The prosecutor’s office has ordered an investigation
into two major projects in the capital: the construction of Metro 4 and
the renovation of Margit Bridge, based on a report made by Hungarian
Democratic Forum (MDF) MP Péter Karsai. Continue »

Last week The Budapest Times presented the Érd-based
company GIA Form Kft, which specialises in the production of
injection-moulded and CNC-machined plastic parts. Within just a few
years owner Attila Gaszt has built up his company into a very
successful supplier for big-name car manufacturers. Then the economic
crisis hit in autumn 2008. GIA Form’s orders fell by around 20% and the
machines in the workshops were not being used to full capacity. Attila
Gaszt had to act. Continue »

According to a study released last week by the National Institute of
Criminology (OKRI), Roma people living in ghettos have little or no
hope of breaking out from their surroundings and those who try to do
try to break out are ostracised from the community. Continue »

The current Árpád Stripes then and now exhibition at the Holocaust
Memorial Center endeavours to reclaim the eponymous flag and the
ancient Hungarian symbol of the Turul bird from the far right. The
attempt fails. Continue »