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Police Remove Protesters Against Construction In City Park
- 29 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest police BRFK removed 33 activists from a construction site at the City Park and detained one person. BRFK said that the protesters had pulled down a cordon and entered the site to stage a demonstration, but the event “lost the character of a peaceful gathering as defined in the constitution”.
Aristocratic Luxury: Hungary's Castle Hotels
- 21 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
Hungary has plenty of beautiful castles and mansions. Many of them were thoroughly renovated and converted into a castle hotel – so if you want to explore the former residence of an aristocrat family and enjoy elegance and luxury while relaxing, you can choose from many options thourghout the country! Here we have a great selection of castle hotels of Hungary.
Liget Project Protesters Occupy Yellow House In City Park
- 20 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Activist group Ligetvédők (Park Protectors) occupied a building Tuesday in Budapest’s Városliget (City Park) in protest against the Liget Budapest development plan there. The group had been using the area of the former open-air bar and restaurant Kertem as their camp and base of operations since March.
MNBʼs Foundations Said To Invest In Real Estate
- 17 Jun 2016 8:00 AM
- property
The National Bank of Hungary’s (MNB) controversial Pallas Athéné foundations (PADA) moved some of their endowment from government securities and bank deposits into real estate, according to the head of the investment company that manages the assets of the foundations, Hungarian news agency MTI reported.
Lázár: Govt Plans 4 New Hospital Hubs In Budapest
- 10 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The cabinet has decided that Budapest needs four new hospital centres, the government office chief said at his regular news briefing. A final decision has been made to expand the Honvéd hospital in the north, to strengthen St István and St László hospitals in southeastern Pest, to build a new “super hospital” in the area of Kelenföld in the southwest in Buda and later to create a new hospital in ...
Xpat Opinion: Speculation About President Áder’s Future
- 24 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators give credence to rumours that the Prime Minister doesn’t want Mr Áder to be re-elected next year. Opinions diverge, however about the reasons and one source claims that the President took the job four years ago for a single term anyway.
2017 FINA World Championships To Cost HUF 90 Billion
- 24 May 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
According to Hungarian investigative journalism portal Átlátszó.hu, the 2017 FINA World Championships to be hosted in Budapest in 2017 will cost Hungarian taxpayers at least HUF 90 billion (USD 323 million), of which HUF 52 billion (USD 192 million) is to be spent this year alone.
Xpat Review: Enjoying Horseracing In Budapest
- 12 May 2016 12:35 PM
- entertainment
In France there are around 12,000 horse races a year, the UK averages around 10,000, and in Scandinavia 'harness racing' is huge. And here in Budapest? Not all expats know about the opportunity to enjoy a day or two at the races most weekends, as Kincsem Park hosts harness racing on the Saturday and flat racing on the Sunday.
Budapest Welcomes Korean Photographers’ Touring Exhibition From 6 May
- 5 May 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The first Eastern European country to establish diplomatic relations with Korea, Hungary shares so much with Korean that it’s called ‘The East Asia of Europe’. The most impressive thing is that, as in Korea, they hang and dry chili peppers and garlic, essential ingredients in Korean cooking. Although the chili pepper is called paprika in Hungary, the sight of if surely reminds me of an autumn day ...
Police Remove Protesters Against Construction In City Park
- 29 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest police BRFK removed 33 activists from a construction site at the City Park and detained one person. BRFK said that the protesters had pulled down a cordon and entered the site to stage a demonstration, but the event “lost the character of a peaceful gathering as defined in the constitution”.
Aristocratic Luxury: Hungary's Castle Hotels
- 21 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- getting around
Hungary has plenty of beautiful castles and mansions. Many of them were thoroughly renovated and converted into a castle hotel – so if you want to explore the former residence of an aristocrat family and enjoy elegance and luxury while relaxing, you can choose from many options thourghout the country! Here we have a great selection of castle hotels of Hungary.
Liget Project Protesters Occupy Yellow House In City Park
- 20 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Activist group Ligetvédők (Park Protectors) occupied a building Tuesday in Budapest’s Városliget (City Park) in protest against the Liget Budapest development plan there. The group had been using the area of the former open-air bar and restaurant Kertem as their camp and base of operations since March.
MNBʼs Foundations Said To Invest In Real Estate
- 17 Jun 2016 8:00 AM
- property
The National Bank of Hungary’s (MNB) controversial Pallas Athéné foundations (PADA) moved some of their endowment from government securities and bank deposits into real estate, according to the head of the investment company that manages the assets of the foundations, Hungarian news agency MTI reported.
Lázár: Govt Plans 4 New Hospital Hubs In Budapest
- 10 Jun 2016 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The cabinet has decided that Budapest needs four new hospital centres, the government office chief said at his regular news briefing. A final decision has been made to expand the Honvéd hospital in the north, to strengthen St István and St László hospitals in southeastern Pest, to build a new “super hospital” in the area of Kelenföld in the southwest in Buda and later to create a new hospital in ...
Xpat Opinion: Speculation About President Áder’s Future
- 24 May 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Commentators give credence to rumours that the Prime Minister doesn’t want Mr Áder to be re-elected next year. Opinions diverge, however about the reasons and one source claims that the President took the job four years ago for a single term anyway.
2017 FINA World Championships To Cost HUF 90 Billion
- 24 May 2016 9:00 AM
- sport
According to Hungarian investigative journalism portal Átlátszó.hu, the 2017 FINA World Championships to be hosted in Budapest in 2017 will cost Hungarian taxpayers at least HUF 90 billion (USD 323 million), of which HUF 52 billion (USD 192 million) is to be spent this year alone.
Xpat Review: Enjoying Horseracing In Budapest
- 12 May 2016 12:35 PM
- entertainment
In France there are around 12,000 horse races a year, the UK averages around 10,000, and in Scandinavia 'harness racing' is huge. And here in Budapest? Not all expats know about the opportunity to enjoy a day or two at the races most weekends, as Kincsem Park hosts harness racing on the Saturday and flat racing on the Sunday.
Budapest Welcomes Korean Photographers’ Touring Exhibition From 6 May
- 5 May 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The first Eastern European country to establish diplomatic relations with Korea, Hungary shares so much with Korean that it’s called ‘The East Asia of Europe’. The most impressive thing is that, as in Korea, they hang and dry chili peppers and garlic, essential ingredients in Korean cooking. Although the chili pepper is called paprika in Hungary, the sight of if surely reminds me of an autumn day ...