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How can you miss me if I won’t go away? 13 Aug 2013 | 11:49 am
A priest once told me that I would have to spend 10 years in Purgatory for my sins. Time’s up. After a decade with The Budapest Times (I have been here since Issue 2 back in September 2003) I have wri...
Happy holidays 9 Aug 2013 | 10:10 am
The Budapest Times is taking its annual three-week summer break. We have included more entertainment suggestions in this issue so you can better amuse yourselves while we are away. Our offices re-open...
Reading Log 8 Aug 2013 | 11:13 am
“Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.” – Walter Benjamin (German literary critic, philosopher, social critic, translator, radio broadca...
First new renter in 4 years 7 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm
The first new tenant of Párisi Nagyáruház on Andrássy út since its opening in 2009 will move in soon, raising the occupancy rate of the historic building to 85 per cent, property manager Orco Group sa...
Bisquit maker: racism charge half-baked 7 Aug 2013 | 03:07 pm
Cookie company Detki Keksz has rejected accusations of racism a week after local Roma staged protests outside its plant in Halmajugra, some 60 kilometres northwest of the capital. In a statement to s...
Gate crashers welcome at Baroque Wedding Ceremony 7 Aug 2013 | 11:11 am
The beautiful baroque city centre of Győr will stage the “Baroque Wedding Ceremony” from 9 to 11 August. On the Friday the entertainment begins with a baroque dance and procession, as well as the ser...
VIP medical treatment for a privileged few 6 Aug 2013 | 07:06 pm
State-owned healthcare institution HEK could be the future tenant of the building that previously housed Telki Private Hospital and use it to treat high-ranking officials – prime minister, president, ...
Our HUF 2.4 billion cheque is in the mail 6 Aug 2013 | 03:06 pm
Former energy trading and distribution company Emfesz owes HUF 1.3 billion (EUR 4.34 million) in taxes and HUF 1.14 billion (EUR 3.8 million) in interest, topping the second-quarter list of companies ...
Danube ferry breakdown – Slovakia cut off 6 Aug 2013 | 12:10 pm
A new ferry linking the northern town of Dunaremete with Gabcikovo, across the Danube in Slovakia, broke down on Monday, just days after it was launched with much pomp last week by Péter Szijjártó, th...
One-third of employees get no fringe benefits 6 Aug 2013 | 11:17 am
In the first half of this year, 30 per cent of Hungarian employees got no fringe benefits such as meal vouchers. Unskilled workers are in the worst situation, with 52 per cent getting no extra benefit...
