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Now On: Ten-Day Jewish Summer Festival In Budapest
- 30 Aug 2012 12:30 PM
- community & culture
Last Sunday saw the start of the 15th Jewish Summer Festival – one of Budapest’s most 'prestigious annual programmes of cultural events'. Every year the festival attracts tens of thousands of local visitors and tourists to the capital and its synagogue, which is said to be one of Europe’s most beautiful. The Hungarian Government has also provided funding for this programme of cultural events.
Hungarian Bus Company Orangeways Looks To CNG Buses
- 30 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Hungarian bus company Orangeways has started test runs of buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) in Baja, CEO Miklós Kovács told Napi Gazdaság.
Budapest Reduces Street Lighting
- 2 Aug 2012 1:40 AM
- getting around
The city of Budapest has begun to turn street lights on later than previously in the hope of saving Ft 66 million in the second half, news website Index reports. The city council made the decision on June 20, said city public lighting company BDK.
Summer's Here, Still Need To Drop A Few Kilos? What Now?! By Steven Eugene Kuhn
- 19 Jul 2012 12:40 PM
- sport
When was the last time you heard that or thought it yourself? I hear it very often these days, I train regularly and eat right and still think this! I believe it has been instilled into our minds throughout time that summer means getting slimmer and in shape. Whatever the reason is, it is always good to take a step back and evaluate if you possibly could shed a few Kilos, no matter what the ...
Xpat Opinion: By Treehugger Dan: Balaton Swim 2012
- 10 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
After doing my first Balaton Swim with Kevin Jackson 3 years ago for charity (raising money for the Hungarian Fair Trade Campaign), I have impatiently been waiting to do a second. Two years ago, after many weather postponements, the event was cancelled. Last year I had to pull out with 3 slipped disks. In what must be a first, the event this year went off without a hitch the first try, thus ...
New Concept Of Automated Fare Collection System In Budapest
- 3 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
The foundation of the Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) and the introduction of a new approach in the organization of transport, the time has come for ultimate changing the present fare scheme in Budapest, which is one of the most outdated systems in Europe. According to three decisions passed at its 6 April 2011 session, the General Assembly of the Municipality of Budapest called upon BKK to ...
Károly Gerendai, Founder Of Sziget Festival
- 21 Jun 2012 12:00 PM
One of post-communist Hungary’s greatest success stories: from roadie to head of the company organising Hungary’s four biggest and Transylvania’s largest cultural festival, including one of Europe’s most popular cultural event, the SZIGET Festival.
Hungarian PM: Debt Can Destroy A Nation
- 18 Jun 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
Economic growth and welfare built on loans and debt will destroy a nation, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told the economic forum Business and Investment in Kosovo in Budapest on Thursday. Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and other leading Kosovar officials attended.
Hungarian Ministerial Candidate For IMF Negotiations Heard In Parliament
- 23 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Mihály Varga, candidate for minister without portfolio for leading the negotiations between Hungary and the IMF and the EU was heard today by the relevant parliamentary committee which supported his appointment in that capacity. As is known, Viktor Orbán is reshuffling his cabinet in some positions; Mihály Varga, who was previously State Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office and also Finance ...
Now On: Ten-Day Jewish Summer Festival In Budapest
- 30 Aug 2012 12:30 PM
- community & culture
Last Sunday saw the start of the 15th Jewish Summer Festival – one of Budapest’s most 'prestigious annual programmes of cultural events'. Every year the festival attracts tens of thousands of local visitors and tourists to the capital and its synagogue, which is said to be one of Europe’s most beautiful. The Hungarian Government has also provided funding for this programme of cultural events.
Hungarian Bus Company Orangeways Looks To CNG Buses
- 30 Aug 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
Hungarian bus company Orangeways has started test runs of buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) in Baja, CEO Miklós Kovács told Napi Gazdaság.
Budapest Reduces Street Lighting
- 2 Aug 2012 1:40 AM
- getting around
The city of Budapest has begun to turn street lights on later than previously in the hope of saving Ft 66 million in the second half, news website Index reports. The city council made the decision on June 20, said city public lighting company BDK.
Summer's Here, Still Need To Drop A Few Kilos? What Now?! By Steven Eugene Kuhn
- 19 Jul 2012 12:40 PM
- sport
When was the last time you heard that or thought it yourself? I hear it very often these days, I train regularly and eat right and still think this! I believe it has been instilled into our minds throughout time that summer means getting slimmer and in shape. Whatever the reason is, it is always good to take a step back and evaluate if you possibly could shed a few Kilos, no matter what the ...
Xpat Opinion: By Treehugger Dan: Balaton Swim 2012
- 10 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- sport
After doing my first Balaton Swim with Kevin Jackson 3 years ago for charity (raising money for the Hungarian Fair Trade Campaign), I have impatiently been waiting to do a second. Two years ago, after many weather postponements, the event was cancelled. Last year I had to pull out with 3 slipped disks. In what must be a first, the event this year went off without a hitch the first try, thus ...
New Concept Of Automated Fare Collection System In Budapest
- 3 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
- getting around
The foundation of the Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) and the introduction of a new approach in the organization of transport, the time has come for ultimate changing the present fare scheme in Budapest, which is one of the most outdated systems in Europe. According to three decisions passed at its 6 April 2011 session, the General Assembly of the Municipality of Budapest called upon BKK to ...
Károly Gerendai, Founder Of Sziget Festival
- 21 Jun 2012 12:00 PM
One of post-communist Hungary’s greatest success stories: from roadie to head of the company organising Hungary’s four biggest and Transylvania’s largest cultural festival, including one of Europe’s most popular cultural event, the SZIGET Festival.
Hungarian PM: Debt Can Destroy A Nation
- 18 Jun 2012 9:02 AM
- current affairs
Economic growth and welfare built on loans and debt will destroy a nation, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told the economic forum Business and Investment in Kosovo in Budapest on Thursday. Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and other leading Kosovar officials attended.
Hungarian Ministerial Candidate For IMF Negotiations Heard In Parliament
- 23 May 2012 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Mihály Varga, candidate for minister without portfolio for leading the negotiations between Hungary and the IMF and the EU was heard today by the relevant parliamentary committee which supported his appointment in that capacity. As is known, Viktor Orbán is reshuffling his cabinet in some positions; Mihály Varga, who was previously State Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office and also Finance ...