More difficult administration: government offices close en masse in Hungary
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According to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office, “the war in our neighbourhood and the sanctions imposed by Brussels have caused an energy crisis. The government has imposed a 25 percent reduction in gas consumption in public bodies due to the many-fold increase in energy prices”. This affects numerous government offices in Hungary.
Government offices close for four months
As a result, they say, between 2 November 2022 and 17 March 2023, as planned, some low-traffic government offices will be closed to customers, 24.hu writes. In other words, these offices will be closed for four and a half months.
According to the statement, the autumn-winter period is typically a period of lower customer traffic. Since more than 280 government offices will be open from November to March, they will be providing sufficient capacity. At least one government office will remain open in each district and in each borough of the capital. The staff of the offices concerned will work in other departments. For more information, please visit kormanyablak.hu.
The Szabó Ervin Library is fighting for survival
The energy crisis has caused problems for the Budapest Szabó Ervin Library and its branch libraries as well. They are all maintained by the Budapest municipality. Many things will have to change in order to survive, said Péter Fodor, the library’s director.
As usual Orban blames everyone else for his mismanagement of the economy. He should spend less time being Putin’s puppet.