Budapest, March 11 (MTI) – Partners in a project to protect the
Danube river came to an agreement on Tuesday on developing the
necessary conditions for developing sustainable inland navigation
without harming the river’s landscape.
Budapest, March 10 (MTI) – PRONAS, an environmental group
operating out of Szentgotthard, a city near the Austrian border,
plans to travel on horseback to deliver documents objecting to the
planned construction of an incinerator by the border.
Budapest, March 7 (MTI) – The research institutions’ work is
essential for Hungary’s long-term goal to increase the proportion of
renewable energy to 13 percent from the current 4.5 percent,
Environment Minister Gabor Fodor said in Kecskemet (C) on Friday,
after visiting the office of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Budapest, March 7 (MTI) – Pollsters predicted a turnout of
around 40 percent for Sunday’s opposition-initiated referendum on
reversing three of the government’s reform measures, heads of three
pollsters said on television on Friday morning.
Budapest, March 6 (MTI) – Hungary’s new cost-sharing system
introduced in health care last year looks on track to increase
overall effectiveness, but the government must continue to monitor
the system to ensure equity in access, a study by the World Bank
revealed on Thursday.
Budapest, March 6 (MTI) – Hungary is still committed to its ban
on genetically modified products (GMO), but an assessment of the
risks involved should begin in preparation for any future lifting of
the ban, Agriculture Minister Jozsef Graf said on Thursday at a
conference on the topic.
Budapest, March 4 (MTI) – MPs from the ruling and the opposition
parties and members of the Hungarian Environmentalists’ Association
(MTVSZ) on Tuesday assembled outside Parliament under a banner that
demonstrated support to Hungary’s national climate change strategy
Budapest, March 3 (MTI) – The council of Mogersdorf, Austria, rejected the planned construction of a contentious waste incinerator close to the western Hungarian town of Szentgotthard, head of the Hungarian PRONAS environmental group told MTI on Monday.
Budapest, March 3 (MTI) – Political analysts predicted Sunday’s opposition-initiated referendum on medical and higher education fees will be valid, but with fewer than 2.5 million “yes” votes, a forecast by Vision Consulting published on Monday said.
Budapest, March 1 (MTI) – About 500 people demonstrated in front
of Parliament and several hospitals in Budapest on Saturday in
protest against Hungary’s reform of health care.
