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Prison Chief: More Inmates Work, Less Crime Committed
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The higher the employment rate among prisoners, the lower the number of crimes committed against each other, Hungary’s outgoing prison chief András Csóti told MTI in an interview. Last year, the number of prison crimes involving serious bodily harm dropped from 89 to 73, reported sexual offences fell from 37 to 30, the number of coercions from 117 to 105 and the number of robberies from 22 to 16, ...
Socialists To Submit Bill To Raise Mandatory Schooling Age To 18
- 28 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist lawmakers will submit a bill to parliament on raising the mandatory schooling age from 16 back to 18. Ágnes Kunhalmi, deputy head of parliament’s cultural committee, said the principle of “zero tolerance” should be pursued against “functional illiteracy”.
3 Very Scary Halloween Events In Budapest
- 28 Oct 2016 1:04 AM
- community & culture
Halloween is often thought to be an American ‘invention’, however its roots go back to Celtic culture, it's popular in all English speaking countries, and increasingly so in Hungary. Read on for more details about a 3 day Halloween Food Truck Party, an underground Halloween themed tunnel run, and the Budapest Charity Pumpkin Fest.
More Than Half Of Hungarian Employers Have Trouble Filling Positions
- 26 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Fully 57 percent of Hungarian employers have trouble filling positions, a survey conducted by staffing company ManpowerGroup released on Tuesday shows. Altogether 32 percent of the survey’s respondents said they were struggling with a lack of applicants for the vacant positions while 31 percent complained of a shortage of skilled labour.
Office Market Closes Robust Q3, Momentum May Linger Into Next Year
- 25 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- property
Occupier demand remained robust in the Hungarian office market in the third-quarter of the year, a trend Cushman & Wakefield predicts will continue into next year, according to an analysis sent to the Budapest Business Journal yesterday. Developers have started some speculative new projects this year, but there is very little committed new supply for 2017, therefore C&W expects the office market ...
Cheap Internet Access Service To Be Introduced From Jan
- 25 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- tech
All Hungarian service providers will offer the new basic internet access service from January 1, 2017, business daily Világgazdaság reported, citing information provided by the secretariat of the government’s Digital Welfare Programme, led by the government commissioner Tamás Deutsch.
Events On 23 October Are About Heroism, Tribute & Freedom
- 21 Oct 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
At a press conference, MoD Parliamentary State Secretary Tamás Vargha stated that heroism, tribute and freedom will be the central ideas of the commemoration organized for the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight.
International Women's Club Budapest Clothes Drive
- 20 Oct 2016 9:03 AM
- community & culture
Low income families need all types of gently used clothing, particularly warm clothes and coats for cold weather, formal clothes (to attend job interviews), kids' clothing (they grow out of them so fast!), and shoes. It's really helpful if donated clothing is clean, reasonably wrinkle-free, or neatly folded.
Sausage Festival, Railway Park, 21 – 23 October
- 20 Oct 2016 1:40 AM
- food & drink
Event organisers of the officially titled 'Pig Slaughtering Sausage Festival in Budapest' told XpatLoop this is, "Hungary's most dynamically developing gastro-festival". It takes place this weekend at the Hungarian Railway History Park around its 10 acres of event space. The catchy festival slogan is 'to maintain traditions, gastronomy and folklore', anyway we're sure pork lovers will find the ...
Prison Chief: More Inmates Work, Less Crime Committed
- 31 Oct 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The higher the employment rate among prisoners, the lower the number of crimes committed against each other, Hungary’s outgoing prison chief András Csóti told MTI in an interview. Last year, the number of prison crimes involving serious bodily harm dropped from 89 to 73, reported sexual offences fell from 37 to 30, the number of coercions from 117 to 105 and the number of robberies from 22 to 16, ...
Socialists To Submit Bill To Raise Mandatory Schooling Age To 18
- 28 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Socialist lawmakers will submit a bill to parliament on raising the mandatory schooling age from 16 back to 18. Ágnes Kunhalmi, deputy head of parliament’s cultural committee, said the principle of “zero tolerance” should be pursued against “functional illiteracy”.
3 Very Scary Halloween Events In Budapest
- 28 Oct 2016 1:04 AM
- community & culture
Halloween is often thought to be an American ‘invention’, however its roots go back to Celtic culture, it's popular in all English speaking countries, and increasingly so in Hungary. Read on for more details about a 3 day Halloween Food Truck Party, an underground Halloween themed tunnel run, and the Budapest Charity Pumpkin Fest.
More Than Half Of Hungarian Employers Have Trouble Filling Positions
- 26 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- business
Fully 57 percent of Hungarian employers have trouble filling positions, a survey conducted by staffing company ManpowerGroup released on Tuesday shows. Altogether 32 percent of the survey’s respondents said they were struggling with a lack of applicants for the vacant positions while 31 percent complained of a shortage of skilled labour.
Office Market Closes Robust Q3, Momentum May Linger Into Next Year
- 25 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- property
Occupier demand remained robust in the Hungarian office market in the third-quarter of the year, a trend Cushman & Wakefield predicts will continue into next year, according to an analysis sent to the Budapest Business Journal yesterday. Developers have started some speculative new projects this year, but there is very little committed new supply for 2017, therefore C&W expects the office market ...
Cheap Internet Access Service To Be Introduced From Jan
- 25 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- tech
All Hungarian service providers will offer the new basic internet access service from January 1, 2017, business daily Világgazdaság reported, citing information provided by the secretariat of the government’s Digital Welfare Programme, led by the government commissioner Tamás Deutsch.
Events On 23 October Are About Heroism, Tribute & Freedom
- 21 Oct 2016 9:04 AM
- community & culture
At a press conference, MoD Parliamentary State Secretary Tamás Vargha stated that heroism, tribute and freedom will be the central ideas of the commemoration organized for the 60th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and Freedom Fight.
International Women's Club Budapest Clothes Drive
- 20 Oct 2016 9:03 AM
- community & culture
Low income families need all types of gently used clothing, particularly warm clothes and coats for cold weather, formal clothes (to attend job interviews), kids' clothing (they grow out of them so fast!), and shoes. It's really helpful if donated clothing is clean, reasonably wrinkle-free, or neatly folded.
Sausage Festival, Railway Park, 21 – 23 October
- 20 Oct 2016 1:40 AM
- food & drink
Event organisers of the officially titled 'Pig Slaughtering Sausage Festival in Budapest' told XpatLoop this is, "Hungary's most dynamically developing gastro-festival". It takes place this weekend at the Hungarian Railway History Park around its 10 acres of event space. The catchy festival slogan is 'to maintain traditions, gastronomy and folklore', anyway we're sure pork lovers will find the ...