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Uber To Remain On Road In Budapest
- 7 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Taxi-hailing service Uber will continue to operate in Budapest, even after a new decree requiring its drivers to be licenced comes into force on Thursday, managing director Zoltán Fekete said in a statement. Fekete complained that the 30-day period the decree allows drivers to become licenced was too short.
Migrant Smugglers In Pre -Trial Detention In Hungary
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Suspected migrant smugglers have been placed in pre-trial custody, the investigative prosecution service said. The service earlier pressed charges against three former police officers from Bács-Kiskun County, in southern Hungary, and two private individuals. A sixth suspected of smuggling migrants over the Hungary-Serbia border was arrested and questioned on Tuesday, and faces also pre-trial ...
Socialists Propose To Speed Up Birth Certificate Registration For Hungarians Abroad
- 3 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialists have proposed a law amendment enabling newborns to be registered for a Hungarian birth certificate at consulates abroad, which would speed up the procedure. The move is aimed at easing the administrative burden on Hungarians working abroad, the party said in a statement. Ágnes Kunhalmi and Ildikó Bangó Borbély, the bill’s proponents, said there were 8,000 children currently waiting ...
Art Acquisitions Not Monetary Financing, Says Hungarian National Bank
- 3 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The central bank’s art acquisition programme is not a type of monetary financing and neither does it use tax income or impact the central budget, the National Bank of Hungary said. All acquisitions will be accessible to the general public via museums or public collections, the bank said in a statement. The programme creates a stable investment while the country is also culturally enriched without ...
Hungarian Tax Agency Employees Suspected Of Smuggling
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Tax authority NAV should apply zero tolerance against its employees who break the law, the economy ministry said in a statement. The ministry issued its statement after reports that 18 tax officers are suspected of cigarette smuggling. All members of NAV, an agency which collects 93% of revenues to the central budget, must be irreproachable and fully abide with the law, the statement said.
Ombudsman Calls For Closure Of Psychicatric Ward In Budapest
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The ombudsman for fundamental rights has asked the human resources ministry to close down a mental asylum in Budapest’s Merényi Gusztáv Hospital. In his report, László Székely described the facility as a place where security guards are employed to intimidate patients and where some patients are “tied to radiators”. The ombudsman also suggested that patients whose documented status no longer ...
13th Century Mikveh Opens To Visitors In Budapest
- 30 Jul 2015 10:35 AM
- health & wellness
A Jewish ritual bath or mikveh built in the 13th century and excavated eight years ago will open to visitors in the Buda Castle district from August. The small mikveh in the western tunnels can be visited during guided underground tours every Monday, the asset manager said. The shallow bath which was carved in stone during the middle ages is supplied by underground water and has remained intact ...
CEU Business School Launches New Business Analytics Master's Program
- 29 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- specials
Become a business decision maker who examines data and executes data & analytics strategies to drive business value. There is already a shortage of data scientists and business analysts due to the Big Data boom. Businesses and other organizations increasingly recognize the potential value of the huge amounts of data produced and archived each day, indeed every minute and second, if such data is ...
Hungary's MOL Welcomes Croatian Court Ruling
- 29 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
MOL yesterday welcomed the Croatian Constitutional Court’s decision to order a new trial of Ivo Sanader, the former prime minister accused of taking a bribe from MOL. MOL stressed in its statement that it has never been part of the Sanader case. Lower courts convicted Sanader of taking a €10 million bribe from MOL in 2008 in order to allow the Hungarian company to gain a 49% stake and management ...
Uber To Remain On Road In Budapest
- 7 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Taxi-hailing service Uber will continue to operate in Budapest, even after a new decree requiring its drivers to be licenced comes into force on Thursday, managing director Zoltán Fekete said in a statement. Fekete complained that the 30-day period the decree allows drivers to become licenced was too short.
Migrant Smugglers In Pre -Trial Detention In Hungary
- 5 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Suspected migrant smugglers have been placed in pre-trial custody, the investigative prosecution service said. The service earlier pressed charges against three former police officers from Bács-Kiskun County, in southern Hungary, and two private individuals. A sixth suspected of smuggling migrants over the Hungary-Serbia border was arrested and questioned on Tuesday, and faces also pre-trial ...
Socialists Propose To Speed Up Birth Certificate Registration For Hungarians Abroad
- 3 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Socialists have proposed a law amendment enabling newborns to be registered for a Hungarian birth certificate at consulates abroad, which would speed up the procedure. The move is aimed at easing the administrative burden on Hungarians working abroad, the party said in a statement. Ágnes Kunhalmi and Ildikó Bangó Borbély, the bill’s proponents, said there were 8,000 children currently waiting ...
Art Acquisitions Not Monetary Financing, Says Hungarian National Bank
- 3 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The central bank’s art acquisition programme is not a type of monetary financing and neither does it use tax income or impact the central budget, the National Bank of Hungary said. All acquisitions will be accessible to the general public via museums or public collections, the bank said in a statement. The programme creates a stable investment while the country is also culturally enriched without ...
Hungarian Tax Agency Employees Suspected Of Smuggling
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Tax authority NAV should apply zero tolerance against its employees who break the law, the economy ministry said in a statement. The ministry issued its statement after reports that 18 tax officers are suspected of cigarette smuggling. All members of NAV, an agency which collects 93% of revenues to the central budget, must be irreproachable and fully abide with the law, the statement said.
Ombudsman Calls For Closure Of Psychicatric Ward In Budapest
- 31 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The ombudsman for fundamental rights has asked the human resources ministry to close down a mental asylum in Budapest’s Merényi Gusztáv Hospital. In his report, László Székely described the facility as a place where security guards are employed to intimidate patients and where some patients are “tied to radiators”. The ombudsman also suggested that patients whose documented status no longer ...
13th Century Mikveh Opens To Visitors In Budapest
- 30 Jul 2015 10:35 AM
- health & wellness
A Jewish ritual bath or mikveh built in the 13th century and excavated eight years ago will open to visitors in the Buda Castle district from August. The small mikveh in the western tunnels can be visited during guided underground tours every Monday, the asset manager said. The shallow bath which was carved in stone during the middle ages is supplied by underground water and has remained intact ...
CEU Business School Launches New Business Analytics Master's Program
- 29 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- specials
Become a business decision maker who examines data and executes data & analytics strategies to drive business value. There is already a shortage of data scientists and business analysts due to the Big Data boom. Businesses and other organizations increasingly recognize the potential value of the huge amounts of data produced and archived each day, indeed every minute and second, if such data is ...
Hungary's MOL Welcomes Croatian Court Ruling
- 29 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
MOL yesterday welcomed the Croatian Constitutional Court’s decision to order a new trial of Ivo Sanader, the former prime minister accused of taking a bribe from MOL. MOL stressed in its statement that it has never been part of the Sanader case. Lower courts convicted Sanader of taking a €10 million bribe from MOL in 2008 in order to allow the Hungarian company to gain a 49% stake and management ...