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Immigration & Death Penalty: EU Parliament Holds Debate On "Situation In Hungary"
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe should remain a continent of Europeans and Hungary a country of Hungarians, PM Viktor Orbán said in a European parliamentary debate. Addressing the Tuesday debate in Strasbourg on the situation in Hungary, Orbán insisted that the EU treaties in effect should be revised.
Puskás Stadium Budapest Plan Scaled Back
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Plans for the construction of the new Puskás Stadium in Budapest will be downsized and simplified as they were too risky and costly, daily Népszabadság said, citing government commissioner for the project Balázs Fürjes. Using the original plans, the 100 billion forints (EUR 327m) allocated for the development would have only covered two-thirds of the cost, Fürjes said.
Budapest Corvinus University Feared To Lose Campus In Alleged Sell -Off
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Students and staff of Budapest Corvinus University (BCE) held a forum at the university’s western Budapest campus, in response to press reports raising fears about the sale of several Corvinus campus buildings. The university said it had no official information about government plans concerning any restructuring at Corvinus, but it would defend the unity of the institution if such plans were ...
Suspicious Parcel On Bulgarian Bus Near Budapest Not Linked To Terrorist Org
- 20 May 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The suspicious parcel found on a Bulgarian bus near Budapest last Saturday— reportedly an explosive device—cannot be linked to any terrorist organisation, Hungary’s counter terrorism force TEK said. “The information available to date has not raised the suspicion of an ideologically or political motivated act of terrorism. The act cannot be linked to any terrorist organisation or religious ...
Hungary To Complete Aquatics Championships Construction In Double Time
- 19 May 2015 9:02 AM
- property
"Time constraints and other obstacles can be resolved through joint effort", Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the cornerstone laying ceremony of the Dagály swimming centre in Budapest, to be built for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. Less than 800 days are left for the construction of the facilities, but Hungary should prove that it can complete the project in two years instead of four, ...
Bomb Found On Coach In Hungary May Have Been Planted By ISIS
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Bulgarian sources have claimed that a powerful bomb found on a long-distance coach at the Annahegy motorway rest stop in the Hungarian town of Törökbálint may have been planted by ISIS or another Middle Eastern terrorist group. The pipe bomb was planted on Omega Group’s bus heading from Prague to the Bulgarian city of Varna by a Czech or Slovak citizen, according to the carrier’s director ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's 2016 Draft Budget Tabled In Parliament
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
As Mihály Varga Minister of National Economy submits the draft of the 2016 budget to Parliament, analysts from across the political spectrum assess it according to their own political tastes and leanings.
Hungary’s Ad Tax Exemption Threshold Still Too High For Brussels
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The European Commission believes the proposed 100 million forints (EUR 325,000) exemption threshold for the advertising tax is still too high. The government is in talks with Brussels on the matter, Economy Minister Mihály Varga told commercial television ATV. The government has proposed making the ad tax rate a flat 5.3%, but allowing an exemption on a tax base up to 100 million forints.
Normafa Development To Go Ahead In Budapest
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
A tourism development project is likely to go ahead in the Buda hills, as a result of a 12th District referendum on Sunday in which 28% of eligible voters turned out. Of those, 81% voted in favour of the plan to build skiing and other winter sports facilities in the forested Normafa area.
Immigration & Death Penalty: EU Parliament Holds Debate On "Situation In Hungary"
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Europe should remain a continent of Europeans and Hungary a country of Hungarians, PM Viktor Orbán said in a European parliamentary debate. Addressing the Tuesday debate in Strasbourg on the situation in Hungary, Orbán insisted that the EU treaties in effect should be revised.
Puskás Stadium Budapest Plan Scaled Back
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Plans for the construction of the new Puskás Stadium in Budapest will be downsized and simplified as they were too risky and costly, daily Népszabadság said, citing government commissioner for the project Balázs Fürjes. Using the original plans, the 100 billion forints (EUR 327m) allocated for the development would have only covered two-thirds of the cost, Fürjes said.
Budapest Corvinus University Feared To Lose Campus In Alleged Sell -Off
- 21 May 2015 9:00 AM
- property
Students and staff of Budapest Corvinus University (BCE) held a forum at the university’s western Budapest campus, in response to press reports raising fears about the sale of several Corvinus campus buildings. The university said it had no official information about government plans concerning any restructuring at Corvinus, but it would defend the unity of the institution if such plans were ...
Suspicious Parcel On Bulgarian Bus Near Budapest Not Linked To Terrorist Org
- 20 May 2015 2:00 AM
- current affairs
The suspicious parcel found on a Bulgarian bus near Budapest last Saturday— reportedly an explosive device—cannot be linked to any terrorist organisation, Hungary’s counter terrorism force TEK said. “The information available to date has not raised the suspicion of an ideologically or political motivated act of terrorism. The act cannot be linked to any terrorist organisation or religious ...
Hungary To Complete Aquatics Championships Construction In Double Time
- 19 May 2015 9:02 AM
- property
"Time constraints and other obstacles can be resolved through joint effort", Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said at the cornerstone laying ceremony of the Dagály swimming centre in Budapest, to be built for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. Less than 800 days are left for the construction of the facilities, but Hungary should prove that it can complete the project in two years instead of four, ...
Bomb Found On Coach In Hungary May Have Been Planted By ISIS
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Bulgarian sources have claimed that a powerful bomb found on a long-distance coach at the Annahegy motorway rest stop in the Hungarian town of Törökbálint may have been planted by ISIS or another Middle Eastern terrorist group. The pipe bomb was planted on Omega Group’s bus heading from Prague to the Bulgarian city of Varna by a Czech or Slovak citizen, according to the carrier’s director ...
Xpat Opinion: Hungary's 2016 Draft Budget Tabled In Parliament
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
As Mihály Varga Minister of National Economy submits the draft of the 2016 budget to Parliament, analysts from across the political spectrum assess it according to their own political tastes and leanings.
Hungary’s Ad Tax Exemption Threshold Still Too High For Brussels
- 19 May 2015 9:00 AM
- business
The European Commission believes the proposed 100 million forints (EUR 325,000) exemption threshold for the advertising tax is still too high. The government is in talks with Brussels on the matter, Economy Minister Mihály Varga told commercial television ATV. The government has proposed making the ad tax rate a flat 5.3%, but allowing an exemption on a tax base up to 100 million forints.
Normafa Development To Go Ahead In Budapest
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
A tourism development project is likely to go ahead in the Buda hills, as a result of a 12th District referendum on Sunday in which 28% of eligible voters turned out. Of those, 81% voted in favour of the plan to build skiing and other winter sports facilities in the forested Normafa area.