State President László Sólyom has rejected a new law on settling the territory of the Balaton holiday region, returning it to Parliament for "reconsideration." Sólyom did not agree with the regulations allowing areas without proper drainage systems to be declared "interior territory."
Parliament recently passed an amendment of the so-called "Balaton law," the regulations governing the use of the lake and its environs, writes portfolio.hu. The new law focuses on protecting the landscape ecological features and the architectural traditions of the holiday region.
State President László Sólyom has rejected a new law on settling the territory of the Balaton holiday region, returning it to Parliament for "reconsideration." Sólyom did not agree with the regulations allowing areas without proper drainage systems to be declared "interior territory."
State President László Sólyom has rejected a new law on settling the territory of the Balaton holiday region, returning it to Parliament for "reconsideration." Sólyom did not agree with the regulations allowing areas without proper drainage systems to be declared "interior territory."
Programmes of the sixth annual Midsummer Night of Museums, when collections stay open all night and offer a variety of cultural events were held late on Saturday. The events took place at 70 venues in Budapest and 160 others elsewhere in Hungary.
Hundreds of people are still missing after a Philippine ferry carrying more than 800 people capsized in a typhoon on Saturday. Only 33 survivors have been found - 28 of them in a coastal village after they had been drifting on a life raft for some 24 hours.
In a story that is sure to cause a minor kerfuffle in a country where politicians are believed to be not only corrupt but incompetent, MPs are receiving the full amount of their salaries during the summer recess, learned from the economy directorate of Parliament. As relevant laws say Parliament is not listed as an employer, the issues of vacation pay are never discussed. This also means that the number of days MPs spend on vacation is not recorded anywhere.
Spain beat Italy 4-2 on penalties to reach the semi-finals of Euro 2008 after a dour goalless draw in Vienna. Marcos Senna came closest in normal time when Italy keeper Gianluigi Buffon fumbled his shot on to a post. Spain keeper Iker Casillas was the hero in the shoot-out, saving from Daniele de Rossi and Antonio di Natale. Daniel Guiza saw his spot-kick saved by Buffon, but Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas slid home the crucial penalty to set up a last four clash with Russia.
The state has evicted the company that runs the House of Hungarian Wine in the Buda Castle district, leasing the property instead to a wine merchant jointly owned by Quaestor and Incoronata, a company with links to the Catholic church.During a two hour tour, visitors to the House of Hungarian Wine on Szentharomsag ter can taste as many as 50 different wines from the company's collection of some 700 wines and sparkling wines from all of Hungary's wine regions. The entrance fee of Ft4400 covers not just the quantities of liquid consumed but the professional knowledge of the guides
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