92 result(s) for taxi drivers
Jubilee Beer Festival - Buda Castle, Budapest, On Until 14 June
- 12 Jun 2015 11:01 AM
- food & drink
Press release: For the fifth time the largest Hungarian Beer Festival opens up in the prestigious Buda Castle. At this four-day-long festival 200 different kinds and types of imported and local beer specialties are available - and for those who wish for lighter tastes the Cider Park offers relief. Besides the traditional and brand new larger and smaller brewhouses, this year the Belgian beer ...
Taxi Drivers Prepare For Budapest Demo
- 5 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Taxi-driver unions are preparing to hold a protest in Budapest on June 16, demanding that parliament approves a decree regulating paid-for rides. Taxi drivers want to make sure that over the long term Uber and similar services can also operate, but within the proper legal framework.
Hungarian Tax Office Finds & Fines Uber Drivers
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
All drivers of the community taxi service company Uber that were checked by tax officials in a recent survey had violated the rules, the Economy Ministry announced on Friday. Tax officials fined every one of the drivers they checked at the behest of the ministry.
Hungarian Taxi Drivers Happy Uber Getting Tax Probe
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The taxi drivers’ union welcomed that the tax office had launched an investigation into the ridesharing company Uber for providing taxi services without a licence. Zoltán Metál, the head of the National Association of Taxi Drivers (OTSZ), told public news channel M1 on Saturday that Uber is “not helping” the taxi driver profession, passenger services or Hungary’s reputation.
Xpat Interview: Miklós Tamás, Chairman, City Taxi
- 31 Mar 2015 12:00 PM
I am Miklós Tamás and I was born in Budapest in 1955. Since 2005, I have been the Company Chairman of City Taxi, one of the most well known and popular taxi companies in Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Uber Frustrated Taxi Drivers In Budapest
- 26 Mar 2015 1:35 AM
- getting around
Uber is a ridesharing service that recently showed up in Hungary. Taxi companies are understandably frustrated and Uber further provokes them with tiny things like free weekends. Not so long ago, Hungary’s taxi fares have been unified regardless of which company you choose.
Mr. József Kozák, Former GM, Hertz Rent a Car Hungary
- 29 Sep 2014 12:00 PM
It is very important to me, like to all other employees at Hertz, to make the company successful.
Cabs All Yellow In Budapest
- 2 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
All cabs in Budapest must be “traffic yellow” and no more than ten years old from today, under new taxi regulations introduced a year ago. The Budapest Municipal Council approved the new taxi regulations introducing fixed fees in the capital effective September 1, 2013 and stipulated that all cabs must be “traffic yellow” and no more than 10 years old within a year.
Budapest Taxis Often Fail To Follow Rules
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
Since new taxi regulations came into force in September 2013, some 3,782 taxis have been inspected and in 25% of the cases failed to meet technical requirements, the Budapest transport centre BKK found.
Jubilee Beer Festival - Buda Castle, Budapest, On Until 14 June
- 12 Jun 2015 11:01 AM
- food & drink
Press release: For the fifth time the largest Hungarian Beer Festival opens up in the prestigious Buda Castle. At this four-day-long festival 200 different kinds and types of imported and local beer specialties are available - and for those who wish for lighter tastes the Cider Park offers relief. Besides the traditional and brand new larger and smaller brewhouses, this year the Belgian beer ...
Taxi Drivers Prepare For Budapest Demo
- 5 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Taxi-driver unions are preparing to hold a protest in Budapest on June 16, demanding that parliament approves a decree regulating paid-for rides. Taxi drivers want to make sure that over the long term Uber and similar services can also operate, but within the proper legal framework.
Hungarian Tax Office Finds & Fines Uber Drivers
- 26 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
All drivers of the community taxi service company Uber that were checked by tax officials in a recent survey had violated the rules, the Economy Ministry announced on Friday. Tax officials fined every one of the drivers they checked at the behest of the ministry.
Hungarian Taxi Drivers Happy Uber Getting Tax Probe
- 4 May 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
The taxi drivers’ union welcomed that the tax office had launched an investigation into the ridesharing company Uber for providing taxi services without a licence. Zoltán Metál, the head of the National Association of Taxi Drivers (OTSZ), told public news channel M1 on Saturday that Uber is “not helping” the taxi driver profession, passenger services or Hungary’s reputation.
Xpat Interview: Miklós Tamás, Chairman, City Taxi
- 31 Mar 2015 12:00 PM
I am Miklós Tamás and I was born in Budapest in 1955. Since 2005, I have been the Company Chairman of City Taxi, one of the most well known and popular taxi companies in Budapest.
Xpat Opinion: Uber Frustrated Taxi Drivers In Budapest
- 26 Mar 2015 1:35 AM
- getting around
Uber is a ridesharing service that recently showed up in Hungary. Taxi companies are understandably frustrated and Uber further provokes them with tiny things like free weekends. Not so long ago, Hungary’s taxi fares have been unified regardless of which company you choose.
Mr. József Kozák, Former GM, Hertz Rent a Car Hungary
- 29 Sep 2014 12:00 PM
It is very important to me, like to all other employees at Hertz, to make the company successful.
Cabs All Yellow In Budapest
- 2 Sep 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
All cabs in Budapest must be “traffic yellow” and no more than ten years old from today, under new taxi regulations introduced a year ago. The Budapest Municipal Council approved the new taxi regulations introducing fixed fees in the capital effective September 1, 2013 and stipulated that all cabs must be “traffic yellow” and no more than 10 years old within a year.
Budapest Taxis Often Fail To Follow Rules
- 22 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
- getting around
Since new taxi regulations came into force in September 2013, some 3,782 taxis have been inspected and in 25% of the cases failed to meet technical requirements, the Budapest transport centre BKK found.