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Immigration: 250 Kosovar Migrants Taken Off From Munich-Bound Train
- 3 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
250 Kosovar migrants travelling without travel documents were taken down from a Munich-bound RailJet train at a railway station in Győr, western Hungary, this morning. The migrants, many of them children, were asked to produce their IDs, which they were unable to do.
3D Map Of The Underground World Of Budapest
- 17 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
After several years of research, the 3D interactive map of the underground world of Budapest has been done. Katalin Zsoldi, doctoral student at ELTE Cartography and Geoinformatics Department published, according to Falanszter blog, the 1:10 000 scale map, her huge accomplishment, “about the real situation of natural and man-made facilities in Budapest, their relationship and about the subsurface ...
Hungary’s Jobbik Wants Govt To Discuss Costs Of Refugees With EU
- 16 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has called on the government to start talks with the European Union on sharing the costs of handling refugees, deputy group leader Dániel Z Kárpát said. Kárpát said it was intolerable that Hungarian taxpayers are made to pay nearly all the costs related to handling refugees who enter the EU through Hungary’s border with a view to transiting the country.
Hungary’s PM Orbán: Economic Migration Must Be Stopped
- 12 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Economic migration is a bad thing and Hungary cannot give refuge to people leaving their homes for economic reasons, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. Orbán told public television M1 in Paris after attending an anti-terrorism rally that it is now necessary to talk about immigration and related cultural issues more openly, sincerely and in a straightforward manner.
Simone Dulies, Former General Manager, Le Méridien Budapest
- 5 Jan 2015 11:00 AM
As of August, Simone Dulies has been appointed General Manager of Le Meridien Budapest. She started her career in 1999 within Starwood Hotels & Resorts. After having taken different responsibilities in the Rooms Division at the Westin South Coast Plaza in California, then Director of Operations at the 688 room W New York and Turnberry Hotel in Scotland, in 2011 she was appointed GM of the ...
Hungary’s Govt Measures To Help Needy Through Winter
- 2 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is planning to take several measures to help the poor and homeless in the winter time, government spokeswoman Éva Kurucz told a press conference on Monday. Speaking at northern Hungary’s Sóshartyán, Kurucz said that the government would spend some 9 billion forints (EUR 29.4m) on services for the homeless, and would provide free firewood for poor families.
Budapest Festival Orchestra: The Mission Continues
- 3 Nov 2014 8:02 AM
- community & culture
“Why do community programmes matter? Because we are a community orchestra.” (Iván Fischer)
One week, 19 concerts, 14 towns, thousands of people. Following its community week in June, the Budapest Festival Orchestra again intends to give free concerts all around the country, taking music to people who rarely get to concert halls or have never been to a classical music concert.
Budapest Well Prepared For Winter Care Of Homeless
- 26 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest is better prepared than ever to care for its homeless in the upcoming winter months, with 1,500 extra places available during the crisis period compared with last year, the state secretary for social affairs and cohesion said.
Religious Freedom Report On Hungary Published By US State Dept
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor recently released its annual International Religious Freedom Report. The report spotlights typical examples of abuses and restrictions representative of problems of religious freedom reported in each country, shedding light on the nature, scope and severity of religious freedom violations. The US State Department helped to ...
Immigration: 250 Kosovar Migrants Taken Off From Munich-Bound Train
- 3 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
250 Kosovar migrants travelling without travel documents were taken down from a Munich-bound RailJet train at a railway station in Győr, western Hungary, this morning. The migrants, many of them children, were asked to produce their IDs, which they were unable to do.
3D Map Of The Underground World Of Budapest
- 17 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
After several years of research, the 3D interactive map of the underground world of Budapest has been done. Katalin Zsoldi, doctoral student at ELTE Cartography and Geoinformatics Department published, according to Falanszter blog, the 1:10 000 scale map, her huge accomplishment, “about the real situation of natural and man-made facilities in Budapest, their relationship and about the subsurface ...
Hungary’s Jobbik Wants Govt To Discuss Costs Of Refugees With EU
- 16 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The radical nationalist Jobbik party has called on the government to start talks with the European Union on sharing the costs of handling refugees, deputy group leader Dániel Z Kárpát said. Kárpát said it was intolerable that Hungarian taxpayers are made to pay nearly all the costs related to handling refugees who enter the EU through Hungary’s border with a view to transiting the country.
Hungary’s PM Orbán: Economic Migration Must Be Stopped
- 12 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Economic migration is a bad thing and Hungary cannot give refuge to people leaving their homes for economic reasons, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said. Orbán told public television M1 in Paris after attending an anti-terrorism rally that it is now necessary to talk about immigration and related cultural issues more openly, sincerely and in a straightforward manner.
Simone Dulies, Former General Manager, Le Méridien Budapest
- 5 Jan 2015 11:00 AM
As of August, Simone Dulies has been appointed General Manager of Le Meridien Budapest. She started her career in 1999 within Starwood Hotels & Resorts. After having taken different responsibilities in the Rooms Division at the Westin South Coast Plaza in California, then Director of Operations at the 688 room W New York and Turnberry Hotel in Scotland, in 2011 she was appointed GM of the ...
Hungary’s Govt Measures To Help Needy Through Winter
- 2 Dec 2014 8:00 AM
- current affairs
The government is planning to take several measures to help the poor and homeless in the winter time, government spokeswoman Éva Kurucz told a press conference on Monday. Speaking at northern Hungary’s Sóshartyán, Kurucz said that the government would spend some 9 billion forints (EUR 29.4m) on services for the homeless, and would provide free firewood for poor families.
Budapest Festival Orchestra: The Mission Continues
- 3 Nov 2014 8:02 AM
- community & culture
“Why do community programmes matter? Because we are a community orchestra.” (Iván Fischer)
One week, 19 concerts, 14 towns, thousands of people. Following its community week in June, the Budapest Festival Orchestra again intends to give free concerts all around the country, taking music to people who rarely get to concert halls or have never been to a classical music concert.
Budapest Well Prepared For Winter Care Of Homeless
- 26 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Budapest is better prepared than ever to care for its homeless in the upcoming winter months, with 1,500 extra places available during the crisis period compared with last year, the state secretary for social affairs and cohesion said.
Religious Freedom Report On Hungary Published By US State Dept
- 4 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor recently released its annual International Religious Freedom Report. The report spotlights typical examples of abuses and restrictions representative of problems of religious freedom reported in each country, shedding light on the nature, scope and severity of religious freedom violations. The US State Department helped to ...