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Budapest Taxi Drivers Continue Anti-Uber Demo
- 19 Jan 2016 3:50 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s taxi drivers have continued their protest against car-dispatcher Uber, blocking traffic at the junction of Andrássy Avenue, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road and József Attila Street in the city centre on Tuesday morning. The protesters have blocked the site with some 30 taxis, leaving only one lane in each direction for traffic to pass by. The organisers, who started their demonstration on ...
Uber Customers Up Eightfold In Budapest
- 14 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- getting around
The number of customers using car dispatcher Uber’s services in Budapest has gone up eightfold over the past 12 months to reach 80,000, the company said. Uber increased the number of its drivers to 1,200 by the end of 2015 from 200 in the beginning of the year, the company told MTI.
Hungary’s Largest Reproductive Centre Closes Down Sperm Bank
- 8 Jan 2016 1:00 AM
- health & wellness
Krio, Hungary’ largest stem-cell and reproductive centre, has closed down its sperm bank after the chief medical officer’s office (OTH) launched an investigation and initiated proceedings against the centre last summer on charges of trafficking in human semen, the daily Magyar Idők said. The OTH was alerted in March last year that genetic defects had been found in semen sent to Hungary from ...
Cold Halts Budapest Esztergom Trains
- 5 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
The cold weather caused technical problems and long delays on the recently renovated Budapest-Esztergom train line on Monday. Trains full of passengers on their way to work and school were left stranded on the approach to Budapest.
Hungarian Ski Resorts Open
- 4 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
According to hirado.hu, it snows in many areas of the country, so the Visegrad and Epleny ski resorts opened. If the weather remains cold additional ski slopes can operate as well – M1 TV said on Friday. According to M1 TV 1-2 cm of snow has already fallen in Tata, but the weather did not affect the traffic so far. The operator of Nagy Villam ski resort in Visegrad said that the slope yet only ...
Police Warning For Pet Owners On New Year’s Eve
- 31 Dec 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The explosion and sound effects of firecrackers and similar devices used in festivities during New Year’s Eve could cause a shock to many dogs and cats, daily Magyar Nemzet said on Thursday. Under a police warning, owners are “personally responsible” to take care of their pets, which may run away and get killed in the traffic, the paper said.
Now On: National Horse Exhibition, Museum Of Agriculture Budapest
- 29 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Are you curious about why horse domestication is of fundamental importance in Hungarian history? Which are the Hungarian horse species? How did the horse-drawn tramway and the omnibus operate?
Budapest Intertwining Tram Network Completed
- 28 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The technical handover of the Buda intertwining tram network has been completed on December 23, 2015, for the planned deadline, so the intertwined tram traffic can start on January 16, 2016. Currently, smaller defects of the lines are being replaced and the tram drivers are being educated, and the test runs without passengers have started.
Hungary’s PM: Considerations Of Common Sense Have Been Removed From European Politics
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In an interview with Czech daily Lidové Noviny published on Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “considerations of common sense” have been removed from European politics for some time now. The Prime Minister explained that “the European political elite is sitting in a closed, ideological shell, which means it has hardly any connection to reality”. The migration crisis “demonstrates ...
Budapest Taxi Drivers Continue Anti-Uber Demo
- 19 Jan 2016 3:50 AM
- current affairs
Budapest’s taxi drivers have continued their protest against car-dispatcher Uber, blocking traffic at the junction of Andrássy Avenue, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Road and József Attila Street in the city centre on Tuesday morning. The protesters have blocked the site with some 30 taxis, leaving only one lane in each direction for traffic to pass by. The organisers, who started their demonstration on ...
Uber Customers Up Eightfold In Budapest
- 14 Jan 2016 3:00 AM
- getting around
The number of customers using car dispatcher Uber’s services in Budapest has gone up eightfold over the past 12 months to reach 80,000, the company said. Uber increased the number of its drivers to 1,200 by the end of 2015 from 200 in the beginning of the year, the company told MTI.
Hungary’s Largest Reproductive Centre Closes Down Sperm Bank
- 8 Jan 2016 1:00 AM
- health & wellness
Krio, Hungary’ largest stem-cell and reproductive centre, has closed down its sperm bank after the chief medical officer’s office (OTH) launched an investigation and initiated proceedings against the centre last summer on charges of trafficking in human semen, the daily Magyar Idők said. The OTH was alerted in March last year that genetic defects had been found in semen sent to Hungary from ...
Cold Halts Budapest Esztergom Trains
- 5 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- getting around
The cold weather caused technical problems and long delays on the recently renovated Budapest-Esztergom train line on Monday. Trains full of passengers on their way to work and school were left stranded on the approach to Budapest.
Hungarian Ski Resorts Open
- 4 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- sport
According to hirado.hu, it snows in many areas of the country, so the Visegrad and Epleny ski resorts opened. If the weather remains cold additional ski slopes can operate as well – M1 TV said on Friday. According to M1 TV 1-2 cm of snow has already fallen in Tata, but the weather did not affect the traffic so far. The operator of Nagy Villam ski resort in Visegrad said that the slope yet only ...
Police Warning For Pet Owners On New Year’s Eve
- 31 Dec 2015 6:00 AM
- current affairs
The explosion and sound effects of firecrackers and similar devices used in festivities during New Year’s Eve could cause a shock to many dogs and cats, daily Magyar Nemzet said on Thursday. Under a police warning, owners are “personally responsible” to take care of their pets, which may run away and get killed in the traffic, the paper said.
Now On: National Horse Exhibition, Museum Of Agriculture Budapest
- 29 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- entertainment
Are you curious about why horse domestication is of fundamental importance in Hungarian history? Which are the Hungarian horse species? How did the horse-drawn tramway and the omnibus operate?
Budapest Intertwining Tram Network Completed
- 28 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The technical handover of the Buda intertwining tram network has been completed on December 23, 2015, for the planned deadline, so the intertwined tram traffic can start on January 16, 2016. Currently, smaller defects of the lines are being replaced and the tram drivers are being educated, and the test runs without passengers have started.
Hungary’s PM: Considerations Of Common Sense Have Been Removed From European Politics
- 23 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- current affairs
In an interview with Czech daily Lidové Noviny published on Saturday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “considerations of common sense” have been removed from European politics for some time now. The Prime Minister explained that “the European political elite is sitting in a closed, ideological shell, which means it has hardly any connection to reality”. The migration crisis “demonstrates ...