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Sunday, December 23 2007

Winter in the City

Tough according to the calendar we are coming closer to spring from day to day, winter still remains to rule the streets of Budapest.

The biggest open-air icerink of Europe, Városliget
The biggest open-air icerink of Europe, Városliget

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Saturday, December 15 2007

„TB-BUSTERS” advocating for the privatisation of health insurance

written by Pederito

10 December a unique street performance took place right outside the Hungarian Parliament. A group of activists dressed as business leaders and bankers associated with the „Social-Darwinist Movement”, the „National Association of Capitalists”, the „Blood Defender's Society” and the „Anti Humanist Movement” staged a short protest against the planned changes of the Hungarian public health insurance system.

They arrived at the venue in a big white Hummer limousine, playing aloud the famous starting sounds of Pink Floyd’s Money and welcomed the health care reforms due to be voted by the Hungarian Parliament next week in front of a dozens of journalists and bystanders.

 

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Sunday, September 23 2007

Bicyclists conquered streets of Budapest

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Cyclists of Budapest got together to demonstarte for environmentfriedly way of transport and for more bicycle lanes and paths to be built on the streets of Budapest yesterday, for the occasion of the European Car-free day. P9220095_k.JPG Teenagers, students, young families with small children, pensioners, hard rockers and cute girls - all had taken the roads making noise with bike-bells and horns, sometimes shouting. When arriving to Kossuth tér, the square in front of the parliament all of them has stopped for a while and has taken up their bike above his head and started to chant in the same rythm: "BICIKLIUTAT!, BICIKLIUTAT!, BICIKLIUTAT!" (MORE CYCLE PATH, MORE CYCLE PATH, MORE CYCLE PATH!).
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Tuesday, September 11 2007

The water reigns

Duna Banks of river Danube has been partly closed in Budapest since Monday because of the high waters coming from the mountains. Necessary restrictions has been generated traffic jams, making moving around the crowded city almost impossible. This phenomenon reminds people of Budapest year by year how weak they are and how strong nature is.

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