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US To Station Military Vehicles In Hungary
- 24 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US plans to station 50 military vehicles, including four tanks, in Hungary on a permanent basis in response to the Ukrainian crisis, Magyar Nemzet reported on Wednesday. The daily said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is treating the matter cautiously, as he does not want to jeopardise Hungarian-Russian relations. At the same time, unidentified sources say there is a good chance that the move ...
Commuter Trains From Budapest To Esztergom Resume After Long Delay
- 19 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Passenger transport is set to restart on the refurbished rail track between Esztergom and Budapest on Thursday after a Ft 44.5 billion, three-year project reached completion 18 months behind schedule. Passengers can only board diesel trains as MÁV has still not announced the tender for building out the overhead contact lines required for the modern Flirt multiple units to run.
Hungary Has No Better Solution Than Border Fence
- 18 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has no better solution than to build a fence along its southern border with Serbia “to stop a daily 1,500-1,600 illegal entrants”, Justice Minister László Trócsányi told Serbia’s Pannon RTV. The minister said that the migrants, arriving in a “professionally organised way”, would choose alternative routes once the fence is completed. “We cannot stop them but we want them to avoid this ...
MAV Symphony Orchestra @ Budapest Zoo, 21 August
- 17 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The MAV Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1945 by the Hungarian State Railways. Shortly after the Second World War, it established its name carrying a series of great concerts to the destroyed towns all over the country. As time passed, the orchestra developed a wide-ranging repertoire from baroque to contemporary music, and is currently ranked among the best professional ensembles in Hungary. On ...
Hungarian Gov: Spreading Word On Asylum Law Crucial
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Informing migrants on their way to Hungary about the country’s asylum law is a fundamental interest of Hungary and the European Union as a whole, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. Statistics show that most illegal border crossers are eventually classified as economic migrants and therefore are not eligible for refugee status, Kovács said.
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.
Roughly 200 Children At Hungarian Reception Centres
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian immigration office (BÁH) data indicates there are around 200 children staying at refugee reception centres, the daily Magyar Nemzet reported. BÁH said 158 of the children are of school age, while 47 of them should be starting kindergarten in September. Out of all the reception centres, the one in Debrecen has the most children, a total of 70, BÁH told the paper.
Xpat Opinion: First Border Fence Stretch In Place In Hungary
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the government tries to divert the current massive migration wave from Hungary, commentators tend to agree that Europe cannot take more migrants without seriously jeopardising its way of life. Opinions differ solely on whether that is inevitable or not.
Summer Grand Concert, Margaret Island Open Air Stage Budapest, 20 August
- 17 Aug 2015 1:54 AM
- community & culture
Virtuózok (Virtuosi) is the world's first classical music talent show, which ran from the autumn of 2014 until Christmas on M1. The number of viewers of the program series reached never before seen figures in its category. The popularity and national recognition of the young talent discovered on the show was outstanding, the nine finalists of the three age groups, as well as the close to thirty ...
US To Station Military Vehicles In Hungary
- 24 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The US plans to station 50 military vehicles, including four tanks, in Hungary on a permanent basis in response to the Ukrainian crisis, Magyar Nemzet reported on Wednesday. The daily said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is treating the matter cautiously, as he does not want to jeopardise Hungarian-Russian relations. At the same time, unidentified sources say there is a good chance that the move ...
Commuter Trains From Budapest To Esztergom Resume After Long Delay
- 19 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- getting around
Passenger transport is set to restart on the refurbished rail track between Esztergom and Budapest on Thursday after a Ft 44.5 billion, three-year project reached completion 18 months behind schedule. Passengers can only board diesel trains as MÁV has still not announced the tender for building out the overhead contact lines required for the modern Flirt multiple units to run.
Hungary Has No Better Solution Than Border Fence
- 18 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungary has no better solution than to build a fence along its southern border with Serbia “to stop a daily 1,500-1,600 illegal entrants”, Justice Minister László Trócsányi told Serbia’s Pannon RTV. The minister said that the migrants, arriving in a “professionally organised way”, would choose alternative routes once the fence is completed. “We cannot stop them but we want them to avoid this ...
MAV Symphony Orchestra @ Budapest Zoo, 21 August
- 17 Aug 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
The MAV Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1945 by the Hungarian State Railways. Shortly after the Second World War, it established its name carrying a series of great concerts to the destroyed towns all over the country. As time passed, the orchestra developed a wide-ranging repertoire from baroque to contemporary music, and is currently ranked among the best professional ensembles in Hungary. On ...
Hungarian Gov: Spreading Word On Asylum Law Crucial
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Informing migrants on their way to Hungary about the country’s asylum law is a fundamental interest of Hungary and the European Union as a whole, government spokesman Zoltán Kovács said. Statistics show that most illegal border crossers are eventually classified as economic migrants and therefore are not eligible for refugee status, Kovács said.
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.
Roughly 200 Children At Hungarian Reception Centres
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Hungarian immigration office (BÁH) data indicates there are around 200 children staying at refugee reception centres, the daily Magyar Nemzet reported. BÁH said 158 of the children are of school age, while 47 of them should be starting kindergarten in September. Out of all the reception centres, the one in Debrecen has the most children, a total of 70, BÁH told the paper.
Xpat Opinion: First Border Fence Stretch In Place In Hungary
- 17 Aug 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
As the government tries to divert the current massive migration wave from Hungary, commentators tend to agree that Europe cannot take more migrants without seriously jeopardising its way of life. Opinions differ solely on whether that is inevitable or not.
Summer Grand Concert, Margaret Island Open Air Stage Budapest, 20 August
- 17 Aug 2015 1:54 AM
- community & culture
Virtuózok (Virtuosi) is the world's first classical music talent show, which ran from the autumn of 2014 until Christmas on M1. The number of viewers of the program series reached never before seen figures in its category. The popularity and national recognition of the young talent discovered on the show was outstanding, the nine finalists of the three age groups, as well as the close to thirty ...