Budapest council

20/01/2017

Orbán’s cabinet: Socialist-Liberal city leaders bear responsibility for metro 4 scandal

Budapest, January 20 (MTI) – It is clear that the previous Socialist-Liberal leadership of Budapest’s municipal council bear political responsibility for the corruption scandal surrounding the […]
19/01/2017

Central prosecution investigating Alstom case

Budapest, January 19 (MTI) – The central investigating chief prosecutor’s office (KNYF) is conducting a full-scale investigation into the case concerning French engineering company Alstom’s contracts […]
19/01/2017

Budapest Mayor: Metro fraud probe concerns pre-Fidesz period

Budapest (MTI) – The investigation by Europe’s anti-fraud office OLAF into the construction of Budapest’s fourth metro line almost exclusively concerns the period before Fidesz took […]
16/01/2017

Europe’s anti-fraud office identifies metro 4 fraud

Budapest, January 16 (MTI) – Around 167 billion forints worth of damages have been identified by Europe’s anti-fraud office OLAF in connection with Budapest’s fourth metro […]
12/01/2017

Weekly government press briefing about asylum seekers, local development projects, energy supplies and Metro 4 construction

Budapest, January 12 (MTI) – The government has decided to reintroduce a system for detaining migrants, the government office chief said on Thursday. Government scrutiny of […]
10/01/2017

One of the most famous thermal baths to be sold in Hungary

Budapest, January 10 (MTI) – The Rác baths in Budapest will be sold in an open tender, Sándor Börcsök, the liquidator of the companies that renovated […]
01/01/2017

Budapest mayor says metro renovation could start next summer

Budapest, December 31 (MTI) – The tender for the renovation of the capital’s third metro line could be drawn out until April, but the renovation works […]
24/12/2016

OLAF: “Alleged fraud and irregularities” at the development of metro line M4

Hirtv.hu writes that, after investigating the period between 2006 and 2015, OLAF decided that Hungary should pay back approximately 93 billion HUF of the contribution money […]
02/12/2016

President Áder vetoes law on Erzsébet Square transfer from Budapest to state

Budapest, December 2 (MTI) – President János Áder on Friday returned a law to parliament under which the ownership of central Budapest’s Erzsébet Square should have […]
01/12/2016

Budapest ‘surprised’ by Erzsébet Square transfer to state

Budapest, December 1 (MTI) – Budapest metropolitan council on Thursday expressed its “surprise” that ownership of central Budapest’s Erzsébet Square has been transferred to the state. […]
28/11/2016

BKV withdraws metro line renovation tender

Budapest, November 28 (MTI) – Budapest public transport company BKV has withdrawn a tender for the renovation of the capital’s third metro, the latest issue of […]
05/11/2016

Mayor of Budapest wants guarantees for metro upgrade funding

Budapest (MTI) – Budapest will not take responsibility for the upgrade of the third metro line unless the adequate funds are available, as this would be […]
30/10/2016

LMP to start collecting signatures calling for full-scale renovation of M3

Budapest (MTI) – The opposition LMP party said it will collect signatures in the coming weeks to demand the full-scale renovation of Budapest’s metro 3 line, […]
29/10/2016

Budapest mayor sees metro 3 revamp project “endangered”

Budapest (MTI) – The project to renovate Budapest’s third metro line is in danger, Budapest Mayor István Tarlós said on Friday. Tarlós told a press conference […]
26/10/2016

City council approves Budapest-Moscow cooperation scheme

Budapest, October 26 (MTI) – Budapest City Council approved on Wednesday a proposal to launch cooperation between Budapest and Moscow. Budapest Mayor István Tarlós visited Moscow […]
25/10/2016

Mayors of Budapest, Vienna commemorate 1956

Vienna (MTI) – Budapest Mayor István Tarlós and his Vienna counterpart Michael Haupl commemorated together the 60th anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 revolution in the Austrian capital […]
19/10/2016

Public procurement committee annuls tender on metro replacement buses

Budapest, October 19 (MTI) – The public procurements committee (KDB) has annulled a tender invited by the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) for replacement bus services to […]
14/10/2016

Budapest Mayor: No money for Metro 3 stations unless funding raised

Budapest, October 14 (MTI) – Budapest Municipal Council will not have enough money to upgrade the stations on the third metro line unless budget for the […]
07/10/2016

Orbán promised again to speed up metro revamp?

Budapest, October 7 (MTI) – Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has promised to speed up the delayed project to renovate Budapest’s third metro line, Budapest Mayor István […]
18/09/2016

State-owned railway company: takeover of suburban railway to be completed by early 2017

Budapest (MTI) – State-owned railway company MÁV said on Saturday that it expects to complete its takeover of the operations of the Budapest suburban railway (HÉV) […]