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Hungarian Easter Events For Expats
- 3 Apr 2015 5:04 AM
- community & culture
Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are both public holidays in Hungary, and are packed with fun and feasts for all the family. Húsvét, in Hungarian, has many local customs: Egg painting is one of the most popular, and oldest traditions, along with Easter Sunday fun when the Easter bunny brings presents for children, which they find during the Easter egg hunt.
Stormy Winds Damage Buildings In Budapest
- 3 Apr 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Storm-force winds in Budapest have damaged roofs and other structures on Friday. In several streets of the Castle District, south-western Buda and on the Pest side of the city rooftiles and plasterwork fell from buildings, while the wind broke branches off trees in the eastern and north-eastern suburbs. A fire-wall collapsed in central Budapest’s Bajcsy-Zsilinszky road, the falling bricks ...
XpatLoop Interview: Colm FitzGerald, Travel Writer and Photographer
- 31 Mar 2015 12:00 PM
Colm FitzGerald was born in Ireland and moved to Southern California at the age of three. He grew up in the harbor city of San Pedro and then in the agricultural town of Fillmore.
Govt Signs Development Cooperation Agreement With Sopron
- 26 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has launched an urban development programme, under which Prime Minister Viktor Orbán signed a cooperation agreement with northwestern Hungary’s Sopron. Improving cities is crucial for Hungary’s rural development, the prime minister told a press conference. He added that similar cooperation agreements would be negotiated with all major cities of the 23 counties of Hungary.
Palace In Rural Hungary Goes On Sale For The Price Of A Small Apartment
- 26 Mar 2015 1:30 AM
- property
A nobleman’s palace in rural Hungary, built in the early 1900s, has gone on sale for HUF 20 million, the price of a small Budapest apartment, the tabloid newspaper Bors has reported. The Perczel Palace, at the village of Rózsafa near Szigetvár in Baranya County, has a floor area of 589 square metres. Its surroundings – the former palace park – are spread out over around 29 000 square metres.
Bookings Up At Lake Balaton Campsites
- 24 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
By Christian Keszthelyi: Bookings for the summer season at Lake Balaton are already up more than 50% as compared to two years ago, according to Balatontourist deputy head Ferenc Székely, Hungarian news agency MTI reported.
Partial Solar Eclipse Visible From Hungary On 20 March
- 19 Mar 2015 8:04 AM
- entertainment
A partial, close to 60 per cent solar eclipse will be visible from Hungary on 20 March 2015, meaning that the Moon will cover almost two thirds of the Sun at the peak of the phenomenon. Although the country will not plunge into darkness, the amount of sunshine will decrease significantly during the partial eclipse.
Environmentalists Protest State Land Management Changes
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- property
Ahead of a parliamentary debate of a bill on transferring the asset management rights of state-owned land, including national parks, to the National Land Management Fund (NFA), environmentalists and the opposition green LMP party slammed the proposal on constitutional and professional grounds.
Govt Allocates Almost Huf 8 Bn For Castle District Reconstruction
- 13 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- property
The government is allocating 7.9 billion forints (EUR 26m) until the end of next year for the reconstruction of Budapest’s Castle District, state secretary László L Simon said. The project includes the construction of a 1.5 billion forint 300-space underground car park at the back of the Buda Castle, the 2 billion forint renovation of the historic stables and 3.5 billion forints for revamping a ...
Hungarian Easter Events For Expats
- 3 Apr 2015 5:04 AM
- community & culture
Easter Sunday and Easter Monday are both public holidays in Hungary, and are packed with fun and feasts for all the family. Húsvét, in Hungarian, has many local customs: Egg painting is one of the most popular, and oldest traditions, along with Easter Sunday fun when the Easter bunny brings presents for children, which they find during the Easter egg hunt.
Stormy Winds Damage Buildings In Budapest
- 3 Apr 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Storm-force winds in Budapest have damaged roofs and other structures on Friday. In several streets of the Castle District, south-western Buda and on the Pest side of the city rooftiles and plasterwork fell from buildings, while the wind broke branches off trees in the eastern and north-eastern suburbs. A fire-wall collapsed in central Budapest’s Bajcsy-Zsilinszky road, the falling bricks ...
XpatLoop Interview: Colm FitzGerald, Travel Writer and Photographer
- 31 Mar 2015 12:00 PM
Colm FitzGerald was born in Ireland and moved to Southern California at the age of three. He grew up in the harbor city of San Pedro and then in the agricultural town of Fillmore.
Govt Signs Development Cooperation Agreement With Sopron
- 26 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government has launched an urban development programme, under which Prime Minister Viktor Orbán signed a cooperation agreement with northwestern Hungary’s Sopron. Improving cities is crucial for Hungary’s rural development, the prime minister told a press conference. He added that similar cooperation agreements would be negotiated with all major cities of the 23 counties of Hungary.
Palace In Rural Hungary Goes On Sale For The Price Of A Small Apartment
- 26 Mar 2015 1:30 AM
- property
A nobleman’s palace in rural Hungary, built in the early 1900s, has gone on sale for HUF 20 million, the price of a small Budapest apartment, the tabloid newspaper Bors has reported. The Perczel Palace, at the village of Rózsafa near Szigetvár in Baranya County, has a floor area of 589 square metres. Its surroundings – the former palace park – are spread out over around 29 000 square metres.
Bookings Up At Lake Balaton Campsites
- 24 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
By Christian Keszthelyi: Bookings for the summer season at Lake Balaton are already up more than 50% as compared to two years ago, according to Balatontourist deputy head Ferenc Székely, Hungarian news agency MTI reported.
Partial Solar Eclipse Visible From Hungary On 20 March
- 19 Mar 2015 8:04 AM
- entertainment
A partial, close to 60 per cent solar eclipse will be visible from Hungary on 20 March 2015, meaning that the Moon will cover almost two thirds of the Sun at the peak of the phenomenon. Although the country will not plunge into darkness, the amount of sunshine will decrease significantly during the partial eclipse.
Environmentalists Protest State Land Management Changes
- 18 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- property
Ahead of a parliamentary debate of a bill on transferring the asset management rights of state-owned land, including national parks, to the National Land Management Fund (NFA), environmentalists and the opposition green LMP party slammed the proposal on constitutional and professional grounds.
Govt Allocates Almost Huf 8 Bn For Castle District Reconstruction
- 13 Mar 2015 8:00 AM
- property
The government is allocating 7.9 billion forints (EUR 26m) until the end of next year for the reconstruction of Budapest’s Castle District, state secretary László L Simon said. The project includes the construction of a 1.5 billion forint 300-space underground car park at the back of the Buda Castle, the 2 billion forint renovation of the historic stables and 3.5 billion forints for revamping a ...