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World. 8. November 2024. BKK fleet converted to low-floor buses. Written by Christina Vontin. Mayor Gergely Karácsony announced on social media that another 65 air-conditioned Mercedes-Benz Citaro K low-floor buses will be put into service in Budapest in the second half of 2025. Hungary. 8. November 2024.
Justice Minister: Europe is in big trouble - The Budapest Times
17 hours ago · November 2024 10:13. Justice Minister Bence Tuzson said Europe “is in big trouble” and its competitiveness is lagging behind that of the US and China. Speaking ahead of a conference entitled Legal Competitiveness – Instruments of Law for a More Competitive Europe and held in downtown Varkert Bazar on November 11 and 12, Minister Tuzson ...
We are not here to manage decline; we are here to make Europe …
1 day ago · The meeting concluded with the adoption of the Budapest Declaration, a framework that sets competitiveness as the cornerstone of the EU’s strategy for the next five years. Highlighting the urgency of reform, PM Orbán stated, “We have placed competitiveness at the center of our agenda for the ...
Orbán: Hungarian diplomacy has not been this strong in a …
1 day ago · November 2024 10:22. The European Political Community (EPC) Summit, which gathered over forty European and global leaders at the Puskás Arena, was followed by an informal EUCO summit, underscoring Budapest’s role in European diplomacy. Reflecting on these events, Orbán stated, “Hungarian diplomacy has not been this strong in a hundred ...
Hungary Archives - The Budapest Times
Nov 6, 2024 · Written by BT. According to preliminary data, 6,708 children were born and 9,697 people died in September 2024. The number of births lessened by 7.7% and that of marriages by 22%, while the number of deaths increased by 5.4% …
Sentiment barometer suggests deep crisis - The Budapest Times
4 days ago · Sentiment barometer suggests deep crisis. Not since the global economic crisis of 2008 have companies assessed the state of the Hungarian economy so badly. 8. November 2024 9:58. This statement was made by the Kopint-Tárki economic research institute, which is critical of the government and regularly surveys sentiment in the manufacturing sector.
Approval of European competitiveness deal priority of Hungarian ...
Sep 9, 2024 · Written by BT/MTI. The approval of a new European competitiveness deal is a "key goal" of Hungary's presidency of the Council of the European Union, EU Affairs Minister Janos Boka said at the Interparliamentary Conference on Common Foreign, Security and Defence Policy in Budapest on Monday. Hungary. 9. September 2024 17:47.
Economy Archives - The Budapest Times
Oct 31, 2024 · Q3 GDP drops on weak industrial data. Written by BT. The volume of Hungary’s gross domestic product was 0.8% lower according to raw data and 0.7% lower according to seasonally and calendar adjusted and reconciled data in the 3rd quarter of 2024 than the value in the corresponding period of the previous year. Economy. 30.
Government official: Budapest airport’s repurchase ‘strategically ...
Jul 29, 2024 · Photo: bud.hu. Government official: Budapest airport’s repurchase ‘strategically important’. Written by BT/MTI. The repurchase of Budapest's Liszt Ferenc International airport by the Hungarian state has been of strategic significance, Csaba Domotor, state secretary at the prime minister's office, said on Monday.
Szijjarto: Paks exempt from EU sanctions - The Budapest Times
Jun 24, 2024 · Hungarian interests have been protected in the face of the European Union's latest sanctions package against Russia, as Hungary's nuclear plant in Paks has received full exemption from the measures, allowing works on its expansion to speed up, Peter Szijjarto, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said in Luxembourg on Monday. 24.