo Vinicius who have impressed Storck sufficiently during the course of recent preparations at the national team ...
Appeals Court Acquits Defendants In Moscow Property Case
- 20 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest Court of Appeals has acquitted Hungary’s former ambassador to Russia and six other defendants of charges of misappropriation, accessory to a crime and forgery in a real estate case. Friday’s ruling is legally binding.
Local Opinion: A Bill Against Heineken Beer
- 20 Mar 2017 5:58 AM
- current affairs
A conservative legal analyst finds it ridiculous and unconstitutional that the government intends to enact a law in retaliation against Heineken which has had a Hungarian Transylvanian beer banned by a Romanian court.
World Consumer Rights Day To Be Marked With Consultations At Shopping Centres
- 17 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- shopping
The Budapest government office will mark World Consumer Rights Day by holding consultations on consumer rights in various shopping centres on Friday, the office told MTI. Employees of the national consumer protection authority will meet members of the public in shopping centres in and around Budapest between 10-12 am to give information and advice about exercising their rights as consumers, the ...
Socialists To Launch Anti-Poverty Campaign
- 17 Mar 2017 5:50 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party is to start a nationwide political campaign for promoting a fairer sharing of public burdens, party leader Gyula Molnár said on Thursday. The campaign has been designed to demonstrate “how Hungary could be made a more equitable country,” Molnár said.
Orbán: Asylum-Seekers Not To Be Detained
- 17 Mar 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Speaking of Hungary’s recent tightening of its asylum rules, Orbán said asylum-seekers must remain in the transit zones set up on the border until their cases are ruled on. “This does not constitute detention,” he said, arguing that migrants have the option of turning back to Serbia whenever they want.
Dire Straits Experience In Budapest, 29 March
- 21 Mar 2017 6:04 AM
- entertainment
The poster on the körút flashing past the tram window seemed clear enough: “Dire Straits” coming to Budapest. Strange … they disbanded two decades ago and main man Mark Knopfler has never wanted to reform. A quick check on the Papp László Sportaréna website reveals there must have been some typographical trickery on the poster – it’s actually “The DIRE STRAITS Experience” that’s coming to town, ...
Gémesi Announces Center-Right Party To Represent Hungary’s “Silent Majority”
- 21 Mar 2017 5:54 AM
- current affairs
Új Kezdet (New Start) has formally announced it will be stepping into the national political arena as a new party. At a press conference held Saturday morning in Budapest, party chairman and longtime Gödöllő mayor György Gémesi (above, third from left) unveiled the party’s platform and introduced its executive board (pictured).
CeBIT: Hungary Aiming To Be ‘Ideal’ R&D Location
- 21 Mar 2017 5:24 AM
- tech
Hungary has so far proven to be an ideal place for production, now it has to become an ideal place for research and development, the foreign minister said in Hannover, visiting the international CeBIT fair, on Monday.
Hungary Head Coach Names 23-Man Squad To Travel To Portugal
- 20 Mar 2017 11:00 AM
- sport
Hungary head coach Bernd Storck has named his 23-man squad to travel to Lisbon for their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier with Portugal next Saturday. Making the step from provisional squad to the final group for the first time are potential debutants Márton Eppel, Dávid Holman and Paulo Vinicius who have impressed Storck sufficiently during the course of recent preparations at the national team ...
Appeals Court Acquits Defendants In Moscow Property Case
- 20 Mar 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest Court of Appeals has acquitted Hungary’s former ambassador to Russia and six other defendants of charges of misappropriation, accessory to a crime and forgery in a real estate case. Friday’s ruling is legally binding.
Local Opinion: A Bill Against Heineken Beer
- 20 Mar 2017 5:58 AM
- current affairs
A conservative legal analyst finds it ridiculous and unconstitutional that the government intends to enact a law in retaliation against Heineken which has had a Hungarian Transylvanian beer banned by a Romanian court.
World Consumer Rights Day To Be Marked With Consultations At Shopping Centres
- 17 Mar 2017 6:00 AM
- shopping
The Budapest government office will mark World Consumer Rights Day by holding consultations on consumer rights in various shopping centres on Friday, the office told MTI. Employees of the national consumer protection authority will meet members of the public in shopping centres in and around Budapest between 10-12 am to give information and advice about exercising their rights as consumers, the ...
Socialists To Launch Anti-Poverty Campaign
- 17 Mar 2017 5:50 AM
- current affairs
The opposition Socialist Party is to start a nationwide political campaign for promoting a fairer sharing of public burdens, party leader Gyula Molnár said on Thursday. The campaign has been designed to demonstrate “how Hungary could be made a more equitable country,” Molnár said.
Orbán: Asylum-Seekers Not To Be Detained
- 17 Mar 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
Speaking of Hungary’s recent tightening of its asylum rules, Orbán said asylum-seekers must remain in the transit zones set up on the border until their cases are ruled on. “This does not constitute detention,” he said, arguing that migrants have the option of turning back to Serbia whenever they want.