39 result(s) for vote in Getting around
Budapest To Spend ‘Necessary Amount’ Of A Rising Revenue Share On Public Transport
- 15 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
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The share of the Budapest municipality in revenues will increase at the expense of the capital’s 23 districts but it will have to spend “the necessary amount” rather than a specified ratio of its dues on providing public transport services under a bill of amendment submitted by the government to parliament. The proposal is in the same bill as a proposed cut of the VAT on home construction, which ...
Budapest Fifth District Selling More Properties
- 11 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
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The Fidesz majority on Fifth District council voted on Thursday to sell 12 downtown properties at below market price to the present tenants. Three of the transactions are sales to OTP bank and another involves Pick Szeged, both companies owned by Sándor Csányi. A three-level unit on Deák tér for which Together councillor Péter Juhász made an offer above the council’s proposed sales price, will be ...
Tarlós: Budapest May Accept Nationalisation Of Transport Company BKV
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
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The city of Budapest is ready to turn cash-strapped transport company BKV over to central government ownership but it will not accede to the nationalisation of the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK), Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós said on Friday. Government office chief János Lázár said on Thursday that if there is no change in BKV’s long-term financing, he would support efforts by the Prime ...
DK Wants To Name Square In Budapest After Göncz
- 22 Oct 2015 9:10 AM
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Democratic Coalition councillor Erzsébet Gy. Németh is suggesting that Nyugati tér be renamed in honour of former president Árpád Göncz, who died on October 6. The city council will vote on her proposal next week. Németh argues that Göncz should be honoured for his “unswerving political moral standing”. Göncz’s funeral is scheduled for November 6.
Normafa Development To Go Ahead In Budapest
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
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A tourism development project is likely to go ahead in the Buda hills, as a result of a 12th District referendum on Sunday in which 28% of eligible voters turned out. Of those, 81% voted in favour of the plan to build skiing and other winter sports facilities in the forested Normafa area.
Sycamore Of Tata Second In European Contest
- 5 Mar 2015 11:00 AM
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The great sycamore, standing on the banks of the Old Lake in Tata, in northwest Hungary, has won second place in this year’s European Tree of the Year contest, the Ökotárs Foundation said.
Two Stations Of The Metro Line 4 In Budapest Awarded
- 19 Feb 2015 8:01 AM
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The stations of Metro Line 4 at Fővám tér and Gellért tér have been ranked first in the category of community architecture of the 2015 ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards, the list of ArchDaily international architecture portal.
Budapest City Council Votes To Renew Metro Line
- 26 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
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All three leading parties on Budapest city council voted to renovate the city’s third or “blue” metro line at an unscheduled meeting on Monday and to prepare to take out a loan to finance the project.
Budapest Council Approves Raising Loan For Metro 3 Upgrade
- 25 Aug 2014 5:04 AM
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The Municipal Council of Budapest has voted to move ahead on the financing of renovations on the city’s Metro Line 3, including making preparations for a loan to fund the project. The councillors voted with 28 in favour and two against, with only representatives of the opposition E-PM party opposing the motion.
Budapest To Spend ‘Necessary Amount’ Of A Rising Revenue Share On Public Transport
- 15 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The share of the Budapest municipality in revenues will increase at the expense of the capital’s 23 districts but it will have to spend “the necessary amount” rather than a specified ratio of its dues on providing public transport services under a bill of amendment submitted by the government to parliament. The proposal is in the same bill as a proposed cut of the VAT on home construction, which ...
Budapest Fifth District Selling More Properties
- 11 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The Fidesz majority on Fifth District council voted on Thursday to sell 12 downtown properties at below market price to the present tenants. Three of the transactions are sales to OTP bank and another involves Pick Szeged, both companies owned by Sándor Csányi. A three-level unit on Deák tér for which Together councillor Péter Juhász made an offer above the council’s proposed sales price, will be ...
Tarlós: Budapest May Accept Nationalisation Of Transport Company BKV
- 7 Dec 2015 8:00 AM
- getting around
The city of Budapest is ready to turn cash-strapped transport company BKV over to central government ownership but it will not accede to the nationalisation of the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK), Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós said on Friday. Government office chief János Lázár said on Thursday that if there is no change in BKV’s long-term financing, he would support efforts by the Prime ...
DK Wants To Name Square In Budapest After Göncz
- 22 Oct 2015 9:10 AM
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Democratic Coalition councillor Erzsébet Gy. Németh is suggesting that Nyugati tér be renamed in honour of former president Árpád Göncz, who died on October 6. The city council will vote on her proposal next week. Németh argues that Göncz should be honoured for his “unswerving political moral standing”. Göncz’s funeral is scheduled for November 6.
Normafa Development To Go Ahead In Budapest
- 18 May 2015 9:00 AM
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A tourism development project is likely to go ahead in the Buda hills, as a result of a 12th District referendum on Sunday in which 28% of eligible voters turned out. Of those, 81% voted in favour of the plan to build skiing and other winter sports facilities in the forested Normafa area.
Sycamore Of Tata Second In European Contest
- 5 Mar 2015 11:00 AM
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The great sycamore, standing on the banks of the Old Lake in Tata, in northwest Hungary, has won second place in this year’s European Tree of the Year contest, the Ökotárs Foundation said.
Two Stations Of The Metro Line 4 In Budapest Awarded
- 19 Feb 2015 8:01 AM
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The stations of Metro Line 4 at Fővám tér and Gellért tér have been ranked first in the category of community architecture of the 2015 ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards, the list of ArchDaily international architecture portal.
Budapest City Council Votes To Renew Metro Line
- 26 Aug 2014 9:00 AM
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All three leading parties on Budapest city council voted to renovate the city’s third or “blue” metro line at an unscheduled meeting on Monday and to prepare to take out a loan to finance the project.
Budapest Council Approves Raising Loan For Metro 3 Upgrade
- 25 Aug 2014 5:04 AM
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The Municipal Council of Budapest has voted to move ahead on the financing of renovations on the city’s Metro Line 3, including making preparations for a loan to fund the project. The councillors voted with 28 in favour and two against, with only representatives of the opposition E-PM party opposing the motion.