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Hungary Losing Ground In Recycling
- 20 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has fallen back in its recycling of packaging materials from 59.3% of the total in 2011 to 48% in 2012, Eurostat announced. The largest drop was in paper recycling, from 94% to 73%.
Commemorations Held In Hungary In Honour Of 1849 Arad Martyrs
- 7 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The national flag of Hungary was hoisted and lowered to half mast on Monday morning in a military salute to commemorate the leaders of Hungary’s revolution and freedom fight who were executed by Austria in 1849. October 6 was declared a national day of mourning in 2001.
Xpat Opinion: The Train Park In Budapest
- 2 Oct 2014 5:35 AM
- getting around
A few weeks ago we visited Vasut Torteneti Park, aka The Train Park. In retrospect, I cannot comprehend how did we not go there earlier, after all we have heard about the place since our year one in Budapest. It has everything we can ask for: it’s a well kept park, with a variety of old trains, plus showrooms of model trains, plus food stands, plus a mini train. I mean, really, if I had to design ...
OSCE Hungary Report Inaccurate Fundamental Rights Center Finds
- 30 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A July report by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Hungary’s latest general election contains several inaccurate observations, the Center for Fundamental Rights, a think-tank of young lawyers and law students, said.
Hungarian Parliament Passes Debt Relief Act
- 26 Sep 2014 1:00 AM
- business
Parliament passed the Debt Relief Act yesterday requiring banks to return millions of forints to forex- and forint-loan debtors for losses arising from unilateral contract modifications and currency margin disparities.
Child Harassment Never Should Become Obsolete In Hungary
- 15 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ruling Fidesz will submit an amendment to the penal code to remove the obsolescence of sexual abuse of minors, lawmaker of the party Gabriella Selmeczi told a press conference on Saturday.
100,000th Car Rolls Off Line At New Audi Plant In Hungary
- 12 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Production volume at German carmaker Audi’s new plant at its base in Győr (NW Hungary) has passed the 100,000 mark, Audi Hungaria Motor said.
Video Article: Freedom OperaGala, Opera House Budapest, 6 September
- 6 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Exactly 25 years have passed since Hungary opened its borders and allowed tens of thousands of East German tourists to escape to the West. Many people consider this not only to be the first blow in bringing down the Berlin Wall, but as a crucial moment in our shared European identity and a milestone along the path to the pan-European value system and unified continent officially embodied by the ...
Xpat Opinion: Procreation And Pensions In Hungary
- 31 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In the last month or so article after article appeared about the conclusions of a group of economists and demographers who have been discussing possible solutions to the interrelated problems of the low Hungarian birthrate and the eventual depletion of the state pension fund. This group, the Népesedési Kerekasztal (Demographic round table), seems to have the support of the Orbán government. It is ...
Hungary Losing Ground In Recycling
- 20 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has fallen back in its recycling of packaging materials from 59.3% of the total in 2011 to 48% in 2012, Eurostat announced. The largest drop was in paper recycling, from 94% to 73%.
Commemorations Held In Hungary In Honour Of 1849 Arad Martyrs
- 7 Oct 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The national flag of Hungary was hoisted and lowered to half mast on Monday morning in a military salute to commemorate the leaders of Hungary’s revolution and freedom fight who were executed by Austria in 1849. October 6 was declared a national day of mourning in 2001.
Xpat Opinion: The Train Park In Budapest
- 2 Oct 2014 5:35 AM
- getting around
A few weeks ago we visited Vasut Torteneti Park, aka The Train Park. In retrospect, I cannot comprehend how did we not go there earlier, after all we have heard about the place since our year one in Budapest. It has everything we can ask for: it’s a well kept park, with a variety of old trains, plus showrooms of model trains, plus food stands, plus a mini train. I mean, really, if I had to design ...
OSCE Hungary Report Inaccurate Fundamental Rights Center Finds
- 30 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A July report by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Hungary’s latest general election contains several inaccurate observations, the Center for Fundamental Rights, a think-tank of young lawyers and law students, said.
Hungarian Parliament Passes Debt Relief Act
- 26 Sep 2014 1:00 AM
- business
Parliament passed the Debt Relief Act yesterday requiring banks to return millions of forints to forex- and forint-loan debtors for losses arising from unilateral contract modifications and currency margin disparities.
Child Harassment Never Should Become Obsolete In Hungary
- 15 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Ruling Fidesz will submit an amendment to the penal code to remove the obsolescence of sexual abuse of minors, lawmaker of the party Gabriella Selmeczi told a press conference on Saturday.
100,000th Car Rolls Off Line At New Audi Plant In Hungary
- 12 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- business
Production volume at German carmaker Audi’s new plant at its base in Győr (NW Hungary) has passed the 100,000 mark, Audi Hungaria Motor said.
Video Article: Freedom OperaGala, Opera House Budapest, 6 September
- 6 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Exactly 25 years have passed since Hungary opened its borders and allowed tens of thousands of East German tourists to escape to the West. Many people consider this not only to be the first blow in bringing down the Berlin Wall, but as a crucial moment in our shared European identity and a milestone along the path to the pan-European value system and unified continent officially embodied by the ...
Xpat Opinion: Procreation And Pensions In Hungary
- 31 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
In the last month or so article after article appeared about the conclusions of a group of economists and demographers who have been discussing possible solutions to the interrelated problems of the low Hungarian birthrate and the eventual depletion of the state pension fund. This group, the Népesedési Kerekasztal (Demographic round table), seems to have the support of the Orbán government. It is ...