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Xpat Opinion: What Are These New Laws In Hungary All About?
- 13 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin: Hungarian politics have, in the past three years, undergone a wholesale renewal. In addition to the creation of a new constitution, the Fundamental Law, about 720 new laws and statutes have hit the books. Even a broad summary of these changes would consume thousands of words and would risk boring my readers. So let’s stick to the highlights: I’ll discuss the most important laws ...
Budapest To Symbolically Shut Down IMF Office
- 25 Jul 2013 11:30 AM
- current affairs
Hungary plans to pay back its IMF loan early and called on the fund to shut its Budapest office in what could be a symbolic move by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government to display its economic sovereignty. Hungary's ability to avoid the austerity programmes faced by many of its European neighbours will be the government's main selling point when it bids for re-election next year.
Public Money Spent On Dangerous And Hardly Usable Bicycle Roads In Budapest
- 12 Jul 2013 1:00 AM
- getting around
Several bicycle roads have been built from a 50 billion HUF (~170 million EUR) EU budget – but some of them are unusable. After a few months of secrecy, the National Development Agency published a report about bicycle road development between 2007 – 2013 in Hungary. In summary, there were 773 partly or entirely bicycling-related projects, which resulted in 1670 km bicycle roads or other related ...
Traffic Changes In Budapest Due To Danube Flooding - 14 June Noon
- 14 Jun 2013 10:10 AM
- getting around
Upper embankment roads are reopened to road traffic – flood traffic update summary. On 11 June 2013, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós ordered BKK, Municipal Disaster Management, Budapest Sewage Works, Budapest Transport Company BKV and the Budapest Police to jointly assess the situation at Batthyány tér and decide on how to alleviate the traffic restrictions affecting Budapest residents in line with ...
Updated on 14 June 8 pm: Traffic Changes In Budapest Due To Danube Flooding
- 14 Jun 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
Upper embankment roads are reopened to road traffic – flood traffic update summary:
After the technical assessment by BKK and BKV professionals suburban railway H5 runs on its full route to Batthyány tér terminus from 12:00 noon on 14 June 2013 and the service of replacement bus H5 is suspended. Suburban railway H5 runs from Békásmegyer/Szentendre to Batthyány tér according to its regular ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Council Fines Pro-Government Newspaper For Article By Zsolt Bayer
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Last week, acting on a complaint filed by a civic organization called the Otherness Foundation (or Másság Alapítvány), the Media Council of Hungary fined Magyar Hirlap, the daily newspaper that published a highly controversial opinion piece about Roma written by the journalist Zsolt Bayer.
Xpat Event Report: Helmut Newton Exhibition In Budapest
- 25 Apr 2013 9:01 AM
- community & culture
When you are going to a Helmut Newton exhibition, you expect to be surprised, shocked and challenged. Well, this is something I did not find when I went to “The Museum of Fine Arts”, where the three photographic series are exhibited, that are built on the summary works titled Helmut Newton’s “Illustrated”, “Private Property” and “Gun for Hire”. Although Helmut Newton was born in Berlin, it ...
'Hungarian Central Bank Announces Growth Package', By Ferenc Kumin
- 8 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- business
By Ferenc Kumin, Deputy State Secretary For International Communications In Hungary:
“The main goal of the Central Bank is to achieve financial stability,” said György Matolcsy, the bank’s governor, at a press conference this morning. “Once that is achieved, the Central Bank is to support growth policies of the government,” he said and then outlined the bank’s new growth package. Just like ...
“The main goal of the Central Bank is to achieve financial stability,” said György Matolcsy, the bank’s governor, at a press conference this morning. “Once that is achieved, the Central Bank is to support growth policies of the government,” he said and then outlined the bank’s new growth package. Just like ...
Invitation: BCCH, British Embassy & Deloitte Event, SSC Symposium 3, Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary, Deloitte Hungary and the British Embassy in Budapest kindly invite you to their joint event: SSC Symposium 3
Tackling the topics that keep SSC executives awake at night.
Xpat Opinion: What Are These New Laws In Hungary All About?
- 13 Aug 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
By Ferenc Kumin: Hungarian politics have, in the past three years, undergone a wholesale renewal. In addition to the creation of a new constitution, the Fundamental Law, about 720 new laws and statutes have hit the books. Even a broad summary of these changes would consume thousands of words and would risk boring my readers. So let’s stick to the highlights: I’ll discuss the most important laws ...
Budapest To Symbolically Shut Down IMF Office
- 25 Jul 2013 11:30 AM
- current affairs
Hungary plans to pay back its IMF loan early and called on the fund to shut its Budapest office in what could be a symbolic move by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government to display its economic sovereignty. Hungary's ability to avoid the austerity programmes faced by many of its European neighbours will be the government's main selling point when it bids for re-election next year.
Public Money Spent On Dangerous And Hardly Usable Bicycle Roads In Budapest
- 12 Jul 2013 1:00 AM
- getting around
Several bicycle roads have been built from a 50 billion HUF (~170 million EUR) EU budget – but some of them are unusable. After a few months of secrecy, the National Development Agency published a report about bicycle road development between 2007 – 2013 in Hungary. In summary, there were 773 partly or entirely bicycling-related projects, which resulted in 1670 km bicycle roads or other related ...
Traffic Changes In Budapest Due To Danube Flooding - 14 June Noon
- 14 Jun 2013 10:10 AM
- getting around
Upper embankment roads are reopened to road traffic – flood traffic update summary. On 11 June 2013, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós ordered BKK, Municipal Disaster Management, Budapest Sewage Works, Budapest Transport Company BKV and the Budapest Police to jointly assess the situation at Batthyány tér and decide on how to alleviate the traffic restrictions affecting Budapest residents in line with ...
Updated on 14 June 8 pm: Traffic Changes In Budapest Due To Danube Flooding
- 14 Jun 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
Upper embankment roads are reopened to road traffic – flood traffic update summary:
After the technical assessment by BKK and BKV professionals suburban railway H5 runs on its full route to Batthyány tér terminus from 12:00 noon on 14 June 2013 and the service of replacement bus H5 is suspended. Suburban railway H5 runs from Békásmegyer/Szentendre to Batthyány tér according to its regular ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungarian Media Council Fines Pro-Government Newspaper For Article By Zsolt Bayer
- 14 May 2013 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Last week, acting on a complaint filed by a civic organization called the Otherness Foundation (or Másság Alapítvány), the Media Council of Hungary fined Magyar Hirlap, the daily newspaper that published a highly controversial opinion piece about Roma written by the journalist Zsolt Bayer.
Xpat Event Report: Helmut Newton Exhibition In Budapest
- 25 Apr 2013 9:01 AM
- community & culture
When you are going to a Helmut Newton exhibition, you expect to be surprised, shocked and challenged. Well, this is something I did not find when I went to “The Museum of Fine Arts”, where the three photographic series are exhibited, that are built on the summary works titled Helmut Newton’s “Illustrated”, “Private Property” and “Gun for Hire”. Although Helmut Newton was born in Berlin, it ...
'Hungarian Central Bank Announces Growth Package', By Ferenc Kumin
- 8 Apr 2013 9:00 AM
- business
By Ferenc Kumin, Deputy State Secretary For International Communications In Hungary:
“The main goal of the Central Bank is to achieve financial stability,” said György Matolcsy, the bank’s governor, at a press conference this morning. “Once that is achieved, the Central Bank is to support growth policies of the government,” he said and then outlined the bank’s new growth package. Just like ...
“The main goal of the Central Bank is to achieve financial stability,” said György Matolcsy, the bank’s governor, at a press conference this morning. “Once that is achieved, the Central Bank is to support growth policies of the government,” he said and then outlined the bank’s new growth package. Just like ...
Invitation: BCCH, British Embassy & Deloitte Event, SSC Symposium 3, Budapest, 21 March
- 20 Mar 2013 8:00 AM
- business
The British Chamber of Commerce in Hungary, Deloitte Hungary and the British Embassy in Budapest kindly invite you to their joint event: SSC Symposium 3
Tackling the topics that keep SSC executives awake at night.