Mayor Karácsony: Budapest Speeding Up Energy-Saving Investments Budapest is speeding up its energy-saving investments, Gergely Karácsony, the city's mayor, said on Monday. He pledged that by 2030... 2022.06.28.
Hungary to Reintroduce Historic Titles of Counties and Government Officials Hungary’s governing Fidesz party has proposed to officially replace the titles Kormánymegbízott (government commissioner) and megye (county) with főispán (lord-lieutenant)... 2022.06.23.
Budapest Mayor Calls for Urgent Talks on EU Funding Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony is pressing for urgent talks with the government in the interest of accessing European Union funding... 2022.06.20.
Budapest Proposes Government Should Build Rail Bypass Line The Mayor of Budapest, Gergely Karácsony, is initiating the preparation of a new rail freight line bypassing Budapest. "We have... 2022.06.10.
93rd Festive Book Week Opens in Budapest One hundred and seventy-six pavilions with books from one hundred and eighty-two publishers opened the 93rd Festive Book Week on... 2022.06.10.
Budapest Assembly Lacks Quorum ‘Due to Conflict between Party Leaders’ The General Assembly of the Budapest municipality was cancelled on Wednesday due to conflict between the leaders of the parties... 2022.05.25.
Márki-Zay Addresses Direkt36 “Lies” Regarding Unsuccessful Campaign "I'm glad that I was the only one who made mistakes, everyone else was perfect," Péter Márki-Zay stated with an... 2022.05.20.
Another Renewed Budapest Metro Section Reopens A central stretch of Budapest's Metro 3, covering Kálvin Square, Corvin, and Semmelweis Klinikák, reopened on Saturday. The opening of... 2022.05.15.
LMP Calls for Budapest Congestion Charge The green LMP party wants the rapid implementation of strong measures to reduce car traffic in Budapest, and advocates the... 2022.05.13.
Election Committee Fines Mayor Karácsony for Unreturned Referendum Slips The National Election Committee (NVB) has fined Gergely Karácsony over 500,000 forints (EUR 1,320) for failing to return more than... 2022.05.11.
Tímea Szabó Will Not Continue as Párbeszéd’s Co-President Along with Gergely Karácsony, Tímea Szabó will not run again for the co-presidency of the Párbeszéd party at the forthcoming... 2022.04.29.
Budapest to Receive Direct EU Funding for Green Development The European Commission is directly funding green developments in Budapest, as part of a mission to aid achieving the 2030... 2022.04.29.
Thousands Participate in Bicycle Parade in Budapest Organizers and police estimated that more than 10,000 people took part in the "I bike Budapest" bicycle parade on Saturday.... 2022.04.25.
LMP Gets DK’s Dobrev Mandate Causing Some Uproar in Opposition Green-centrist LMP politician Bernadett Bakos will receive the mandate of Democratic Coalition's Klára Dobrev, after the leftist opposition party's MEP... 2022.04.21.
What Renewed M3 Metro Stations Will Look Like Once Completed The visual plans of the renovated stations of the M3 metro line have been published, which include elevators, renovated escalators,... 2022.04.20.
Karácsony: Opposition Defeat Not From Formation of Alliance but Lack of Unity In an interview to Telex, concerning the recent election, which the ruling parties won with a landslide, Budapest Mayor Gergely... 2022.04.14.
Budapest Assembly Approves Measures to Help Ukraine Refugees The Budapest municipal assembly on Wednesday approved several measures aimed at helping refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. The municipal... 2022.04.14.
Budapest Urgently Needs HUF 30 Billion for Operations Budapest's budget would need a HUF 30 billion (EUR 79.6 million) loan for operations, the Budapest mayor announced, asking the... 2022.04.14.
Lower Embankment on Pest Side Open Again to Traffic From 6 am on April 11, the lower quay on the Pest side is open once again. This means the... 2022.04.12.
Mayor Karácsony: Budapest to Use All Means to Prevent Liget Project from Proceeding Debates over Budapest’s Városliget have been revived after Viktor Orbán, reversing his earlier position to compromise on the matter, said... 2022.04.09.
Karácsony Will Not Continue as Co-President of Párbeszéd Party Gergely Karácsony announced that he does not intend to run again to be the co-president of Párbeszéd, Bence Tordai, who... 2022.04.08.