Research and development funding drops 30 percent in one year
The decrease marked the end of a years-long trend in increased state investment into the sector.
Krisztina Orbán
korban@budapestbeacon.com
Commemorative plaque for Roma hero Béla Puczi cannot be placed at Nyugati railway station
Puczi saved Hungarian lives during the “Black March” ethnic conflicts in Târgu Mureș, Romania in 1990.
Playground for the disadvantaged inaccessible to them…unless they pay
The town’s mayor said the HUF 500 per person playground fee is a “friendly” price.
Gov’t could extend pension bonuses and increases to retirees
The one-time pension bonus could amount to as much as HUF 40,000.
Windfall of EU funds, bank loan awarded to micro-company owned by MOL CEO Zsolt Hernádi
Hernádi happened to serve on the board of OTP Bank until last year.
Ten opposition parties agree on “national minimum” of health-care reform goals
Fidesz and KDNP did not participate in formulating the agreement.
