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Riders Ill On Poorly Ventilated Buses In Budapest
- 11 May 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Several passengers fell ill on Budapest’s newly procured Mercedes Citaro buses last week as the windows on the second-hand vehicles cannot be opened and the air-conditioning system is not functioning. Passengers complained that the air-conditioning system does not work or that it blows hot air into the buses.
Hungarian PM Orban Stands By 98% Severance Pay Tax
- 9 May 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Prime Minister Viktor Orban supports keeping the 98% tax imposed on public-sector severance payments, he announced after a governing caucus meeting. In the new Szell Kalman plan, the government envisaged abolishing this tax. “I surrendered to the argument of the caucus. They said it is too early to withdraw this tax,” Orban told reporters at a joint press briefing with Economy Minister Gyorgy ...
Xpat Opinion: Latest Verdict On Freedom Of Press In Hungary
- 4 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On May 1 MTI reported the less than welcome news that Freedom House's 2012 report on the freedom of the press degraded Hungary to the "partially free" category. Hungary received 36 negative points (legal environment 12; political environment 13; economic environment 11).
Xpat Opinion: Ukraine And Hungary: The Tymoshenko Affair
- 3 May 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Orbán have more in common than their first name. In February 2010, only a couple of months before Orbán's political triumph, Yanukovych staged a remarkable comeback, recovering from the humiliation and disgrace he suffered in Ukraine's election of 2004. According to yesterday's Economist, since his election to the presidency Yanukovych "has mauled his country's ...
Interview 2: Andreas M. Schuster, Former Director of Sales & Marketing, Corinthia Hotel Budapest
- 24 Apr 2012 12:00 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since yourfirst Xpat Interview?
Xpat Report: Road Trip From Budapest To Tatra Mountains - By Adri Bruckner
- 12 Apr 2012 11:50 AM
- getting around
The Tátra mountains. Nobody outside this part of Europe has heard of them, since they’re overshadowed by the Alps, which span four countries that give them good PR. But these days, everyone would prefer to go somewhere “undiscovered,” right? Well, then the Tátras are your mountains.
Active Citizenship Award In Hungary By U.S. Ambassdor
- 28 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"On March 26, Ambassador Kounalakis presented the third Active Citizenship Award to Kinga Milankovics, founder of REGINA in Gödöllő.
EU Finance Ministers Impose Funding Suspension For Hungary, Will Revisit Decision In June
- 14 Mar 2012 8:03 AM
- current affairs
"EU finance ministers on Tuesday decided to go ahead with the suspension of a portion of Hungary's cohesion funding for 2013 but also agreed to revisit the decision in June to assess the government's progress in keeping to its budget deficit goals, officials of the EU Danish presidency told MTI.
Invitation: Jameson Irish Film Festival, Toldi Mozi Budapest, 18 March
- 12 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"The Jameson Irish film festival will be at Toldi Mozi, March 18th, it is the second year we have had it and it is part of the St Patricks Festival
Riders Ill On Poorly Ventilated Buses In Budapest
- 11 May 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Several passengers fell ill on Budapest’s newly procured Mercedes Citaro buses last week as the windows on the second-hand vehicles cannot be opened and the air-conditioning system is not functioning. Passengers complained that the air-conditioning system does not work or that it blows hot air into the buses.
Hungarian PM Orban Stands By 98% Severance Pay Tax
- 9 May 2012 9:00 AM
- business
Prime Minister Viktor Orban supports keeping the 98% tax imposed on public-sector severance payments, he announced after a governing caucus meeting. In the new Szell Kalman plan, the government envisaged abolishing this tax. “I surrendered to the argument of the caucus. They said it is too early to withdraw this tax,” Orban told reporters at a joint press briefing with Economy Minister Gyorgy ...
Xpat Opinion: Latest Verdict On Freedom Of Press In Hungary
- 4 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
On May 1 MTI reported the less than welcome news that Freedom House's 2012 report on the freedom of the press degraded Hungary to the "partially free" category. Hungary received 36 negative points (legal environment 12; political environment 13; economic environment 11).
Xpat Opinion: Ukraine And Hungary: The Tymoshenko Affair
- 3 May 2012 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Orbán have more in common than their first name. In February 2010, only a couple of months before Orbán's political triumph, Yanukovych staged a remarkable comeback, recovering from the humiliation and disgrace he suffered in Ukraine's election of 2004. According to yesterday's Economist, since his election to the presidency Yanukovych "has mauled his country's ...
Interview 2: Andreas M. Schuster, Former Director of Sales & Marketing, Corinthia Hotel Budapest
- 24 Apr 2012 12:00 PM
1. What’s been happening at work and at home since yourfirst Xpat Interview?
Xpat Report: Road Trip From Budapest To Tatra Mountains - By Adri Bruckner
- 12 Apr 2012 11:50 AM
- getting around
The Tátra mountains. Nobody outside this part of Europe has heard of them, since they’re overshadowed by the Alps, which span four countries that give them good PR. But these days, everyone would prefer to go somewhere “undiscovered,” right? Well, then the Tátras are your mountains.
Active Citizenship Award In Hungary By U.S. Ambassdor
- 28 Mar 2012 9:00 AM
- community & culture
"On March 26, Ambassador Kounalakis presented the third Active Citizenship Award to Kinga Milankovics, founder of REGINA in Gödöllő.
EU Finance Ministers Impose Funding Suspension For Hungary, Will Revisit Decision In June
- 14 Mar 2012 8:03 AM
- current affairs
"EU finance ministers on Tuesday decided to go ahead with the suspension of a portion of Hungary's cohesion funding for 2013 but also agreed to revisit the decision in June to assess the government's progress in keeping to its budget deficit goals, officials of the EU Danish presidency told MTI.
Invitation: Jameson Irish Film Festival, Toldi Mozi Budapest, 18 March
- 12 Mar 2012 8:00 AM
- entertainment
"The Jameson Irish film festival will be at Toldi Mozi, March 18th, it is the second year we have had it and it is part of the St Patricks Festival