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New Migrant Collection Point At Röszke In Hungary Opens On Friday
- 4 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A new collection point for migrants to be set up at Röszke, in southern Hungary, will have capacity for 1,000 people, the national police headquarters said. The new facility built at a cost of 38 million forints (EUR 120,000) is planned to be completed on Friday. MTI was told that the collection point will be located near the hangar where the registration of migrants is currently being carried ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Health-Care Workers Block Elizabeth Bridge For Short While
- 2 Sep 2015 3:00 AM
- health & wellness
Health-care workers protesting against low wages blocked Elizabeth Bridge in Budapest at 6.30am. The couple of dozen flashmobbers closed the Pest side of the bridge, letting only buses through, an MTI correspondent reported.
Two Injured In Blast At Budapest Richter Factory
- 28 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
One person suffered severe and one light injuries in an explosion at the Richter pharmaceutical factory in Kõbánya, Budapest’s Tenth District, on Thursday. Disaster Control spokesman Máté Kisdi said the explosion occurred when workers attempted to cut open a small tank that had earlier contained methanol. Kisdi said there is no chemical threat.
Hungary, Austria Universities To Launch Course On Migrant Health Services
- 28 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The University of Pécs (PTE) and Austria’s Danube Krems University have agreed to launch a joint master’s programme on migrant health services, the deans of the universities’ faculties of medicine said at the signing ceremony. István Szilárd, head of PTE’s migration health care working group, said at a related conference that the Austrian university will launch the programme next spring, while ...
OECD Statistics Show Hungary In Income Poverty Midfield
- 26 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The percentage or Hungarian workers with income below the relative poverty line, or 50% of the median income, is 7.2, business news portal mfor.hu said citing fresh OECD data. Hungary is directly behind Norway, where 6.7% of workers make less than half of the median income. Hungary is second among the Visegrad Four countries, trailing only the Czech Republic, where income poverty is at 4.7% , ...
Grenade Find Prompts Evacuations In Budapest
- 25 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
About 600 people had to temporarily leave their homes in the Second District yesterday after construction workers found a Soviet shrapnel grenade on Széll Kálmán tér. The square was evacuated and sealed off in a 150-metre radius while the ignition device was examined. The district council directed those who had to evacuate their homes to the Mammut shopping mall and the II. Rákóczi Ferenc high ...
Hungary’s Immigration Office Expands Staff
- 24 Aug 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s immigration office (BÁH) has started boosting the number of staff who process asylum applications, the daily Magyar Hírlap said. BÁH told the paper that it is in the process of hiring 485 new employees, most of whom will be on fixed-term contracts until next August. New officials will be tasked with managerial duties while public workers will be posted in reception centres, the paper ...
Hungarian LIGA Union Head Spent EU Funds On Luxury Hotels
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President István Gaskó of the LIGA union alliance has stayed in the Kempinski and Hilton hotels in Budapest at EU expense, even though he is a resident of the city, Napi Gazdaság reports. On September 27, 2012 he hired room 601 at the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus and spent Ft 140,000 for the night. On February 2, 2014 he spent more than Ft 150,000 for a room at the Budapest Hilton.
New Migrant Collection Point At Röszke In Hungary Opens On Friday
- 4 Sep 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A new collection point for migrants to be set up at Röszke, in southern Hungary, will have capacity for 1,000 people, the national police headquarters said. The new facility built at a cost of 38 million forints (EUR 120,000) is planned to be completed on Friday. MTI was told that the collection point will be located near the hangar where the registration of migrants is currently being carried ...
Xpat Opinion: Migrants Seeking Home Show Hope At Keleti
- 2 Sep 2015 4:00 AM
- community & culture
By Liz Frommer: Over 2,000 immigrants packed Budapest's Keleti railway station this past Sunday night, a stark reminder of Europe's current immigration debacle. Mostly hidden under the main square, the juxtaposition of the hundreds of families stranded in tents, hungry and worn, with the luminous facade of Keleti's 19th century station was eerie. Strewn about this vast passageway leading ...
Health-Care Workers Block Elizabeth Bridge For Short While
- 2 Sep 2015 3:00 AM
- health & wellness
Health-care workers protesting against low wages blocked Elizabeth Bridge in Budapest at 6.30am. The couple of dozen flashmobbers closed the Pest side of the bridge, letting only buses through, an MTI correspondent reported.
Two Injured In Blast At Budapest Richter Factory
- 28 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
One person suffered severe and one light injuries in an explosion at the Richter pharmaceutical factory in Kõbánya, Budapest’s Tenth District, on Thursday. Disaster Control spokesman Máté Kisdi said the explosion occurred when workers attempted to cut open a small tank that had earlier contained methanol. Kisdi said there is no chemical threat.
Hungary, Austria Universities To Launch Course On Migrant Health Services
- 28 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- health & wellness
The University of Pécs (PTE) and Austria’s Danube Krems University have agreed to launch a joint master’s programme on migrant health services, the deans of the universities’ faculties of medicine said at the signing ceremony. István Szilárd, head of PTE’s migration health care working group, said at a related conference that the Austrian university will launch the programme next spring, while ...
OECD Statistics Show Hungary In Income Poverty Midfield
- 26 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The percentage or Hungarian workers with income below the relative poverty line, or 50% of the median income, is 7.2, business news portal mfor.hu said citing fresh OECD data. Hungary is directly behind Norway, where 6.7% of workers make less than half of the median income. Hungary is second among the Visegrad Four countries, trailing only the Czech Republic, where income poverty is at 4.7% , ...
Grenade Find Prompts Evacuations In Budapest
- 25 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
About 600 people had to temporarily leave their homes in the Second District yesterday after construction workers found a Soviet shrapnel grenade on Széll Kálmán tér. The square was evacuated and sealed off in a 150-metre radius while the ignition device was examined. The district council directed those who had to evacuate their homes to the Mammut shopping mall and the II. Rákóczi Ferenc high ...
Hungary’s Immigration Office Expands Staff
- 24 Aug 2015 3:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary’s immigration office (BÁH) has started boosting the number of staff who process asylum applications, the daily Magyar Hírlap said. BÁH told the paper that it is in the process of hiring 485 new employees, most of whom will be on fixed-term contracts until next August. New officials will be tasked with managerial duties while public workers will be posted in reception centres, the paper ...
Hungarian LIGA Union Head Spent EU Funds On Luxury Hotels
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
President István Gaskó of the LIGA union alliance has stayed in the Kempinski and Hilton hotels in Budapest at EU expense, even though he is a resident of the city, Napi Gazdaság reports. On September 27, 2012 he hired room 601 at the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus and spent Ft 140,000 for the night. On February 2, 2014 he spent more than Ft 150,000 for a room at the Budapest Hilton.