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BKK Bids for EU Funds to Revamp Grand Boulevard

D&T — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:50:00 +0000

The Budapest Transport Center (BKK) has submitted a bid to the European Union to finance to its plans to replace trees and renew public spaces along the city's Grand Boulevard, BKK said on Tuesday. The metropolitan project aims to increase the number of trees, add more green surfaces and provide more room for pedestrians, BKK […]

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Budapest: Diverse Programs to Mark Birthday Celebrations

D&T — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:18:00 +0000

In the middle of this month, a variety of programs await revellers celebrating the capital's 202nd birthday, including the return of the popular Metro Festival, the relaunch of the party tram, and the opening of the city's Christmas market in City Hall Park, according to a statement from the Mayor's Office quoted by MTI. Key […]

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HUF 2 Bn Poultry Farm Inaugurated in Hungary

D&T — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:27:00 +0000

Family-owned agribusiness Door-Baromfi opened a HUF 2bn poultry farm in Somberek (SW Hungary) on Thursday. Half of the investment cost was covered by Hungarian taxpayers through a government grant. Door-Baromfi owner János Door said the company took out an HUF 800 million loan and used HUF 200 million of its own resources for the investment. […]

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Budapest Celebrates 150th Birthday

D&T — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 20:37:00 +0000

Today's Budapest was created on November 17, 1873. On January 1, 1873, Pest, Buda and Óbuda were united under the name of Budapest. On November 17, the new municipality took over the administration of the unified capital. On January 1, 1950, the municipalities around Budapest were annexed to form the so-called Greater Budapest, the population […]

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Budapest 150: HUF 150 Ticket in Public Transport and Museum

D&T — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:27:00 +0000

On the 150th anniversary of the unification of Pest, Buda and Óbuda, this Friday, the Budapest Transport Center (BKK) is offering a HUF 150 day ticket, the company told MTI. On Friday, a HUF 150 ticket will allow you to visit the permanent and temporary exhibitions of the Underground Railway Museum, and the party tram […]

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Renewed Chain Bridge Inaugurated

D&T — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 20:08:00 +0000

The renovated Lánchíd (‘Chain Bridge’) was inaugurated on Friday, opening it to pedestrians. Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony said at the inauguration that the renovation of the bridge was completed on time and within budget. The Mayor said that the Chain Bridge is not just an artefact, a bridge, but a symbol of unity and togetherness. […]

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Budapest M3 Underground Line Renovation Complete

D&T — Mon, 22 May 2023 11:50:00 +0000

The renewed stations of metro line 3 at Lehel Square and Nagyvárad Square were inaugurated in Budapest on Monday morning and will be open to passengers in the early afternoon. The five-and-a-half-year reconstruction of the ‘blue’ metro line is now complete. Speaking at the opening of the last of the renovated stations at the final […]

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Budapest 150: Labor Day Celebrations on May 1

D&T — Mon, 01 May 2023 19:41:00 +0000

With free concerts and awareness-raising programs, the long weekend in Budapest's Városháza (‘City Hall’) Park was a classic May Day atmosphere. On May 1 Labor Day, people gathering in the park had the opportunity to meet trade union representatives. The representatives of social workers, teachers, industrial workers and civil servants were also present. This year's […]

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History of Transport of the 150-year-old Budapest

D&T — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:20:00 +0000

150 Years of Budapest's Transport History is the subject of a tabloid exhibition entitled Budapest 150 - Public Transport in the Age of Unification, on display in the capital from this Monday to May 15. The exhibition, illustrated with a number of contemporary photos, shows the transport conditions in Pest-Buda in the 1800s and can […]

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HUF 20 Bn to Renew Budapest's Drinking Water Network

D&T — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 11:13:00 +0000

The capital's drinking water network will be partially renewed with the help of HUF 20 billion forints of EU funding, Kata Türrő, the Deputy Mayor of Budapest, responsible for the city's management, announced on Wednesday. She is quoted by MTI as saying that this is the biggest investment in recent decades to improve the quality […]

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Open-Air Exhibition Opens on Andrássy Avenue

D&T — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 07:32:00 +0000

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Count Gyula Andrássy, an open-air photo exhibition on the history of Andrássy Avenue is on display on one of the best-known roads in the Hungarian capital. Count Gyula Andrássy was born two hundred years ago, on March 8, 1823. The open-air exhibition commemorates the […]

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Budapest Wins EUR 1.5 Mn to Support its Climate Goals

D&T — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:23:00 +0000

Budapest has won a grant of HUF one and half million (HUF 564 million) in the Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission, which will be used to establish the Budapest Climate Agency, the Mayor's Office announced on Wednesday. Budapest has been selected as one of the 53 cities from across 21 European Union and Horizon […]

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Budapest 150 Series of Events Gets Underway

D&T — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:34:00 +0000

The Budapest 150 program series celebrating the 150th anniversary of the unification of the Hungarian capital has begun with the announcement of the Budapest Nyitány (Budapest Overture) composition competition and the awards ceremony of the Budapest Drama Competition. Mayor Gergely Karácsony said at the event on Tuesday at the Örkény Theater that Budapest was not […]

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Free Public Transport for Ukrainians Extended

D&T — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 10:46:59 +0000

The Budapest Transport Center (BKK) has extended free travel on its public transport services for refugees from Ukraine until March 31, 2023. As in the past, the free travel is available on presentation of a Ukrainian travel document that can be used for identification purposes. The free service, which was introduced on March 4, 2022, […]

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Budapest City Council Donates Buses to Ukraine

D&T — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 15:36:00 +0000

The Budapest municipal transport company BKV donated to Ukraine buses that were taken off the roads of the Hungarian capital but can still be used, the state news agency MTI reports. 15 vehicles – five solo Volvos and ten articulated Ikarus models – were handed over on Monday by Gergely Karácsony, Mayor of Budapest, and […]

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