environment

18/09/2014

Govt provides HUF 1 bn for solar panel plant, says state secretary

Budapest, September 18 (MTI) – The government has allocated 1 billion forints (EUR 3.2m) for the construction of a solar module factory in Csorna, in north-western […]
17/09/2014

Jobbik Urges Calling to Account Those Responsible for Red Sludge Disaster

Budapest, September 17 (MTI) – No one has been held responsible yet for the October 2010 red sludge disaster in western Hungary, and those culpable should […]
23/08/2014

Crazy PET CUP: Instead of Fishes, Empty Bottles Are Being Caught in Tisza

Index also participated in the craziest action of our country, PET Cup, sokszinuvidek.hu says. Four amazing looking boat made of plastic bottles started the tour. According […]
29/07/2014

Govt plans transporting nuclear fuel by air

Budapest, July 29 (MTI) – The Hungarian government is drafting a plan on delivering fuel to the Paks nuclear plant by plane, daily Nepszabadsag said on […]
10/07/2014

First Public Garden Opens In Szeged

Megálló Community Center created a community garden with 12 parcels in Szeged-Tarján, sokszinuvidek.hu reoprts. Its essence is not the quantity of produced vegetables, but the building […]
23/06/2014

LMP To Ask President Not To Sign Law On Paks Loan

Budapest, June 23 (MTI) – If parliament approves the bill on a loan with Russia for the expansion of the Paks nuclear plant in a final […]
15/06/2014

Jobbik Suspects “Grand Coalition” Behind Paks Upgrade

Budapest, June 15 (MTI) – The ruling Fidesz and opposition Socialists have made a “grand coalition” in connection with plans to build two new blocks to […]
11/05/2014

Record Number Of Volunteers Join Hungary Clean-Up This Year

(MTI) – A record number of 180,000-200,000 volunteers are expected to take part in the Hungary clean-up campaign organised on May 9-11, a national waste management […]
06/05/2014

Greenpeace says public hearing on Paks left ppen most important question

A public hearing on the location of new nuclear power station blocks in Paks has left open the most important question of how licencing was permitted […]
23/03/2014

Green org wins case over parliament square trees

(MTI) – The environmental lobby group Protect the Future (Vedegylet) has won a court case against Budapest’s 5th district heritage protection office in connection with 78 […]
06/11/2013

Toxic disaster company must compensate victims in Hungary

A Budapest court ordered the operator of an industrial plant on Tuesday to pay compensation over Hungary’s worst environmental disaster when a huge flood of toxic […]
17/10/2013

Tamás Dezső’s provocative images of Romania

A few years ago, Hungarian photographer Tamás Dezső was tipped off to a small, picturesque mining village in central Romania. “The Flooded Village of Geamana,” part […]