44 result(s) for budapest fifth district in Current Affairs
Stolen Csontváry Painting Recovered In Budapest
- 2 May 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
Police have found four of five paintings stolen from a Buda home on March 15, including a rare work by Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry. The painting, Szerelmesek Találkozása (“Lovers Meeting”) is the most valuable Hungarian painting ever sold in Hungary, changing hands for Ft 230 million in 2006.
Hungarian Police 'Sheriff System' Expands In Budapest
- 29 Mar 2012 11:45 AM
- current affairs
"Budapest police will extend the so-called “sheriff” system recently tested for five months in the 16th, 17th and 18th Districts to the Fifth, Seventh and Eighth Districts on an experimental basis.
Budapest Transport Company's Chief Executive Resigns
- 13 Feb 2012 8:04 AM
- current affairs
"BKV CEO Gyula Várszegi resigned on Friday with immediate effect, apparently over up to Ft 100 million bonuses paid to BKV staff last week. If such bonuses were paid, the public transport company’s leaders did not inform the city leadership, said Dávid Vitézy, head of the Budapest Transport Centre.
Rogán: Budapest Must Cut Spending
- 3 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Budapest should tighten its belt if it is to bail out the public transport company BKV, Fifth District mayor Antal Rogán said in a statement issued on Thursday. Rogán, a Fidesz MP, said Budapest did not provide one forint of operational support to the transport company in 2010 and 2011, while the government gave it over Ft 140 billion in subsidies.
Hungarian Paper HVG Looks Back On Demszky Era
- 22 Sep 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"Gabor Demszky said in the middle of the 1990s that he planned to govern Budapest for three terms, because, as he put it in an interview, “this is a period in the life of a city in which changes can be measured”.
Old Bomb Found On Szabadság Tér In Budapest
- 31 Aug 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"Some 1,800 people were ordered to leave their homes and offices on Szabadság tér when a World War II bomb was found near the US embassy on Monday.
Three Pharmacies Attacked In Budapest
- 11 May 2010 2:00 AM
- current affairs
"Three Budapest pharmacies not far from one another were robbed within an hour on Monday night, police announced.
New Controversy Over Nomination Rules In Hungary
- 1 Mar 2010 2:00 AM
- current affairs
"A furore has arisen over whether it is legal to collect nomination forms in public places, with different election committees taking different stands. The fuss began when Democratic Forum candidate József Debreczeni posted a list on his website of cafés and bookshops where nomination forms for him can be submitted.
Stolen Csontváry Painting Recovered In Budapest
- 2 May 2012 9:04 AM
- current affairs
Police have found four of five paintings stolen from a Buda home on March 15, including a rare work by Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry. The painting, Szerelmesek Találkozása (“Lovers Meeting”) is the most valuable Hungarian painting ever sold in Hungary, changing hands for Ft 230 million in 2006.
Hungarian Police 'Sheriff System' Expands In Budapest
- 29 Mar 2012 11:45 AM
- current affairs
"Budapest police will extend the so-called “sheriff” system recently tested for five months in the 16th, 17th and 18th Districts to the Fifth, Seventh and Eighth Districts on an experimental basis.
Budapest Transport Company's Chief Executive Resigns
- 13 Feb 2012 8:04 AM
- current affairs
"BKV CEO Gyula Várszegi resigned on Friday with immediate effect, apparently over up to Ft 100 million bonuses paid to BKV staff last week. If such bonuses were paid, the public transport company’s leaders did not inform the city leadership, said Dávid Vitézy, head of the Budapest Transport Centre.
Rogán: Budapest Must Cut Spending
- 3 Feb 2012 8:00 AM
- current affairs
"Budapest should tighten its belt if it is to bail out the public transport company BKV, Fifth District mayor Antal Rogán said in a statement issued on Thursday. Rogán, a Fidesz MP, said Budapest did not provide one forint of operational support to the transport company in 2010 and 2011, while the government gave it over Ft 140 billion in subsidies.
Hungarian Paper HVG Looks Back On Demszky Era
- 22 Sep 2010 1:00 AM
- current affairs
"Gabor Demszky said in the middle of the 1990s that he planned to govern Budapest for three terms, because, as he put it in an interview, “this is a period in the life of a city in which changes can be measured”.
Old Bomb Found On Szabadság Tér In Budapest
- 31 Aug 2010 3:00 AM
- current affairs
"Some 1,800 people were ordered to leave their homes and offices on Szabadság tér when a World War II bomb was found near the US embassy on Monday.
Three Pharmacies Attacked In Budapest
- 11 May 2010 2:00 AM
- current affairs
"Three Budapest pharmacies not far from one another were robbed within an hour on Monday night, police announced.
New Controversy Over Nomination Rules In Hungary
- 1 Mar 2010 2:00 AM
- current affairs
"A furore has arisen over whether it is legal to collect nomination forms in public places, with different election committees taking different stands. The fuss began when Democratic Forum candidate József Debreczeni posted a list on his website of cafés and bookshops where nomination forms for him can be submitted.