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All Six Upgraded Metro Cars Withdrawn From Service
- 26 Jun 2017 10:34 AM
- getting around
The National Transport Authority on Friday withdrew from service with immediate effect six upgraded metro carriages after one broke down at Nyugati railway station. Its doors did not open and the passengers took great pains to free themselves while the metro driver said amid profuse apologies that the remote-control system did not work.
BKV Demands Metro 3 Trainmaker Pay HUF 800M Penalty
- 26 Jun 2017 10:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest transport company BKV has demanded that the manufacturer of trains for the third metro line, Metrovagonmas, pay a fine of 800 million forints (EUR 2.6m) for delivering reconditioned trains in an unacceptable condition, the company said. BKV’s chairman and CEO Tibor Bolla held talks with leaders of the Russian firm and emphasised the unacceptability of the technical condition of the ...
Hungarian Authorities Could Have Prevented Tragic Death Of 71 Migrants In 2015, Report Concludes
- 20 Jun 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The death from asphyxiation of 71 asylum seekers mostly from Syria in August 2015 could have been avoided if Hungarian authorities had intervened sooner, concludes a joint investigative report workgroup of Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and regional public media companies Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), reports Hungarian news site index.hu.
Ukrainian Airlines Launches Daily Flights Between Budapest & Kiev
- 19 Jun 2017 8:40 AM
- travel
Ukraine International Airlines, the country’s national airlines has launched daily flights between Budapest and Kiev, the first flight landed with nearly 150 passengers at Liszt Ferenc airport on Thursday, Budapest Airport told MTI on Friday. The airline will fly Boeing 737-800 planes on the route.
Budapest Airport Expands Check-In
- 13 Jun 2017 8:00 AM
- travel
Budapest Airport has enlarged its passenger check-in capacity by adding ten new desks in terminal 2B and increasing the size of the check-in zone, the airport operator has announced.
Inauguration Of Samsung SDI’s Electric Car Battery Plant In Hungary
- 1 Jun 2017 10:00 AM
- business
Reindustrialisation in Hungary will shift up a gear in 2017, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the inauguration of Samsung SDI’s electric car battery plant in the town of Göd, north of Budapest, on Monday. Hungary’s auto industry employed over 160,000 in the first quarter of the year, Orbán said, arguing that this had allowed Hungary to become a hub for car production in central Europe.
Government Office Chief: No Plans To Withdraw Higher-Ed Law
- 19 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nobody in the government has proposed withdrawing the contested higher-education law, János Lázár, the government office chief told a weekly news briefing. The EP resolution broaches the issue of the Central European University, he noted, adding that the government’s position is that everyone should be equal under the law and should abide by it.
Heritage Transport Season Has Started In Budapest
- 17 May 2017 9:08 AM
- getting around
The popular Heritage Transport Services by BKK and BKV are back in operation again from the beginning of May to the end of September 2017. Besides tramlines Duna Heritage and Thermal Heritage and the Snow White vintage boat, operating as line SH, enthusiasts of old times can also enjoy rides aboard the articulated Ikarus vintage bus this year.
Hungary Has Become China’s Number One Economic Partner In Central Europe
- 16 May 2017 10:16 AM
- business
“Hungary has grown to become China’s number one economic partner in Central Europe today”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told public media on Friday in Beijing.
All Six Upgraded Metro Cars Withdrawn From Service
- 26 Jun 2017 10:34 AM
- getting around
The National Transport Authority on Friday withdrew from service with immediate effect six upgraded metro carriages after one broke down at Nyugati railway station. Its doors did not open and the passengers took great pains to free themselves while the metro driver said amid profuse apologies that the remote-control system did not work.
BKV Demands Metro 3 Trainmaker Pay HUF 800M Penalty
- 26 Jun 2017 10:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest transport company BKV has demanded that the manufacturer of trains for the third metro line, Metrovagonmas, pay a fine of 800 million forints (EUR 2.6m) for delivering reconditioned trains in an unacceptable condition, the company said. BKV’s chairman and CEO Tibor Bolla held talks with leaders of the Russian firm and emphasised the unacceptability of the technical condition of the ...
Hungarian Authorities Could Have Prevented Tragic Death Of 71 Migrants In 2015, Report Concludes
- 20 Jun 2017 1:00 AM
- current affairs
The death from asphyxiation of 71 asylum seekers mostly from Syria in August 2015 could have been avoided if Hungarian authorities had intervened sooner, concludes a joint investigative report workgroup of Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and regional public media companies Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), reports Hungarian news site index.hu.
Ukrainian Airlines Launches Daily Flights Between Budapest & Kiev
- 19 Jun 2017 8:40 AM
- travel
Ukraine International Airlines, the country’s national airlines has launched daily flights between Budapest and Kiev, the first flight landed with nearly 150 passengers at Liszt Ferenc airport on Thursday, Budapest Airport told MTI on Friday. The airline will fly Boeing 737-800 planes on the route.
Budapest Airport Expands Check-In
- 13 Jun 2017 8:00 AM
- travel
Budapest Airport has enlarged its passenger check-in capacity by adding ten new desks in terminal 2B and increasing the size of the check-in zone, the airport operator has announced.
Inauguration Of Samsung SDI’s Electric Car Battery Plant In Hungary
- 1 Jun 2017 10:00 AM
- business
Reindustrialisation in Hungary will shift up a gear in 2017, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the inauguration of Samsung SDI’s electric car battery plant in the town of Göd, north of Budapest, on Monday. Hungary’s auto industry employed over 160,000 in the first quarter of the year, Orbán said, arguing that this had allowed Hungary to become a hub for car production in central Europe.
Government Office Chief: No Plans To Withdraw Higher-Ed Law
- 19 May 2017 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nobody in the government has proposed withdrawing the contested higher-education law, János Lázár, the government office chief told a weekly news briefing. The EP resolution broaches the issue of the Central European University, he noted, adding that the government’s position is that everyone should be equal under the law and should abide by it.
Heritage Transport Season Has Started In Budapest
- 17 May 2017 9:08 AM
- getting around
The popular Heritage Transport Services by BKK and BKV are back in operation again from the beginning of May to the end of September 2017. Besides tramlines Duna Heritage and Thermal Heritage and the Snow White vintage boat, operating as line SH, enthusiasts of old times can also enjoy rides aboard the articulated Ikarus vintage bus this year.
Hungary Has Become China’s Number One Economic Partner In Central Europe
- 16 May 2017 10:16 AM
- business
“Hungary has grown to become China’s number one economic partner in Central Europe today”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó told public media on Friday in Beijing.