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Government support enables completion of Pólus Project in Kaposvár

Minister of National Development Zsuzsa Németh delivered an address at the topping out ceremony of Somogy County Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital in Kaposvár on 22 October, 2013. Enabled by the additional grant of HUF 2.5 billion awarded by the Government, the comprehensive reconstruction of Somogy County Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital can be implemented by June 2015, it was mentioned at the event.

Within the framework of the comprehensive infrastructure development of Somogy County Kaposi Mór Teaching Hospital, four of the eight wings of the North Block of the hospital as well as the Diagnostics Block were inaugurated last March. At the topping out ceremony of the other two wings to be constructed within the project, Zsuzsa Németh emphasised that the hospital in Kaposvár could be the first hospital in the Pólus Programme the development of which was to be implemented from the very first to the very last phase.

“Our expectations of the over HUF 14.5bn awarded from the New Széchenyi Plan funds are that the development will enable shorter waiting lists, safer and better quality care, improving use of capacity and more economically sound and efficient operation”, the minister explained.

The reason justifying the awarding of additional funds was that, due to the changes that took place in the two years between working out the development concept of the project and signing the Grant Contract in 2009 (e.g. exchange rate movements, inflation), the technical contents of the project had to be reduced by some HUF 2.5 bn.

The additional funding makes it possible to implement the total technical contents of the original development concept. Thus, the two wings providing up-to-date housing for the psychiatric centre and the physiotherapy and rehabilitation rooms, meaning the completion of the Pólus Project, can be constructed as well.

Photo: Ágnes Bartolf (kormany.hu)

Ecotourism Information Centre opens in Apátistvánfalva

Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas inaugurated an Ecotourism Information Centre in the Vas County town of Apátistvánfalva on Friday; the facility was established through the reconstruction of a former border guard barracks.

Sándor Fazekas reminded those present that the new Information Centre had come into existence within the framework of the “From the Őrség to the Slovene Raba Region” project and is part of the ongoing cooperation between the Őrség National Park, the Goricko Nature Park in Slovenia and the Austrian Raab Nature Park.

The Apátistvánfalva Ecotourism Information Centre, which is operated by the Őrség National Park Directorate, partly serves to inform tourists and help them find their bearings in the tri-border area, but it also facilitates the strengthening of local tourism-related enterprises, enabling them to present their products, the Minister said.  Mr. Fazekas pointed out that the three national parks had signed a cooperation agreement, aimed at protecting and preserving the three countries’ unique natural and cultural treasures in the region, in 2009.

The tri-border area is a place that is emblematic from many aspects, as the people living here were separated from each other by the iron curtain for decades, the Minister stated, adding that now it is emblematic because it offers an opportunity for cooperation with Slovenia and Austria. The border can now be crossed freely and those who find themselves in this wonderful natural environment hardly notice that they have crossed the border, a feeling that is aided by the fact that the wide-ranging cultural opportunities offered by the various monuments and other sites also create an organic unit.

In his speech, Minister of State for Rural Development and the region’s Member of Parliament Zsolt V. Németh spoke about the important role played by the Őrség National Park within the region, emphasising that the Park coordinates and manages some 2.7 billion forints in development projects within 13 different programmes in cooperation with 40 partners, usually local governments.

Where you want to sell property in Hungary? – show the popular locations

No major changes in the country, but the capital has been drawn over the existing order. The position of the real estate market is a good indication that more than half of the counties are very slow to change hands in the property, in addition to the eastern part of the country are most of the county where you have to wait a long time customer.

Among the counties of Győr-Moson-Sopron county, while in Budapest VII. District of the most vibrant in the residential real estate market, it traded in the majority of real estate relative to the local housing stock, the size of the – this is what the OTP Jelzálogbank (Mortgage Bank) Residential Property Value Map analysis which is based on the database of the National Tax and office (Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal – NAV) purchased.

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