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Price Cut In Budapest Public Transport – BKK Passes Cost 10% Less
- 9 Jan 2014 10:45 AM
- getting around
The General Assembly of Budapest approved the motion for BKK’s public transport pass prices to be decreased by 10% from 1 January 2014. Costs of the most frequently purchased pass types required for daily commutes to work and school will be reduced.
Nora Berend: The Antisemite Question In Hungary
- 8 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nora Berend is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. She received her B.A. at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, spent a year at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and completed her studies at Columbia University where she received her Ph.D.
Transport Services In Budapest During Holiday & End Of Year
- 24 Dec 2013 8:01 AM
- getting around
As in previous years, BKK Centre for Budapest Transport provides continuous public transport services during the holidays. On 24 December 2013 after 16:00 regular daytime services, such as metros, trams and trolleybuses stop running and night buses will start operating with less frequency than during the daytime. On New Year’s Eve, substantially more frequent services and buses with higher ...
Szigliget Castle Renewed & Reopened To Public From EU Funds
- 23 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
After a renovation amounting to HUF 302 million, the Castle of Szigliget was inaugurated on Thursday. At the ceremony, Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister, said that the renovation of the castle was an excellent example of how a community living at one of the most beautiful spots of the Lake Balaton region is able to grasp an opportunity arising out of the historical past.
Budapest Airport Signs Historic Agreement With BKK
- 16 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
The leaders of Budapest Airport and the Budapest Transport Center (BKK) have signed a historic cooperation agreement that aims to improve all areas of ground transportation services to and from the airport. The document brings ground transportation services in line with the changes that have taken place in recent months in the city of Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Economist’s Refreshingly Balanced Report On The Homeless In Hungary
- 13 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Readers of this blog are familiar with my frequent responses to biased or factually incorrect coverage of Hungary in the international press. It’s my duty to push back, especially when the reporting is particularly flimsy or one-sided.
Széll Kálmán Tér In Budapest To Be Renovated
- 12 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest will carry out a Ft 4.8 billion renovation of Széll Kálmán tér, the former Moszkva tér, the city council decided yesterday. Council unanimously approved a proposal on a public procurement tender for the work.
Fish Consumption In Hungary Increases By 20 Percent
- 10 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- food & drink
As a result of the Ministry of Rural Development's promotion campaign launched at the end of last year, fish consumption is the only area within the food sector that has seen a marked, 20 percent increase in Hungary this year, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas declared at the opening of this year's fish marketing drive in Tiszafüred on Monday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Approach To Homelessness
- 29 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Homelessness in Hungary is back in the news. Recently, the municipal government of Budapest approved a local ordinance that prohibits so-called “habitual living” in certain designated areas of the capital – mostly Budapest’s world heritage sites and parts of downtown.
Price Cut In Budapest Public Transport – BKK Passes Cost 10% Less
- 9 Jan 2014 10:45 AM
- getting around
The General Assembly of Budapest approved the motion for BKK’s public transport pass prices to be decreased by 10% from 1 January 2014. Costs of the most frequently purchased pass types required for daily commutes to work and school will be reduced.
Nora Berend: The Antisemite Question In Hungary
- 8 Jan 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Nora Berend is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. She received her B.A. at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, spent a year at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and completed her studies at Columbia University where she received her Ph.D.
Transport Services In Budapest During Holiday & End Of Year
- 24 Dec 2013 8:01 AM
- getting around
As in previous years, BKK Centre for Budapest Transport provides continuous public transport services during the holidays. On 24 December 2013 after 16:00 regular daytime services, such as metros, trams and trolleybuses stop running and night buses will start operating with less frequency than during the daytime. On New Year’s Eve, substantially more frequent services and buses with higher ...
Szigliget Castle Renewed & Reopened To Public From EU Funds
- 23 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
After a renovation amounting to HUF 302 million, the Castle of Szigliget was inaugurated on Thursday. At the ceremony, Tibor Navracsics, Deputy Prime Minister, said that the renovation of the castle was an excellent example of how a community living at one of the most beautiful spots of the Lake Balaton region is able to grasp an opportunity arising out of the historical past.
Budapest Airport Signs Historic Agreement With BKK
- 16 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
The leaders of Budapest Airport and the Budapest Transport Center (BKK) have signed a historic cooperation agreement that aims to improve all areas of ground transportation services to and from the airport. The document brings ground transportation services in line with the changes that have taken place in recent months in the city of Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Economist’s Refreshingly Balanced Report On The Homeless In Hungary
- 13 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Readers of this blog are familiar with my frequent responses to biased or factually incorrect coverage of Hungary in the international press. It’s my duty to push back, especially when the reporting is particularly flimsy or one-sided.
Széll Kálmán Tér In Budapest To Be Renovated
- 12 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- getting around
Budapest will carry out a Ft 4.8 billion renovation of Széll Kálmán tér, the former Moszkva tér, the city council decided yesterday. Council unanimously approved a proposal on a public procurement tender for the work.
Fish Consumption In Hungary Increases By 20 Percent
- 10 Dec 2013 8:00 AM
- food & drink
As a result of the Ministry of Rural Development's promotion campaign launched at the end of last year, fish consumption is the only area within the food sector that has seen a marked, 20 percent increase in Hungary this year, Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas declared at the opening of this year's fish marketing drive in Tiszafüred on Monday.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Approach To Homelessness
- 29 Nov 2013 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Homelessness in Hungary is back in the news. Recently, the municipal government of Budapest approved a local ordinance that prohibits so-called “habitual living” in certain designated areas of the capital – mostly Budapest’s world heritage sites and parts of downtown.