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Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Ruling Party Fidesz Dominates Local Elections
- 16 Oct 2014 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the results of the municipal elections, the leading left-wing daily calls for a complete overhaul of the Left in order to stop the emergence of what it calls a totalitarian one-party system. The leading pro-government daily points out that the Left managed to increase its support slightly within the new electoral system which it often called illegitimate and biased.
Public Bike Sharing System Launched In Budapest (Finally)
- 8 Sep 2014 4:30 AM
- getting around
Budapest’s bike sharing system, dubbed Bubi, was launched on Monday. The message of the apple green bikes used in the system is that Budapest is a cycling-friendly city, said deputy mayor Balázs Szeneczey at the opening ceremony in the fifth district.
CEU Business School Budapest Launches Global Entrepreneurship Fellows Program
- 21 Aug 2014 8:10 AM
- specials
Budapest, Hungary: In 2012, the rate of venture capital investment as a percentage of GDP was the highest in Hungary among EU member states -- at almost 7 tenths of a percent. To put that in perspective, that represents more than three times the EU average. And yet the region’s high-growth, high-potential startups and other entrepreneurial SMEs continue to struggle.
Socialists Pledge To Improve Budapest Public Safety
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
The opposition Socialists pledge to improve public safety and establish a network to care for pensioners and single mothers in Budapest, the party’s Budapest group leader has said.
Hungary's PM Orbán Gives Fidesz Moderate Navracsics Difficult Task
- 4 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Tibor Navracsics (pictured right) will be Hungary’s nominee for European Commissioner, the incumbent Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister announced via Twitter on Tuesday. “Now it is official: I am Hungary’s candidate for the new European Commission. Difficult job. Great honour,” he wrote.
Hungary’s Gov’t To Reduce EU Subsidies To Large Farms
- 23 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government decided on Friday to redirect EU land-based agricultural subsidies away from large grain operations and towards smaller farms producing other crops and raising livestock, PMO Minister János Lázár and Agriculture Minister Sándor Fazekas announced on Monday.
Resignation Requested Of Crossdressing Jewish Community CEO In Budapest
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A few days after his election as CEO of the Budapest Jewish Community, a Hungarian Jewish insight blog, tudozsido.com, has published pictures of David Schwezoff performing in a Bratislava gay club in 2004 dressed as a woman. According to tudozsido.com Schwezoff was successful in the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) community and Budapest nightlife under the stage name “Carol ...
Hungary Urged To Make Progress In Common Airspace Use
- 13 Jul 2014 8:00 AM
- travel
The European Commission has formally requested that Hungary, along with 17 other member states, should improve their functional airspace blocks. FABs, or common airspace arranged around traffic flows rather than state boundaries, are “a crucial step towards a more efficient, less costly and less polluting aviation system in Europe”, the commission said.
Hungarian Hospitals To Receive Extra Funding In Summer
- 2 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Hungarian hospitals are set to receive extra funding in the summer, the newly appointed state secretary for health told MTI in an interview. Gábor Zombor said his main task was to staunch and reverse the outflow of Hungarian health-care workers to the West.
Xpat Opinion: Hungary’s Ruling Party Fidesz Dominates Local Elections
- 16 Oct 2014 10:30 AM
- current affairs
Commenting on the results of the municipal elections, the leading left-wing daily calls for a complete overhaul of the Left in order to stop the emergence of what it calls a totalitarian one-party system. The leading pro-government daily points out that the Left managed to increase its support slightly within the new electoral system which it often called illegitimate and biased.
Public Bike Sharing System Launched In Budapest (Finally)
- 8 Sep 2014 4:30 AM
- getting around
Budapest’s bike sharing system, dubbed Bubi, was launched on Monday. The message of the apple green bikes used in the system is that Budapest is a cycling-friendly city, said deputy mayor Balázs Szeneczey at the opening ceremony in the fifth district.
CEU Business School Budapest Launches Global Entrepreneurship Fellows Program
- 21 Aug 2014 8:10 AM
- specials
Budapest, Hungary: In 2012, the rate of venture capital investment as a percentage of GDP was the highest in Hungary among EU member states -- at almost 7 tenths of a percent. To put that in perspective, that represents more than three times the EU average. And yet the region’s high-growth, high-potential startups and other entrepreneurial SMEs continue to struggle.
Socialists Pledge To Improve Budapest Public Safety
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
The opposition Socialists pledge to improve public safety and establish a network to care for pensioners and single mothers in Budapest, the party’s Budapest group leader has said.
Hungary's PM Orbán Gives Fidesz Moderate Navracsics Difficult Task
- 4 Aug 2014 4:00 AM
- current affairs
Tibor Navracsics (pictured right) will be Hungary’s nominee for European Commissioner, the incumbent Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister announced via Twitter on Tuesday. “Now it is official: I am Hungary’s candidate for the new European Commission. Difficult job. Great honour,” he wrote.
Hungary’s Gov’t To Reduce EU Subsidies To Large Farms
- 23 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The government decided on Friday to redirect EU land-based agricultural subsidies away from large grain operations and towards smaller farms producing other crops and raising livestock, PMO Minister János Lázár and Agriculture Minister Sándor Fazekas announced on Monday.
Resignation Requested Of Crossdressing Jewish Community CEO In Budapest
- 15 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A few days after his election as CEO of the Budapest Jewish Community, a Hungarian Jewish insight blog, tudozsido.com, has published pictures of David Schwezoff performing in a Bratislava gay club in 2004 dressed as a woman. According to tudozsido.com Schwezoff was successful in the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) community and Budapest nightlife under the stage name “Carol ...
Hungary Urged To Make Progress In Common Airspace Use
- 13 Jul 2014 8:00 AM
- travel
The European Commission has formally requested that Hungary, along with 17 other member states, should improve their functional airspace blocks. FABs, or common airspace arranged around traffic flows rather than state boundaries, are “a crucial step towards a more efficient, less costly and less polluting aviation system in Europe”, the commission said.
Hungarian Hospitals To Receive Extra Funding In Summer
- 2 Jul 2014 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
Hungarian hospitals are set to receive extra funding in the summer, the newly appointed state secretary for health told MTI in an interview. Gábor Zombor said his main task was to staunch and reverse the outflow of Hungarian health-care workers to the West.