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21st May, 2013
Fidesz greets protestors with “left-wing maf
Several hundred demonstrators who turned up outside the Fidesz headquarters in Lendvay utca on Saturday were greeted by a huge banner bearing the legend “The left-wing mafia together”, with pictures of Attila Mesterházy, Ferenc Gyurcsány, Gordon Bajnai and Tamás Portik next to each other.
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21st May, 2013
Former agents to lose extra pension
The government will deprive over 100 former ‘III/III’ domestic security agents and their heirs of their pension supplement, said Justice Ministry state secretary Bence Rétvári.
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17th May, 2013
Cabinet approves DIY burials for poor
The cabinet has debated and approved a proposal on ‘social burials’, the Interior Ministry revealed on Thursday.
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17th May, 2013
Hungarian prisoner strolls out of Dresden jail
A Hungarian prisoner “walked out” of a Dresden jail after switching places with his cellmate, prison director Ulrich Schwarzer told state news agency MTI on Thursday.
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16th May, 2013
Monetary Council solid on rate cuts
Monetary Council members voted unanimously to reduce the base rate for the ninth consecutive month by 25 basis points to 4.75% at the April 23 meeting, according to the minutes released yesterday.
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16th May, 2013
KD penalises state mobile payment company
The Public Procurement Arbitration Court (KD) has fined the state-owned mobile payment company Nemzeti Mobilfizetési Ft 5 million, and invalidated a tender for lenders to provide a five-year Ft 800 million loan facility.
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15th May, 2013
Hungary loses at Strasbourg court
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled on Tuesday that Hungary breached the right of ownership by imposing a 98% special tax on a part of the redundancy payment of a Foreign Ministry staff member dismissed from her post.
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15th May, 2013
More details of extra train fares emerge
More information on the extra fares payable for travelling on fast trains was revealed by Development Ministry state secretary for infrastructure Pál Völner on Tuesday.
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14th May, 2013
Airport offers discounts on unserved routes
Last year’s bankruptcy of state airline Malév led to a reduction of “only” 5% in the number of passengers that use Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc Airport, said Budapest Airport’s CEO Jost Lammers.
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14th May, 2013
MPs fined for banner stunt
Parliament has meted out fines totalling Ft 235,000 to Dialogue for Hungary MPs Gergely Karácsony and Péter Szilágyi.
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13th May, 2013
Newspaper readership falls further
The number of readers of daily newspapers has fallen slightly from last year, the National Readership Survey found.
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13th May, 2013
Pact on new rail link to Belgrade
State railway company MÁV Chairwoman and CEO Ilona Varga signed a letter of intent with her Serbian counterpart Dragoljub Simonovic in Belgrade on Friday on renovating the track between Budapest and the Serbian capital.
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10th May, 2013
Roma jailed for “crime against nation”
Miskolc Court on Thursday handed down prison terms ranging from two and half to four years to nine Roma people from Sajóbábony, Borsod county, finding them guilty of “crimes against the nation”.
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10th May, 2013
New bus already vandalised
A group of seven people has vandalised one of the new Mercedes Citaro buses that was put into service in the first days of May, causing Ft 250,000 worth of damage, the Budapest Transport Centre told MTI on Thursday.
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9th May, 2013
Fidesz may scrap by-elections
Fidesz plans to abolish parliamentary by-elections between July 1 of this year and the 2014 general election, news website Index has reported.
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9th May, 2013
Magyar Hírlap fined over Bayer item
The Media Council has imposed a Ft 250,000 fine on Magyar Hírlap because of an anti-Roma editorial in which staff writer Zsolt Bayer referred to Roma as “animals”.
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8th May, 2013
Corruption widely accepted
Corruption is an organic part of business life in the view of a large majority of Hungarian executives, according to a survey by consultancy Ernst & Young.
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8th May, 2013
Új Színház loses popularity
The Új Színház theatre saw its audience numbers dwindle by 33% last year after the controversial appointment of György Dörner as artistic director.
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7th May, 2013
City working on 27 large projects
City Hall is working on 27 major investment projects for which bids for EU funding are to be submitted in the 2014-20 EU funding cycle, mayor István Tarlós announced on Monday.
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7th May, 2013
Club guilty of kidnapping in rip-off scam
The practice of detaining customers until they pay exorbitant bills amounts to kidnapping, the Kúria ruled yesterday.
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6th May, 2013
Pécs police act against red star
Pécs police have ordered an investigation after several people wore the red star on their clothes at the May 1 march organised by the Hungarian Workers Party 2006 and the Green Left Wing.
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6th May, 2013
Wizz Air opens training centre
Low cost airline Wizz Air opened its flight simulation centre at Budapest’s Liszt Ferenc Airport on Friday, where it will train pilots.
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3rd May, 2013
BSE turnover churns lower in April
Turnover on the Budapest Stock Exchange was 10% lower in April than in March, the bourse announced yesterday.
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3rd May, 2013
Csányi remains top of richest list
OTP chairman and CEO Sándor Csányi continues to be Hungary’s richest person, with assets of Ft 135 billion, unchanged from last year, according to Napi Gazdaság’s annual list of the 100 wealthiest Hungarians.
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2nd May, 2013
Kapsch makes lowest bid for MÁV telecoms contract
Kapsch Carrier Com, teaming up with state-owned MVM Ovit, has filed the lowest bid, of Ft 19.8 billion, in the tender to establish the new GSM-R system for railway communications, Napi Gazdaság has learned.
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2nd May, 2013
Police leave red stars alone
Police did not intervene when Workers Party 2006 president Attila Vajnai, Green Left-wing leader Zsolt Nyári and three others wore T-shirts with red star at a May Day function in Pécs on Wednesday.
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30th April, 2013
Head of Wallenberg society attacked
Ferenc Orosz, president of the Raoul Wallenberg Society, was the victim of an anti-Semitic attack after attending a football match with his family in Budapest on Sunday.
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30th April, 2013
Rákóczi statue temporarily leaving
The statue of Prince Ferenc Rákóczi II on Kossuth tér is to be taken away temporarily.
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29th April, 2013
Pécs buys water works back for €1
The city of Pécs will buy Suez Environnement’s 51% stake in local water works Pécsi Vízmű for €1 while the government will pay the French company Ft 3 billion in compensation for the town’s unilateral cancellation of the contract in 2009.
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29th April, 2013
News website launches today
News website 444.hu, led by former Index editor Péter Uj and mostly comprising a team of former Index employees is expected to go online today.
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26th April, 2013
Israeli soldiers in Budapest in 2006
A total of 120 Israeli soldiers arrived in Hungary shortly before the October 23, 2006 riots to “carry out routine anti-terrorist exercises,” it emerges from internal correspondence from American intelligence company Stratfor, published by WikiLeaks on Thursday.
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26th April, 2013
Klubrádió court battles reach an end
The Capital Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling awarding the Budapest community frequency 92.9MHz to independent station Klubrádió, in a final ruling.
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25th April, 2013
Job creation subsidies oversubscribed
The number of applications for job creation subsidies doubled this year to 1,697, with a total of Ft 21.8 billion requested, more than twice the available Ft 10 billion.
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25th April, 2013
Pszáf investigates Bloomberg
The financial supervisory Pszáf has launched an investigation into whether the misreporting of the latest interest rate cut by news agency Bloomberg was a deliberate act of market manipulation, spokesman István Binder said on Wednesday.
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24th April, 2013
Google Street View Hungary now online
Google Street View for Hungary went online yesterday, the 50th country in which the service is available.
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24th April, 2013
Court rejects caucus status for DK
The Constitutional Court yesterday rejected a request from the Democratic Coalition to annul a House rule that prevents the party from forming an official parliamentary caucus.
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23rd April, 2013
Most oppose punishing the homeless
Some 69% of the population believe homeless people should be helped rather than punished, according to a survey by Medián.
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23rd April, 2013
Templeton has 10% of Hungarian debt
US investment fund Franklin Templeton bought some 25% of the $3.25 billion worth of bonds issued by Hungary in the middle of February, Napi Gazdaság calculates, based on the fund’s reports.
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22nd April, 2013
Gaming firm Bwin leaving Hungary
Online poker company Bwin is leaving Hungary and 17 other countries, gamer website Ittapiros has learnt.
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22nd April, 2013
Fewer apply for post-secondary studies
The number of applications for places in colleges and universities in September is the lowest in 17 years this year, at slightly over 95,000, it was announced on Friday.
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19th April, 2013
Together won’t sign for utility cuts
Gordon Bajnai and politicians with Together 2014 will not sign sheets on utility rate cuts as they “are part of a big utility rate lie”.
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18th April, 2013
Orbán attends Thatcher funeral
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was among 11 prime ministers and two foreign heads of state to attend the funeral of Margaret Thatcher in London on Wednesday.
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18th April, 2013
Agreement signed on student aid
The parties to the Higher Education Round Table – university leaders, students and the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce – yesterday signed an agreement on obligations to be taken on by students who accept state aid for post-secondary education.
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17th April, 2013
Socialists promise no tuition fees
The Socialist Party would enable all those who achieve the minimum grade on entrance exams to pursue university or college studies without paying tuition fees from September 2014, president Attila Mesterházy announced on Tuesday.
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17th April, 2013
Online sales rising steadily
Online sales went up from Ft 155 billion in 2011 to Ft 175-180 billion in 2012, Világgazdaság reports.
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16th April, 2013
Police guilty of forceful interrogation
The Debrecen Court of Appeals on Monday upheld a Miskolc Court’s conviction of three police officers of forceful interrogation and other crimes in 2009.
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16th April, 2013
Companies reluctant to take on NAV
Most companies are unwilling to enter into a legal dispute with NAV, the tax authority, consultants Deloitte Magyarország found in a recent survey of medium and large companies.
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15th April, 2013
Balog presents bill outlining students’ obli
Students who receive state scholarships will not be banned from leaving Hungary after graduation, but will have to meet work obligations in Hungary within a 20-year period, under an amendment submitted on Friday by Human Resources Minister Zoltán Balog.
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15th April, 2013
Police officer witnessed brutal beating
A police officer witnessed the beating in police custody of Romanian József Bara at the Izsák police station last Monday, which ended in the victim’s death, the tabloid Bors reports.
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12th April, 2013
Lower inflation may help retail volume
Retailers are pinning their hopes on the slowing inflation rate, which could help retail volume to remain flat or even add a slight gain, Retail Association chairman György Vámos told Napi Gazdaság.
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12th April, 2013
Peacekeeper kidnapped and released in Egypt
A Hungarian military observer was kidnapped and later released by Bedouins on the Sinai peninsula in Egypt, an Egyptian security source announced on Thursday.
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11th April, 2013
Bokros to announce new party
Former finance minister Lajos Bokros will announce the formation of a new party on April 21, with himself as president.
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11th April, 2013
Police officers beat Romanian to death
Two police officers have been arrested in Bács county for beating to death a Romanian who had been detained for stealing an electric saw.
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10th April, 2013
Budapest imposes new taxi regulations
City council yesterday approved new regulations for Budapest taxis, mandating black-and-yellow colours and modern amenities.
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10th April, 2013
Opera: 15 new shows in the autumn
The State Opera will premier 15 new productions next season, music director Domonkos Héja told reporters on Tuesday.
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9th April, 2013
Orbán bans anti-Semitic parade
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told Parliament before regular business that he had instructed Interior Minister Sándor Pintér to ban the anti-Semitic motorcyclists parade planned for April 21, Holocaust Memorial Day.
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9th April, 2013
Forint returns below Ft 300 per euro
The forint strengthened to Ft 296.3 per euro on Monday, its highest level in a month, due to poor US economic data, Napi Gazdaság reports.
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8th April, 2013
More Hungarians migrating to UK
Hungary is in tenth place in a new ranking of the native country of recent immigrants to the UK, Magyar Hírlap reports, citing England’s Daily Mail newspaper.
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8th April, 2013
Pécs mayor’s daughter assaulted
The 20-year-old daughter of Pécs’s Fidesz mayor Zsolt Páva was brutally assaulted at 4 a.m. Friday morning, as the assailant at-tempted to rape her.
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5th April, 2013
Rosatom offers Paks proposal
Russian state-owned nuclear energy company Rosatom yesterday presented its technological proposals for the expansion of the Paks nuclear power plant.
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5th April, 2013
Open theatres night set for next month
Theatre Night will be arranged in Budapest for the second time, from the afternoon of May 4 until dawn of the next day with special events at 14 theatres.
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4th April, 2013
Wizz Air announces flights to Dubai
Low-cost airline Wizz Air will operate direct flights to Dubai from Budapest from October 28, commercial director György Abrán announced yesterday.
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4th April, 2013
Tobin may serve one or two days here
Francis Ciaran Tobin may return to Ireland one or two days after he begins to serve his prison term in Hungary, and may serve the rest of his sentence there, Justice Minister Tibor Navracsics told M1’s “Az Este” programme on Wednesday evening.
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3rd April, 2013
Socialists VAT petition drive approved
The signature sheets of the Socialist Party’s petition drive to reduce VAT were distributed to constituency officials a few days ago, Népszabadság reports.
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3rd April, 2013
SAS, Aegean Airlines return to Budapest
Scandinavia’s SAS airlines will return to Budapest on April 4, flying nine flights weekly to Copenhagen and Oslo, Budapest Airport announced yesterday.
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2nd April, 2013
Hundreds protest at Fidesz HQ
Hundreds of people protested in favour of the rule of law outside Fidesz headquarters on Saturday afternoon to mark the 25th anniversary of the foundation of the party.
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2nd April, 2013
Police raid Király utca café
Police on Friday night raided the Sirály café on Király utca, said to be the place where the March 7 attack on Fidesz headquarters was organised.
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29th March, 2013
Work begins on new FTC stadium
The foundation stone of a new stadium for Ferencváros football FTC was laid on Thursday.
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28th March, 2013
Sziget festival to be more spectacular
The annual Sziget Festival will pay greater attention to spectacle in response to international trends, this year, organisers said on Wednesday.
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28th March, 2013
Simor gets senior EBRD position
Former National Bank governor András Simor will be appointed vice-president at the EBRD from July 1, the regional development bank announced on Wednesday.
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27th March, 2013
Vehicles stuck on snowbound roads
Fire-fighters freed more than 40 cars trapped in the snow in Somogy county yesterday, where 15-20cm of snow had fallen by Tuesday morning.
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27th March, 2013
MPs expense claims riding high
MPs have run up more official expenses in the past three years than in the previous four years, the tabloid Blikk reported on Tuesday.
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26th March, 2013
Local residents catch bank robber
Local residents caught a man who robbed the savings co-operative in Mártély, Csongrád county Monday afternoon.
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26th March, 2013
Matolcsy cancels press conferences
MNB governor György Matolcsy will not hold press conferences after the monetary council’s rate-setting meetings, unlike his predecessors, he announced on Monday.
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25th March, 2013
Hungarian horsemeat found in England
Some 100kg of horsemeat labelled as beef and imported from Hungary has been discovered in England, the British Food Standard Agency announced on Friday.
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25th March, 2013
City acts to close cultural café
Budapest mayor István Tarlós agreed to let Jewish cultural centre Sirály remain open for the Passover season after a failed attempt to shut down the Sixth District facility Friday.
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22nd March, 2013
Three new hungarikums named
The Hungaricum Committee classified three additional products as hungarikums – distinctive products unique to Hungary – at its meeting in the village of Herend, Veszprém county yesterday.
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22nd March, 2013
Orbán, Hagi kick-off tournament
Romanian football great Gheorghe Hagi joined Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in launching the Puskás-Suzuki Cup, an international youth football tournament, at the Puskás Pancho Sport Pub in Budapest’s Third District yesterday.
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21st March, 2013
State debt hits record high
Hungary gross state debt rose to an all-time high of Ft 21.6 trillion last month, Ft 200 billion more than in November 2011 – when the previous record was set, according to data from the state debt manager ÁKK.
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21st March, 2013
Jobbik prepares football protest
Jobbik will arrange a protest outside the Puskás Ferenc Stadium on Dózsa György út on Friday night when the Hungarian national football team hosts Romania in a World Cup qualifying match.
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20th March, 2013
Companies affected by Cyprus crisis
Some 1,500 Cyprus-registered companies have Hungarian owners, company information service company Opten claims.
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20th March, 2013
Hospital director pours acid on woman
The head of a Buda hospital, identified only as Krisztián B., last week poured acid on a woman with whom he had been having an affair, RTL Klub television reported on Tuesday.
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19th March, 2013
Court: protest was wrongfully banned
Budapest Police were not justified in preventing protests outside the presidential residence last Monday, the Capital Public Administration and Labour Court ruled yesterday.
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19th March, 2013
Energy regulations changed
Petrol will be dyed in future to show that excise tax has been paid on it, under an energy service regulation bill passed yesterday.
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18th March, 2013
Weather wipes out March 15 events
Snow and unusually cold weather conditions on Friday prompted the cancellation of most state-organised and opposition celebrations of the 1848-49 War of Independence.
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18th March, 2013
Two die, thousands stranded in snow
Two people died, more than 40 people sustained injuries and nearly 6,000 cars were stranded on public roads due to the snowstorm on Friday.
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14th March, 2013
Socialists campaign to cut VAT on food
The Socialists will start a petition drive to have the VAT on basic foodstuffs lowered from 27% to 5%, party president Attila Mesterházy told reporters on Wednesday.
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14th March, 2013
Gang of car thieves uncovered
Hungarian and Austrian police have uncovered a gang of Hungarian and Ukrainian car thieves, operating across all three countries.
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13th March, 2013
Orbán: half of banks should be Hungarian-owned
Half of Hungary’s bank sector should be Hungarian-owned and foreign-currency loans owed by SMEs should be converted into forints, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Tuesday during a wide-ranging speech on economic policy.
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13th March, 2013
Police work favourably assessed
Local councils, schools and parent organisations, generally have a favourable view of the work done by police, according to a nationwide survey commissioned by the Interior Ministry.
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13th March, 2013
VeszprémFeszt draws leading names
British singing star Craig David, Canadian singer Diana Krall as well as violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy, bass guitarist Marcus Miller and guitar player Paco de Luca are among those lined up to perform at this year’s VeszprémFeszt.
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12th March, 2013
Janics to continue career in Hungary
Olympic kayak champion Natasa Douchev-Janics will continue her career in Hungary, she announced yesterday.
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12th March, 2013
Orbán hails “irreversible” changes
Parliament’s governing majority approved the fourth amendment to the Basic Law since it entered into effect 14 months ago, comprising 22 provisions that have together renewed fears of a decline of Hungary’s democratic institutions, due to the removal of checks and balances to the government’s power.
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12th March, 2013
EC prepared to enforce EU law
The European Commission will resort to all means at its disposal to enforce EU regulations, spokeswoman Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen told reporters in Brussels on Monday regarding the fourth amendment of Hungary’s Basic Law.
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11th March, 2013
Orbán and Tarlós sign agreement
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and mayor István Tarlós on Friday signed a wide-ranging agreement under the title Budapest 21.
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11th March, 2013
Hooligans attack police
Újpest football supporters attacked police officers in the Fourth District Sunday afternoon ahead of a match against arch-rivals Ferencváros (FTC).
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8th March, 2013
Households pile into state bonds
The total value of government bonds owned by households rose to Ft 1.1 trillion by the end of February, state debt manager ÁKK announced.
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8th March, 2013
Graduates find carmakers appealing
Audi, Mercedes and MOL were named as the most attractive places to work in a survey by student group Aisec and HR consultant Aon Hewitt, Napi Gazdaság reports.
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7th March, 2013
320,000 granted Hungarian citizenship
The government has granted Hungarian citizenship to over 320,000 residents of other countries under its simplified nationalisation procedures in the past two years, Népszabadság reports, citing an official summary.
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6th March, 2013
Public lighting will not be confiscated
Fidesz MP and Budapest deputy mayor István György has withdrawn his bill submitted last week on transferring all public lighting systems to the state or local governments.
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6th March, 2013
Banks refuse to meet Doubravszky
The Bank Association refused to attend a meeting with financial rights ombudsman György Doubravszky on Tuesday, saying there was little sign of adequate preparation.
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5th March, 2013
Orbán condemns Jobbik’s “racism”
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán condemned Jobbik’s stance on Roma as “racism” in a response to one of the far-right party’s MPs in Parliament on Monday.
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5th March, 2013
Orbán reluctant to lower VAT on food
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán yesterday rejected a Socialist MP’s suggestion that the VAT on staple foods be reduced.
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4th March, 2013
Film director Parker offers guidance
British film director and screenwriter Alan Parker gave a two-day master class to Hungarian film makers at the Corvin cinema on the weekend.
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1st March, 2013
Everyone acquitted in “Generals Trial”
The military council of Kaposvár Court on Thursday acquitted all 17 defendants in the so-called “Generals Trial,” citing tainted evidence.
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1st March, 2013
Skanska opens “Green House”
Property developer Skanksa opened its “Green House,” an “A” category office building in the 13th District, near Váci út earlier this week.
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28th February, 2013
Orbán confidante guilty of assault
Árpád Habony, perhaps Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s closest confidante, was placed on two years probation by the Capital Court on May 4, 2011 for hooliganism, the liberal weekly Magyar Narancs reports.
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28th February, 2013
HungaroControl opens new air traffic centre
State-owned HungaroControl officially opened its new air traffic control centre at Budapest’s international airport yesterday, after a Ft 13 billion investment.
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27th February, 2013
Hungarian killed in Luxor disaster
A Hungarian woman is among the 18 people killed when a hot air balloon exploded and crashed to the ground near Luxor, Egypt on Tuesday.
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27th February, 2013
Kúria cancels frequency tender
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, yesterday upheld the Capital Court’s annulment of last year’s frequency tender for a fourth mobile operator in Hungary.
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26th February, 2013
Football Association sues FIFA
The Hungarian Football Association (MLSZ) on Monday filed a lawsuit with the Sports Court of Arbitration for Sport against the decision by international governing body FIFA that Hungary should play its next World Cup qualification home game in an empty stadium.
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26th February, 2013
Gov’t rolling out new ad campaign
The government will spend Ft 500 million on an advertising campaign to promote its achievements, starting this week, spokesman András Giró-Szász told reporters on Monday.
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26th February, 2013
Dialogue not ready to talk to Socialists
Dialogue for Hungary MPs Benedek Jávor yesterday politely rejected an invitation from Socialist Party president Attila Mesterházy to join the opposition consultations that have been going on since early January.
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25th February, 2013
Majority views situation as critical
The country is in a crisis, according to 88% of Hungarians, while 85% believe that the country will not manage to leave the crisis behind in the next year, according to a Nielsen survey released on Friday.
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25th February, 2013
Simicska wins public funds “prize”
LMP has awarded a “Golden Wheelbarrow” prize to businessman Lajos Simicska as “the most successful collector of public funds,” the party announced.
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22nd February, 2013
Institute for the Blind to be renovated
The State Institute for the Blind in Budapest’s 14th District will be renovated this year at a cost of nearly Ft 1 billion, provided by a government subsidy.
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22nd February, 2013
National flag banned at basketball game
Jobbik expressed outrage in a Thursday statement after reporting that Hungarian flags were banned from an international basketball game between Szolnoki Olaj KK and Hapoel Holon of Israel on Tuesday.
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21st February, 2013
Student council suspended over lists
ELTE university rector Barna Mezey on Wednesday suspended the operation of the students council at the faculty of humanities (HÖK) following reports that the organisation had compiled lists of first-year students based on whether they were Jewish or Roma and on their political affiliation and sexual orientation. Reports say the list, including slurs regarding ethnicity and appearance, was maintained by HÖK, said to be close to Jobbik, for recruitment purposes.
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21st February, 2013
More adults considering emigration
The proportion of adult Hungarians working abroad or choosing to live in foreign countries has tripled in the past two decades, according to data from the Tárki Social Research Institute.
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20th February, 2013
Police charged for assault on Arab
Prosecutors have pressed charges against two police officers and a civilian over the beating of UAE chess official Saud Mohamed al-Marzuki in Szeged last June.
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20th February, 2013
Court annuls ban on symbols of tyranny
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday struck down the ban on the use of symbols of the fascist and Communist dictatorships.
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19th February, 2013
Rogán attacks Bajnai
Former prime minister Gordon Bajnai is “clearly a man of the past” whose dispute is not with the governing parties but with ordinary people who voted against his style of governing in 2010, Fidesz caucus leader Antal Rogán told reporters on Monday.
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19th February, 2013
Gov’t offers tax relief to banks that increa
The government is planning to increase the amount that can be deducted from the bank tax, if banks expand their loans, Economy Ministry state secretary Gyula Pleschinger said in a Monday interview.
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18th February, 2013
Pécs sells Zsolnay to new investor
The city of Pécs has sold its 74.5% stake in porcelain manufacturer Zsolnay to Swiss investor Bachar Najari for Ft 180 million, it was announced on Friday.
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18th February, 2013
Socialist ads aimed at Orbán
The Socialist Party has begun a new advertising campaign targeting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his handling of the economy.
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