189 result(s) for metro in Current Affairs
Budapest’s Corruption Working Group Sends Report To EP On Metro 4
- 27 Nov 2017 7:48 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest metropolitan council’s working group on corruption has sent its report in connection with the metro 4 investment to the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control.
LMP Faults City Leaders For ‘Poor Management’ Of Metro Replacement Service
- 7 Nov 2017 7:54 AM
- current affairs
Green opposition LMP says Budapest city leaders’ “poor management” of replacement bus service during the renovation of the third metro line could cause a “total collapse” of the capital’s public transport network. From Monday, the northern stretch of the line, between the Lehel ter station and the Újpest-Központ terminus, will be closed for a year.
Budapest Assembly Approves Report Blaming Socialist-Liberal City Leadership In Metro Corruption Case
- 26 Oct 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest assembly has approved a report blaming the former Socialist-liberal city leadership for irregularities highlighted by OLAF, the European anti-fraud office, in connection with construction of the capital’s fourth metro line.
Supreme Court Validates Local Referendum On Római Mobile Levee In Óbuda
- 12 Oct 2017 8:54 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, has overridden a decision by the Metropolitan Election Commission and validated a referendum question on the construction of a mobile levee on the banks of the Danube near Budapest, according to the ruling published on the Kuria website on Tuesday.
Budapest Council Working Team Head: Socialists, Former Liberals Responsible For Corruption In Metro 4 Project
- 29 Sep 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
The metro 4 construction project was carried out under direct influence and control by the Socialist-Liberal leaders before 2010 and they are fully responsible for the irregularities and contracts that raise the suspicion of corruption, the head of a working team at the Budapest city government which investigated corruption linked to the project said on Thursday.
Fidesz Protests EU Investigation Into Felcsút Miniature Railway
- 7 Sep 2017 4:00 AM
- current affairs
A September 4 meeting of the EU Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) will result in the dispatch of a fact-finding mission to Hungary to determine whether EU funds had been spent properly on development projects, 24.hu reports. Delegates of the mission, who will visit Hungary between September 18-20, will meet with members of civil society, Prosecutor General Péter Polt and members of the ...
Hungary Wants EU To Reimburse Half Of Border Control Costs
- 1 Sep 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has asked the European Commission to reimburse Hungary for half its spending on border protection, the government office chief said on Thursday. János Lázár said at a regular press briefing that the total cost since the start of the migrant crisis amounted to 800 million euros.
Opposition Calls On Budapest Mayor To Call Local Referendum On Római Levee
- 31 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest assembly should call a local referendum on the location of the levee on the north Danube embankment, Csaba Horváth, a Socialist representative in the assembly told the press on Wednesday ahead of an assembly meeting.
Liberals Call On Budapest Mayor To Sack Transport Company Chief
- 23 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Liberal Party has called on István Tarlós, the mayor of Budapest, to sack the chief of the capital city’s transport authority (BKK), a party official said.
Budapest’s Corruption Working Group Sends Report To EP On Metro 4
- 27 Nov 2017 7:48 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest metropolitan council’s working group on corruption has sent its report in connection with the metro 4 investment to the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgetary Control.
LMP Faults City Leaders For ‘Poor Management’ Of Metro Replacement Service
- 7 Nov 2017 7:54 AM
- current affairs
Green opposition LMP says Budapest city leaders’ “poor management” of replacement bus service during the renovation of the third metro line could cause a “total collapse” of the capital’s public transport network. From Monday, the northern stretch of the line, between the Lehel ter station and the Újpest-Központ terminus, will be closed for a year.
Budapest Assembly Approves Report Blaming Socialist-Liberal City Leadership In Metro Corruption Case
- 26 Oct 2017 8:48 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest assembly has approved a report blaming the former Socialist-liberal city leadership for irregularities highlighted by OLAF, the European anti-fraud office, in connection with construction of the capital’s fourth metro line.
Supreme Court Validates Local Referendum On Római Mobile Levee In Óbuda
- 12 Oct 2017 8:54 AM
- current affairs
The Kúria, Hungary’s supreme court, has overridden a decision by the Metropolitan Election Commission and validated a referendum question on the construction of a mobile levee on the banks of the Danube near Budapest, according to the ruling published on the Kuria website on Tuesday.
Budapest Council Working Team Head: Socialists, Former Liberals Responsible For Corruption In Metro 4 Project
- 29 Sep 2017 8:46 AM
- current affairs
The metro 4 construction project was carried out under direct influence and control by the Socialist-Liberal leaders before 2010 and they are fully responsible for the irregularities and contracts that raise the suspicion of corruption, the head of a working team at the Budapest city government which investigated corruption linked to the project said on Thursday.
Fidesz Protests EU Investigation Into Felcsút Miniature Railway
- 7 Sep 2017 4:00 AM
- current affairs
A September 4 meeting of the EU Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) will result in the dispatch of a fact-finding mission to Hungary to determine whether EU funds had been spent properly on development projects, 24.hu reports. Delegates of the mission, who will visit Hungary between September 18-20, will meet with members of civil society, Prosecutor General Péter Polt and members of the ...
Hungary Wants EU To Reimburse Half Of Border Control Costs
- 1 Sep 2017 10:00 AM
- current affairs
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has asked the European Commission to reimburse Hungary for half its spending on border protection, the government office chief said on Thursday. János Lázár said at a regular press briefing that the total cost since the start of the migrant crisis amounted to 800 million euros.
Opposition Calls On Budapest Mayor To Call Local Referendum On Római Levee
- 31 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Budapest assembly should call a local referendum on the location of the levee on the north Danube embankment, Csaba Horváth, a Socialist representative in the assembly told the press on Wednesday ahead of an assembly meeting.
Liberals Call On Budapest Mayor To Sack Transport Company Chief
- 23 Aug 2017 9:00 AM
- current affairs
The Liberal Party has called on István Tarlós, the mayor of Budapest, to sack the chief of the capital city’s transport authority (BKK), a party official said.