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Cold Halts Budapest Esztergom Trains
- 5 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
The cold weather caused technical problems and long delays on the recently renovated Budapest-Esztergom train line on Monday. Trains full of passengers on their way to work and school were left stranded on the approach to Budapest.
143 Granted Refugee Status In Hungary
- 4 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Of the 177,122 migrants who submitted applications for asylum status in Hungary last year, 143 received refugee status, 346 others the protected status and five were not deported for other reasons, according to the Immigration and Citizenship Office.
Hungarian Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Dies
- 4 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Oscar Prize winning Hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond died in Big Sur, California on Friday at age 85, his business partner announced on Sunday. Zsigmond left Hungary after the 1956 Uprising and worked in Hollywood for 50 years, winning an Oscar for Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1978, a Bafta prize for The Deer Hunter in 1980 and an Emmy award in 1993 for Stalin, a co-production ...
Public Support In Hungary For Anti-Quota Initiative ‘Unprecedented’
- 4 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The government’s signature drive to thwart the European Union’s mandatory migrant quotas has been met with unprecedented public support, Gergely Gulyás, deputy leader of ruling Fidesz and head of parliament’s legislative committee, said in an interview published in daily Magyar Hírlap. Gulyás said he saw it as a sign of “unprecedented unity” that “every fifth voter signed the initiative”.
Disgraced Hungarian Broker Kulcsar Convicted
- 1 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court sentenced Attila Kulcsar, the man at the centre of the K&H brokerage scandal of 2003, to six-and-a half years in prison and ordered the confiscation of Ft 230 million of his assets after convicting him of embezzlement and other crimes.
Govt Supports Separation Of Budapest From Pest County
- 31 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Hungary’s government agrees with separating Budapest from Pest County and has ordered the economy minister to work with the head of the Central Statistical Office on submitting a proposal to the European Commission and Eurostat on changing the NUTS classification of the Central Hungary region, a government resolution published in Tuesday’s official gazette Magyar Közlöny shows.
“Pig Run” (Malac Futás) In Budapest, 2 January
- 31 Dec 2015 5:50 AM
- sport
“Pig run” is not an age-old Hungarian tradition, but a Facebook event spreading rapidly. Imre, the main organizer ran a pig-shaped lap alone in January, 2015. Now he also wants companions in the New Year. Thus the idea of the "pig run" was born. The 4,5 km-long jogging will start in front of the Erzsebet Square fountain at 9:30 am on Saturday, 2 January 2016.
Hungary Retail Sales Could Near HUF 10,000bn In 2015
- 31 Dec 2015 2:35 AM
- shopping
Retail sales in Hungary could come close to 10,000 billion forints this year, the chief secretary of the National Association of Commerce (OKSZ) told public television. Retail sales have risen by 5%-6% on an annual basis, data published so far show, and the pace is likely to have continued in the last months of the year, György Vámos told news channel M1.
Hungarian Gov’t Adds HUF 5bn To Olympics Budget
- 30 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
The government will increase funding for Budapest’s 2024 Olympic bid from Ft 10 billion to Ft 15 billion, under a resolution approved before Christmas. The feasibility study for the bid to host the 2024 summer games put the total cost of the bidding effort at Ft 10 billion. In addition, the government aims to raise a further Ft 4 billion through tax breaks for corporate sponsorship, boosting the ...
Cold Halts Budapest Esztergom Trains
- 5 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
The cold weather caused technical problems and long delays on the recently renovated Budapest-Esztergom train line on Monday. Trains full of passengers on their way to work and school were left stranded on the approach to Budapest.
143 Granted Refugee Status In Hungary
- 4 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Of the 177,122 migrants who submitted applications for asylum status in Hungary last year, 143 received refugee status, 346 others the protected status and five were not deported for other reasons, according to the Immigration and Citizenship Office.
Hungarian Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Dies
- 4 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Oscar Prize winning Hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond died in Big Sur, California on Friday at age 85, his business partner announced on Sunday. Zsigmond left Hungary after the 1956 Uprising and worked in Hollywood for 50 years, winning an Oscar for Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1978, a Bafta prize for The Deer Hunter in 1980 and an Emmy award in 1993 for Stalin, a co-production ...
Public Support In Hungary For Anti-Quota Initiative ‘Unprecedented’
- 4 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- current affairs
The government’s signature drive to thwart the European Union’s mandatory migrant quotas has been met with unprecedented public support, Gergely Gulyás, deputy leader of ruling Fidesz and head of parliament’s legislative committee, said in an interview published in daily Magyar Hírlap. Gulyás said he saw it as a sign of “unprecedented unity” that “every fifth voter signed the initiative”.
Disgraced Hungarian Broker Kulcsar Convicted
- 1 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The Capital Court sentenced Attila Kulcsar, the man at the centre of the K&H brokerage scandal of 2003, to six-and-a half years in prison and ordered the confiscation of Ft 230 million of his assets after convicting him of embezzlement and other crimes.
Govt Supports Separation Of Budapest From Pest County
- 31 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
Hungary’s government agrees with separating Budapest from Pest County and has ordered the economy minister to work with the head of the Central Statistical Office on submitting a proposal to the European Commission and Eurostat on changing the NUTS classification of the Central Hungary region, a government resolution published in Tuesday’s official gazette Magyar Közlöny shows.
“Pig Run” (Malac Futás) In Budapest, 2 January
- 31 Dec 2015 5:50 AM
- sport
“Pig run” is not an age-old Hungarian tradition, but a Facebook event spreading rapidly. Imre, the main organizer ran a pig-shaped lap alone in January, 2015. Now he also wants companions in the New Year. Thus the idea of the "pig run" was born. The 4,5 km-long jogging will start in front of the Erzsebet Square fountain at 9:30 am on Saturday, 2 January 2016.
Hungary Retail Sales Could Near HUF 10,000bn In 2015
- 31 Dec 2015 2:35 AM
- shopping
Retail sales in Hungary could come close to 10,000 billion forints this year, the chief secretary of the National Association of Commerce (OKSZ) told public television. Retail sales have risen by 5%-6% on an annual basis, data published so far show, and the pace is likely to have continued in the last months of the year, György Vámos told news channel M1.
Hungarian Gov’t Adds HUF 5bn To Olympics Budget
- 30 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- sport
The government will increase funding for Budapest’s 2024 Olympic bid from Ft 10 billion to Ft 15 billion, under a resolution approved before Christmas. The feasibility study for the bid to host the 2024 summer games put the total cost of the bidding effort at Ft 10 billion. In addition, the government aims to raise a further Ft 4 billion through tax breaks for corporate sponsorship, boosting the ...