including the water management authorities and disaster management personnel as well as convicted prisoners are participating in flood defences with the most challenging locations currently being Pest County town Pilismarót Margaret Island in Budapest and the Batthyány Square section of the Metro Line 2 of the capital Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated during a press conference in Budapest following the Wednesday morning meeting of the flood defence operational task force The Prime Minister indicated that flood defence efforts and constructing temporary dykes are ongoing at twelve key locations along the Mosonmagyaróvár section of the Danube and Leitha (Lajta) rivers where a total of 39,335 sandbags have been deployed Work is also being carried out at 31 locations along municipal defence lines where so far 1,421,500 sandbags have been filled In Pilismarót approximately 500 people are working with 35,000 sandbags needed to be installed The readiness of the temporary dyke has now reached 70 per cent ‘so we need to continue working there today and tomorrow,’ Orbán said Certain sections of Route 11 cannot be protected the operational task force has decided to open alternative routes to bypass the closed sections Viktor Orbán also mentioned that Margaret Island and the Batthyány Square section of Metro Line 2 in Budapest present significant challenges as it is impossible to prevent water from seeping in water management experts have committed to redirecting the infiltrating water towards drainage grates which could possibly prevent the suspension of metro services on the line In connection with flood defence efforts the government has also established a toll-free hotline the Parliamentary State Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior announced during a press conference following the Thursday morning meeting of the flood defence operational task force which was also attended by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Bence Rétvári stated that at dialling the hotline number citizens can request information and make reports regarding the flood situation vehicles participating in the defence efforts marked with yellow distinguishing signs will be allowed to use bus lanes Regarding the Szentendre Island settlement of Kisoroszi with supplies of food and sandbags stocked up the ambulance service has stationed a fully equipped ambulance in the village a helicopter landing site has been constructed in case there is an urgent need to deliver or transport anything to or from Kisoroszi Hungarian Conservative is a quarterly magazine on contemporary political philosophical and cultural issues from a conservative perspective Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Hungary - They came from the safest of places The 13 students who left for America on July 1 to widen their world and perfect their English grew up in a small town where teenagers compete in etiquette contests and where there is no fear of being mugged at 2 a.m on the neat residential streets of ochre-walled houses with terra-cotta roofs It is a place where pastry shops serve sublime apple strudel and afternoon coffee that is thick and strong where summer-idled boys ride rusty bicycles Two of their friends had drowned when the sightseeing vessel that was taking them along the Delaware River in Philadelphia was hit by a barge accompanied by the two exhausted teachers who had chaperoned the Hungarian consul in Vienna and his wife When asked to recall the last tragedy that beset the community Red Army troops gunned down a crowd of peaceful protesters in the cobblestone streets a woman had been killed when she rode her bicycle across a road and was hit by a young man speeding through town on a motorcycle And there have been a few murders and countless instances of personal calamity a 54-year unbroken record of peace and happiness is simply not possible "This is a nice town," said Andras Miholics who grew up across the street from Lajos Kossuth Secondary School about 100 people had gathered there for a memorial ceremony Among them were the parents of the students who survived The parents of the two students who died in Philadelphia a fit 52-year-old with sharp blue eyes and thick was vacationing with his family at a rented house on Lake Balaton He'd turned off his cell phone and didn't check his messages until after dinner The town's communications director had called to say One of his friends had a daughter on the trip but Mosonmagyarovar is such a small community that it felt as if all the children were family Since the students' cell phones had been lost in the river everyone had to rely on the Internet for updates - a frustrating "The host families gave the children a phone line but it was always busy," said Karoly Hansagi speaking through an interpreter who teaches English in the school has a special five-year bilingual program open to those who pass a competitive exam and half the students on the trip to Philadelphia were in the program The school is particularly proud of its foreign-exchange programs students were limited to studying Russian and German they have been able to choose from a wide range of languages Exchanges have been organized with students in France "The main purpose of the exchange was to build bridges a group of American students spent several weeks in town and giving school presentations about their culture Although the Mosonmagyarovar students were traveling during summer vacation were expected to teach their hosts about their country A carved wooden spike marks the line where 70 years ago the village of Moson merged with Magyarovar Along the small river winding along the town's edge "This town has nothing but dentists and hairdressers," said Anna Kovarczi They're really for the Austrian tourists." Dentistry in most of Europe is expensive relative to Hungary and Mosonmagyarovar has developed a thriving dental industry waiting for appointments with more than 200 dentists who practice in town the borders were closed to just about everywhere "We organize all kinds of groups with the main goal of opening students to new experiences," he said "You can never see in advance what will happen - what could happen and the long-term effects of a loss like this "Whenever people travel in their subconscious mind Not only the parents but the students and teachers will feel the same emptiness and they drove 45 minutes to the Vienna airport A few Hungarian reporters and several television cameramen had spent the entire day there who have assiduously refused to talk to reporters One mother held a flower bouquet with a teddy bear clutching the lacy rim signaling that the flight had arrived early The parents pressed toward the silver doors rising on tiptoe whenever a passenger exited trying to see if their sons and daughters were in view at the baggage claim A mother cried out and pushed past the barrier to envelop her daughter in a desperate hug they'd all collected each other and slipped away The two teachers accepted kisses on the cheek from the principal and the mayor then somberly handed over two enormous rolling suitcases the two men pulled the bags behind them into the parking garage The first electric bus of the Hungarian Kravtex-Kühne Group was presented and is already being tested in the urban transport of Győr (Hungary) The e-bus features BorgWarner and Voith technology and is based on a Low Entry layout enabling two battery packs (out of three) under the floor The first electric bus of the Hungarian Kravtex-Kühne Group is manufactured by the above-mentioned Kravtex-Kühne Group the market leader in Hungary with more than 3,000 buses produced to date The 12-metre model has started its first passenger tests while the 18-metre articulated version will be introduced in the second half of the year Both vehicles are barrier-free and suitable for both urban and suburban transport.The Electronell 12 is the lightest electric bus with a metal frame thanks to “breakthrough technical innovations” the OEM states without further specifications around 2 tons less compared to most of the competitors on the market (especially the ones which are built on the same platform as the diesel buses) “The weight advantage of at least 2 tonnes reduces the battery quantity by 25 % The target range of 300 kilometres can be achieved with 3 battery packs instead of 4” Credobus’ ultralight construction is based on a metal frame structure “which fits into the existing maintenance environment and is almost completely recyclable The low weight is ensured by the optimisation of the chassis and 19.5″ axles Additional benefits of the solution include: increased passenger capacity Energy storage is provided by 3rd generation liquid-cooled NMC batteries from BorgWarner (Akasol) The battery pack has a total capacity of 294 kWh and can be charged in up to 2 hours with a power output of 150 kW The Voith VEDS HD (Heavy Duty) central motor drive system has a peak power of 410 kW and a maximum efficiency of 97.3 % The drive system of the solo and articulated versions is built with components of the same size the heat pump thermal management system is supplied by Eberspächer the electrohydraulic servo pump by Dana and the electrically driven compressor by Knorr-Bremse With the ZF-branded driver assistance systems based on radar and camera sensors Electronells will comply with the GSR (European Union’s General Safety Regulation) The new generation of driver assistance will provide the following features: Moving Off Information System (MOIS) Driver Drowsiness and Alertness Warning (DDAW) immobiliser with breathalyzer and full cyber protection © Copyright 2012 - 2025 | Vado e Torno Edizioni | All rights reserved | P.I Renowned for its beautiful landscapes and cultural hotspots Hungary has long been one of the most popular places to visit in Europe and What is little known about the destination is that it boasts the highest concentration of dentists per capita globally making it not only one of the cheapest places to receive dental care HD Dental is able to provide its services at half the price of overseas treatments One clinic that has become a firm favourite among Hungarian citizens is HD Dental HD Dental is just 50 minutes from Vienna and 40 minutes from Bratislava – the clinic even offers a free pick-up service from the cities’ respective airports HD Dental is able to provide its services at half the price of overseas treatments – sometimes even more – without compromising on quality it has become a major player in the fast-growing dental tourism industry HD Dental has gained a great deal of experience in popular dental treatments such as restorations and implants The practice also specialises in surgical procedures be it a simple tooth extraction or a more complex treatment like an osteotomy or periodontal operation The organisation’s premises are kitted out with cutting-edge technological tools including digital software that shows patients how their teeth will look after the treatment digital impression scanners and other hi-tech HD Dental can boast a number of painless procedures making it one of the most comfortable clinics to visit The added benefit for international travellers is that HD Dental employs a multilingual team that is fluent in English The majority of the clinic’s patients hail from Austria Motherson Mosonmagyarovari KC made their debut in European competitions in the EHF European League Women last season having reached the group phase in one of the closest ties of the qualification round Most important question: Will they advance this year Mosonmagyaróvár only narrowly missed the quarter-finals last season finishing level with French side ES Besancon Feminin on points but falling short due to their head-to-head result Their second season in the European League has handed them a tough draw as they share the group with 2021 champions Neptunes de Nantes from France as well as multiple European trophy winners Ikast Handbold The Danish side finished third last season and they are the only EHF Finals 2022 contenders who are part of the group phase in 2022/23 The fourth participants are Fana from Norway who make their debut in a group phase of a European competition Progression is definitely possible for Mosonmagyaróvár but they will need to draw on all of last season’s experience “There are four clubs including us from Hungary who will play in the group stage of EHF European League I think none of them envy us after having the results of the draw,” said János Gyurka “We had no luck in the qualification round as our opponents were the Romanian league leaders SCM Gloria Buzau who were excellent the close victory gave us confidence,” added Gyurka for which this series is an excellent opportunity.” Captain Eszter Tóth shares her head coach’s feelings That is why we want to stay in the competition as long as possible We have a young team and we were not the favourites in the third qualification round Yet here we are again in the group stage and we want to take our chance this year,” she said Team captain Eszter Tóth started the season in sensational form scoring 49 goals in nine games – including seven domestic matches and the two European League qualifiers Tóth joined Mosonmagyaróvár in 2020 from MTK Budapest bringing plenty of top experience with her She started her career at Györi Audi ETO KC reaching the EHF Champions League semi-finals twice and the final in 2012 Motherson Mosonmagyarovari KC was founded in 2014 and so are reaching the European League group phase for a second time in just eight seasons but she may join the squad at the end of the group stage Gabriella is one of three centre backs on the team with the same surname – the other two being Eszter and Nikolett Tóth Ines Ivancok (HSG Bensheim/Auerbach Flames) Left the club: Tanja Asanin (SCM Ramnicu Valcea) EHF European League WomenParticipations (including 2022/23 season): 2 OtherHungarian league: bronze medallists (2020/21) You said no to using cookies or similar tools that help improve your experience. To see this content, you would need to update your Privacy Preferences FEATURE: Thüringer HC left back becomes MVP and top scorer of EHF Finals Women after netting 29 times in Graz SUMMARY: Thüringer HC are crowned in Graz as the new EHF European League Women champions following an intense final against Ikast Håndbold FLASH QUOTES: Comments from players and coaches after the EHF Finals Women 2025 final and third place match FINAL REVIEW: THC come from behind to beat Ikast 34:32 at the EHF Finals in Graz THIRD-PLACE MATCH REVIEW: The French side beat their opponents from Germany at the EHF Finals Women FINAL PREVIEW: Ikast Håndbold meet Thüringer HC in final; Blomberg and Dijon play for third place SUMMARY: Ikast Håndbold and Thüringer HC celebrated semi-final wins in Graz as they get ready for the final on Sunday SEMI-FINAL REVIEW: The German side beat Dijon 35:29 in the second semi-final of the EHF Finals Women FLASH QUOTES: Comments from players and coaches after the EHF Finals Women 2025 semi-finals SEMI-FINAL REVIEW: The 2023 champions are back in the final of the EHF Finals Women in Graz this project will establish a 5G AgriTech Innovation Hub to develop end‑to‑end solutions for mass adoption and demonstrate the added value of 5G mobile private networks for the agricultural sector Smart solutions working over 5G connectivity can be instrumental in helping farms adapt to the rising challenges of sustainable food systems while increasing yield quantity and quality this project will establish a 5G AgriTech Innovation Hub by deploying a 5G Mobile Private Network (MPN) in a demonstration farm in Mosonmagyaróvár as part of the Széchenyi István University of Győr’s new Science and Innovation Park and Agricultural Testbed Through the 5G AgriTech Innovation Hub following the deployment of the 5G MPN by Vodafone Hungary the AgriTech Innovation Hub will focus on developing the following three Internet of Things (IoT) use cases for field crop production: Vodafone Hungary will continue to offer the use of the 5G MPN free of charge to the Universitas-Győr with the aim of establishing an open‑source community and innovation space where the university and partners will have the opportunity to test and co‑create their own solutions The objectives of this second phase are to: The project will deploy a data-only 5G standalone (SA) mobile private network The network will provide communication services for all three 5G use case classes through: the network will use massive multiple‑input/multiple‑output (MIMO) high availability and real-time processing the network will employ edge cloud services The 5GAGRIHUB project has a total budget of €0.5 million of which €0.4 million under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital programme.  The 5GAGRIHUB project is run by a multidisciplinary consortium The European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)Contact HaDEA The Budapest Times The peak of the flood wave entered Hungary on Tuesday night the interior ministry and volunteers will be working to protect areas affected by the flood wave from western parts of the country right until it passes from Hungary into Serbia “This period is the hardest part … it will last for about a week or eight days from today,” he said adding that the peak of the flood wave at southern border was expected to flow beyond Hungarian territory next Thursday The flood wave on the Danube has reached Deveny and the river is expected to peak at Budapest on Saturday afternoon-evening at 40-50cm lower than the 846cm historic high level The Leitha river is expected to peak at Mosonmagyarovar near the Austrian border on Thursday Raba and Marcal rivers are under way along 544 kilometres adding that preparedness in areas under state protection was “at one hundred percent” Fully 4,392 people dispatched by the water and disaster management authorities the police and prison services are participating currently in flood defences noting that “the most difficult spots at the moment are Pilismarot certain sections of highway 11 [in the north-west of the country] and Margaret Island and the Batthyany Square metro station in Budapest” As certain sections of highway 11 cannot be protected the operative body in charge of flood protection has decided to open detours Water management experts are working to divert flood water leaking on to Margaret Island and the Batthyany Square metro station adding that hopefully the latter would prevent the closure of the metro station Flood defence work is ongoing at 12 primary state-managed spots on the Danube and Leitha’s sections at Mosonmagyarovar Operations along defence lines managed by municipalities are under way at 31 primary spots where most of the 1,421,500 sandbags prepared have been used You must be logged in to post a comment PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF USE 2007 - 2025 BZT MEDIA Kft. 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You will receive mail with link to set new password Back to login Belépés Young Zelensky quit his job to become a footballerEnglish who shares a surname with the Ukrainian president says He fled war-torn Lysychansk in Eastern Ukraine and moved with his brother and mother to Mosonmagyaróvár He did not hear from his father for a year Vlady celebrated a championship title in Győr-Moson-Sopron county's second division on Sunday and he had also tried out for NB II clubs in both Gyirmót and Mosonmagyaróvár His story has not yet come to a happy ending: few young Ukrainian refugees remain in the youth teams of professional clubs in Hungary's North Transdanubia region He fled Ukraine to escape the war: the Russians occupied his hometown a year ago after brutal rocket attacks he and his family had no choice but to leave ending up in the Hungarian town of Mosonmagyaróvár His father stayed behind to defend his homeland For almost a year he had hardly heard from him and they had no way of seeing each other until last December and they have been together ever since," he says The family took jobs in Mosonmagyaróvár and the company where they work also provides them with accommodation football was the only leisure activity left but there was no opportunity for that here A friend invited him to accompany him to nearby Ásványráró it was immediately obvious that Vladyslav was a skillful and they signed him up for the youth team: he scored four goals in a 5-1 win and nine in a 10-0 win in his third game His opponents had also taken notice of him and he was fouled in the match against Hegyeshalom where he was so badly injured that an ambulance was called because he had broken his collarbone in two places then returned to the senior team in the spring scoring eight goals in total and celebrating a league title with his team on Sunday Vlady also trained in the Gyirmót club for two days and then got his first taste of more serious football in Mosonmagyaróvár My dream is to turn professional," he told Telex He added that he did not feel ready for that yet "because I had not yet learned Hungarian so understanding the instructions during training has been difficult" He is learning Hungarian and plans to try out again next year for one of the nearby NB II teams He quit his job in March this year in order to give his best But now he has had to realize that the time is not yet right for that: he will return to work in the summer as it is difficult for his family to manage without it The Gyirmót club doesn't have any junior footballers who fled the war," Zsolt Tamási the club's professional director told us He added that Zelensky had trained with them for two days after the championship finished and that he had also seen him play in the final of the Keglovich Cup but that was against two lower-level teams Whether he is fit to play football at a more serious level could be decided by a one-week or two-week test When the young player feels ready for this The champion team of Ásványráró with Vladyslav Zelensky in the middle – Photo: Ásványráró KSEFive out of forty remainThe Győr team ETO has some junior footballers from Ukraine forty young people from Kyiv who had fled the war were taken in and were given training opportunities in the club's teams matching their age Club director Miklós Tóth said that most of them have already returned home and that five youngsters currently remain in Győr although some of them are playing for other clubs These five players are now being provided with meals Only two of them are staying at the ETO academy they have been transferred – the process was not complicated and Tóth thinks the youngsters' attitude is good as well as with his team and envisages another year with his county team Many people from Mosonmagyaróvár and the surrounding area commute to Austria for work and football but the Ukrainian is not thinking about it "My whole family lives in Mosonmagyaróvár especially as I would have to learn another new language then." He hopes that his time will come next year to step up to the next level…in Hungarian football For more quick, accurate and impartial news from and about Hungary, subscribe to the Telex English newsletter! The high precipitation in recent days has led to increased water levels on the River Danube and its tributaries there is a flood warning in place for a 1,200-kilometre (750 miles) section of the Danube General Directorate of Water Management (OVF) spokesperson Gabriella Siklós told the Hungarian state news agency MTI on Tuesday the Danube’s level peaked at 636 centimetres (248 inches) at around 10 a.m the river is expected to be at its highest point on Thursday based on the water flow at its other parts; and is estimated to be reaching 680 centimetres (268 inches) That is higher than the level where the Budapest embankment lies Interior Minister Károly Kontrát shared some photos of the Budapest embankment under water today the water level of the Danube is also expected to dip below the embankment by this Friday All vehicles parked on the Budapest embankment have been towed away in preparation for the flood roads in danger of flooding have also been closed to traffic in the capital city Flood warnings are in place in other parts of the country as well the Danube is estimated to rise as high as 810 centimetres (319 inches) ‘bringing’ flood alerts to places like Mosonmagyaróvár Győr-Moson-Sopron County in the northwestern part of Hungary Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardDuck boat victims&#0146; families hire attorneyMOSONMAGYAROVAR a husband and wife personal injury team with ties here are representing the families of two local students who drowned in the July 7 Duck Boat accident They were in Budapest about to return home on July 8 when they received a call from Peter Schwendtner died when the Duck Boat was hit a barge in the Delaware River A former client of the Ronai's referred the lawyer to the Schwendtner family who then informed the family of the other victim Ronai has been meeting with both families to discuss civil suits against those responsible for the collision of a 250-foot barge and the small sightseeing vessel They're completely devastated," Ronai said "There may be criminal proceedings as well," he said "Dora's father wants the people responsible for this put in jail." America is often viewed as the most advanced and technologically capable country cannot fathom how such avoidable mistakes were made Ronai has family ties to the town where the students grew up and went to school grew up in Budapest and escaped through Mosonmagyarovar over to Austria under harrowing circumstances during the 1956 revolution on Thursday - the day after the duck Boat tragedy - they were scheduled to arrive for a visit to this town of 32,000 less than half an hour's drive from the borders of Austria and Slovakia but he will be staying indefinitely to work with the victims' parents Contact staff writer Melissa Dribben at mdribben@phillynews.com or 717-350-2440 BKV will test both the solo and articulated versions of the Credo Electronell bus family on three lines in Budapest for three days Electric buses play an important role in modernising the capital city's rolling stock and BKK service providers can gain useful experience in the context of such tests while travelling on the new vehicles will be free of charge the solo Credobus Electronell 12 will operate on the 210/210B line and the articulated Electronell 18 on the 8E line The exact details are already available in BudapestGO and the test operation will last for three days Increased operational easeThe two Credobus Electronells can be deployed in Budapest by the offer of Kravtex Kft The experimental electric buses of Kravtex manufactured according to the designs of chief designer Imre Szombath are being manufactured in Mosonmagyaróvár and the key to their economic efficiency is the 19.5" wheel size and the optimization of every point of the frame structure with the technology of Kühne also from Mosonmagyaróvár.According to the manufacturer the solo Electronell 12 can be at least 1.5 tons lighter and the articulated Electronell 18 up to 3 tons lighter than electric buses of similar capacity the Credobus models need approximately 25 percent fewer batteries to ensure the appropriate range The economical operation and increased passenger capacity are also backed by the new-generation traction inverter and the efficient traction motor The bus fleet is constantly rejuvenatingThe strategic goal of BKV is to be a company that provides safe sustainable and competitive public transport services the company monitors the 21st century developments in bus manufacturing and consistently modernises its rubber-wheeled vehicle fleet the rolling stock will be expanded with 65 brand new buses Around eight percent of the bus fleet will be renewed by low-floor maximidi-sized vehicles with modern comfort and safety equipment BKV plans to announce tenders for new solo and articulated buses Budapest is electrifyingBKK is committed to more efficient and cleaner public transport in addition to BKV's 65 leased maximidi buses 240 new solo and articulated buses will arrive in Budapest BKK is also organizing the delivery of 48 trolleybuses also suitable for self-driving operational mode while a conditional public procurement is also in progress for which a commitment will have to be made for 40 trolleybuses out of the 160-unit budget By testing Electronell buses and using the mobile FUTÁR on-board unit both passengers and BKV and BKK can gain enriching experience with new technologies It is important to note the unique feature of the test operation; i that the experts can frequently take the prototypes out of traffic Often with the simple aim to examine special situations either on the vehicle or in a controlled environment in the workshop.Travelling by the electric buses appearing on routes 210/210B and 8E will be free of charge.  Budapesti Közlekedési Központ Bratislava’s location next to two of Slovakia’s neighbours has helped boost the real estate market in foreign villages close to the borders Mosonmagyaróvár and others have become cheaper alternatives to the Slovak towns and villages surrounding Bratislava Real estate experts working in this segment say the impact of the crisis on them hasn’t been huge and they are expecting business in this area to grow further in the future Bratislava’s location next to two of Slovakia’s neighbours Mosonmagyaróvár and others have become cheaper Real estate experts working in this segment say the impact of the crisis on them hasn’t been huge and they are expecting business in this area to grow further in the future.“Hungary is attractive for Slovaks more and more in my opinion,” Lukovicsová told The Slovak Spectator “For about three years now they’ve been buying properties in Hungary The most attractive location is perhaps the town of Mosonmagyaróvár mainly for its good location [about 20 minutes from the centre of Bratislava] a thermal pool and its green environment.”Austria because despite a slight increase in prices property there continues to be cheaper than on the Slovak side of the border.“I even dare to say that prices only rose thanks to the close vicinity of Bratislava and will remain under the influence of the rise or fall of ‘Bratislava’ prices while always remaining lower,” Haklová told The Slovak Spectator “This market emerged as an alternative based on the demand for real estate at reasonable prices around Bratislava.” It is not just the more adventurous Slovaks who now consider buying property in Austria or Hungary close to Bratislava these days “Nobody regards our clients as adventurers any more,” Monika Haklová and Martin Kollár partners in the Immobiliengroup real estate agency in the Austrian village of Kittsee explaining that Slovaks are now better informed and more experienced in this area “Given the constantly increasing number of Slovaks in the Austrian borderland it’s clear to everyone that there’s ‘something’ about it Their groups of clients form a whole spectrum of people – from young childless couples interested mainly in small rental apartments to pensioners looking for weekend houses are families of 25-35 years of age with one or two children who are selling a flat in Bratislava and want to build a family house in one of the Austrian villages near the border Henrieta Lukovicsová from the Remax Real Centrum a Bratislava-based real estate agency which focuses on selling properties in Hungary mainly in the town of Mosonmagyaróvár saying the situation has changed over time only Hungarian-speakers were buying properties in Hungary but now more and more Slovaks who don’t speak a word of Hungarian are moving in as in Mosonmagyaróvár they can use also English or German but also Slovak in daily communication,” she told The Slovak Spectator All types of clients are showing interest in Hungarian properties she said – from young people searching for smaller flats who tend to look for middle-category family houses Clients have also recently started showing an interest in construction lots where they can build houses according to their wishes remain the main advantage of Hungarian properties Due to the financial crisis the situation has changed a little bit Hungarians unable to pay their mortgages are selling their properties and that means a better selection for Slovak clients “Everybody can afford to buy a property here and they still have money left for a car or other things,” she said “For the price of a 3-room [2-bedroom] flat in Bratislava you can buy an above-standard detached house in Hungary.” Another advantage is the calm and pleasant environment of the Hungarian border villages and towns and their quick and easy access to Bratislava “Many clients tell me that they come home and feel like they are on holiday,” Lukovicsová said Angelika Majthényi from Talea real estate agency agrees that living in the Hungarian border area is convenient “The infrastructure is being developed and the quality of services is on the rise,” she told The Slovak Spectator there are no traffic jams on the roads to Bratislava.” Both Majthényi and Lukovicsová believe that the Slovaks will show more and more interest in buying properties in Hungary mainly due to interesting projects that are under way,” “We are now preparing construction lots: some 70 lots on an area of 5 hectares with a thermal water heating system The price for such lots will be about €33 per square metre.” The municipal authorities have also reacted to the fact that there are now many people working in Bratislava but living outside the city launched its first scheduled cross-border service In March 2009 it was extended to run as far as the Austrian town of Hainburg intended to meet the needs of Bratislavans who have moved to Hungary should be launched with the help of EU funds in autumn 2009 The line should run to the railway station in Rajka so as to provide a connection to the train which links Level and the town of Mosonmagyaróvár where the prices are around €220 per square metre in Kittsee or Hainburg prices start at €100 per square metre According to Haklová and Kollár one effect of the financial crisis was the introduction of slightly stricter conditions for getting a mortgage from Austrian banks which now require a 25-30 percent deposit from the buyer interest rates are even more attractive now than in the past A secondary problem has been the stagnation of the real estate market in Slovakia which has prevented Slovaks from buying property in Austria and thus slowed the whole purchasing process which we regard generally as a good signal,” Haklová said so with no hesitation we can say that Austria has been and continues to be interesting for Slovaks the system of financing and care for [EU] citizens all remain on a very high level.” Preferred locations have also remained unchanged – apart from the news that interest in properties in Vienna is on the rise Kittsee and Hainburg in particular are affected by the demand for property and there are several new projects in development or already on sale in these locations Access to and infrastructure for transport from the Austrian border area remains an advantage too Bratislava can be reached easily in 10-15 minutes compared to the hour it can take to travel into the city from Rovinka or Malinovo the nearest villages in Slovakia with comparable real estate prices Haklová said the fact that the Austrian state offers families low-interest loans with a 0.5-percent interest rate to build houses is also a great advantage In Kittsee (in Burgenland state) a family can get €40,000 plus €11,000 per child; a four-member family can get €62,000 In Hainburg (in Niederosterreich state) the base is about €19,500 with another €4,000 if the client is under 35 and then €6,000 for the first child €8,000 for the second child and €10,000 for the third child There are also other kinds of state support in Austria the family allowances are 10 times higher than in Slovakia,” Haklová said “Children learn German and English at schools in 2011 Austria will open its labour market and Slovaks will be able to get employment there without any problems Lots of our clients are buying properties in Austria for this reason as well.” The official opening of a road connection between Kittsee and Kopčianska Street in Bratislava's Petržalka district is being prepared but at the moment the road is closed for legal reasons Kittsee and other surrounding villages are within an ideal radius around Bratislava with prices almost half those in comparable Slovak ones Experts say clients have changed their priorities lately Until recently buyers were looking for older family houses of up to €100,000 which shows in the rapid increase of interest in construction lots in ‘new’ projects “‘Billig’ [cheap in German] is not popular anymore,” Haklová and Kollár said “The prices of ready-made houses are about €1,200 to €1,300 per square metre Another segment are projects by construction associations who are relatively fast to react to demand for flats with good financing What until recently used to be a kind of sale is now turning into industrial projects with a focus on the Slovak client.” Born and bred in northern Hungary, former opera singer Anett McCaul now owns a butcher shop in Cootehill with Irish husband Anett McCaul described what it was like growing up in Mosonmagyarovar a border city in northern Hungary with her brother and their mother who imbibed in them the unique and colourful Hungarian culture The talented singer started performing at the age of 6 and studied music at university to become a professional opera singer/performer but had to work to look after her ailing mother and brother after her father died She worked as an au pair in Austria to learn German but still traveled to perform in different music shows and then moved to Ireland in 2007 to learn English She developed an interest in food and nutrition and met her husband who is a butcher They now run a butcher shop in Cootehill serving a diverse clientele Sign up now to keep up to date with the latest news please check your email to confirm your subscription This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Agriculture Minister István Nagy said at a press briefing in Mosonmagyarovar (NW Hungary) on Tuesday that measures to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease have been successful Speaking after a meeting of the animal health operative corps, Nagy said the livestock at two of the four farms where FMD was detected had been destroyed He added that culling will start at the other two farms on Tuesday and finish He said 60,000 blood tests had been conducted at 749 farms He added that work is underway to determine how the virus entered Hungary a spokesman for the National Police Headquarters (ORFK) said the closure of several crossings along the Austrian border meant long waits at the remaining crossings He advised travellers to check the police.hu website for the latest information on border crossings with Austria and Slovakia Because of the foot-and-mouth disease affecting cloven-footed ungulates vehicles over 7.5 tonnes are being disinfected particularly in view of the restrictions and controls in place Disinfection of vehicles is underway at several on- and off-ramps of the M1 motorway, at the border crossing points of Hegyeshalom and Rajka, and temporary traffic congestion may occur, police said Decontamination points have been set up at the junctions listed below: M1 motorway – Hegyeshalom – junction with the roundabout at junction 168; M1 motorway – Hegyeshalom – exit to the roundabout junction at junction 168; M1 motorway – Mosonújhely – road 8417 towards Lébény at km 35+170; M1 motorway – Mosonújhely – road 8417 towards main road 1 at km 34+510; M1 motorway main road 86 – Mosonmagyaróvár – Mosonmagyaróvár to Mosonmagyaróvár; M1 motorway main road 86 – Mosonmagyaróvár – exit from Mosonmagyaróvár; M1 motorway – Hegyeshalom border crossing; M15 motorway – Rajka border crossing; Levél on the access roads to the municipality of Levél; As we wrote earlier, Austria shuts down 21 border crossings with Hungary and website in this browser for the next time I comment Y"},"category":false,"taxonomy":{"active":false,"name":"category"}},"markup":{"custom_html":true,"wpp-start":"","wpp-end":"<\/ul>","title-start":"","title-end":"<\/h2>","post-html":"{thumb} {title} {stats}<\/span>{excerpt}<\/p><\/li>"},"theme":{"name":""}} You have successfully joined our subscriber list SupportUs Newsletter © 2025 DailyNewsHungary | All rights reserved with record near-record water levels in several places in Hungary: the country’s flood defence system has been significantly improved with 150 billion forints (EUR 380.4m) worth of development projects completed the construction of facilities helping flood defence building rainwater storages and a clean-up of riverbeds He noted that defence operations were ongoing along a 390km river section and at 35 settlements coordinated by local mayors and supported by the disaster management and water management authorities Police have dispatched officers to nine sites who arrange road closures and are also filling sandbags health-care and social institutions operate uninterrupted “State leaders participating in flood defence have postponed all of their international obligations for as long as the situation is difficult at the dams,” Retvari said the head of Hungary’s Water Management Directorate said the Danube is forecast to peak at a level 30-50cm below the level of the 2013 flood All of the affected municipalities have arranged for the setting up of dikes which are nearly half-way ready adding that they will be fully completed by the time the rivers peak The directorate has assigned an additional staff of 298 to be on duty along the 1,500km state-managed defence line arranged for the delivery of 2 million sandbags and the distribution of more than 1 million sandbags to local governments He said the Leitha river is expected to peak at Mosonmagyaróvár on Wednesday night Láng added that the Danube is expected to peak at Szigetköz on Thursday morning the river is expected to peak at Nyergesfalu in the early morning As we wrote earlier, Cyclone Boris not only brought heavy rain, but also high winds and reached the ‘Hungarian sea’, details HERE Flood defence operations are under way along 540 kilometres on Hungary’s rivers with the highest third-degree alert in place along 200 kilometres Viktor Orbán said in a video posted on Facebook that based on reports received in the morning the most serious situation had developed along the Leitha river “This necessitated a dispach of a staff of more than 800 experts from Hungary’s central regions to the west where those people are working in cooperation with Hungarian troops and are doing an excellent job,” Orbán said PM Orbán on Tuesday inspected the flood defence work along the Leitha river where he and MP István Nagy were briefed on the protection efforts in the region by water and disaster management experts The prime minister gave his approval for opening the emergency reservoir between the Leitha’s main embankment and the left-bank channel The opening of the emergency reservoir ensures that the water will not break through the primary defence lines and guarantees the safety of Mosonmagyaróvár and its residents the leader of ruling Fidesz’s Budapest chapter has called on the mayor of Budapest to ensure free use of the city’s public transport services during the closure of the embankments of the Danube due to the flood She said in a Facebook post on Tuesday that traffic in Budapest has slowed down due to flood protection measures “We ask Mayor Gergely Karácsony to arrange for allowing the public to use services operated by Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) free of charge and promote the use of public transportation means by car owners.” Szentkirályi did not say whether the government would compensate for lost revenue during the period when public transport would be free in Budapest Budapest is prepared to handle the Danube’s peak flood levels, Gergely Karácsony adding that all flood defence work will be completed by noon on Thursday The most intense flood defence work is being carried out along Nánási-Királyok Road in the third district Margaret Island and the area around the Dagály baths at the northern Pest embankment a clay levee is being built along several kilometres noting that the island has been closed to traffic from Margaret Bridge and will likely also be closed from the direction of Arpad Bridge a mobile dam will be built near the Dagaly baths The bridges leading to Hajogyari Island will be closed and power to the island will be cut The floods are also expected to cause delays in public transport with the tram lines along the Danube being the main ones to be affected Karácsony thanked those contributing to the flood protection efforts Read more and latest news about floods in Hungary here the largest bus factory in the Central and Eastern European region will be inaugurated in Hungary thousands of buses and electric vehicles will be developed in Mosonmagyaróvár every year Even though the pandemic has caused several difficulties in vehicle manufacturing, Kravtex-Kühne Group continued its expansion. As Hungarian news portal Magyar Nemzet reports the company has started the third phase of the new Mosonmagyaróvár bus factory that will be completed this year The new bus factory will cover an area of more than 20,000 m2 it will be one of the largest bus factories in the Central and Eastern European region the group’s capacity will increase to 1,000 buses per year taking into account the multi-shift working schedule Within the framework of the Green Bus programme the company has also started to develop electric models The Credobus models are expected to be competitive thanks to their ultra-lightweight design Their production can start next year in Mosonmagyaróvár and Győr half of the buses sold by the group could be electric these economical buses can save up to 15% of fuel and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from road transport by thousands of tonnes a year Read also: Brand new Hungarian-developed electric buses have arrived — PHOTOS which was a 20-year peak for the Hungarian bus sector similar results are expected in the upcoming years as well the government has granted an investment of more than EUR 5.6 million (~HUF 2 billion) including the creation of a production environment for the articulated bus chassis with a total value of EUR 1.2 million (~HUF 470 million) Credobus is the number one bus manufacturer in Hungary Its products are market leaders in several segments including state and municipal transport services Its special buses are also used by the police and public health organisations in Hungary The group has so far produced more than 2,600 buses and its share in the 6,200-strong intercity fleet of Volánbusz is around 40%