BREAKING - Mayor Karácsony: the State Treasury Withdrew Billions From Budapest, Paying Wages Is Problematic for Bus, Metro, Tram Drivers

According to trade union leader Gábor Naszályi, they need to resort to "hard means" to warn decision-makers, but the options are still being examined.

According to Mayor Gergely Karácsony, the government illegally deducted 10.2 billion forints from Budapest's account. However, according to the Ministry of National Economy, everything is legal: the capital did not pay the solidarity contribution, so the collection was not only legal but also mandatory.

According to a data set, Budapest would have plenty of resources left over based on the income from the business tax alone, even after deducting the state solidarity tax. But the capital's bill has been collected in the meantime, and it is sticking to its word. How can the planned budget for Budapest be in the red by more than 50 billion forints, and how has this heated matter escalated to this point? We have now investigated this.

The state collected more than 10 billion forints from the capital's account, Gergely Karácsony stopped payments to three Budapest utility companies The director of the Budapest Correctional Institution suspected of human trafficking and forced labor was arrested Péter Magyar shared a photo showing the correctional institution director arrested for human trafficking, a Fidesz deputy secretary of state and the director general of child protection …

The Hungarian State Treasury withdrew more than 10 billion forints from Budapest's current account after the capital city filed a request for immediate legal protection with the court on Tuesday.

BREAKING - Mayor Karácsony: the State Treasury withdrew billions from Budapest, paying wages is problematic for bus, metro, tram drivers

The Hungarian State Treasury has “unlawfully” withdrawn more than 10 billion forints (EUR 24.8m) from Budapest’s accounts, and the municipality has halted payments to some municipality-owned companies to preserve liquidity, Gergely Karácsony, the city’s mayor, told a press conference on Thursday. The companies involved are public utility company Budapest Közművek, transport company BKK and road and street lighting company Budapest Dísz- és Közvi…