2,442 result(s) for november
Inter-State Talks Regarding Belgrade-Budapest Railway Line Commenced
- 4 Sep 2015 9:18 AM
- getting around
Hungary has received the Chinese party’s financing offer relating to the Belgrade-Budapest railway line project, and negotiations on an inter-state agreement have also begun, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told the correspondent of the Hungarian News Agency MTI in Beijing, after his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Vang Yi late Wednesday evening, local time.
Xpat Opinion: Five Arrests Over Migrant Truck Deaths
- 3 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative commentator ascribes the flourishing human trafficking business, and thus the tragedy of the 71 migrants found dead in a truck on the roadside in Eastern Austria, to the impotence of the European Union to face the mounting wave of immigration from the Third World.
Együtt Files Criminal Complaint Over Suspected Budapest Széll Kálmán Square Graft
- 28 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition party Együtt has filed a criminal complaint in connection with the revamp of Széll Kálmán Square. The Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) “misappropriated the money of the citizens of the capital” when it amended the contract in June to push back construction deadlines, thereby foregoing almost 600 million forints (EUR 1.85m) of late-delivery penalties, Együtt lawmaker Márton Pataki told a ...
Hungarian Crafts Exhibition, Várkert Bazár Budapest, 20 August
- 17 Aug 2015 1:55 AM
- community & culture
Simultaneously with the Festival of Folk Arts, on the 20th of August an exhibition will open up for the publich in the Várkert Bazár’s Testőrpalota. Those, who have tickets for the festival will receive 15% off of the ticket to see the exhibition, otherwise until the 22nd of November the following will apply.
Green Number Plates Introduced In Hungary
- 6 Aug 2015 11:35 AM
- getting around
Hungarian motorists with electric or hybrid vehicles may now apply for new green number plates, business daily Világgazdaság said. The National Development Ministry told the paper that motorists who replace their old number plates with the green plates would have to pay 8,500 forints (EUR 27).
Now On: Metamorphosis Transylvaniae, Műcsarnok
- 27 Jul 2015 9:08 AM
- community & culture
Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár, Klausenburg) is the European Youth Capital in 2015. The program’s mission is to support youngsters and youth organizations in their active participation in changing the society through a sustainable, responsible and inclusive urban development process, through linking Transylvania and Romania with the major urban centers in Europe. The aim of the Budapest Center is to ...
Opposition Parties’ Comment On Hungary’s Tax Authority’s Resignation
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialists qualified tax authority chief Ildikó Vida’s resignation as “a stage in the mafia war”, and accused ruling Fidesz and Economy Minister Mihály Varga of “having lied all along”. Zoltán Gőgös, the party’s deputy leader, said that the government had tried to “whitewash” Vida, who had been banned from the US under corruption charges.
Xpat Opinion: Border Fence To Be Completed By November
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the authorities start building a ‘sample’ border fence section in southern Hungary, a conservative pundit explains why he believes boundless openness to the current wave of migration would be irresponsible.
Head Of Hungary’s Tax Authority Resigns
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ildikó Vida has resigned from her post as head of Hungary’s tax authority NAV, the economy ministry said. Until a successor is appointed, vice president Árpád Varga will head the authority. Ildikó Vida tendered her resignation on May 20, while relevant laws allow for two months of a notice period. The new tax chief will be selected after key components in a planned reform to the authority have ...
Inter-State Talks Regarding Belgrade-Budapest Railway Line Commenced
- 4 Sep 2015 9:18 AM
- getting around
Hungary has received the Chinese party’s financing offer relating to the Belgrade-Budapest railway line project, and negotiations on an inter-state agreement have also begun, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told the correspondent of the Hungarian News Agency MTI in Beijing, after his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Vang Yi late Wednesday evening, local time.
Xpat Opinion: Five Arrests Over Migrant Truck Deaths
- 3 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A conservative commentator ascribes the flourishing human trafficking business, and thus the tragedy of the 71 migrants found dead in a truck on the roadside in Eastern Austria, to the impotence of the European Union to face the mounting wave of immigration from the Third World.
Együtt Files Criminal Complaint Over Suspected Budapest Széll Kálmán Square Graft
- 28 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Opposition party Együtt has filed a criminal complaint in connection with the revamp of Széll Kálmán Square. The Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) “misappropriated the money of the citizens of the capital” when it amended the contract in June to push back construction deadlines, thereby foregoing almost 600 million forints (EUR 1.85m) of late-delivery penalties, Együtt lawmaker Márton Pataki told a ...
Hungarian Crafts Exhibition, Várkert Bazár Budapest, 20 August
- 17 Aug 2015 1:55 AM
- community & culture
Simultaneously with the Festival of Folk Arts, on the 20th of August an exhibition will open up for the publich in the Várkert Bazár’s Testőrpalota. Those, who have tickets for the festival will receive 15% off of the ticket to see the exhibition, otherwise until the 22nd of November the following will apply.
Green Number Plates Introduced In Hungary
- 6 Aug 2015 11:35 AM
- getting around
Hungarian motorists with electric or hybrid vehicles may now apply for new green number plates, business daily Világgazdaság said. The National Development Ministry told the paper that motorists who replace their old number plates with the green plates would have to pay 8,500 forints (EUR 27).
Now On: Metamorphosis Transylvaniae, Műcsarnok
- 27 Jul 2015 9:08 AM
- community & culture
Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár, Klausenburg) is the European Youth Capital in 2015. The program’s mission is to support youngsters and youth organizations in their active participation in changing the society through a sustainable, responsible and inclusive urban development process, through linking Transylvania and Romania with the major urban centers in Europe. The aim of the Budapest Center is to ...
Opposition Parties’ Comment On Hungary’s Tax Authority’s Resignation
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialists qualified tax authority chief Ildikó Vida’s resignation as “a stage in the mafia war”, and accused ruling Fidesz and Economy Minister Mihály Varga of “having lied all along”. Zoltán Gőgös, the party’s deputy leader, said that the government had tried to “whitewash” Vida, who had been banned from the US under corruption charges.
Xpat Opinion: Border Fence To Be Completed By November
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the authorities start building a ‘sample’ border fence section in southern Hungary, a conservative pundit explains why he believes boundless openness to the current wave of migration would be irresponsible.
Head Of Hungary’s Tax Authority Resigns
- 21 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ildikó Vida has resigned from her post as head of Hungary’s tax authority NAV, the economy ministry said. Until a successor is appointed, vice president Árpád Varga will head the authority. Ildikó Vida tendered her resignation on May 20, while relevant laws allow for two months of a notice period. The new tax chief will be selected after key components in a planned reform to the authority have ...